BURGOS TIME!!!
(Note: Quick piece from Sip before A.F.O.M.G. comes at you later this afternoon. Also, be sure to check out the latest in our Section 423 series on the Knicks, immediately following this post.)
Many of you may not be familiar with Ambiorix Burgos, but I sure am. When you play in gimmick fantasy baseball leagues like 2005's "AL ONLY No Yankees League," or 2006's "Players From Bottom Half Payroll Teams League," players like Ambiorix Burgos, and all Royals and Rockies for that matter, become very important.
Sometime in the last 16 hours the Mets traded Brian Bannister for Burgos.
Here is the scouting report on big AB.
Let me tell you something, team. Nothing and I mean nothing gets your adrenaline pumping like a good freak out session during an Ambrioix Burgos save situation. God bless the Royals and the MLB package.
Bring in "Big Play" Tom Mastny and we are about talking 2/5 of my 5-headed closing machine from fantasy this past season.
Anyway, Burgos.
This guy throws absolute gas. We are talking hitting 100 mph consistently. He can go weeks and not give up a hit BUT he can go weeks and not get an out.
His control has the ability to elude him. That is putting it nicely. He walked a batter in 1 of every 2 of his 73.1 innings (37 BB, Not good) but also, surprise, surprise, struck out a batter an inning(72K).
Just a stat I dug up to showcase young Ambriox's inconsistency:
ERA
April: 2.61
May: 9.98
June: 4.63
July: 1.42
August: 9.00
September: 3.48
October: Shockingly, Young Burgos didn't make any appearances in October.
Burgos is the classic Rick Peterson reclamation project. If Rick can get him throwing strikes, who knows what he can become.
One thing I am fine with is losing Brian Bannister. The guy had one pitch, a flat 87 mph fastball. His starts took longer than Steve Trachsel's and he just lacked the moxie you look for in a kid.
One thing I am not fine with: Burgos being unavailable in whatever cracked out fantasy league I do next year.
Vaya con dios,
Sip
Many of you may not be familiar with Ambiorix Burgos, but I sure am. When you play in gimmick fantasy baseball leagues like 2005's "AL ONLY No Yankees League," or 2006's "Players From Bottom Half Payroll Teams League," players like Ambiorix Burgos, and all Royals and Rockies for that matter, become very important.
Sometime in the last 16 hours the Mets traded Brian Bannister for Burgos.
Here is the scouting report on big AB.Let me tell you something, team. Nothing and I mean nothing gets your adrenaline pumping like a good freak out session during an Ambrioix Burgos save situation. God bless the Royals and the MLB package.
Bring in "Big Play" Tom Mastny and we are about talking 2/5 of my 5-headed closing machine from fantasy this past season.
Anyway, Burgos.
This guy throws absolute gas. We are talking hitting 100 mph consistently. He can go weeks and not give up a hit BUT he can go weeks and not get an out.
His control has the ability to elude him. That is putting it nicely. He walked a batter in 1 of every 2 of his 73.1 innings (37 BB, Not good) but also, surprise, surprise, struck out a batter an inning(72K).
Just a stat I dug up to showcase young Ambriox's inconsistency:
ERA
April: 2.61
May: 9.98
June: 4.63
July: 1.42
August: 9.00
September: 3.48
October: Shockingly, Young Burgos didn't make any appearances in October.
Burgos is the classic Rick Peterson reclamation project. If Rick can get him throwing strikes, who knows what he can become.
One thing I am fine with is losing Brian Bannister. The guy had one pitch, a flat 87 mph fastball. His starts took longer than Steve Trachsel's and he just lacked the moxie you look for in a kid.
One thing I am not fine with: Burgos being unavailable in whatever cracked out fantasy league I do next year.
Vaya con dios,
Sip
posted by Sippy Momo at 11:58 AM
2 Comments:
Hi Sippy, You are on the money, as usual. Brian B was very replaceable, especially since we have a serviceable amount of #5 starters. As for Burgos, who knows? I think this can be a major coup looking down the road a few years. A change of scenery with some real pitching coaches/gurus might do this kid good. Hugs - Coop
Couldn't agree more!
Of all the young pitchers the Metropolitans boast (Humber, Pelfrey, Perez, Maine and Bannister), Brian Bannister is the guy I had the least expectations for.
While he pitched well in half of his 8 appearances, he simply was not at all overwhelming in any way. He seemed extremely average.
At 22 years of age, Burgos is a pwer pitcher who needs work. The differnece? You can't teach gas, but you can certainly learn to control it.
Good deal.
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