Matthew Grimes Carolina League player of the Week

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RHP Matthew Grimes won Carolina League Pitcher of the Week going 2-0 with 2.31 ERA in 11 2/3 IP. Told he was 90-91, T95 Sunday. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a></p>— Jon Meoli (@JonMeoli) <a href="

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RHP Matthew Grimes won Carolina League Pitcher of the Week going 2-0 with 2.31 ERA in 11 2/3 IP. Told he was 90-91, T95 Sunday. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a></p>— Jon Meoli (@JonMeoli) <a href="

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And you said he might be the highest upside arm of the 2014 draft. Maybe you were on to something there Weams!

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/141565-18th-Round-Matt-Grimes-RHP-Georgia-Tech?p=3496619#post3496619

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16 OUTS: 6 Groundouts, 4 Strikeouts, 2 Popouts, 2 Flyouts, 2 Caught Stealing

MATTHEW DAMON GRIMES O (vs. Advanced-A Salem, 4/26)

IP:l 5.33

H:;; 6 ll(6 Singles)

R:l) 1

BB: 1

SO: 4

Pitches: 95 (59 Strikes, 36 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.40 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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91 (51 Strikes, 41 Balls)

13 (81 Strikes, 51 Balls)

17 (71 Strikes, 10 Balls)

19 (13 Strikes, 61 Balls)

23 (16 Strikes, 71 Balls)

14 (10 Strikes, 41 Balls) *

* Grimes recorded 1 out before departing in the 6th inning.

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19 OUTS: 6 Flyouts, 5 Groundouts, 4 Strikeouts, 2 Popouts, 1 Lineout, 1 Caught Stealing

MATTHEW DAMON GRIMES O (vs. Advanced-A Winston-Salem, 5/01)

IP:l 6.33

H:;; 4 ll(2 Doubles, 2 Singles)

R:l) 2

BB: 2

SO: 4

Pitches: 91 (62 Strikes, 29 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.75 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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11 (71 Strikes, 41 Balls)

14 (12 Strikes, 21 Balls)

24 (13 Strikes, 11 Balls)

61 (51 Strikes, 11 Balls)

71 (71 Strikes, 01 Balls)

23 (14 Strikes, 91 Balls)

61 (41 Strikes, 21 Balls) *

* Grimes recorded 1 out before departing in the 7th inning.

Matt Damon :hearts: - be still......

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20 OUTS: 6 Flyouts, 5 Groundouts, 4 Lineouts, 3 Strikeouts, 1 Popout, 1 Caught Stealing

MATTHEW DAMON GRIMES O (vs. Advanced-A Wilmington, 5/12)

IP:l 6.67

H:;; 3 ll(1 Double, 2 Singles)

R:l) 0

BB: 1

SO: 3

Pitches: 89 (56 Strikes, 33 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.67 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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10 (61 Strikes, 4 Balls)

20 (12 Strikes, 8 Balls)

13 (81 Strikes, 5 Balls)

12 (81 Strikes, 4 Balls)

12 (81 Strikes, 4 Balls)

12 (71 Strikes, 5 Balls)

10 (71 Strikes, 3 Balls) *

* Grimes recorded 2 outs before departing in the 7th inning.

Wow. Promotion soon?

Seems like we have a ton of guys that project as 4/5 SP's and BP types that are performing really well. Considering we have Ubaldo and Gallard on the hook for 25 million it's pretty valuable.

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All 7 hits that Grimes ceded were singles.

Prior to his 7th and final inning, his strikes-to-balls ratio was almost 3 to 1.

His ERA for the season went down from 1.67 to 1.61.

21 OUTS: 6 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 6 Flyouts, 5 Strikeouts, 3 Popouts

MATTHEW DAMON GRIMES O (vs. Advanced-A Wilmington, 5/17)

IP:l 7

H:;; 7 ll(7 Singles)

R:l) 1

BB: 0

SO: 5

Pitches: 93 (66 Strikes, 27 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.61 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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15 (13 Strikes, 2 Balls)

81 (71 Strikes, 1 Balls)

15 (11 Strikes, 4 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

81 (51 Strikes, 3 Balls)

16 (10 Strikes, 6 Balls)

18 (10 Strikes, 8 Balls)

Earned runs allowed by Grimes in his starts this year: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 0, 1. He's been consistently good. He's 24, so I'd think the O's won't keep him in Frederick long if he continues to perform well.

7 shutout innings for Grimes today. He and Means are both looking ready for a promotion.

7 shutout innings for Grimes today. He and Means are both looking ready for a promotion.

I just saw that in the box, that's an impressive outing.

He looks like Matt Riley from the profile pic I thought.

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Grimes' ERA for the season went down from 1.61 to 1.39.

21 OUTS: 9 Groundouts (Including 2 Double Plays), 4 Flyouts, 2 Strikeouts, 2 Popouts, 2 Lineouts

MATTHEW DAMON GRIMES O (vs. Advanced-A Winston-Salem, 5/24)

IP:l 7

H:;; 5 ll(1 Triple, 4 Singles)

R:l) 0

BB: 0

SO: 2

Pitches: 81 (52 Strikes, 29 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.39 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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18 (12 Strikes, 6 Balls)

11 (81 Strikes, 3 Balls)

10 (61 Strikes, 4 Balls)

81 (61 Strikes, 2 Balls)

91 (71 Strikes, 2 Balls)

91 (51 Strikes, 4 Balls)

16 (81 Strikes, 8 Balls)

7 shutout innings for Grimes today. He and Means are both looking ready for a promotion.

We don't have that uber pitching prospect this year to follow, but we do have a legit 10-15 arms that are performing well and worth following.

Gunkel AAA 24

Lee AA 23

Hess AA 22

Barker AA 23

Means A 23

Long A 23

Grimes A 24

Romero A 23

Peralta A- 19

Gonzalez A- 20

Alvarado A- 21

Then we have relievers or struggling starters like Bridwell, Garcia, Scott, Cleavinger, Messinger, Belicek that could be something. Pretty good for one of the worst farm systems in baseball. :wedge:

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Grimes' ERA for the season went down from 1.39 to 1.21.

24 OUTS: 10 Groundouts, 5 Strikeouts, 5 Lineouts, 2 Flyouts, 1 Popout, 1 Caught Stealing

MATTHEW DAMON GRIMES O (vs. Advanced-A Carolina, 5/29)

IP:l 8

H:;; 2 ll(2 Singles)

R:l) 0

BB: 0

SO: 5

Pitches: 99 (72 Strikes, 27 Balls)

2016 ERA: 1.21 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

71 (51 Strikes, 2 Balls)

11 (71 Strikes, 4 Balls)

17 (12 Strikes, 5 Balls)

12 (81 Strikes, 4 Balls)

91 (71 Strikes, 2 Balls)

11 (71 Strikes, 4 Balls)

19 (16 Strikes, 3 Balls)