Fabian Williamson spent most of the year pitching in an independent league for Laredo. Cincinnati needed a starter coming down the stretch for Bakersfield and picked up Williamson for the August/September stretch.
Williamson made his first start on August 2nd and it went about as poorly as possible as he was welcomed to the California League by giving up 8 runs in 2.2 innings. The lefty rebounded well in his next outing as he fired 4.1 shutout innings with 9 strikeouts and 3 walks. In his next start he allowed 3 runs in 7 innings with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. On the 17th he took on Modesto and fired 7 strong innings with just one earned run, a walk and had 5 strikeouts. He would struggle over the last three games of the season as he battled control issues and allowed 12 earned over 12 innings with 13 walks and 14 strikeouts.
Season Stats
| W | L | ERA | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | K | WHIP | BB% | K% | K/BB |
| 1 | 4 | 6.61 | 0 | 32.2 | 41 | 3 | 19 | 37 | 1.84 | 12.2% | 23.7% | 1.95 |
Overall Thoughts
Fabian Williamson bookmarked a few good starts with some struggles that really pulled down his overall line. He provided several good starts to help out the Blaze in August, but he really had some struggles as well. He posted a strong strikeout rate, but his walk rate was also very high, though it came from big struggles in the last three starts. The Reds brought him in to fill innings for Bakersfield down the stretch and he filled out that role well with 32.2 innings and several very strong starts.
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