The blog is not only for Minor League players but we will examine all young players that have the potential to become future first rounders. Lets look at the stats for the 22 year old Jair Jurrjens who came to Atlanta from Detriot in the Renteria trade.
Jair: W: 4 L: 2 IP: 44.3 K: 36 ERA: 2.84 WHIP: 1.08 BB/9: 2.8 K/9: 7.3
K/BB: 2.6 GB%: 53 FB%: 25 GB%: 22
Wang: W: 6 L: 0 IP: 45 K: 32 ERA: 3.00 WHIP: 1.13 BB/9: 2.6 K/9: 6.4
K/BB: 2.5 GB%: 54 FB%: 24 GB%: 23
GB%- % of balls hit that were ground balls
FB%- % of balls hit that were fly balls
LD%- % of balls hit that were line drives
Keeping the ball on the ground is key in maintaining a sub 3.50 ERA. The extreme example is Brandon Webb with a 63% GB rate so far this season. Wang is on the better team and will get more support from his offense but Jair will be a staple in the Braves pitching staff, along with Tommy Hanson (more on him later), for many years to come with Smoltz, Glavine, and Hampton on the way out.
Wang has never "caught on" with fantasy owners in our league until this season. I picked up Wang 2 years ago and traded him straight up to Naff for Nick Johnson (Howard was injured). Chad traded him to CO for the 2,678th pick in last years draft (Not sure what Chad gave Naff for him) while Chad actually started Zito this season!
Jair was involved in a deal this past week and it seems like Scott threw him in the McCann/Beltran deal to CO. Jair has the skills to become the best player in this trade and everything from his pitching stats to him being the "kicker" in a deal is very similar to Wang.
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