The fixation for “Ambiorix Burgos”:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=7528 is he pushes three digits on the radar gun. His upside is greater than that of Lino Urdaneta, who hasn’t pitched in over a week.
Burgos got off to a bad start with the homer to Ryan Howard. Willie Randolph was trying to throw him a bone, give him a chance to do something positive and it blew up in his face.
Still, he improved in subsequent appearances. His control was spotty, but there were signs of getting better. In three games at Triple-A New Orleans spanning five innings, Burgos gave up three runs and five hits, and struck out six and walked three.
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As sharp as the bullpen has been and the length the starters have been provided lately, you wonder if sending Burgos down had more to do with getting him some work than anything. Starters, outside of Pelfrey, have been going 6+ innings. You’ve got a killer 7th inning pair in Smith and Feliciano, 8th inning split between Heilman and Schoeneweis. And Wagner to close. They’ve pitched Burgos multiple innings during his time in New Orleans, could be that they attempted to stretch him out in an effort to try him in long relief should they deal Sele at some point.
Things continue to progress in this manner, Omar may find himself peddling the likes of Sele, Heilman, and/or Sosa once Mota and then Pedro return to action.
How does that line at AAA New Orleans get him another call up? Unbelievable…
To be fair, if I recall correctly, in his first two AAA appearances he recorded excellent 1st innings but was lit up when he went out for his second inning of work. He was wild in his most recent outing and was touched up in his 1st inning. Not to say this is impressive nor a reason for comfort, but, the small sample size statistics may not tell the whole story. To be sure, Burgos isn’t completely “fixed” yet.
anyone who thinks AAA #’s are what GM’s and scouts go by is kidding themselves…c’mon, think a little more, especially when a pitcher is pitching in the PCL, a notorious hitter’s league where stats become even harder to judge. You could send Tom Seaver down to the minors in his heyday and maybe in 5 innings he gives up 3 runs, and some schmuck gives up 0 runs. Does that mean you call up the schmuck? No, stats in that little itme mean absolutely nothing. They’re calling up Burgos because of his unlimited potential. If somehow you find a way (and you have to try) to harness this guys fastball along with his incredible splitter and pretty decent slider, you have yourself a guy with closer stuff. Enough said.
not a huge fan of borgus reminds me of benitez. :-\
hoping he finds his control..
Seaver would dominate at AAA ad if you can’t do well in the minors most likely the pros wont treat you better. or are you trying to say that the pros cannot hit as well?