NELSON PEREIRA

2/12/89; NDFA '06; El Salvador
L/L; 5-11, 180

Level	W-L-Sv	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	K	BB/9	K/9	WHIP	OAVG	ERA
2006 VSL	3-5-0	17	9	58.0	53		20	39	3.1	6.1	1.26	.244	2.95
2007 VSL	10-1-1	14	12	65.2	54	2	18	59	2.5	8.1	1.10	.220	2.33
2008 R	6-2-0	13	6	50.0	41	3	10	46	1.8	8.3	1.02	.219	1.62
2009 A-	4-5-0	15	5	49.2	41	4	28	56	5.1	10.1	1.39	.223	4.35

Pereira had a strong season in his second VSL year, then spent 2008 in the GCL, making him a rare Latin American player at Bradenton who wasn't old for the level.  According to Baseball America, he has a good curve and change, and an adequate fastball.  He pitched even better in the GCL than he had in the VSL and improved after the early part of the season.  At State College in 2009, Pereira struggled early but gradually improved, allowing 15 earned runs and 11 walks in his first 12 IP, but posting an ERA of 2.15 over his last 37.2 IP.  He remained hard to hit and fanned even more batters, but his walk total skyrocketed, probably the result of more experienced hitters laying off breaking stuff out of the strike zone.  That could become an increasing problem for him as he moves up.  He's an extreme flyball pitcher, with a groundout to air out ratio of 0.87 in 2008 and 0.57 in 2009.  That also could become a problem.  He should be at West Virginia in 2010.

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