Danny Salazar - Cleveland Indian starter

Danny Salazar will be making his second ever start tonight in Cleveland versus the Detroit Tigers.

His first start, against the Blue Jays, was in a word, stellar.

This kid is no flash in the pan shooting star rookie. The feeling here is he's going to be a top of the rotation starter for years to come.
The only issues many feel is if the kid is going to blow his arm out (he had Tommy John surgery in 2012, and is better than new again), but know this, he is no fluke.

Been pitching as a pro (minors) since age 18, now 23, posted mind blowing statistical numbers the past couple of years.
Struck out 15+ per nine innings in the rookie league, with a stingy WH/IP to go along with the power strikeout numbers,very nice BB/K ratio, and just as important keeps the ball in the park, yielding limited number of gopher balls.

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	GB/FB	QS	HB	AB	Bavg	TBF	Pit/B	Bal	Str	Sw	Record	TR	Manager(s)
2008	GCL Indians	GCL	Rk	-	cle	18	18	11	11	53.1	2.87	1.11	7.76	0.84	2.19	7.26	0.30	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	27-29	4	Rouglas Odor
2009	Lake County	SAL	A	36	cle	19	66	21	20	107.1	4.44	1.43	9.56	0.84	3.35	5.45	0.62	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-66	3	Aaron Holbert
2010	Lake County	Midw	A	36	cle	20	-	7	7	32.1	4.45	1.45	9.46	1.95	3.62	6.40	0.57	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	77-62	3	Ted Kubiak
2011	AZL Indians	Ariz	Rk	-	cle	21	-	5	5	6.2	2.70	1.20	8.10	1.35	2.70	14.85	0.18	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	30-26	3	Anthony Medrano
	Lake County	Midw	A	28	cle	21	-	3	3	8.0	3.38	1.25	9.00	--	2.25	7.88	0.29	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	53-86	8	Ted Kubiak
2012	Carolina	Caro	A+	39	cle	22	-	16	16	53.2	2.68	1.21	7.71	0.50	3.19	8.89	0.36	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	63-77	4	Edwin Rodriguez
	Akron	East	AA	23	cle	22	-	6	6	34.0	1.85	0.97	6.62	0.26	2.12	6.09	0.35	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	82-59	1	Chris Tremie
2013	akron	east	AA		cle	23	8/5/2013	7	7	33.2	2.67	1.10	7.22	0.27	2.67	13.63	0.20	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Edwin Rodriguez
	columbus	il	AAA		cle	23	8/5/2013	14	13	59.1	2.73	0.98	6.67	0.61	2.12	11.83	0.18	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	Chris Tremie
	Cleveland	AL	MLB		cle	23	8/5/2013	1	1	6.0	1.50	0.50	3.00	--	1.50	10.50	0.14	--				--		--	--	--	--	--	--	Terry Francona
MLB Totals (1 year)								1	1	6	0	0.50	3.00	0.00	1.50	10.50	0.14	--	0	0	0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (6 years)								90	88	388	4	1.21	8.12	0.74	2.81	8.21	0.34	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.499	--
AAA Totals (1 year)								14	13	59	0	0.98	6.71	0.61	2.14	11.90	0.18	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
AA Totals (2 years)								13	13	68	0	1.03	6.88	0.26	2.38	9.79	0.24	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.582	--
A+ Totals (1 year)								16	16	54	1	1.20	7.67	0.50	3.17	8.83	0.36	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.450	--
A Totals (3 years)								31	30	147	2	1.44	9.55	1.04	3.37	5.82	0.58	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.484	--
Rookie Totals (2 years)								16	16	60	1	1.12	7.80	0.90	2.25	8.10	0.28	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.509	--

The book on Salazar is:

Filthy dirty fastball 94-96 range with amazing movement that has last second explosion.
Command is ordinary, but gets away with it becuase of the movement, but excellent control.
Will make a mistake up in the zone every now and then, due to his size, he's only 175 lbs, barely 6 foot, so he lacks the leverage other power pitchers have.

Curve ball is average to above average, it's a hard breaking ball.

Has a very good change up with very good fading action that drops off the table.


I'm thinking of making a small play on the kid, the line to me suggests the wise guys are hip to Salazar, witness the opening 5Dimes line Fister -122/+117
My thinking is, if the kid Salazar is a hamburger, that line would be bigger than -122/+117 versus Fister and that monster Tiger batting order and their ten game streak.

But know this, from what I read and hear from the advanced scouts, and the eye-popping minor league numbers.
I don't think this was a major league debut was a fluke.

DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

SO

GB

FB

TBF

Pit

Dec.

Rel.

ERA

07/11

vs TOR

W 4-2

6.0

2

1

1

0

1

7

7

6

21

89

W(1-0)

--

1.50

WOW. Impressive write up!


sounds like the next Justin Verlander. Are you taking the tribe tonight or this kid not quite ready for a team like
Detroit?

He is nasty

Was hitting 98 and 99 in his debut.

Originally Posted by Big Bear

WOW. Impressive write up!


sounds like the next Justin Verlander. Are you taking the tribe tonight or this kid not quite ready for a team like
Detroit?

You get dumber by the day, if that's even possible.

Weather is going to be a factor in several games tonight.

Especially the case in Cleveland, game could be rained out before it begins, or filled with delays.

Salazar will not pitch more than 5-6 innings. He has not stretched out at all in the minors. The bullpen will be a factor. Handicap those matchups as well or limit your bet to FF accordingly

http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi...=pgl&year=2013

Originally Posted by No coincidences

You get dumber by the day, if that's even possible.

stop trolling. If your going to say shit like this atleast back it up with facts.

reading that write up this dude sounds legit.

it's pronounced "5* Danny Salazar"

His idol is Verlander. He went 6+ on first outing I believe. All you need is 6 innings

Originally Posted by Big Bear

stop trolling. If your going to say shit like this atleast back it up with facts.

reading that write up this dude sounds legit.

The "next Verlander"? And I'm trolling?

Clueless as usual.

One thing I do not like from a betting standpoint is that they are keeping him on a strict pitch count while they bring him back from TJ. That means 3+ innings from the CLE bullpen.

Nothing against Salazar, but he and the Tribe are gunna get their shit pushed in again by the Tigers.

I think the kid throws six solid innings, I trust (for the most part) the back end of the Indian bull pen.

On the Indians +104 1*

I put my 4 car garage on this kid nashy