From Barry Enright’s Twitter:
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Barry Enright @BarryEnright45 Jan 23
Time to pick up the baseball bat again. I am officially a Philadelphia @Phillies. Lookin forward to a new opportunity & great year ahead!
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The official announcement of his signing hasn’t dropped yet, but I’d imagine it to be a minor league contract which may or may not include a Spring Training invitation.
Barry is a Pepperdine product, and a former second-round draft pick. He will be 28 years old when the season begins. He’s a 6’3″ right handed starting pitcher with Major League experience with the Diamondbacks and the Angels, who came up through the Arizona system and reached the majors in 2010. It was his best year to date: 17GS, 6-7, 3.91, 99ip, 49K, 29BB.
He spent much of 2011 with AAA Reno, and was traded to the Angels for PTBNL and cash in 2012. The big righty appeared in only 7 MLB games, with two starts, over the past two seasons in the Angels organization–with limited success. His line at AAA Salt Lake last season, was 24G/22GS/7-7/7.12ERA/1.73WHIP. Fall in the Mexican league was a little better: 9GS, 5-2, 2.37ERA, more ground balls–fewer hits.
The scouting report on Enright paints him as a finesse pitcher with a fastball topping out in the upper-80s, occasionally touching 90. He has four pitches–curve, slider, change–with only the change rating as “plus.” His slider is strikeout pitch. Review of his stats has him as a fly-ball pitcher who pitches to contact. This isn’t horrible for Coca Cola Park, but not ideal for Citizens Bank Park–or the PCL. He needs to stay on the corners with command and control, or he’ll be giving up hits. However, he doesn’t walk a ton of batters still striking out 1.5 for every BB as a finesse pitcher is pretty good.
It’s not that I’m ruling him out for the Phillies, but as a guy who spent the majority of the past two seasons in AAA, I see him in the mix for a rotation spot with the IronPigs. It’s a crowded field. More on that, to come. Given his scouting report, he may enjoy some improvement in his numbers pitching at CCP and in the International League as opposed to the launching pads in the Pacific Coast League which are not optimal for a fly-ball pitcher.
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What the Phillies need to be looking for at this point are pitching coaches who can be teaching these guys how to correct their mistakes, who can find those “diamonds in the rough.” They shouldn’t have to go to San Francisco to become starting Major League pitchers!
I noted in this morning’s Schuler Call piece: Aumont was having trouble with Dubee last season, when we all assumed it was Burris. Well, Dubee’s gone now. Let’s see how that plays out. More to come on players and rosters and outlook, but watching pitcher development will certainly be interesting…
I was afraid Aumont’s trouble was with his catchers, since he seemed like throwing pitches they could catch was sooo difficult. You know you have problems when you come in to pitch as the staff is clearing the Dugout Suites so you don’t hit anyone. A little control would help Phillipe. And Enright, ugh but some fallbacks like Minor last year wouldn’t hurt. If RAJ is to be believed (we are a contender) one has to believe in a guy who doesn’t know his own name (Hernandez) a guy with a groping incident (Gaudin) a guy who hasn’t pitched competitively in 2 years (Gonzalez) and maybe one of 3 untried youngsters (Pettibone, Martin or Biddle) or Mr. Inconsistant (Kendrick). That’s why I’m a bit unsure of 2014. When I see the Easter Bunny, I’ll tell him Ruben still believes..
Yeah, that screen’s not 100% protective you know, right? 😉 I can’t blame them…
Speaking of guys named Hernandez: Looks like Cesar’s going to get some time in the corner OF spots. I get positional flexibility and all, but I gotta still ask WHY? His bat doesn’t profile there AT ALL. I’ll take Ruf or Mayberry at least there’s a little better chance of a dinger. And it’s not like his defense will be that much better–he’s still learning OF to begin with. Crimony.
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