The competition for spots on the Cleveland Guardians bullpen is fierce.
It is, without question, the best bullpen in baseball.
The best news is that the factory keeps on producing talented hurlers who could be the relievers of tomorrow for the Guards.
One of their most gifted arms is Right-Hander Matt Jachec.
Jachec, who had an interesting 2024 filled with strikeouts, is already training with 2025 in mind.
He pitched for Single-A Lynchburg and High-A Lake County this season, and hopes to be in the high minors at some point next year.
“Cleveland #Guardians 23yr old RHP relief prospect Matt Jachec with a 102.8 mph pull down with a 4oz ball training at @X2_Baseball in North Carolina. Jachec had a tremendous 2024 season striking out 104 batters posting a 2.72 FIP over 72.0 innings of work between (Low-A) Lynchburg and (High-A) Lake County,” Guardians Prospective posted on X.
Cleveland #Guardians 23yr old RHP relief prospect Matt Jachec with a 102.8 mph pull down with a 4oz ball training at @X2_Baseball in North Carolina.
Jachec had a tremendous 2024 season striking out 104 batters posting a 2.72 FIP over 72.0 innings of work between (Low-A)… pic.twitter.com/luqS49RpJI
— Guardians Prospective (@CleGuardPro) December 7, 2024
FIP, or Fielding Independent Pitching, is often a better way to evaluate run prevention skills because it focuses on things that pitchers can control such as walks, strikeouts and home runs.
ERA often calculates runs that a pitchers doesn’t deserve because of bad defense or field conditions, among other things.
Due to his incredible ability to miss bats, Jachec returned a 2.19 FIP in Single-A and a 3.22 mark in High-A.
His ERA finishes? 3.82 and 4.91, respectively.
The best thing about his yeah are definitely the 104 strikeouts over 72 frames.
He has very solid velocity and improving secondaries.
In a couple of years, he could be a factor in the Guardians bullpen if he keeps this up.
He is definitely one to keep an eye on.
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