Cordier and Strickland continue to show well as Giants lose

The best thing to come out of the opening loss with the D-Backs, as well as the slaughter game versus the Dodgers, is getting a feel for some of the minor league prospects perform at the major league level. Small sample size aside, Hunter Strickland and Erik Cordier may be developing into the Joe Panik and Andrew Susac of the pitching staff. 

	G	GS	W	L	SV	BS	HLD	CG	K	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	ERA	WHIP	BAA
Jake Dunning	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.50	.000
Hunter Strickland	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4.1	5	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.15	.294
Chris Heston	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.00	.000
Erik Cordier	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.00	.182

So who is Erik Cordier? 

According to Baseball Reference:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cordie001eri

Erik Michael Cordier Position: Pitcher Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6' 4", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: February 25, 1986 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, US (Age 28.203) 
High School: Southern Door HS (Brussels, WI)

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Southern Door HS (Brussels, WI).

Cordier struggled with the Royals and the Braves, has some history of injury, but interestingly his K/9 rate has gone up as he has moved up the minor league ladder. Unfortunately, so has his BB/9 rate, which is high. 

He opened some eyes last year at Indianapolis (AAA-Pirates) with an impressive ( 11.0 K/9, 4.8 BB/9 2.32 K/BB ) stat line a year after posting ( 5.5 K/9, 7.7 BB/9 0.71 K/BB ) numbers with Gwinnett (AAA-Braves)  in limited action.

I would not mind seeing Cordier break the mold of my mantra that the Braves don't give up on prospects with any value. I like Strickland better as a prospect on the basis of his superior command/control numbers, less strikeouts combined with less walks makes him more trustworthy in late inning / closer type situations.