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The Book on Aaron PoredaPIT



Prospect Info and Scouting Report

PIT

Aaron Poreda / LHP, PIT
Born 10/1/1986
Moraga, CA, USA
School: University of San Francisco
Height 6-6
Weight 240
Bats/Throws L/L


ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/8/2012): #489 none
MiLB.com Season Preview: Unranked or n/a
Scout.com/FOX Sports: Unranked or n/a
ESPN: Unranked or n/a
The Sporting News: Unranked or n/a
Baseball America 2012: Unranked or n/a
Baseball Prospectus: Unranked or n/a



Reclaimed by the Pirates after he was DFA'd by the Padres, Aaron Poreda is a big, 240-pound hurler who still boasts one of the hottest fastballs in the minors (up to 97mph and sinking). His development has been hampered by his inability (so far) to really control his second pitch, a slider with plus movement. His frame is large and he's already proven to be durable, which screams 'innings eater' to us, but of course he'll need more than one and a half pitches to survive outside of the bullpen.

[ Bio Updated Spring, 2012 ]


Pitching History
Yr Age Lv Lg Tm W L GA GS IP H ER BB K HB WP WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB
2007 20 Rk Pioneer Great Falls CHW 4 0 12 8 46.1 29 7 10 48 0 1 0.842 9.3 1.9 4.80
2008 21 A+ Caro. Winston-Salem CHW 5 5 12 12 73.1 67 31 18 46 2 2 1.159 5.6 2.2 2.56
2008 21 AA Sou. Birmingham CHW 3 4 15 15 87.2 81 34 22 72 3 1 1.175 7.4 2.3 3.27
2009 22 AA Sou. Birmingham CHW 5 4 11 11 64.1 47 20 35 69 6 4 1.275 9.7 4.9 1.97
2009 22 AAA PCL Portland SD 0 3 7 6 32.2 28 27 37 30 3 5 1.990 8.3 10.2 0.81
2009 22 AAA Intl-Lg Charlotte CHW 0 0 2 2 10.0 8 4 3 9 2 1 1.100 8.1 2.7 3.00
2010 23 AA Texas San Antonio SD 0 1 19 0 25.0 18 11 26 25 4 0 1.760 9.0 9.4 0.96
2010 23 AAA PCL Portland SD 1 1 20 1 29.0 13 18 38 22 4 3 1.759 6.8 11.8 0.58
2011 24 AAA PCL Tucson SD 4 3 41 1 69.2 65 47 63 79 3 5 1.837 10.2 8.1 1.25
2009 22 MLB AL Chicago CHW 1 0 10 0 11.0 9 3 8 12 1 2 1.545 9.8 6.5 1.50
2009 22 MLB NL San Diego SD 0 0 4 0 2.1 1 1 5 0 0 0 2.571 0.0 19.3 0.00





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