HOF
Posted 13 April 2017 - 11:36 AM
The 10 Ks and zero walks are what I care about.10 hits and 3 runs in his second start. Not so good until you see the zero walks and 10 K's. Progress. He's going to be good.
OTV
Posted 17 April 2017 - 10:17 PM
2017 so far: A+ - 0-2, 9.00 ERA, 3 GS, 10 IP, 17 K, 6 BB, 2.20 WHIP
HOF
Posted 25 April 2017 - 07:16 AM
Nice little double header day for Akin and Sedlock the other day. Akin going 5 IP and only giving up 1 ER, but still nabbing those 7 K's. That's 24 in 15 innings so far.
HOF
Posted 01 May 2017 - 06:33 AM
Akin has settled in from a bad first start. 19.1 IP, 4 GS, 28 K's, 8 BBs, 3.26 ERA, plus a 422 BABIP added on top of that. Not quite eye popping stats, but pretty hard not to be overly impressed.
HOF
Posted 01 May 2017 - 09:11 AM
Both Akin and Sedlock(yesterday) have had an awful start. Outside of that, they have been really good.
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HOF
Posted 31 May 2017 - 06:08 PM
OTV
Posted 04 June 2017 - 10:57 AM
A+: 3-4, 5.95 ERA, 39.1 IP, 45 K, 22 BB, 1.73 WHIP
OTV
Posted 19 June 2017 - 11:32 AM
A+: 5-4, 4.55 ERA, 55.1 IP, 61 K, 26 BB, 1.45 WHIP
HOF
Posted 28 June 2017 - 06:35 AM
Akin looks like he's turned the corner.
Great start last night 6/27 - 8 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 K. Had a no-hitter through 7, I believe. Has dropped his ERA from 5.95 to 3.76 over his last 5 starts.
HOF
Posted 28 June 2017 - 09:03 AM
Akin looks like he's turned the corner.
Great start last night 6/27 - 8 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 K. Had a no-hitter through 7, I believe. Has dropped his ERA from 5.95 to 3.76 over his last 5 starts.
This is good to see. I think the whole organization has a pitching crisis. Guys who do well will move fast.
The organization needs to do better on developing pitchers and do better quickly.
HOF
Posted 19 July 2017 - 07:21 AM
This guy has been dealing. In his last 50 IP he's struck out more than a guy per inning and has a miniscule 1.80 ERA.
Hopefully Sedlock is dealing with an injury and can bounce back, but even Akin continuing development would be great for last year's draft.
OTV
Posted 31 July 2017 - 09:46 PM
A+: 7-8. 4.31 ERA, 96 IP, 109 K, 44 BB, 1.34 WHIP
OTV
Posted 21 August 2017 - 07:22 AM
A+: 7-8, 4.14 ERA, 100 IP, 111 K, 46 BB, 1.35 WHIP (Injured since August 4th)
Owner
Posted 08 January 2018 - 08:29 AM
FanGraphs: Sunday Notes: Brady Aiken’s Career is Nearing a Crossroads
At 6-foot-nothing and 225 pounds, Keegan Akin isn’t built like your stereotypical pitching prospect. Nor does he possess plus velocity or an anything-special secondary offering. As for the 22-year-old southpaw’s command… let’s just say it’s nothing to write home about.
What he does have is a secret weapon. Baltimore’s pick in the second round of the 2016 draft has an invisible fastball. Despite the aforementioned limitations, Akin holds the single-season strikeout record at Western Michigan University and he fanned 111 batters in 100 innings this past season at high-A Frederick.
“I’m a fastball pitcher, but it’s not like it’s super-overpowering,” explained Akin, who typically sits 89-92 with his four-seamer. “I’m not throwing 100, but from what everybody tells me, what everybody jokes around about… they say it’s an ‘invisiball.’ Both hitters and guys I’ve played catch with have told me that.”
Akin isn’t entirely sure where his deception comes from — “I’ve never had to face myself” — but he suspects it has to do with “an easygoing arm action where you don’t expect the ball to get on you as quickly as it does.”
Getting the ball where he wants it is an issue that stretches back to his college days.
“My freshman year I had around 60 strikeouts, but I also had about 50 walks,” admitted Akin, who acknowledges being a late-bloomer. “I could throw fastballs, but I didn’t know where they were going. I didn’t have the sophomore year I wanted to, either. My secondary stuff was in the development process, so I was basically trying to throw pitches I wasn’t really good at throwing.”
He came into his own as a junior. In his final season as a Bronco, Akin fanned 133 and allowed just 72 hits and 30 walks in 109 innings. Scooped up by the Orioles, he proceeded to throw 29 quality frames for short-season Aberdeen, prompting Eric Longenhagen to rank him as Baltimore’s No. 4 prospect going into last year.
Akins wasn’t pleased with his 2017 performance. While his strikeout and hits-allowed numbers were good, his ERA and BB/9 were an identical — and less than ideal — 4.14.
“I’m not happy with my season,” Akin told me. “I had stints where I was good, but consistency is the key and I wasn’t consistent. I didn’t always know where the ball was going, and that’s not fun. I also got injured. I was out the last four-five weeks with an oblique injury on my front side, the glove side.”
Akin worked on his mechanics in instructional league, and then in the Arizona Fall League. He also worked on his secondaries, as he recognizes that one can’t survive on an invisible fastball alone.
“My slider is my second-best pitch, and it was hit-or-miss throughout this season — more miss than hit — but it got better in instructs,” informed Akin. “My changeup is my third pitch, and it’s a work in progress. Actually, I guess all of my pitches are a work in progress. I’m far from perfect.”
Soccer Analyst
Posted 08 January 2018 - 03:39 PM
MLB hitters will pick up on the timing difference and whack him unless his command becomes very very good. He's young so we shall see but I much prefer a writeup that starts out
"He has a smoking hot fastball and two good secondary pitches....." This writeup does not make me think MLB pitcher.
OTV
Posted 15 April 2018 - 07:16 AM
AA: 0-2, 7.00 ERA, 9 IP, 7 BB, 7 K, 2.11 WHIP
OTV
Posted 29 April 2018 - 08:28 AM
AA: 2-2, 3.43 ERA, 21 IP, 19 K, 9 BB, 1.33 WHIP
Owner
Posted 13 May 2018 - 10:57 AM
2018 AA: 4-3, 2.75 era, 39.1 ip, 30 hits, 12 er, 4 hr's, 15 bb's, 42 k's
Moderator
Posted 15 May 2018 - 05:05 PM
Was there for his last start. He looked really good. Just poised and in control, gave up maybe 1 hard hit ball all night.
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