Stretching Out Ryan Meisinger?

[sportsfan8703]

Yeah, that was the trend for a while. Matt Anderson went #1 at one point also. Then there was the trend of nobody taking relievers in high rounds, ever, and it seems like that's just now starting to thaw as the sabermetric consensus starts to correct itself on the value of leverage.

One trend that just popped up last year was teams taking college relievers with very high picks with the intention of using them as starters (Tyler Jay, Dillon Tate, etc.) I guess the thinking there is that if the guy can't put it together as a starter, you know what he can do in short stints. This was something the Orioles tried as well, but never with super-high picks and never really with much success (hello, Dan Klein!).

Branden Kline also. I think he could have already been in the mlb if we kept him as a reliever. Maybe coming off TJ we'll change him back to a reliever.

[OFFNY]

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6 up and 6 down in the 7th and 8th innings, in a game in which Meisinger was pitching with the slimmest of margins (the Keys won the game by a score of 1-0.)

It was the 2nd consecutive outing in which Meisinger has gone 6 up and 6 down, and the 4th consecutive shutout outing for him overall (encompassing 9.33 innings.)

6 OUTS: 3 Groundouts, 2 Strikeouts, 1 Popout

RYAN THOMAS MEISINGER O (vs. Advanced-A Winston-Salem, 8/06)

IP:l 2

H:;; 0 ll

R:l) 0

BB:)0

SO:)2

Pitches: 27 (17 Strikes, 10 Balls)

2016 ERA: 2.25 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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13 (8 Strikes, 5 Balls)

14 (9 Strikes, 5 Balls)

[OFFNY]

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Meisinger entered the game with runners on 2nd and 3rd base, and 2 outs.

9 out of the 10 outs that he recorded came via the ground ball and the strikeout.

In Meisinger's last 7 outings combined, he has ceded 1 run over 16 innings pitched, for an ERA of 0.56. l :eektf:

10 OUTS: 5 Groundouts (Including 2 Double Plays), 2 Strikeouts, 1 Popout

RYAN THOMAS MEISINGER oo (vs. Advanced-A Lynchburg, 8/18)

IP:l 3.33

H:;; 2 ll(2 Singles)

R:l) 0

BB:)0

SO:)2

Pitches: 48 (32 Strikes, 16 Balls)

2016 ERA: 2.05 (Advanced-A Frederick)

PITCHES BY INNING

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61 (41 Strikes, 2 Balls) *

13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

18 (11 Strikes, 7 Balls)

11 (71 Strikes, 4 Balls)

* Meisinger recorded 1 out in the 1st inning.

[Frobby]

Sedlock had his worst outing of the year last night: 3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. All of the damage was in the first inning: single, double, line out, single, double, walk, error, wild pitch before Sedlock finally retired the final two batters. The second and third innings were 1-2-3.

[OFFNY]

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5 strikeouts in only 3 innings pitched.

In Meisinger's last 10 outings combined, he has ceded 3 runs over 23.33 innings pitched, for an ERA of 1.16.  

 

9 OUTS: )) 5 Strikeouts, 2 Groundouts, 1 Popout, 1 Lineout

 

RYAN THOMAS MEISINGER o))))))o (vs. Advanced-A Potomac, 9/01)

IP:)llll3

H:;;l l1 l)(1 Single)

R:l.) l0

BB:).0

SO:).5

Pitches: ))) 42 )(29 lStrikes, l13 lBalls)

2016 ERA: )) 2.13 l (Advanced-A Frederick)

 

PITCHES BY INNING

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15 l (11 .Strikes, ) 4 l Balls)

13 l (81 lStrikes, ) 5 l Balls)

14 l (10 lStrikes, . 4 l Balls)

 

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[OFFNY]

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Opponents are batting .053 (1-for-19) off of Meisinger so far this season. 

 

8 OUTS: )) 4 Strikeouts, 2 Popouts, 1 Groundout, 1 Lineout

 

RYAN THOMAS MEISINGER )))))o (vs. AA-Erie, 4/12)

IP:)llll2.67

H:;;l l0 l)

R:l.) l0

BB:).1

SO:).4

Pitches: ))) 46 )(31 lStrikes, l15 lBalls)

2017 ERA: )) 0.00 l (AA-Bowie)

2017 WHIP: )) 0.333 l (AA-Bowie)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )) .053 l (AA-Bowie) )) 1 for 19

 

PITCHES BY INNING

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24 l (15 .Strikes, l) 9 l Balls)

10 . (81 lStrikes, l) 2 l Balls)

12 . (81 lStrikes, ll 4 l Balls) )   *

 

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

 

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[OFFNY]

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Meisinger is having an excellent season so far.

His WHIP is well below 1.000 (0.813), and opponents are batting .164 off of him (9 for 55.)

 

6 OUTS: 3 Flyouts, 2 Groundouts, 1 Strikeout

 

RYAN THOMAS MEISINGER )))))) (vs. AA-Richmond, 5/04)

IP:lll)l 2 )

H:lllllll 0 ) 

R:lllllll 0

BB:lll 0

SO:.ll 1

Pitches: )) 21 )(14 )Strikes, )7 )Balls)

2017 ERA: )  2.25 ) (AA-Bowie) 

2017 WHIP: )  0.813 ) AA-Bowie) )  13 IP (13 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )  .164 ) (AA-Bowie) )  9 for 55

 

PITCHES BY INNING

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11 .)(8 llStrikes, ll3 llBalls)

10 .l(6 llStrikes, ll4 llBalls)

 

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[ChuckS]

He's been our best reliever in the upper minors so far this season. Look forward to seeing him in Baltimore.

Liranzo and Cleavinger meanwhile have been disappointments.

[weams]