The MLB's only "switch" pitcher

[Justo]

he's only in single A so he aint in the game :-(

[krulmichael]

he's only in single A so he aint in the game :-(

Damn. I'm in the middle of a game right now, but I was gonna go check out the rosters after this to see if he was. Hmm, I may have to create him after the first season of my Franchise.

[Hasselbeck]

Dude...the funny thing about this is, I remember talking to my buddy like 2 weeks ago how the ultimate "weapon" would be a switch pitcher that could throw good lefty and righty. Low and behold, there is a guy out there that can already do this...and better yet, he's on Yanks farm system!

Sidenizzle - Now if only you could set a pitcher in the Show to be a switch pitcher, haha.

I'm sure the Yanks will package him and 4 other young studs for an aging vet thats way past his prime.

[krulmichael]

I'm sure the Yanks will package him and 4 other young studs for an aging vet thats way past his prime.

Ha ha ha ha...Hassel always with the funnies.

[DJ Fog]

I'm sure the Yanks will package him and 4 other young studs for an aging vet thats way past his prime.

Cause yeah that's exactly what we did this past offseason.. or the year before..

[Mogriffjr]

it was fun watching him against a Met hitter in A ball...i think the video is shown above actually

[nflman2033]

I think you are allowed to switch once or twice per at bat. I remember Larry Walker I think it was switched after Randy Johnson through a fastball over his head.

yeah but that was in the All Star game, so I'm not sure it counts, it was funny though.

I remember seeing a vid of this a guy a while back, facinating stuff

[Cryolemon]

Since I'm blind, and didn't see this thread, I'll post here now lol.

I've been keeping an eye on this guy, he's pretty good.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Pat%20Venditte&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=519381

His stats are pretty insane really, in his 48 minor league games he hass struck out 73 batters and walked 11. He's allowed 2 ER in 20 innings this year, and has allowed one hit vs left handed hitting.

[Cryolemon]

he's only in single A so he aint in the game :-(

Apparently he's in MLB 2k9, but that game is so shit no-one's played it enough to confirm or deny...

Anyway, his current stat line:

24.1 IP, 2-1, 0.74 ERA, 17 saves, 1 walk, 38 Ks. I think the 38/1 K/BB is the most impressive bit of that. Last season he had 42 strikeouts and 10 walks, so his control has improved.

[Cryolemon]

He has 2 more saves since I last posted, his ERA is 0.67 for this season. He's also in the SAL all star game. I'm guessing he gets promoted after that.

[Cryolemon]

He was promoted to high-A Tampa a couple of days ago.

His total stats with Charleston:

28 games, 2-2, 20 saves, 1.47 ERA, 40/2 K/BB.

[Cryolemon]

Large bump, but I forgot to bump it sooner, and since baseball season is nearly over the talk on where he'll play next year can begin, here are his final season stats:



Funny that they list him as throwing right handed lol.