03/20: YB Community Projection: Jaret Wright
Posted by: James
Jaret Wright - Starting Pitcher
Age: 29 Years Old (Turns 30 in June).
Three-Year History and splits:
Outlook: Well, no one can say that they didn't see the signs. They were just ignored. Signing a starting pitcher off of one good season (where he worked with Leo Mazzone and in front of a good defense) following a storied history of arm trouble is not exactly the smartest move. Not surprisingly, Jaret's 2005 season justified all of these initial criticisms. He only pitched 20 innings in April (with an ERA of 9.19!) before he had to be shut down because of shoulder problems. When he came back, he had one good start against Toronto (who slaughtered him the next two times they saw him) and one good start apiece against Seattle and Tampa Bay. Outside of that, he was awful and ended the season with three starts where he averaged 2 innings and 3 earned runs per start. I give Jaret credit for rehabbing and working hard to come back from his initial shoulder problems but I simply don’t think that he has the strength or the stuff to be a starting pitcher in the AL. His K rate was horrible (4.81 per 9) which is a problem if you’re not a groundball pitcher. Couple that with awful control (almost 5 men per 9 innings) and you have the explanation for an ERA over 6.
To date, he has pitched 11.2 innings in spring training and has given up 21(!) hits and 12 earned runs. That's an ERA of 9.26 for those of you without your calculators handy, which is pretty close to what he did last April. In my mind, it would practically take a miracle for Jaret Wright to be a useful pitcher for the Yankees and if he lives up (or is it down) to my expectations, he would go down as one of the worst signings in Yankee history.
Please post your predictions for the following stat line in the comments section:
Age: 29 Years Old (Turns 30 in June).
Three-Year History and splits:
| SEASON | G | GS | CG | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | W | L | SV | HD | BlSv | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 56.1 | 76 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 31 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7.35 |
| 2004 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 186.1 | 168 | 79 | 68 | 11 | 70 | 159 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -- | 3.28 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 64.2 | 81 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 32 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -- | 6.08 |
Outlook: Well, no one can say that they didn't see the signs. They were just ignored. Signing a starting pitcher off of one good season (where he worked with Leo Mazzone and in front of a good defense) following a storied history of arm trouble is not exactly the smartest move. Not surprisingly, Jaret's 2005 season justified all of these initial criticisms. He only pitched 20 innings in April (with an ERA of 9.19!) before he had to be shut down because of shoulder problems. When he came back, he had one good start against Toronto (who slaughtered him the next two times they saw him) and one good start apiece against Seattle and Tampa Bay. Outside of that, he was awful and ended the season with three starts where he averaged 2 innings and 3 earned runs per start. I give Jaret credit for rehabbing and working hard to come back from his initial shoulder problems but I simply don’t think that he has the strength or the stuff to be a starting pitcher in the AL. His K rate was horrible (4.81 per 9) which is a problem if you’re not a groundball pitcher. Couple that with awful control (almost 5 men per 9 innings) and you have the explanation for an ERA over 6.
To date, he has pitched 11.2 innings in spring training and has given up 21(!) hits and 12 earned runs. That's an ERA of 9.26 for those of you without your calculators handy, which is pretty close to what he did last April. In my mind, it would practically take a miracle for Jaret Wright to be a useful pitcher for the Yankees and if he lives up (or is it down) to my expectations, he would go down as one of the worst signings in Yankee history.
Please post your predictions for the following stat line in the comments section:
| G | GS | Innings | W | L | BB | K | Hld | SV | ERA |
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Mike A. wrote:
He's gone by mid-May, in one form or another.