Tuesday, September 16, 2014

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. 

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Jake Dunning1000000000.2000010.001.50.000
Hunter Strickland5000000054.1500000.001.15.294
Chris Heston1000000021.0000010.001.00.000
Erik Cordier3000000043.0200010.001.00.182

So who is Erik Cordier? 

According to Baseball Reference:

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. 
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