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Daryl Thompson, 22 (RHP), Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds, AAA) |
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Written by Jason Revelia, RotoExperts.com Staff Writer
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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Diamond in the Rough
6/03/2008
Daryl Thompson, 22 (RHP), Louisville Bats (Cincinnati Reds, AAA)
Daryl Thompson has had an interesting road to the Cincinnati Reds triple-A affiliate. He is the Reds last real chance to get any kind of return out of the highly criticized trade with the Washington Nationals of Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez and Ryan Wagner for Thompson, Bill Bray, Royce Clayton, Brendan Harris and Gary Majewski.
Drafted out of high school by the Montreal Expos in the 8th round of the 2003 draft, Thompson made his debut that year in the Gulf Coast League and sported a 2.15 ERA in 12 Games. In 2004, he didn't continue on that path in Savannah (A-ball) where he finished 4-9 with a 5.08 ERA. The next season he started back in Savannah lowering his ERA to a decent 3.35 with 48 K's in 53.2 IP. Unfortunately that was the only good news in 2005. It ended in July with a torn labrum that required shoulder surgery. He spent most of 2006 rehabbing and getting back his form.
Thompson returned to A-ball in 2007 looking like a different pitcher, at least from a numbers perspective. In 28 IP at Class A Dayton he gave up only 16 H, 1 HR and 2 BB. He was promoted to High-A Sarasota, ending up with 105 IP and giving up 106 H and a troublesome 19 HR. The biggest stat in my book was the fact that he finished with 133 IP while showing strength and confidence in his surgically repaired shoulder.
This year has been a big step; no scratch that, a big leap forward for him, which always scares stat gurus who think...what if it's just an anomaly? I have a tendency to believe in an anomaly a little more when there is a bigger body of work to look at. Even though he is in his 6th professional season, he has only pitched 2 of those from start to finish. During his minor league career, we have seen glimpses of his ability to dominate hitters like he has this year. It was at the start of his '05 and '07 seasons, but it didn't last long. This year though it was at Double-A and has now moved quickly to Triple-A.
Thompson is a fly ball-strikeout pitcher, which is always a high-risk high-reward fantasy baseball pitcher. If he gets called up he will be pitching in one of the worst ball parks for pitchers. There is also the issue of recently called up Homer Bailey. The good news is he will almost certainly be under most people's radar and may provide you a perfect opportunity to find some help, especially with K's, in the second half of this year...so keep an eye out for him.
2007 A and A+ (21)
14 W 5 L 3.18 ERA 27 G 27 GS 0 SV 133 INN 122 H 54 R 47 ER 20 HR 33 BB 121 SO 0.67 GO/AO .243 BAA
2008 AA and AAA (22)
4 W 2 L 1.58 ERA 11 G 11 GS 0 SV 68.1 INN 48 H 19 R 12 ER 2 HR 16 BB 62 SO 0.83 GO/AO .203 BAA
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