By Jason Wojciechowski on August 22, 2011 at 12:20 PM
I missed this weekend's games and now that I see the A's got one-hit by Luis Perez, I'm pretty sure I won't be catching up and watching that one tonight. Instead, here's a sort of "stat of the day" for the weekend.1
The A's have been shut out thirteen times this year. They've lost three of those games 1-0 -- once to Felix Hernandez and the Mariners (legit), once to Vance Worley and the Phillies (mostly legit), and once to fill-in starter Luis Perez, making his first-ever big league start. Not legit at all. Perez has a solid FIP this year of 3.93, but PECOTA isn't buying it, figuring him for a 5.50 ERA the rest of the way. Looking at his upper-minors track record, it's hard to disagree:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | G | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BF | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24 | New Hampshire | EL | AA | 3.55 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 162.1 | 145 | 78 | 11 | 67 | 2 | 112 | 13 | 693 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 1.67 |
| 2010 | 25 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA-AA | 5.40 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 160.0 | 174 | 109 | 11 | 84 | 0 | 105 | 16 | 730 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.25 |
| 2011 | 26 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | 4.60 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 37 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 189 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 1.87 |
Strikeout-to-walk numbers that mediocre in the high minors aren't what you generally call a marker of future success. There's a reason he's 26 and just made his first big-league start this weekend.
Go A's!
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I'll have a Yankees series preview up tonight. ↩