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BowieMike has a lot of quotes from Patton and pitching coach Larry McCall up in the prospect tracker. Bottom line is that Patton wasn't getting strike calls on the inside part of the plate, so the hitters looked for pitches on the outer half and fouled a lot of them off, so his pitch count got high. It was mentioned that there have been some long at bats in each of Patton's last 3 starts. That is a bit worrisome to me, because if that's happening in Bowie, you know it will happen in spades at the major league level.

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It was mentioned that there have been some long at bats in each of Patton's last 3 starts. That is a bit worrisome to me, because if that's happening in Bowie, you know it will happen in spades at the major league level.

Absolutely. It means they are tracking the ball well, and have time to wait on a pitch and spoil it if they don't like it. Over, and over, and over... He made some comments to Mike in the PT that really make it obvious he's having trouble finishing off AA hitters at times.

I love that Patton is getting results. I just think it's more with smoke, mirrors, and experience. It's working at AA. I don't think it's going to play well if his velocity doesn't tick up a bit.

I keep saying 'John Stephens'. Yes, they are completely different pitchers - Patton doesn't throw that slow. But my comparison comes from the fact that Stephen's owned AA, and AAA and the major were total reality checks for him. Experienced hitters ate him up.

Bottom line, I think he needs to move to AAA as soon as everyone is happy with where his arm strength is.

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BowieMike has a lot of quotes from Patton and pitching coach Larry McCall up in the prospect tracker. Bottom line is that Patton wasn't getting strike calls on the inside part of the plate, so the hitters looked for pitches on the outer half and fouled a lot of them off, so his pitch count got high. It was mentioned that there have been some long at bats in each of Patton's last 3 starts. That is a bit worrisome to me, because if that's happening in Bowie, you know it will happen in spades at the major league level.[/QUOTE]

Great thought and right on the mark, Rick. I think Patton is coming along just fine, but I don't see a rush to put him in Baltimore yet. I wouldn't mind seeing him get a few starts with the more patient hitters in AAA to see how his stuff translates before sending him to Baltimore. I'm not quite sure why Stockstill seems to think AAA is unnecessary. If Hernandez is promoted to Baltimore, I see no reason not to send Patton to Norfolk.

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Great thought and right on the mark' date=' Rick. I think Patton is coming along just fine, but I don't see a rush to put him in Baltimore yet. I wouldn't mind seeing him get a few starts with the more patient hitters in AAA to see how his stuff translates before sending him to Baltimore. I'm not quite sure why Stockstill seems to think AAA is unnecessary. If Hernandez is promoted to Baltimore, I see no reason not to send Patton to Norfolk.

I definitely think that if some other starter is promoted to Baltimore, Patton should go to Norfolk. But I'm on the fence as to whether Patton would be a better call-up than Hernandez or someone else who is in Norfolk now. I mean, Hernandez isn't getting deep into games either.

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I may be wrong, but doesn't that usually mean they don't have a strong "out" pitch? If you haven't got that at double-A, I can't even begin to imagine the agony of watching yet another pitcher like that at the ML level...

:D I thought you were the one who brought up this whole point ???

Oh well, it was a good point whoever dreamt it up :D

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