EDGAR GUTIERREZ

4/16/88; NDFA '06; Venezuela
R/R; 6-0, 170

Level
W-L-Sv
G
GS
IP
H
HR
BB
K
BB/9
K/9
WHIP
OAVG
ERA
2006 VSL
1-2-0
10
0
17.1
27
 
7
11
3.6
5.7
1.96
 
6.75
2007 VSL
1-2-3
18
0
28.2
18
1
14
21
4.4
6.6
1.12
.188
2.51
2008 VSL
4-1-12
35
0
46.0
39
1
12
35
2.4
6.9
1.11
.227
2.35
2009 R
1-2-0
11
3
34.0
34
0
7
24
1.9
6.4
1.21
.254
2.65

Gutierrez made strides in each of his VSL seasons and served as the closer on the Pirates' powerhouse VSL affiliate in 2008. He's getting a bit old, though, to be reaching a US league for the first time. He pitched well in the GCL, with few walks but a low K rate. For some reason, this was a common pattern among the Pirates' rookie league pitchers. He doesn't throw hard, only in the upper-80s when I saw him at Pirate City. He'll likely move up in 2010.

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