MOISES ROBLES

4/17/84; NDFA '03 (New York Mets); Dominican Republic
R/R; 6-2, 170

Level	W-L-Sv	G	GS	IP	H	BB	K	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG
2006 DSL (NYM)	1-2-6	19	1	30.0	23	6	28	0.60	.215
2007 A-	4-9-0	13	13	64.2	74	9	34	4.59	.287	*.307*	*.366*

The Pirates picked Robles up from the Mets in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. He pitched very well in the DSL in 2006, but considering his age it doesn't mean much. He was very old to be debuting in the DSL, but I haven't found any record of him playing anywhere prior to 2006. He had to have been under contract for several years prior to 2006 to have been eligible for the Rule 5 draft. It's possible he missed a lot of time due to injury. The Pirates' poor drafting and unwillingness to compete for the better Latin American talent have left the lower levels of their system very thin, so they're having to turn to undrafted free agents and other systems' rejects to fill out the rosters. Robles spent 2007 in the State College rotation and wasn't very effective. He walked few batters, had a very low K rate, and gave up a lot of hits. Unlike most of the control artists the Pirates have tended to like, he's a flyball pitcher, or at least he was at State College (0.92 GO/AO). To some extent it's not surprising that he'd struggle, as he was making the jump from the DSL to short-season class A, but he was doing it at age 23. He'll probably settle in eventually as a low-level organizational pitcher. He'll open 2008 at Hickory.

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