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Ayala Traded


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Respectable peripherals:

0.6 HR/9 - good

3.3 BB/9 - a little high, but so so

8.3 SO/9 - good

2.48 SO/BB - good

The WHIP is a bit higher than you'd like at 1.340, but that's largely a function of the walks. He did cut his walk rate down in 2012 in AA to 2.8BB, but his H/9 was up to 10.4 causing a ballooned WHIP of 1.467.

Curious if the O's see him as a LOOGY....or someone along the lines of a Patton.

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It definitely looks like they dumped Ayala to clear a roster spot for T.J. McFarland. A quick look at Chris Jones' history makes him look like filler at AA. He's 24 and spent 6 years in A ball with Cleveland before being traded to Atlanta. But, he must have something that someone has liked because otherwise guys like him usually are gone from pro baseball after 2-3 years

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