Thursday, October 5, 2017

2017 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Starting Pitcher Of The Year: Diego Cordero



June
G
W
L
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
WHIP
Ventura
5
1
2
19.2
18
12
7
0
8
2
15
3.20
1.32
Cordero
3
1
1
17.0
18
6
4
0
2
0
11
2.12
1.18
Benitez
4
0
0
14.0
13
8
8
0
7
2
23
5.14
1.43
Pereira
3
0
2
13.0
13
4
3
0
5
0
7
2.77
1.38
Moreno
3
0
0
12.2
9
2
2
0
5
0
8
1.48
1.15
Pirela
2
0
0
10.0
6
2
1
0
3
0
9
0.90
0.90
Rondon
2
0
1
5.2
4
3
3
0
3
2
6
4.76
1.24
Solano
1
0
0
5.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
4
0.00
1.00
In the first month of the season, the Dominican Summer League Cardinals’ rotation saw two of their starters get promoted in Brian Pirela and Angel Rondon after a couple appearances.  Francis Ventura made the most starts and tossed the most innings.  Diego Cordero hurled the most innings per start and had a really good ERA and WHIP.  Jose Moreno had the best ERA among the starters with three or more openings.  Allinson Benitez struggled but lead all starters in strikeouts.

July
G
W
L
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
WHIP
Moreno
5
0
3
23.2
23
11
9
1
6
1
13
3.42
1.23
Solano
4
2
1
21.2
11
10
7
0
4
4
11
2.91
0.69
Cordero
4
0
2
21.0
25
15
12
1
4
1
16
5.14
1.43
Pereira
4
1
3
19.1
18
9
9
0
8
2
17
4.19
1.34
Ventura
4
1
0
19.1
23
11
9
0
5
2
11
4.19
1.45
Zamora
1
0
0
3.0
2
1
1
0
1
0
3
3.00
1.00
Soto
1
0
1
3.0
4
2
2
0
0
0
5
6.00
1.33
Benitez
2
0
1
3.0
7
5
5
0
4
0
2
15.00
3.00
Moreno lead the way in starts and innings pitched in the second month of the season.  Cordero, Ventura, and Wilfredo Pereira all show some struggles in July.  Pereira did however strike out the most batters with Cordero not far behind.  Enmanuel Solano was inserted into the rotation and took off in his new role, after spending all of the 2016 season in the bullpen.  Dionis Zamora and Hector Soto received spot starts and Benitez was bumped to the pen.

August
G
W
L
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
WHIP
Cordero
4
3
0
22.0
16
4
4
0
4
2
19
1.64
0.91
Solano
4
1
1
16.2
17
12
5
0
4
2
16
2.70
1.26
Ventura
3
0
0
14.0
17
7
6
0
6
2
9
3.86
1.64
Pereira
3
0
1
13.0
14
5
4
0
5
0
9
2.25
1.46
Moreno
3
1
0
12.0
8
3
3
1
3
2
9
2.25
0.92
Zamora
3
0
2
10.0
16
7
4
0
4
1
8
3.60
2.00
Diaz
1
0
1
2.0
5
5
3
0
0
0
0
13.50
2.50
Cordero and Pereira rebounded in the final month of the season.  Cordero struck out the most and had the best ERA and WHIP in August.  Solano and Ventura showed steady numbers while Moreno improved compared to July.  Zamora continued to do double duty as he started and relieved before the end of the season.  Oneiver Diaz received one start before he was promoted.

Name
G
W
L
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HBP
SO
ERA
WHIP
Cordero
11
4
3
60.0
60
25
20
1
10
3
46
3.00
1.17
Ventura
12
2
2
53.0
58
30
22
0
19
6
35
3.74
1.45
Moreno
11
1
3
48.1
40
16
14
2
14
3
30
2.61
1.12
Pereira
10
1
6
45.1
45
18
16
0
18
2
33
3.18
1.39
Solano
9
3
2
43.1
33
22
12
0
8
6
31
2.49
0.95
Looking at the five main starting pitchers for the 2017 season, you can say this wasn’t a bad group of hurlers at all.  All put up some really good numbers and if the team had a solid bullpen, we probably would see this team making a title run.  Moreno and Solano saw their ERA stay under 3.00 and Cordero was just hovering.  Solano also had his WHIP under 1.00.  Cordero however pitched the most innings, most innings per start, struck out the most, and earned the most wins among the starting rotation. 

My personal selection for the 2017 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Starting Pitcher of the Year is Diego Codero.


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