NEW FACES WILL BE 'PITCHING' IN
The much-anticipated move that would change the face of the tattered New Britain Rock Cats pitching staff came down Thursday afternoon with two right-handed starters being promoted from the Class A Fort Myers Miracle.
Oswaldo Sosa, 21, is ranked by Baseball America as the 11th best prospect in the Minnesota Twins organization. Yohan Pino, 23, is the author of a seven-inning no-hitter in the Florida State League on June 30.
Kyle Waldrop, who suffered through a difficult outing under the watch of scouting director Mike Radcliff Wednesday, was dispatched to Fort Myers.
Left-hander Errol Simonitsch, who has been out of action since enduring shoulder trouble in spring training, was removed from the Double-A roster and assigned to the Gulf Coast (Rookie) Twins on a rehab assignment. The Rock Cats now have 23 active players, one under the limit.
Sosa, 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, is 5-5 with a 2.23 ERA over 105 innings for the offensively challenged Miracle. In 19 games (all starts), he allowed 94 hits in 105 innings while striking out 82 and walking 36. He is on the Twins’ 40-man major league roster, joining southpaw reliever Jose Mijares as the only current Rock Cats having that distinction.
Pino, 6-foot and 171, is 4-3 with a 1.73 ERA in 67 2/3 innings. He has struck out 64 and walked 17 in 19 games, nine of them starts. In the no-hitter against the St. Lucie Mets, he walked four and struck out seven. Opposing hitters are batting .192 against him.
Both pitchers are Venezuelans and thus were signed as free agents, Sosa in 2002 and Pino in 2004. Venezuelan players are not subject to the draft.
Waldrop, 21, was 3-6 with a 5.34 ERA in 59 innings with New Britain. Waldrop started the season in Fort Myers where he went 4-2 with a 2.86 in eight games before his May 16 promotion.
Oswaldo Sosa, 21, is ranked by Baseball America as the 11th best prospect in the Minnesota Twins organization. Yohan Pino, 23, is the author of a seven-inning no-hitter in the Florida State League on June 30.
Kyle Waldrop, who suffered through a difficult outing under the watch of scouting director Mike Radcliff Wednesday, was dispatched to Fort Myers.
Left-hander Errol Simonitsch, who has been out of action since enduring shoulder trouble in spring training, was removed from the Double-A roster and assigned to the Gulf Coast (Rookie) Twins on a rehab assignment. The Rock Cats now have 23 active players, one under the limit.
Sosa, 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, is 5-5 with a 2.23 ERA over 105 innings for the offensively challenged Miracle. In 19 games (all starts), he allowed 94 hits in 105 innings while striking out 82 and walking 36. He is on the Twins’ 40-man major league roster, joining southpaw reliever Jose Mijares as the only current Rock Cats having that distinction.
Pino, 6-foot and 171, is 4-3 with a 1.73 ERA in 67 2/3 innings. He has struck out 64 and walked 17 in 19 games, nine of them starts. In the no-hitter against the St. Lucie Mets, he walked four and struck out seven. Opposing hitters are batting .192 against him.
Both pitchers are Venezuelans and thus were signed as free agents, Sosa in 2002 and Pino in 2004. Venezuelan players are not subject to the draft.
Waldrop, 21, was 3-6 with a 5.34 ERA in 59 innings with New Britain. Waldrop started the season in Fort Myers where he went 4-2 with a 2.86 in eight games before his May 16 promotion.
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