The Interesting Statistics That Make Up Mauricio Robles
By Aaron Somers
Mauricio Robles is a 22 year old left handed prospect who was recently promoted to the Seattle Mariners AAA club, the Tacoma Rainiers. Although when looking at Robles’ A+ and AA stats one may wonder why he was called up.
In four California League starts Robles was 0-2 in 4 starts, with an ERA of 12.41. His promotion to AA saw improvement as he went winless in his 2 starts in the Southern League, but he posted a respectable ERA of 4.15. Despite a small sample of Robles in AA he was called up to AAA and pitched tonight for Tacoma. In his first AAA start of the year Robles went 6 innings allowing zero runs while striking out 4 batters. After seeing Robles’ stats at lower levels this season this probably should be a surprised, but breakdown his minor league career and it is actually quite consistent.
Rookie Ball
- 3-7
- 3.38 ERA
A
- 9-7
- 3.41 ERA
A+
- 7-6
- 4.63 ERA
AA
- 6-7
- 4.11 ERA
AAA
- 4-1
- 2.91 ERA
Yes it is true Robles has only 6 starts in AAA compared to at least 14 at every other level, but it can’t be denied that this young man steps up when facing tougher opponents. I personally hope Robles keeps up the pace at AAA so we can all see if he can step it up at the show and shut down MLB talent.
Note: Robles and Luke French were traded by the Detroit Tigers for Jarrod Washburn who wound up making 8 starts for Detroit, going 1-3 with a 7.33 ERA. Washburn has not pitched since the end of the ’09 season.
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