We are now a month into the Minor League season, so I would like to continue a feature that I started in 2017…..Two-Start Treasures. Last season, I thought it would be fun to include with my tracking the UTR pitchers who made two starts within the week and dominated. I used to do this during our time providing content to MLBDepthCharts.com (now RosterResources.com) when it was just a Pitcher of the Week feature. Now that I throw a list of pitchers at our readers each day, really good back-to-back outings could get lost in the mix. Plus, a pitcher might have been solid in two starts, but didn’t make the daily mention due to being bumped.
So, let’s highlight the two-starters from May 8th to 14th. I’ve also included Double-A pitchers and, as always, I throw in the best Relief performance for the week too.
RHP Andrew Sopko (HiA Rancho Cucamonga – Los Angeles Dodgers) 23 years old 13 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 9 K, 1-0 Season Stats: 2-2, 3.35 ERA, 40.1 IP, 38 H, 15 ER, 10 BB, 46 K in 8 starts RHP Ljay Newsome (HiA Modesto – Seattle) 21 years old 13 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 K, 1-0 Season Stats: 2-2, 4.84 ERA, 44.2 IP, 52 H, 24 ER, 3 BB, 45 K in 8 starts RHP Alec Bettinger (LoA Wisonsin – Milwaukee) 22 years old 12 IP, 12 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 1-0 Season Stats: 2-3, 4.71 ERA, 36.1 IP, 38 H, 19 ER, 11 BB, 31 K in 7 starts RHP Elijah Morgan (LoA Lake County – Cleveland) 22 years old 11 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, 1-0 Season Stats: 2-0, 1.83 ERA, 44.1 IP, 31 H, 9 ER, 8 BB, 56 K in 8 starts RHP Emilio Vargas (HiA Visalia – Arizona) 21 years old 12 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 14 K, 1-0 Season Stats: 3-0, 0.87 ERA, 41.1 IP, 29 H, 4 ER, 23 BB, 53 K in 8 appearances with 7 starts RHP Erich Uelmen (LoA South Bend – Chicago Cubs) 21 years old 11 IP, 10 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 11 K, 1-1 Season Stats: 2-4, 6.58 ERA, 26 IP, 32 H, 19 ER, 10 BB, 26 K in 6 starts RHP Hunter Stratton (LoA West Virginia – Pittsburgh) 21 years old 10 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, 1-0 Season Stats: 1-3, 5.09 ERA, 17.2 IP, 20 H, 10 ER, 8 BB, 22 K in 5 appearance with 3 starts RHP Luis Madero (LoA Burlington – LA Angels) 21 years old 10 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 1-0 Season Stats: 1-2, 2.88 ERA, 25 IP, 22 H, 8 ER, 6 BB, 19 K in 6 starts DOUBLE-A RHP Pablo Lopez (Jacksonville – Miami) 22 years old 12 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 13 K, 0-1 Season Stats: 0-1, 0.35 ERA, 26 IP, 14 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 27 K in 5 starts Relief Pitcher RHP Steve Villines (LoA Columbia – New York Mets) 22 years old 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K Season Stats: 1-3, 7.11 ERA, 19 IP, 20 H, 15 ER, 3 BB, 33 K in 13 appearances
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