#39 Justin Fitzgerald, RHP. 6'5", 225 lbs. BD: 3/3/1986.
AA: 9-9, 3.51, 146.1 IP, 55 BB, 111 K's.
Justin Fitzgerald is a northern California kid who played HS baseball for Cardinal Newman HS in Santa Rosa. He went to college at UC Davis where he was the closer. He was drafted by the Giants in round 11 in 2008 and has worked his way steadily up the organizational ladder. He was converted to SP in 2010 with San Jose and put up solid numbers which he replicated in Richmond last year.
He pounds the strike zone with a FB that runs 89-92 MPH and compliments it with a breaking ball and changeup. He should move up to Fresno for 2012 where he could be available as a callup should the Giants run into injury problems with their rotation. He'll never be an ace, but he would hold his own as a #4/5 innings eating starter in the majors. His ratios are good, but you'd like to see his K/BB closer to 3.
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I like the fact that Fitzgerald has closer experience, and see him carving out a Jim Brower sort of career. AAA starter who can do spot work in the bigs, with some extended big league time as decent long relief guy. Brower made his debut at 26, ended up with 354 appearances (28 starts) and a 96 career ERA+ over 9 seasons. Not a bad contribution.
ReplyDeleteNice to have a guy like Fitzgerald. AAA depth ain't good. I expect Surkamp will be the first line of Zito defense, and Fitzgerald will be the "hope like hell TM" option.
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