Jean Pinto 2023

[Frobby]

Sent back to Aberdeen to begin 2023, Pinto allowed 1 run in 4.1 innings in the season debut, allowing 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 6.  47 of 69 pitches were strikes.  

[Frobby]

Second start for Pinto also was very good.  5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K’s.  46 of 68 pitches for strikes.  The main thing for him is to keep the walks down.  If he keeps doing that, I think he gets a pretty quick promotion to Bowie.  

[emmett16]

Nice to see.  Every time I check in on him, his line is bloated with BBs.  

[Just Regular]

He's 2nd to Bright in K/9 among the admittedly tiny handful of Sally starters who have completed two decent length turns.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/minor-league?pos=all&level=0&lg=14&stats=pit&qual=8&type=1&team=&season=2023&seasonEnd=2023&org=&ind=0&splitTeam=false&players=&sort=5,1

Walk rate under 8 so far.

In the mid-minors, it seems like a lot of hot starter seasons go like 10 starts at Level 1 and 10 starts at Level 2, so it'll be interesting to follow if either Pinto or Bright can taste some AA success this summer.

[SilverRocket]

 

Pinto has flown under the radar a bit. Including his one start in May, he has 34 Ks in 22.0 IP.

[Just Regular]

Very good game last night and leading Sally Pitchers with a 37% K rate.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/minor-league?pos=all&level=0&lg=14&stats=pit&qual=y&type=1&team=all&season=2023&seasonEnd=2023&org=&ind=0&splitTeam=false&players=&sort=9,1

He's listed 5-11 175 (even Dean Kremer, who seems to me a trim MLB SP, is listed 6-2, 210), so I somewhat automatically wonder how his repertoire translates to the bullpen.     He also has the best HR/9 of all Sally SP, though cavernous Aberdeen perhaps helping with that.

[CharmCityHokie]

5 hours ago, Just Regular said:

Very good game last night and leading Sally Pitchers with a 37% K rate.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/minor-league?pos=all&level=0&lg=14&stats=pit&qual=y&type=1&team=all&season=2023&seasonEnd=2023&org=&ind=0&splitTeam=false&players=&sort=9,1

He's listed 5-11 175 (even Dean Kremer, who seems to me a trim MLB SP, is listed 6-2, 210), so I somewhat automatically wonder how his repertoire translates to the bullpen.     He also has the best HR/9 of all Sally SP, though cavernous Aberdeen perhaps helping with that.

Pedro Martinez and Fernando Valenzuela were both under six feet, I think Tim Lincecum too. We clearly have an Ace in the workings 

[ChosenOne21]

Lincecum was 5'11" 170 when he came up and threw 98. The dude really was "The Freak"

Of all the times the Orioles drafted someone other than who I wanted, Lincecum was the one I wanted most at the time and the one that hurt the most when we missed on him. But hey, Billy Rowell hit the ball 500 ft once!

Edited May 27, 2023 by ChosenOne21

[CharmCityHokie]

On 5/4/2023 at 7:41 PM, SilverRocket said:

 

Pinto has flown under the radar a bit. Including his one start in May, he has 34 Ks in 22.0 IP.

The following question truly does not matter, but I'm overly curious in how this team operates; Does anyone know if these guys who receive these recognitions get any kind of reward? Like a $500 pay bonus, or a watch, or an Arby's gift card? Or is it just a Twitter post?

Edited May 28, 2023 by CharmCityHokie

[owknows]

6 minutes ago, CharmCityHokie said:

The following question truly does not matter, but I'm overly curious in how this team operates; Does anyone know if these guys who receive these recognitions get any kind of reward? Like a $500 pay bonus, or a watch, or an Arby's gift card? Or is it just a Twitter post?

I'll chip in for the Arby's gift card.

They have the meats.

And I like Pinto.

[Frobby]

Pinto with 4 shutout innings tonight, 1 hit, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts.  

His numbers to date: 42.1 IP, 2.34 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 13.8 K/9, 4.3 K/BB.

The O’s continue to handle Pinto with kid gloves, as he hasn’t thrown more than 76 pitches in any outing.  He threw 71 tonight.  

In my opinion he’s overdue for a promotion.   

 

[ChosenOne21]

I'm pretty sure Pinto has to be on the 40 man next offseason. We really need to see what he looks like at AA so we can make an informed decision

[Hazmat]

On 5/4/2023 at 7:41 PM, SilverRocket said:

 

Pinto has flown under the radar a bit. Including his one start in May, he has 34 Ks in 22.0 IP.

I like his Ripken jersey. I’ve got a similar one hanging in my closet.

[sportsfan8703]

133 IP at A+ over the last two seasons. Aberdeen is pitcher friendly. We’ll find out more when he gets promoted to Bowie. 

[Billy F-Face3]

On 6/2/2023 at 10:54 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

133 IP at A+ over the last two seasons. Aberdeen is pitcher friendly. We’ll find out more when he gets promoted to Bowie. 

Bowie is not pitcher friendly. That's for sure. 303 feet down each of the lines at the foul poles. However, it is 405 to strait away Center, IIRC.