Emmet Sheehan

Sheehan began the season in Double-A but finished the season spending nearly as much time at the big league level as he did between Double-A and Triple-A. HIs minor league stats saw him strikeout 102 batters in 63 innings as his rising fastball was simply too much for many minor league hitters a la Joe Ryan. Sheehan did strikeout 64 major league hitters as well, but there were issues around those punchouts with 26 walks and 11 homers in those 60.1 innings. He made 11 starts and allowed multiple homers in four of them and in three other starts allowed four or more earned runs. Sheehan throws that rising fastball 60% of the time, so the homers are going to be an issue until he diversifies his portfolio some. He limited batters to a .205 average first time through the order, but that rose 50 points the next time through along with 7 of the homers he allowed. Sheehan's upside is obvious, but it is not without its risks. Read Past Outlooks