A (way too early) Look On the New Guys

Three days in the real life calendar equates 9 days in ATB time. And while it is too early to draw any conclusions about the talents of the new players, each of us still want to see our "New Guys" doing well.

Looking at the batters drafted in Rounds 1-10:

Rd1-Ross Barnes (LM)::: .333 / .385 / .500

Rd3-Mike Schmidt (BBB): .100 / .182 / .250

Rd6-Cal McVey (HS)::::: .235 / .316 / .294

Rd7-George Hall (HS)::: .407 / .500 / .630

Rd7-Cap Anson (NO):::: only 3 AB (!), he's a backup

For the hitters, Barnes and Hall have gotten off to great starts with OPS scores among the league leaders at each position. On the other hand, Mike Schmidt and Cal McVey are not looking nearly as good as owners hoped. Schmidt in particular must be a concern to Justin, he's on pace to strike out almost 180 times.

The pitchers:

Rd6-Roger Clemens (TG)::: 3.60 ERA, 2.20 WHIP, 5.0 IP

Rd7-Denny Driscoll (BBB): 2.25 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 4.0 IP

Rd9-Jim Devlin (HS):::::: 1 IP (mop up)

Rd9-Candy Cummings (BBB): 4.76 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 5.2 IP

Rd10-Tom Henke (ICB)::::: 0.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 3.0 IP

Rd10-Rich Gossage (HS)::: 1.35 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, 6.2 IP

Rd13-Hong-Chih Kuo (BBB): 5.40 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 3.1 IP

With pitchers most starters have just 1 or perhaps 2 starts under their belts and it is fairly absurd to draw any conclusions. But the story looks good for Denny Driscoll, Tom Henke, and Goose Gossage have good WHIP and ERA combinations.

Candy Cummings is in trouble, and we'll lump Jim Devlin into that list too. He was benched based upon pre-season results. The rest are on the fence with conflicting results in WHIP and ERA.

The full results for each team are available here. I'll update this regularly as the season progresses.