#34 Brett Bochy, RHP. 6'2", 192 lbs. BD: 8/27/1987.
Low A: 1-0, 1.38, 39 IP, 8 BB, 53 K, GO/AO= 0.66, 10 Saves.
Brett "Melonhead Jr" Bochy was one of the better college closers in the country at University of Kansas going into the 2010 season. He lost that season to Tommy John surgery and was then drafted by the Giants in round 20. He showed up in Augusta in 2011 and put up spectacular K and BB ratios. BA's draft scouting report on him has him with a 91-93 MPH FB/slider combo. I'm thinking he may have picked up velocity post TJ although I have not heard that. At age 24, I would think young Mr. Bochy is on the reliever fast track. He should start 2012 in San Jose. I look forward to seeing him pitch!
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I think the Giants scored another late round gem of a pick. Little Head seems to know how to pitch and has the command and stuff to be fast tracked. I don't usually think big league daddy = big league son, but it sure can't hurt in Brett's case.
ReplyDeleteSounds like he will be in the pen at San Jose. I can't wait for the San Jose roster to come out. I think it is going to be stacked with talent. There is really no pressure like some other kids of dads who played baseball like Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, and Tony Gwynn because Bochy really was not that great of a player. He never even played more than 63 games in one year. Ken Griffey Jr is a rare case of where the son was better than his dad. That does not take away Bochy as a manager though. I think he is a great manager. I am just saying that Brett does not have that big of shoes to fill as a player and there is less pressure to make of name for himself and step away from the shadow of his dad.
ReplyDeleteI think Barry Bonds is another case of son > dad, I think that Bobby should have made it to the Hall of Fame for his combination of power and speed, scoring and driving in runs. He excelled at scoring when asked to do that, then he excelled at driving in runs when they moved him into that position, but that split in focus took away the counting stats that might have convinced some voters that he belonged.
DeleteI think it also helps Brett that he's a pitcher whereas dad was a catcher, and a backup at that. But I think there will be subtle pressure if he does make it to the majors and Bruce is his manager, as there will always be the undercurrent of whispered nepotism by some corners, no matter how well he does.
The Bells and Boones are more examples of the kids potentially out-playing they dads.
DeleteOf course there is also Armando Benitez' unborn son has already played better than him...
That made me laugh out loud.
DeleteI'm not a huge fan of interweb snarkattacks, but that was thoroughly amusing and completely appropriate for our good buddy Armando.
I am more excited than I thought I would be about Brett. I don't know how many times I've seen a manager's son gets drafted, and there have been plenty who never amounted to much of anything at the major league level. As Roger noted aptly, it's pretty rare that the sons outshine the fathers.
ReplyDeleteBut I thought those were great numbers posted by Brett in low-A, albeit, he is old for the league, and I assume that accounts for why DrB had Brett down this far despite the high strikeout ratios.
Still, 6.6 K/BB and 12.2 K/9, are excellent ratios, so I look forward to seeing what Brett can do at higher levels, particularly given that most pitchers usually take two years to fully recover from their TJS. Had he 7 more IP, he would have been among the top in K/9 and K/BB.
But at his age and level, he will have to prove himself at each level, to show it is talent and not age that led to his dominance.
Still, I'm excited that he has a good chance to make the climb and join his dad in the majors in a few years, particularly if there is further improvement as he recovers from TJS.
I am really hoping we have a lefty reliever prospect establish himself in 2012 as Brett Bochy did for a righty. I don't think the Giants should go out and spend another $5MM for a lefty like they did with Affeldt. It would be nice to plug in a prospect in his place for 2013 and use that money elsewhere. I think we really dropped the ball on letting Joe Paterson go to the Diamondbacks in the Rule 5 Draft. He had a pretty good year for them and I think he will only get better. I watched a few games and I definitely liked what I saw from the 25 year old. I think righty relievers are the easiest to obtain and the lefties you pay a premium for because there are not enough good ones out there. I mean when a few teams are trying to land 41 year old Darren Oliver then there is definitely a shortage.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a lefty come up too. I like going cheap there and keeping our core players around.
DeleteI'm not too broken up by losing Joe Paterson. He wasn't that good in the minors, and still walks too many. Looking at his splits, the whole reason he was so good overall in 2011 is because he pitched well at home, while he was very hittable on the road, didn't strike out much and walked a lot there.
Meaning that despite pitching in one of the most extreme hitter's park in the majors, he pitched very well there, like it was a pitcher's park. That's not repeatable, in my opinion, and that his road numbers will be more representative of what he'll do going forward. He will have to repeat this for a few more seasons before I believe he can keep up this performance.
On the road: 14.2 IP, 16 hits, 10 BB, 12 K's, 1.66 WHIP, If he has a full season like that, you won't be so missing him so much.
About lefties, I think that if Zito is serviceable in 2012, I can see the Giants bring up Surkamp and let him be the long relief and occasional middle reliever in 2013, to prepare him to start in 2014. Plus, who knows, by then, the Giants could pay most of Zito's contract and trade him to someone to open a spot for Surkamp, like they did with Livan, to open a spot for Ainsworth. And, in any case, Dan Runzler would probably get a long look as middle reliever by 2013.
I still also hold out hope that maybe Hinshaw might finally figure things out (or is he gone from the org now? Don't recall). Kickham with a good 2012 could put himself into play in 2013 as well.
And frankly, Sabean picked up Lopez the other year for a mid-tier prospect, so he might be able to pull off another trade like that in 2012-13, and not have to pay Affeldt that much.
It was very cool of Marlowe's Dad to stop by. Don't think Melon sr will make an appearance.
ReplyDeleteI think Lil Boch has a good chance to accelerate through the system for a cup of coffee this year and the back end of the pen next.
Roger - as DrB has noted, I think the gints regret Peterson a bunch, they definitely went all out to protect as many as possible with their 40 man moves. Hinshaw was legendary in a way - drafted 3 times, on the 40 man forever. Let's hope he doesn't kill us on the pads.
Oops, I guess Hinshaw is gone, my memory is still so swiss cheesy...
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