EMILIS GUERRERO

12/26/85; NDFA '03 (Boston); Dominican Republic
R/R; 6-2, 162

Level
W-L-Sv
G
GS
IP
H
 HR
BB
K
 BB/9 K/9 WHIP OAVG
ERA
2003 DSL (Bos)
3-4-1
17
4
44.1
41
 0
26
40
 5.28 8.12 1.51 .244
5.28
2004 DSL (Bos)
4-1-1
18
1
38.2
38
 1
20
42
 4.66 9.78 1.50 .259
6.28
2005 DSL (Bos)
3-3-5
20
0
37.2
21
 0
8
52
 1.91
12.42
0.77
.164
1.43
2006 R (Bos)
3-2-0
9
5
36.1
42
 1
10
35
 2.48
8.67
1.43
.392
2.72
2007 R (Bos)
3-0-0
9
5
34.0
35
 2
5
32
 1.32
8.47
1.18
.257
2.91
2008 AA
0-0-0
1
0
1.1
2
0
1
1
6.75
6.75
2.25
.333
6.75
2008 A+
1-0-0
1
0
3.1
2
0
2
2
5.40
5.40
1.20
.200
0.00
2008 A
2-3-0
8
7
40.0
57
7
7
23
1.58
5.18
1.60
.337
5.85
2008 A-
1-5-0
9
9
41.1
61
7
7
28
1.52
6.10
1.65
.330
7.40
2008 R
1-0-0
2
1
8.0
8
0
1
8
1.13
9.00
1.13
.276
1.13

The Pirates signed Guerrero as a free agent in February 2008. The team's practice under Neal Huntington and Kyle Stark seems to be to fill openings on the minor league pitching staffs with pitchers, often from Latin America, who've been let loose by other organizations. The practice under Dave Littlefield and Brian Graham was to fill those spots with undrafted free agents, usually college seniors. I imagine the idea of the current practice is to bring in pitchers who at least were thought at some point to have some upside. In any event, Guerrero pitched fairly well in the GCL for Boston, especially in his second year there, but the Red Sox nevertheless apparently released him. It took him three years to graduate from the DSL, so he seems to be developing slowly and he wasn't young to be in rookie ball in 2007. In 2008, he started some games for Hickory both early and late in the season when the Crawdads had an opening, and in between was in the rotation at State College. He also filled in at every level but AAA at different points. The fact that he moved around so much is probably an indication that he's not a prospect. His performance is another. Other than the low walk total, which may simply have reflected the eagerness of the hitters to hammer his offerings, there was nothing to like—an overall .326 opponents' BA, a high gopher ball rate, and a low K rate combined with a GO/AO ratio of 0.94. He'll probably fill out a rotation or bullpen somewhere in the low minors in 2009.

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