2004 Vancouver Canadians
starting pitcher Jason Windsor had a big old time in AAA ball last
night, striking out ten hitters in just (get this) 5.2 innings of work.
He gave up one earned run on four hits with three walks, and admittedly
he threw a lot of pitches to get through that 5.2 innings (110, to be
exact), but when you consider that 3.1 of those innings were K’s,
that’s pretty amazing stuff.
Windsor isn’t being rushed to the majors by the A’s, who still no doubt
want to ensure that his tired arm troubles of the last few seasons are
far behind him, and the big club will have little interest in starting
Windsor’s clock before they have to, wanting to get the best possible
use out of him for league minimum pay - but man, you’d have to think
he’s close.
And that’s why you should go to today’s Nooner at The Nat - because the
guys you see swinging and pitching in Vancouver red and blue today,
will be turning out in Oakland green and gold tomorrow.
1 user commented in " How long until Jason Windsor makes the majors? "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI was in Sac last night to watch him pitch. Windsor made quite a few of the Fresno batters look foolish. Many of the strikeouts weren’t your typical swing-and-miss-by-an-inch-or-two variety; rather, they were often either swinging far too early, far too late, or swinging on time but missing by a foot. It was a very dominant performance.
The results could easily have been even better last night for Windsor. The leadoff single was a little stick-your-bat-out-and-bloop-it-to-the-opposite-field job, the second hit (which wasn’t until the fourth) was hard hit but still generously ruled a double after Bocachica stopped, held his glove up, and then had it go off of the top and go past him, and the fourth hit was an infield single to third base that the batter barely beat out (it was pretty well hit, though).
I was not impressed with Windsor’s ability to hold runners. Fresno got some HUGE jumps on him (twice leaving before he even made a move to the plate) and could - again in my opinion - done a lot more damage on the basepaths than they actually did. Fortunately, he doesn’t take a lot of time to get rid of the ball when he goes to the plate, and if he’s throwing a fastball, it’s going to get there pretty quickly…..
Great blog, BTW…..I have it on my short list of every day reads…..
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