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I wan't saying Beavan is a lock to be Radke+, I was just saying that he's 23 and beginning to show much more promise.
As a 21-year old, at AAA he gave up 1.4 hits/9. At 22 it was 1.2. This year, at 23, it's 1.0. He's trending in the right direction.
I wonder if the hard thing for Beavan is to actually learn to throw more balls? As a HS pitcher I'm sure he just blew folks away. He was the #17 pick, after all.
At 19 in A ball, he gave up 8 hits/9 innings. At 20, in A+ ball, he gave up 9 per. It was when he made the jump to AA ball as a 20-yr old, that his hits/9 went to 11. But then as a 21-yr old AA guy it dropped to just 8.3. And I mentioned his AAA trend above. From AA on, his pattern is to give up hits in his first go-around, then fix it.
The guy gets better. I think we're seeing that MLB trend now.