{"id":5715,"date":"2011-12-20T12:03:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2011-12-20T12:03:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T18:03:33","slug":"top-50-prospects-22-drew-pomeranz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/5715","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Prospects: #22 – Drew Pomeranz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

#22 Drew Pomeranz<\/p>\n

Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n

DOB: 11\/22\/1988<\/p>\n

Previous Rank: N\/R<\/p>\n

ETA: 2012<\/p>\n

Pomeranz was the centerpiece of the deal that brought Ubaldo Jimenez to Cleveland, and we at The Sombrero thought the move was a win for the Rox in large part due to Pomeranz\u2019 stuff and projectability.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Colorado rushed him up to make four starts late in the year after 20 across three Minor League stops and none above Double-A.<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t awful in his Big League starts, but he did post an ERA above 5.00 with below average command and no real ability to miss bats.\u00a0 However, he will only be 23 in 2012 and should return to the Colorado rotation with something to prove and a strong Minor League career to call on for a confidence boost.\u00a0 The 6-foot-5 lefty fanned 119 Minor League batters in 2011 with only 38 walks and an sub-2.00 ERA in just over 100 innings.\u00a0 Despite lacking any Triple-A experience, we don\u2019t really think he has anything to prove in the Minors, and he certainly has enough in his plus fastball and double-plus curve to learn the intricacies of his changeup on the fly at the Major League level.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nAge<\/th>\nTm<\/th>\nLg<\/th>\nW<\/th>\nL<\/th>\nERA<\/th>\nG<\/th>\nGS<\/th>\nIP<\/th>\nBB<\/th>\nSO<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2011<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nCLE-COL-min<\/td>\nA+,AA<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1.78<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n101.0<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n119<\/td>\nKIN<\/a>,AKR<\/a>,TUL<\/a> \u00b7 CARL<\/a>,EL<\/a>,TL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nCOL<\/a><\/td>\nNL<\/a><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5.40<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n18.1<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
1 Season<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5.40<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n18.1<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
162 Game Avg.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n5.40<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n156<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com<\/a>: View Original Table<\/a>
Generated 12\/20\/2011.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nAge<\/th>\nTm<\/th>\nLg<\/th>\nW<\/th>\nL<\/th>\nERA<\/th>\nIP<\/th>\nERA+<\/th>\nWHIP<\/th>\nH\/9<\/th>\nHR\/9<\/th>\nBB\/9<\/th>\nSO\/9<\/th>\nSO\/BB<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2011<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nCLE-COL-min<\/td>\nA+,AA<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1.78<\/td>\n101.0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.050<\/td>\n6.1<\/td>\n0.3<\/td>\n3.4<\/td>\n10.6<\/td>\n3.13<\/td>\nKIN<\/a>,AKR<\/a>,TUL<\/a> \u00b7 CARL<\/a>,EL<\/a>,TL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nCOL<\/a><\/td>\nNL<\/a><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5.40<\/td>\n18.1<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n1.309<\/td>\n9.3<\/td>\n0.0<\/td>\n2.5<\/td>\n6.4<\/td>\n2.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
1 Season<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n5.40<\/td>\n18.1<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n1.309<\/td>\n9.3<\/td>\n0.0<\/td>\n2.5<\/td>\n6.4<\/td>\n2.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
162 Game Avg.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n5.40<\/td>\n156<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n1.309<\/td>\n9.3<\/td>\n0.0<\/td>\n2.5<\/td>\n6.4<\/td>\n2.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com<\/a>: View Original Table<\/a>
Generated 12\/20\/2011.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It could be Pomeranz\u2019 third plus or better offering, but it never really has to be.\u00a0 Pomeranz was the top collegiate arm in his draft class (2010) coming out of Mississippi, and his frame, stuff, and handedness all suggest that he will be front line in Colorado for years.<\/p>\n

<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/center>
\n
<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#22 Drew Pomeranz Colorado Rockies DOB: 11\/22\/1988 Previous Rank: N\/R ETA: 2012 Pomeranz was the centerpiece of the deal that brought Ubaldo Jimenez to Cleveland, and we at The Sombrero thought the move was a win for the Rox in large part due to Pomeranz\u2019 stuff and projectability.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Colorado rushed him up to make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,1300,6,9,11,13,2880,2368,10,14],"tags":[654,428,3015,3017,3016,3463,427],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5718,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5715\/revisions\/5718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}