A first look at starting pitching through the system.  Take this for what it is, statistics for the first 5-6 weeks of the season with brief comments attached. Note: Stats are thru 5/9/10.

Lehigh Valley

Andrew Carpenter, 24, 5 starts; 3-2 with a 4.03 ERA. 22.1IP 24H 11BB 11K; 1.56 WHIP; .186 vs. LH; .385 vs. RH; .192 with RISP. Carpenter started very slow but has picked it up over his last several starts. 

Nate Bump, 33, 6 starts, 4-1 with a 2.75 ERA. 36IP 39 H 9BB 14K; 1.33 WHIP; .274 vs. LH; .288 vs. RH; .262 with RISP.  Has looked good and knows how to pitch.  Far from overpowering however.

Brian Mazone, 33, 6 starts; 2-3 with a 5.63 ERA. 32IP 37H 5BB 22K; 1.31 WHIP; .300 vs. LH; .284 vs. RH; .261 with RIS; 5 HR allowed. Has either looked very good, or very bad and the last two starts have been very bad.  Good control but very hittable, and when he gets hit, the hits come in buckets.

Ryan Vogelsong, 32, 6 starts, 1-1 with a 3.77 ERA. 31IP 28H 22BB 33K; 1.61 WHIP; .224 vs. LH, .259 vs. RH; .273 with RISP.  Has probably the best “stuff” on the Lehigh Valley staff, but there are times he doesnt know where it is going.  Significant command issues have hampered him, drawing many deep counts and walks.

Joe Savery, 24, 5 starts, 0-2 with a 5.00 ERA. 27IP 34H 12BB 16 K; 1.70 WHIP; .383 vs. LH, .282 vs. RH; .370 with bases empty, .211 with RISP. 4 homers allowed.  Savery is an enigma.  See specifically the splits with bases empty and RISP.  He simply runs into too much trouble to be effective in the long term.

Reading

Yohan Flande, 24, 6 starts, 1-3 with a 2.80 ERA. 35.1 IP 39H 8BB 12K; 1.33 WHIP; .269 vs. LH, .278 vs. RH; .237 with RISP; Has now made 19 starts at AA over two years going 5-7 with a 3.99 ERA.  Has been pitching well by knowing how to pitch with his excellent change up.  Continued success should bring a mid season AAA callup.

Phillipe Aumont, 21, 6 starts, 1-2 with a 6.08 ERA. 26.2IP 24H 22BB 19K; 1.72 WHIP; .250 vs. LH, .239 vs. RH; .310 with RISP.  A switch from reliever to starter and a change in his delivery may have delayed what is expected out of Aumont. His control issues have simply killed him.  The average with RISP is another concern. 

Michael Cisco, 22, Currently on the DL, 4 starts; 1-3 with a 3.68 ERA; 22IP 18H 6BB 10K; 1.09 WHIP; .182 vs. LH, .263 vs. RH; .278 with RISP.  Cisco knows how to pitch and has shown it, but his injury has caused him to miss his last two starts.  Stay tuned.

Vance Worley, 22, 6 starts, 1-2 with a 5.12 ERA; 31.2 IP 34H 16BB 27K; 1.57 WHIP, .310 vs. LH, .226 vs. RH; .273 with RISP. One of the up and coming names at the beginning of ’09, Worley has leveled off and then some during the latter part of last year and the beginning of this year.  His control must improve.  After getting shellacked his first two starts of the year, has settled in a bit.

Drew Naylor, 23, 5 starts, 2-3 with a 4.55 ERA; 29.2IP 29H 7BB 22K; 1.21 WHIP; .188 vs. LH, .362 vs. RH; .280 with RISP; 5 homers allowed.  Naylor has made the step up and has seen some success early on, going at least 5.2 in each start.  Good command has helped, home run balls have hurt.

Clearwater

Heitor Correa, 20, 5 games, 4-0 with a 3.67ERA; 27IP 31H 8BB 15K; .240 vs. LH, .333 vs. RH; .273 with RISP.  AFter jumping from Lakewood, Correa, still just 20 has been effective thus far.

Austin Hyatt, 23, 6 games, 5-1 with a 2.34 ERA; 34.2IP 26H 10BB 39K; 1.03 WHIP; .276 vs. LH, .152 vs. RH; .206 with RISP. After ripping through Williamsport last year, Hyatt has shown little effect with the jump to High A.  He is been fairly dominant, and another 5-10 starts similar to those he has made should land him in Reading.

Trevor May, 20, 5 games, 2-1 with a 2.25 ERA; 24IP 15H 12BB 39K; 1.12 WHIP; .196 vs. LH, .162 vs. RH; .118 with RISP.  May has been dominant early.  I would expect the Phils to be farily conservative however and monitor his IP with the high school product.

JC Ramirez, 21, 6 starts, 4-2 with a 4.30 ERA; 37.2IP 38H 10BB 32K; 1.27 WHIP; .295 vs. LH, .250 vs. RH; .368 with RISP. One horrific outing has greatly inflated his ERA.  Ramirez has looked good, but the avg. with RISP must come down.

Jesus Sanchez, 22, 6 games, 2-3 with a 3.60 ERA; 35IP 35H 11BB 25K; 1.31 WHIP; .301 vs. LH, .217 vs. RH; .256 with RISP.  The catcher turned pitcher is pitching just his second full year and there is certainly reason for hope.  The Phils think highly enough of him for a 40 man roster spot.

Lakewood

Brody Colvin, 19, 6 starts, 2-4 with a 7.31 ERA; 28.1 IP 32H 14BB 21K; 1.62 WHIP; .255 vs. LH, .308 vs. RH; .286 with RISP. Its been pretty ugly early for Colvin, but his last start where he threw 6.1 without allowing an earned run gives reason for hope, along with the fact that he is just 19 and has a ton of talent.

Jarred Cosart, 19, 6 starts, 3-1 with a 3.95 ERA; 27.1IP 23H 6BB 33K; 1.06 WHIP; .103 vs. LH, .288 vs. RH; .320 with RISP. The only real concerns with Cosart are his health and the numbers with RISP. He has been more dominant then his ERA indicates.

Nicholas Hernandez, 21, 6 starts, 2-1 with a 1.98 ERA; 41IP 34H 6BB 40K; 0.97 WHIP; .103 vs. LH, .261 vs. RH; .417 with RISP.  Has been consistently dominiant except with RISP.  Probably the best starter through the system in April.

Jon Pettibone, 19, 6 starts, 1-1 with a 4.45 ERA; 30.1IP 33H 10BB 24K; 1.41 WHIP; .191 vs. LH, .338 vs. RH; .182 with RISP.  He has been either really good or really bad in his starts.  Needs more consistency.

Matthew Way, 23, 6 games, 1-3 with a 5.51 ERA; 32.2 IP 39H 7BB 38K; 1.40 WHIP; .385 vs. LH, .288 vs. RH; .432 with RISP. Very rough start for Way, who went into this season with high expectations after a very good 2009.  His last start (7.2IP 1ER 10K) hopefully shows a turn around has begun.