Jeremy Berg Zips Through Lower Minors: Top Angels Prospect Performances, #11-#13

by rghan on Oct 31, 2010 8:56 AM PDT in Minor Leagues

13) Gabe DeHoyos - RHRP, AAA

5 wins, 1 loss, 1 save. 82.1 IP, 72 hits, 3.06 ERA, 80 K/33 BB. +18 runs saved, 2.98 WAR

Over the course of the season, the Bees started seventeen pitchers, a franchise record, due to trades, injuries and promotions. By season's end, the rotation was in shambles. While DeHoyos never assumed a starting role, he contributed enormous value in long relief, effectively absorbing 80+ middle innings in one of the most unfriendly pitching environments in baseball. The Halos will likely find themselves similarly thin on pitching in AAA again, so should be eager to resign DeHoyos and another couple of guys with his profile.

12) Jeremy Berg, 7/17/86 - RHRP, Single A, High A, AA

2 wins, 0 losses, 5 saves. 65.2 IP, 48 hits, 1.37 ERA, 73 K/11 BB. +21 runs saved, 3.00 WAR

The 24-year old Berg zipped through the system, making two A-Ball stops and finishing strong at AA. I somehow missed seeing him pitch when I was in Cedar Rapids in April, and have yet to come across a detailed scouting report on his stuff, so I don't have much of an opinion on him one way or another. That said, it's hard to argue with his results in the lower minors: he has been an out machine through 92 professional innings, compiling a 1.37 ERA and a 9.48 K/9 IP ratio.

11) Paul McAnulty, 2/24/81 - 1B/OF/DH, AA, AAA

.312/.385/.541 with 24 HR. +29 bat, -5 glove, 3.04 WAR

The Halos signed McAnulty to be a big, polished bat for the punch-less Travelers, but he outperformed those expectations and earned himself a brief cup of coffee with the big league club. He absolutely crushed AA pitching, hitting .331/.426/.649 and giving the Travs a lonely bright spot in the lineup (before Moore's second half surge). He was good but not outstanding in AAA, hitting .302/.361/.484 and filling in at first and third base, where he was just barely adequate defensively (-4.3 and -2.8 runs with the glove respectively). I doubt he returns to the Halos, but he did good work for the organization in 2010 and I imagine he lands a minor league deal with another club in 2011.

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I'm pretty sure I saw Berg throw in Rancho...I think...

I had to hit up Stephen for anything on Berg and he seemed like a wealth of knowledge. As far as a I remember, Berg is a submarine pitcher, his fastball sits in the low 90’s with lots of movement and he had a good offspeed pitch. He generates lots of ground balls and absolutely pounds the strike zone. My comp was actually Darren O’Day. I’m trying to be careful about making Kohn comps purely based off of a quick ascension through the minors, as we really don’t know what we have in Kohn yet.

"You play for Cleveland? I didn't know they still had a team." - Claire Holloway
"Yup, we've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!" - Jake Taylor

by Halowood on Oct 31, 2010 11:39 AM PDT reply actions

Thanks

Quoted you above.

by rghan on Oct 31, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions

And removed it :-)

Not sure who says what about him, so I’ll let your comments stand here. O’Day sound like a fair comp as far as upside goes, and I’m looking forward to seeing more of him in spring training.

by rghan on Oct 31, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

This article confirms that he's a submariner.

Here.

That’s good news — the Angels’ pen could use the variation.

by Turks Teeth on Oct 31, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions

No it's cool I should have clarified.

What Stephen said was that Berg is a situational reliever, ideal to bring in with runners on base. He also made the Darren O’Day comp and confirmed what I thought I saw before in that he was a submariner, and Stephen added that he throws strikes and gets ground balls.

"You play for Cleveland? I didn't know they still had a team." - Claire Holloway
"Yup, we've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!" - Jake Taylor

by Halowood on Oct 31, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions