Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Giants Top 50 Prospects #23: Jose Casilla

#23 Jose Casilla. RHP. BD: 05-21-1989. 6'1", 190 lbs.

2009 Stats: Salem-Keizer(Short Season)- 1-1, 1.67, 27 IP, 9 BB, 31 K's, GO/AO= 2.77, 12 Saves.

I don't really know a lot about Casilla except what can be deduced from his stat lines which have been quite exciting, except for small sample sizes. His progress has been hampered somewhat by injuries. Used exclusively as the closer for S-K last summer, he again showed a terrific K/9, decent BB/9 and a great ground ball ratio. I would extrapolate from this that he has a hard, sinking fastball with enough secondary stuff to put hitters away, a somewhat rare and much sought after combination. He's the kid brother of recently signed relief pitcher Santiago Casilla, something I didn't know until the signing when it was mentioned in one of the news stories about the signing. My own opinion is that minor league closers don't get enough innings to grow as pitchers, so I hope they give him more multi-inning roles in the future. I'll guess he will be on the Augusta roster to start the 2010 season.

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  1. An off topic comment. BA shows the Giants resigning Todd Jennings to a minor league contract. Based on his injury history, he is not a good organization filler. His production would preclude him from being a prospect. I guess that the Giants must think he is a good coaching candidate. That's a good endorsement as the Giants are showing a knack for finding and developing good coaches recently.

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