Padres’ Young Arms

by Geoff Young on Aug 12, 2001

  • Okay, I’m starting to believe in Brian Lawrence. Guy gives up two runs in the first, then completely shuts down the Pirates over the next seven innings. He’s got some sick movement on his pitches.
  • Wow. Right-handed hitters are 0-for-46 against Seattle RHP Joel Pineiro? Impressive.
  • LHP Mark Phillips made his Cal League debut last night, at Modesto: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 SO. Not bad for a 19-year-old.
  • A lot of good young arms are coming through Lake Elsinore this year. Ben Howard, Jake Peavy, and Dennis Tankersley started the season there. Now it’s Phillips, Eric Cyr, and Oliver Perez.
  • Cyr is a kid who will sneak up on people, kinda like Howard. He’s a 22-year-old lefty with a real live arm. The 1998 30th-round draft-and-follow out of Seminole JC in Oklahoma has missed time due to injuries but has pitched very effectively when healthy:
    Yr Lvl IP H ER BB SO ERA
    99 R/R+ 43.2 39 15 16 42 3.09
    00 R/A 35.2 32 18 17 35 4.54
    01 A+ 79.2 48 11 17 104 1.24
    Tot   159.0 119 44 50 183 2.49

    I ranked Cyr #16 in my Padres Top 25 Prospects report but that may have been too conservative. Expect the Montreal native to start appearing on the prospect radar screen soon.

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