Excellent Meoli article on Zach Fruit's deveopment

[Tony-OH]

47 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Zach Fruit had his season finale last night: 4 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 7 K’s.   He finishes the year at 3.03 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 9.5 K/9, 2.1 K/BB.   Over his final 14 starts dating to mid-June, he had a 2.04 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 9.5 K/9, 2.0 K/BB.   He allowed only 33 hits in 61.2 innings, but also walked 33.   Basically, like so many of our Elias era minor league pitchers, walks are the issue.  

Would have liked to have seen him moved to AA at some point over the last month. A 24-year old on a 75-pitch count limit who did well against younger competition, but still had command issues. 

Maybe next season they'll push him a little more aggressively at 25-years old.

 

[Frobby]

14 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Would have liked to have seen him moved to AA at some point over the last month. A 24-year old on a 75-pitch count limit who did well against younger competition, but still had command issues. 

Maybe next season they'll push him a little more aggressively at 25-years old.

 

I agree. We’ll see if he has any success at that level.