Keegan Akin 2018

[Br10n]

I am no expert by any means but I did sit just behind home plate (I believe we were next to Alex Murphy's mom and wow).  I thought he looked good until he ran into trouble in the 5th.  He had good velocity and good break on his off speed stuff.  The ump appeared to have large strike zone.  The ump called anything close inside a strike.  He was able to take advantage of this.  A scout told me he was hitting 93.

[Frobby]

4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K's.    Seems like he was all over the place again, 93 pitches in 4.1 IP.   It will be interesting to read Tony's take.   

[Tony-OH]

11 hours ago, Frobby said:

4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K's.    Seems like he was all over the place again, 93 pitches in 4.1 IP.   It will be interesting to read Tony's take.   

http://www.orioleshangout.com/2017/04/17/keys-vs-winston-salem-dash-akin-start/

[Frobby]

18 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

http://www.orioleshangout.com/2017/04/17/keys-vs-winston-salem-dash-akin-start/

Sounds like you liked what Zach Thompson (Winston-Salem's starter) was doing!

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Sounds like you liked what Zach Thompson (Winston-Salem's starter) was doing!

His knucklecurve was giving the Keys batters fits. His fastball was nothing to write home about, but his knucklecruve had some good late bite. Saying that, I'd seen three games and I haven't seen a Keys hitter hit a curveball yet. They need a curveball machine or something. 

[Frobby]

Akin had his best outing of the year so far: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.    He's struck out 24 batters in 15 IP.

[ChuckS]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Akin had his best outing of the year so far: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.    He's struck out 24 batters in 15 IP.

ERA isn't pretty but overall I'd say he hasn't lost any luster as a prospect through the early going.  

He's improved each start and the K's are good.  I like K's.  

[MachoMachadoMan]

What about Akin has him missing so many bats? I don't recall him being overpowering. Does he have a lot of natural movement or just killer secondaries?

Still very excited about Akin. Think he's at least a ML starter. 

[Frobby]

Runs allowed, by game: 6, 3, 2, 1. Good trend.     

[OFFNY]

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Akin threw 7 shutout innings before running into trouble in the 8th.

 

22 OUTS: ) 6 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 5 Strikeouts, 5 Flyouts, 4 Popouts, 1 Lineout 

 

KEEGAN LEE AKIN o))o (vs. Advanced-A Down East, 5/10)

IP:l)ll 7.33

H:;l); 3 ll(3 Doubles)

R:.))) 2

BB:l)l2 ) *

SO:.lll5

Pitches: )l 94 )(63 lStrikes, )31 )Balls)

2017 ERA: )l 5.34 )(Advanced-A Frederick)

2017 WHIP: )l 1.649 )(Advanced-A Frederick) )  30.33 IP (50 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )l .282 )(Advanced-A Frederick) )  33 for 117

 

* ) Akin also had 1 Hit Batsman

 

PITCHES BY INNING

************************

10 ll(81 lStrikes, l2 llBalls)

15 ll(10 lStrikes, l5 .lBalls)

13 l.(81 lStrikes, l5 .lBalls)

19 ll(12 lStrikes, l7 .lBalls)

51 ll(41 lStrikes, .1 llBalls)

81 ll(31 lStrikes, ll5 llBalls)

15 ll(13 lStrikes, ll2 .lBalls)

91 ll(51 lStrikes, ll4 llBalls) ) **

 

** ) Akin recorded 1 out before departing in the 8th inning.

 

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[sportsfan8703]

Take out his first start where he went just 0.2 IP and gave up 6 ER and his numbers look great.  37 K's in 30 IP.  Gotta like that.  

[Frobby]

7.1 IP on 94 pitches is a very efficient outing.  Good to see him throwing some strikes.  

[Legend_Of_Joey]

13 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Take out his first start where he went just 0.2 IP and gave up 6 ER and his numbers look great.  37 K's in 30 IP.  Gotta like that.  

That first start was also in below freezing temps. Good to see it be an anomaly.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

That first start was also in below freezing temps. Good to see it be an anomaly.

He's kind of been all over the map.   K's have been good, BB not so good, and until this last start his pitch counts have been very high.   

0.2 IP, 32 pitches

5.0 IP, 81 pitches

4.1 IP, 93 pitches

5.0 IP, 84 pitches

5.0 IP, 92 pitches

3.0 IP, 79 pitches

7.1 IP, 94 pitches

I'd call this last start his best, and hope he continues to progress.    

 

[Frobby]

Pretty solid outing tonight, 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K's.    And, only 88 pitches.