Yesterday I selected outfielder Jose Siri as the Cincinnati Reds Minor League Player of the Year. Today we are announcing that Tyler Mahle is the RedsMinorLeagues.com 2017 Pitcher of the Year for the Cincinnati Reds farm system. Unlike the award he got from the Reds last year at Redsfest when the organization hands out their four minor league awards, I don’t have a cool plaque to give the right handed pitcher.
In the first half of the 2017 season, Tyler Mahle spent time dominating the Southern League. With the Pensacola Blue Wahoos he posted a 1.59 ERA in 14 starts in 85.0 innings. That also included 87 strikeouts with just 17 walks. The performance earned him a promotion to Triple-A for the second half.
Once he joined the Louisville Bats he would go on to make 10 more starts. While things didn’t go quite as well as they did in Pensacola, Tyler Mahle was still very strong in the International League. He posted a 2.73 ERA in 59.1 innings for the Bats. That came with 51 strikeouts and just 13 walks. In total, that gave him a 2.06 ERA in 144.1 innings in the Minor Leagues with just 30 walks and 138 total strikeouts.
Tyler Mahle led the organization with his 2.06 ERA and WHIP (0.96). He also finished second in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.6) as well as third in walk rate (5.3%), and strikeout rate (24.5%).
His performance in the minors during the season earned him a promotion to the Major Leagues at the end of the year. He’s now made four starts for the big league club. With the Reds he’s thrown 20.0 innings to go along with a 2.70 ERA so far.
Tyler Mahle 2017 Season Stats
| LVL | W | L | ERA | IP | H | HR | BB | K | WHIP |
| AA | 7 | 3 | 1.59 | 85.0 | 57 | 5 | 17 | 87 | 0.87 |
| AAA | 3 | 4 | 2.73 | 59.1 | 52 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 1.10 |
| MLB | 1 | 2 | 2.70 | 20.0 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 1.50 |
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