Saturday, October 8, 2016

2016 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Reliever Of The Year - Fabian Blanco



June 2016
G
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
Perez
8
13.0
10
6
4
0
5
0
12
2.77
Pereira
6
11.0
9
2
2
0
4
0
11
1.64
Blanco
6
10.1
5
1
1
0
3
1
13
0.87
DeJesus
2
8.0
9
4
3
0
1
1
10
3.38
Pirela
5
8.0
5
3
2
0
5
0
11
2.25
Rondon
5
8.0
7
4
2
0
4
0
11
2.25
Lugo
7
7.0
9
7
6
1
6
0
6
7.71
Madera
5
7.0
8
3
3
0
3
2
8
3.86
Ventura
2
7.0
8
3
3
0
4
1
4
3.86
Garcia
5
6.2
11
11
6
0
6
2
7
8.10
Tejada
3
3.2
1
0
0
0
1
0
6
0.00
Ramirez
1
3.1
6
2
2
0
3
0
4
12.60
Nicacio
1
2.2
6
5
3
0
2
1
3
10.13

The Cardinals received strong performances from Enrique Perez (2015 DSL Reliever of the Year), Wilfredo Pereira, Fabian Blanco, Brian Pirela, Angel Rondon, and  Wilman MaderaNoel DeJesus, Francis Ventura, Edwar Ramirez, and Winston Nicacio worked in a piggyback rotation.  Blanco lead the way with strikeouts with Perez, Periera, Pirela, and Rondon not far behind.  Cristhian Lugo and Jesus Garcia, returning from shoulder surgery, both struggled in the first month giving up quite a bit of hits and runs, and issuing plenty of walks.

July 2016
G
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
Perez
11
16.0
11
4
4
1
4
3
12
2.25
Pereira
6
13.1
17
9
7
0
2
2
10
4.73
Lugo
8
12.1
13
8
6
0
3
2
11
4.38
Solano
6
12.0
11
6
6
1
4
2
12
4.50
Blanco
8
11.0
5
7
6
1
12
0
17
4.91
Pirela
6
10.0
7
1
1
0
3
0
17
0.90
Ramirez
2
10.0
8
5
3
0
4
0
6
2.70
Madera
9
9.2
10
11
9
0
12
0
10
8.38
Garcia
6
9.1
16
9
7
1
7
0
4
6.75
Tejada
7
8.0
12
7
6
0
3
5
11
6.75
Rondon
1
4.0
2
0
0
0
1
1
4
0.00
Ventura
2
3.2
2
2
0
0
1
0
2
0.00
Cordero
2
3.1
6
5
4
1
2
1
6
11.62

In the second month of the season, the bullpen took a beating but Perez and Pirela, the lone pitching All-Star, staying on course.  Blanco tied for the lead in strikeouts but also in walks.  Madera and Garcia managed to walk more than strikeouts.  Pirela only allowed one run over the entire month.  Enmanuel Solano, signed in July, came right in and made an impact.

August 2016
G
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
Perez
8
14.0
8
5
4
0
8
1
16
2.57
 Nicacio
3
11.2
8
3
3
0
6
1
12
2.41
Pereira
6
11.1
14
2
0
0
1
0
6
0.00
Solano
5
11.1
13
5
4
0
0
0
5
3.18
Blanco
7
8.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
15
0.00
Ventura
3
7.0
7
1
1
0
0
0
10
1.29
Pirela
3
6.2
4
3
3
0
4
1
5
4.05
Lugo
5
6.1
4
2
2
0
0
0
9
2.84
Tejada
6
6.1
7
3
2
0
3
2
7
2.84
Gonzalez
2
5.1
4
1
1
0
1
0
5
1.76
Madera
3
5.0
6
1
1
0
1
0
2
1.80
Cordero
1
3.0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
0.00
Garcia
4
3.0
3
2
1
0
2
1
1
3.00
DeJesus
1
2.0
3
2
2
0
2
0
0
9.00
Rondon
1
2.0
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
4.50

Perez stayed consistent the entire season.  Blanco has his best month of the season and struck out the secon most and didn’t allow a run.  Nicacio returned from injury and picked up a role in the bullpen.  Pirela dipped and season-long stragglers Lugo, Estailin Tejada, and Madera had much better performances.  Solano showed some improvement.  Ventura and Junior Gonzalez saw increase in relief as the season rolled on. 

Other Stats
Wins
Losses
Inherited Runners – Scored
Hold
Blow Saves
Saves
Gonzalez
1
1
0-0
0
0
0
DeJesus
1
0
0-0
0
0
1
Ramirez
2
0
0-0
1
0
0
Nicacio
2
0
0-0
0
1
0
Perez
2
2
11-7 (61%)
3
1
1
Rondon
1
1
0-0
0
0
1
Pereira
2
1
15-6 (71%)
2
2
0
Cordero
0
0
0-0
0
1
1
Blanco
4
2
22-2 (92%)
2
3
8
Ventura
2
0
0-0
1
0
2
Lugo
1
0
9-0 (100%)
3
0
0
Pirela
3
2
5-4 (56%)
4
0
0
Solano
1
1
7-4 (64%)
1
0
1
Madera
1
2
9-3 (75%)
2
1
1
Garcia
4
0
14-9 (61%)
0
2
0
Tejada
1
0
5-3 (63%)
1
2
4


Overall
G
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
WHIP
AVG
Perez
27
43.0
29
15
12
1
17
4
40
2.51
1.07
.191
Pereira
18
35.2
40
13
9
0
7
2
27
2.27
1.32
.288
Blanco
21
29.1
11
8
7
1
17
1
45
2.15
0.95
.112
Lugo
20
25.2
26
17
14
1
9
2
26
4.91
1.36
.257
Pirela
14
24.2
16
7
6
0
12
1
33
2.19
1.14
.180
Solano
11
23.1
24
11
10
1
4
2
17
3.86
1.20
.267
Madera
17
21.2
24
15
13
0
16
2
20
5.40
1.85
.286
Garcia
15
19.0
30
22
14
1
15
3
13
6.63
2.37
.353
Tejada
16
18.0
20
10
8
0
7
7
24
4.00
1.50
.282
Ventura
6
17.2
17
6
4
0
5
1
18
2.04
1.25
.254
Nicacio
4
14.1
14
8
6
0
8
2
15
3.77
1.53
.259
Rondon
7
14.0
11
5
2
0
5
1
17
1.29
1.14
.204
Ramirez
3
13.1
14
7
5
0
7
0
10
3.38
1.58
.269


Perez and Pereira were pretty much consistent all season long.  One area Perez struggled in was holding inherited runners on base.   Perez  and Blanco both lead the way in walks and strikeouts but Blanco scooted on ahead with more K’s than innings pitched.    Pirela, like Perez, has his trouble with keeping the previous pitchers’ runners from scoring, but still made a good push out of the bullpen and led the way in holds.  Lugo had a sluggish first couple months and came through in the end, was also perfect on holding runners on.   Blanco also had the best WHIP and held opponents batting average to .112, well below any other reliever.  I have selected Fabian Blanco as the 2016 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Reliever of the Year.

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