Wichita 2042 Pitchers Preview (2042-23)

[Fat Nige]

YOUR 2042 WICHITA AVIATORS

Finally, here it is, the final rosters are set and the whole lot are on the plane to Charlotte to begin the Aviators eighth season. Will it be the one they finally get a winning season? Stop laughing all you lot at the back! It has to come sometime, doesn’t it? Ok, hands up, it won’t be this year or maybe even this decade, but Opening Day is always a time of hope. The time where everyone is tied for first, when bottom dwellers can be on top of the table if their alphabetical name allows. Six months of heartache is on the way for Wichita fans, maybe this year though there may be a few extra to share the pain. Thanks to our $10 ticket offer we have sold 18,084 season plans so far this year, an increase of around 20% and the social media posts from the Front Office are boasting that the average crowd at Thomas Magnum Field could be as high as 33,000. An unlikely tale as I’ve ever heard.

The Rotation

Pitcher	Throws	Age	2041 Level	G	GS	W	L	Sv	ERA	IP	K's	BB's	WHIP	WAR
Lane Aldridge	RHP	28	BBA	17	12	5	3	0	4.64	66.0	36	19	1.35	0.4
James Robinson	RHP	29	BBA	54	6	7	5	0	5.42	152.2	140	74	1.47	0.5
Kidanu Cherono	RHP	29	BBA	30	13	1	10	2	8.28	104.1	81	52	1.73	-0.3 *
Duane Coutts	LHP	28	BBA	9	8	2	5	0	4.10	48.1	20	17	1.30	0.1
Jose Montoya	RHP	22	BBA	18	18	6	4	0	4.29	92.1	69	29	1.34	2.5

* 2041 stats come from San Fernando & Nashville

All the rotation has BBA experience, but not much. Last year they started a total of BBA 67 games and won 21. If they can’t develop into full time starters it could be a REALLY rough year in Wichita. We could perhaps be looking at the greatest hot seat rotation in BBA history coming up.

The Bullpen

Pitcher	Throws	Age	2041 Level	G	GS	W	L	Sv	ERA	IP	K's	BB's	WHIP	WAR
Adam Simons	RHP	26	AAA	14	13	5	7	0	5.25	84.0	89	39	1.31	-0.0 *
Julio Garcia	RHP	21	BBA	8	0	0	1	0	8.44	10.2	11	3	1.69	0.1
Abe Colbert Jr	RHP	35	BBA	26	8	2	10	6	6.44	65.2	66	30	1.66	0.4
Doug Clement	LHP	34	BBA	55	0	3	5	2	4.78	118.2	71	31	1.37	1.2
Orlando Sanchez	LHP	23	AAA	43	0	7	2	1	4.06	82.0	57	24	1.52	1.1
Miroslav Tomanek	RHP	31	BBA	41	0	6	5	4	4.21	47.0	35	17	1.51	0.6
Yann Legrand	RHP	31	AAA	45	0	4	6	17	4.24	40.1	61	19	1.34	1.1
Tony Alomar	LHP	32	BBA	45	2	4	5	20	4.40	59.1	57	16	1.13	0.4

* 2041 stats come from San Fernando & Nashville

A pretty experienced bullpen that actually recorded 31 wins last year, 10 more than the rotation. OK, some of them were at Triple-A, but a win’s a win, right? It’s a bullpen that will give a lot of runners but will hopefully be able to stop some of them scoring. Perhaps they can pick up 20 wins? Somehow, it’s looking as if a tally of 50 will be this staff’s best tally, I’d love to make that 60 though