Bonilla appeared in five MLB games and made three starts for the Texas Rangers in 2014. He went 3-0 and posted a 3.05 ERA, 1.210 WHIP and 17 strikeouts in 20.2 innings, so he pitched pretty well, but went back down the Triple-A shortly after that.
In Triple-A this season, Bonilla is 2-0 in two starts, but he hasn?t been particularly sharp, yielding seven earned runs in 11.1 innings. He owns a 5.56 ERA and 1.500 WHIP with 12 strikeouts and five walks in the early going this year.
Over eight minor league seasons, Bonilla is 34-27 with a 3.38 ERA. Last year at Triple-A in the PCL with Oklahoma City, he went 4-5 with a 4.28 ERA.
Bonilla's start Saturday will be his first in the Majors since 2014 with Texas. Bonilla has appeared in one game this season, in which he allowed four runs in five relief innings. The 26-year-old hasn't fared much better at Louisville (5.61 ERA, 1.79 WHIP in 25.2 innings) this season, making it difficult to get excited about his prospects of sticking with the Reds for an extended period of time. The Reds had been stretching the righty out at Triple-A, where Bonilla owns a 5.61 ERA in five starts this season.
Lisalverto Bonilla?s fastball sits in the low 90s. However, his change up has the potential to be a plus out pitch....Bonilla also throws a curveball that sits in the low 80s...The biggest issue for Lisalverto Bonilla is his control. However, this is something that Ray Searage is the master at fixing.
26-year-old Lisalverto Bonilla was once was a promising, raw prospect early in his career in the Phillies and Rangers organizations. Unfortunately, after pitching in the majors for 20.2 innings with Texas in 2014, he had to undergo Tommy John surgery that caused him to miss the entire 2015 campaign. The Reds obtained him off waivers in February 2017. Bonilla has always impressed with his pure stuff, but he can?t find a role or stay healthy long enough for the stuff to matter. He can fire his fastball in the 94-96 mph range and complements it with a below-average slider and very good change-up. His off-speed pitch borders on plus status. He has thrown quality strikes throughout his career and gets swings and misses with his power arsenal.
Bonilla has moved back and forth between the rotation and bullpen, though no organization has been able to make a final decision. He had 118 K?s and 40 BB in 111 innings, working as both a starter and reliever in both Double-A and Triple-A in 2016.Bonilla will be the immediate rotation replacement for recently demoted Rookie Davis. The decision is somewhat surprising given Bonilla's lackluster 2017 Triple-A performance to date. Bonilla has a 5.61 ERA and 1.75 WHIP in five Triple-A starts, with 27 K/9 BB in 25.2 IP. No question that he?s a wild card. He can mow them down like nothing and the Giants have made a lot of ordinary pitchers look very good this year. Bonilla has a ?live? arm and is worth a shot here against a Giants team that has two wins in their past eight games.
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A force in the minors, Berrios struggled last year in his first season with the Twins, racking up an 8.02 ERA in 14 starts and averaging just 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
But Berrios? success at the Triple-A level has been too much for the Twins to ignore.
He?s allowed just five earned runs in 39 2/3 innings pitched across six starts for the Rochester Red Wings and has held opposing batters to a .169 BA and a .211 OBP.
Has Berrios, 3-7 with an 8.02 ERA in 11 major league starts last season, polished his pitching to the point where he can succeed? He has continued to work on an adjustment to his delivery, in which he brings his hands over and behind his head to help with his control.
?We?ve worked on a few things that some of our people have designed to help him get more consistent with his pitches, and he?s put a lot of work into doing that,? Twins manager Paul Molitor said. ?We?ve had a need here now.
Jose Berrios is an enigma. Dude came in highly touted last year and was absolutely torched in 58.1 innings before mercifully being sent back down. In those 58.1 frames for the Twins last year, Berrios allowed 74 hits and 52 earned runs for an ERA of 8.04. He walked 35 batters and struck out 49. All of it was uncharacteristic including the walks. In 591 minor league innings, Berrios walked just 164 batters while striking out 610. His oppBA in the minors in five-plus seasons was just .218.
It would appear that he?s thrown a lot of minor league innings but this kid is just 23-years-old so he's been pitching in the minors since he was 18. By any measure, it was a horrible debut for this top prospect. Was it nerves? Perhaps so because he?s been lights-out in AAA since with a 2.51 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 125/36 K/BB split in 111 innings. With nearly 200 innings at AAA under his belt, the foundation for growth is there. This kid has pure strikeout ability and he?ll now get his second chance at this level so we?re willing to gamble that his first exposure was all nerves with expectations being too high. His stock has dropped dramatically since his MLB debut and now expectations are tempered so now would be the time to buy.
In Triple-A this season, Bonilla is 2-0 in two starts, but he hasn?t been particularly sharp, yielding seven earned runs in 11.1 innings. He owns a 5.56 ERA and 1.500 WHIP with 12 strikeouts and five walks in the early going this year.
Over eight minor league seasons, Bonilla is 34-27 with a 3.38 ERA. Last year at Triple-A in the PCL with Oklahoma City, he went 4-5 with a 4.28 ERA.
Bonilla's start Saturday will be his first in the Majors since 2014 with Texas. Bonilla has appeared in one game this season, in which he allowed four runs in five relief innings. The 26-year-old hasn't fared much better at Louisville (5.61 ERA, 1.79 WHIP in 25.2 innings) this season, making it difficult to get excited about his prospects of sticking with the Reds for an extended period of time. The Reds had been stretching the righty out at Triple-A, where Bonilla owns a 5.61 ERA in five starts this season.
Lisalverto Bonilla?s fastball sits in the low 90s. However, his change up has the potential to be a plus out pitch....Bonilla also throws a curveball that sits in the low 80s...The biggest issue for Lisalverto Bonilla is his control. However, this is something that Ray Searage is the master at fixing.
26-year-old Lisalverto Bonilla was once was a promising, raw prospect early in his career in the Phillies and Rangers organizations. Unfortunately, after pitching in the majors for 20.2 innings with Texas in 2014, he had to undergo Tommy John surgery that caused him to miss the entire 2015 campaign. The Reds obtained him off waivers in February 2017. Bonilla has always impressed with his pure stuff, but he can?t find a role or stay healthy long enough for the stuff to matter. He can fire his fastball in the 94-96 mph range and complements it with a below-average slider and very good change-up. His off-speed pitch borders on plus status. He has thrown quality strikes throughout his career and gets swings and misses with his power arsenal.
Bonilla has moved back and forth between the rotation and bullpen, though no organization has been able to make a final decision. He had 118 K?s and 40 BB in 111 innings, working as both a starter and reliever in both Double-A and Triple-A in 2016.Bonilla will be the immediate rotation replacement for recently demoted Rookie Davis. The decision is somewhat surprising given Bonilla's lackluster 2017 Triple-A performance to date. Bonilla has a 5.61 ERA and 1.75 WHIP in five Triple-A starts, with 27 K/9 BB in 25.2 IP. No question that he?s a wild card. He can mow them down like nothing and the Giants have made a lot of ordinary pitchers look very good this year. Bonilla has a ?live? arm and is worth a shot here against a Giants team that has two wins in their past eight games.
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A force in the minors, Berrios struggled last year in his first season with the Twins, racking up an 8.02 ERA in 14 starts and averaging just 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
But Berrios? success at the Triple-A level has been too much for the Twins to ignore.
He?s allowed just five earned runs in 39 2/3 innings pitched across six starts for the Rochester Red Wings and has held opposing batters to a .169 BA and a .211 OBP.
Has Berrios, 3-7 with an 8.02 ERA in 11 major league starts last season, polished his pitching to the point where he can succeed? He has continued to work on an adjustment to his delivery, in which he brings his hands over and behind his head to help with his control.
?We?ve worked on a few things that some of our people have designed to help him get more consistent with his pitches, and he?s put a lot of work into doing that,? Twins manager Paul Molitor said. ?We?ve had a need here now.
Jose Berrios is an enigma. Dude came in highly touted last year and was absolutely torched in 58.1 innings before mercifully being sent back down. In those 58.1 frames for the Twins last year, Berrios allowed 74 hits and 52 earned runs for an ERA of 8.04. He walked 35 batters and struck out 49. All of it was uncharacteristic including the walks. In 591 minor league innings, Berrios walked just 164 batters while striking out 610. His oppBA in the minors in five-plus seasons was just .218.
It would appear that he?s thrown a lot of minor league innings but this kid is just 23-years-old so he's been pitching in the minors since he was 18. By any measure, it was a horrible debut for this top prospect. Was it nerves? Perhaps so because he?s been lights-out in AAA since with a 2.51 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 125/36 K/BB split in 111 innings. With nearly 200 innings at AAA under his belt, the foundation for growth is there. This kid has pure strikeout ability and he?ll now get his second chance at this level so we?re willing to gamble that his first exposure was all nerves with expectations being too high. His stock has dropped dramatically since his MLB debut and now expectations are tempered so now would be the time to buy.
