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Control issues seem to have revealed themselves in Double A. Seems like a prime candidate to stay where he's at and maybe go to the AFL
Reliever Matt Cronin has pitched on 14 dates for the Class AA Harrisburg Senators this spring. The whole list — April 9, April 14, April 17, April 20, April 24, April 29, May 1, May 5, May 8, May 12, May 15, May 18, May 21 and May 22 — tells a story on its own. Notice the consistent gaps until Cronin went back-to-back for the first time this past weekend? Or how, early on, coaches gave three or four days of rest to a lefty sidelined for parts of 2021 with shoulder issues?Here’s the careful plan for a pitcher who entered Thursday with a 0.00 ERA in 16⅓ innings....Once in a while, Cronin has mixed in what pitching coordinator Sam Narron called a split-finger change-up. Otherwise, he has flat-out dominated with high heaters and a sharp breaking ball. His velocity is in the low-to-mid 90s, ticking back to normal. Opposing hitters have a batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage slash line of .096/.203/.096. That identical batting and slugging percentage means Cronin has only allowed singles — and only five of them — while striking out 22 and walking seven.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/26/matt-cronin-harrisburg-nationals-prospect/0.00 ERA, 16.1 IP.
He’ll be up after the deadline when we sell off Cishek, Erasmo, Rainey, etc
We have three more years of control with Rainey. I would like to see him be a staple back there. Sell everything else that isn't nailed down