Pettibone Continues Triple-A Dominance
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Pettibone Continues Triple-A Dominance
Marc Narducci
Lehigh Valley's Jonathan Pettibone is now 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA after Tuesday's win. (Marc Narducci/Staff)
ALLENTOWN -- Since being promoted in late July from Double-A Reading, right-hander Jonathan Pettibone has been dominant for Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Pettibone continued his successful run at Triple-A with Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Toledo Mud Hens, in the first game of a doubleheader at Coca-Cola Park.
Since the teams have two games scheduled, they are just seven innings.
Pettibone pitched a complete-game three-hitter, striking out four and walking three, while throwing 103 pitches, 59 for strikes.
The 6-foot-5, 200-pound Pettibone is now 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in five starts for the IronPigs.
Pettibone, who turned 22 on July 19, is The Inquirer’s No. 3 ranked Phillies prospect.
What Pettibone’s teammates have to like is that he is one of the fastest workers and he made quick work of the Mud Hens, the Detroit Tigers affiliate.
The game took just 1 hour and 36 minutes, the quickest game in Iron Pigs history.
Comments (33)
You get quick games when a starting pitcher does not have swing and miss stuff.— Dull- another 6 or 7 years, kid'll be ready for the show. unless he can play third. then, 10 or 12 years.— bubba church & granny hamner
- Pettibone will be an inning eater (149 IP to date this year) who attacks the strike zone...His Career IS in definite ascent, as he's a student of the game..has his fastball approaching 94 with a nice changeup and an improving curveball...Equally impressive against hitters from both sides of the plate, and since he's been up at LV, opposing batters are hitting .188 against him...making his case to see Philadelphia ahead of schedule...Dad was a Major League pitcher.— bearsfriend
- @bear, from your mouth to God's ears with the "making his case to see Philadelphia ahead of schedule" comment. One would think that's true but with this management, one never knows.
Love his splits against righties and lefties and the fact he has two quality pitches and a pretty good 3rd pitch.
To the earlier poster who surmised that fast games are the product of a pitcher without swing-and-a-miss stuff, that's not always such a bad thing. Think Robin Roberts and Greg Maddux for two who controlled the opposition without a ton of K's. The former struck out 4.5 per 9 IP and the latter had 6 K's per 9 and both of them kept pitch count down and games fast.
Pettibone is neither of these guys, of course, but the lack of swings and misses does not necessarily doom a good pitcher. This kid can be a good pitcher some day soon (hopefully).— advantasux - And if not, I'll take Chris Heisey of the Reds for him...Been stalking him for two years now. — bearsfriend
- Steve Carlton would pitch quick games too. Just saying.— guyguy4
- Everyone please stop with the "just saying." It wasn't clever five years ago. — nydb
- Not too excited about a guy who, in one of his best outings, threw only about 57% strikes. That spells failure at the Major League level. He has some work to do.— eman
- His forte is actually throwing strikes, so I don't know why you'd rate him off one performance. A sign of a good "pitcher" is being able to get hitters out a variety of ways...This guy is not supposed to be the "Baby Ace" with the high ceiling...but he has progressed consistently ahead the peers in his class. He's a KK with more zip on his fastball...End of rotation guy or a chip in a trade...Allen Craig,anyone? — bearsfriend
- How bout Ruf, another homer, closing in on Rhino's Reading record? And Asche with two blasts tonite. Frandsden looks like a good option until Asche is ready.— wo_fat
- Asche has clearly made his adjustments after starting out so cold in AA...Maikel Franco is turning it on at Lakewood as well. Makes one wonder direction Phils will go with such a weak FA class at the position with a couple of decent prospects on the horizon. — bearsfriend
- I'm really warming up to the idea of Frandsen as a bridge to Asche. It may be a very short bridge. — s
- Asche is playing over 2 levels. But certainly we have enough data to tell us a few things. His 213 AB in Reading are enough to demonstrate that his power surge is “real” – but to what extent that will translate to the majors is an open question. Similarly, his BB and K data is significant – though that’s a mixed bag, as that data, while solid for a guy who has been basically triple jumped, is not as outstanding as his triple slash numbers. But the fact that he is batting over .300 over 2 levels doesn’t tell us much at all about his major league BA. Looking at his K%, HR%, LD rate etc., he does not project as a .300 hitter in the majors, or even particularly close to that. Of course he COULD develop into one, but given his current skills set, projection NORMAL development of those skills, he does not look like a .300 hitter. — Romus
- @eman: Pitchers who win games throwing few pitches are generally quite good in the strike:ball ratio. You are hanging your hat one one game. Can you say, "small sample size?"— judas_priest
- Frandsen is too old...exercise Polanco's option!— CallisonTaylorRojas
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