Thursday, February 11, 2010

Giants Top 50 Prospects #37: Ari Ronick

#37 Ari Ronick. LHP. BD: 05-25-1986. 6'5", 205 lbs.

2009 Stats: Low A: 7-6, 2.65, 136 IP, 34 BB, 114 K's.

Yet another big lefthander drafted out of college. Ronick had a lower ERA for Augusta than Eric Surkamp, but not nearly as impressive a K/9 which is probably a better predictor of success at higher levels than ERA. Intriguing that Ronick go promote to Connecticut for the AA playoffs and pitched 5.2 innings of shutout ball against the New Britain Rock Cats in the first round. I expect him to be assigned to San Jose along with Surkamp, but the Giants have a history of being aggressive with certain pitchers and I wouldn't be shocked to see either Surkamp or Ronick in AA Richmond to start the season.

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