Ryan Wilson 2019

[Frobby]

Another really nice outing for Wilson tonight, 8 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 9 K’s.   He threw 68 of 93 pitches for strikes.   Nice pitch efficiency there.    His ERA is down to 2.80.    

[Frobby]

Sally League pitcher of the week for last week, per Roch.   

[cboemmeljr]

4 hours ago, Frobby said:

Sally League pitcher of the week for last week, per Roch.   

https://birdswatcher.com/2019/07/16/baltimore-orioles-awards-milb-system/

[Frobby]

Here’s a great article on how Ryan Wilson used the new technology to improve his pitching.    https://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2019/12/a-look-at-how-one-os-minor-league-pitcher-used-technology-to-improve.html

“Justin Ramsey (Shorebirds pitching coach) was huge in his development with the Edgertronic camera and the TrackMan (data) in how the ball comes off his fingers and playing with his grip. With the use of technology and a good pitching coach in Justin, they made a few adjustments and next thing you know they got it figured out quick. He was rolling out in the sixth and seventh inning every start and was a huge piece for us in the second half.” (Quote from Aberdeen manager Kyle Moore.)

Wilson had an ERA of 7.47 after his first four starts but as he improved and the technology helped with all his pitches, especially his breaking pitches, he was big for the Shorebirds as they set a team record with 90 wins and made the playoffs. He was one of five pitchers that struck out 100 or more on a team that set a South Atlantic League record for strikeouts.

“It definitely helped,” Wilson said in a phone interview. “I think Justin just did a good job of translating that info and data. We got to work with the Edgertronic cameras throwing our bullpens and that helped the most. We had two guys working with the cameras. We were lucky to have a two-man team. You can look at the video and get instant feedback. It just helps you understand what you are doing better. We had a stripe on the baseball and you can see if you are throwing it right.”

Wilson said Ramsey was the right guy to be a go-between with the technology and the pitchers.

“He was google translate for all of us,” he said. “It was great to work with him. He was great at communicating with the technology but if you just wanted to talk old-school pitching, we did that as well.”