Yesterday the Cincinnati Reds made a trade that sent Ryan Hanigan out and brought back LHP David Holmberg in a three team deal.
Background
He has spent the last several years with the Diamondbacks, even making his MLB debut with them last season. He was drafted by the White Sox in 2009 and spent 2009 and part of 2010 in their organization. He was drafted out of Port Charlotte High School (Florida).
Career Stats
| Year | Age | LVL | W | L | ERA | IP | H | HR | BB | K | WHIP | BB% | K% | K/BB |
| 2009 | 17 | Rk | 2 | 2 | 4.72 | 40.0 | 40 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 1.45 | 10.2% | 21.0% | 2.1 |
| 2010 | 18 | Rk | 2 | 5 | 4.17 | 77.2 | 99 | 4 | 16 | 76 | 1.48 | 4.6% | 21.7% | 4.8 |
| 2011 | 19 | A-A+ | 12 | 9 | 3.44 | 154.1 | 138 | 8 | 48 | 157 | 1.21 | 7.4% | 24.2% | 3.3 |
| 2012 | 20 | AA-A+ | 11 | 8 | 3.32 | 173.1 | 166 | 14 | 37 | 153 | 1.17 | 5.2% | 21.7% | 4.1 |
| 2013 | 21 | AA | 5 | 8 | 2.75 | 157.1 | 138 | 12 | 50 | 116 | 1.20 | 7.7% | 17.8% | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 21 | MLB | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.46 | 15.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Scouting Report
Fastball – He throws two fastballs, a 4-seamer that works in the 88-90 MPH range and a sinker in the 85-88 MPH range.
Change Up – A good pitch that has some nice tumbling action on it that works in the 78-82 MPH range and is in above-average pitch.
Curveball – Inconsistent at times and can get a bit slurvy at times, but when he throws it right it can be an average breaking ball with two plane break.
Slider – Another inconsistent pitch that can get a bit slurvy as well, but when it is thrown right it is in the 77-80 MPH range and can be an average pitch that has some biting action to it as it sweeps across the zone (because of his arm angle).
Other – He has a 3/4 arm angle with smooth mechanics. Despite good walk rates over the past few years, his control from the few games I watched, wasn’t quite reflective of those rates. I believe that he will need to improve his control to have success in the Major Leagues. While my view is rather limited to a few games on Milb.tv and going over a limited amount of Pitch F/X data from his time in the Majors earlier this year, I would probably rank him 16th in our system. He looks like a 5th starter and he could fall back as a reliever.
Outside Reports
John Sickels report on him from Tuesday afternoon.
Here is his player card from BrooksBaseball.net.