Congrats to Jose Ceda, the 2007 Minor Leagues BAA Champion!

[badnews]

He beat out Cardinals farmhand Christopher Perez to have the lowest BAA in the minors.

 

There may be a downside to his numbers, but now is not the time to dwell on such things. Congratulations!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

the downside is he was walking everyone that wasn't getting a hit -- 65 BB in 96.3 IP

[don_kessinger_was_good]

the downside is he was walking everyone that wasn't getting a hit -- 65 BB in 96.3 IP

 

If he can get it down to around 0.5 BB/IP, he'll be fine. Bob Feller had a BB/IP rate of nearly 0.5 for much of his career. Our own Carlos Zambrano is similarly at nearly 0.5. You can argue that a reliever is death with a high walk rate, but I don't see the comparison if a guy starts his own inning as Ceda usually does. He needs to improve his control some, but he has plenty of time to figure it out.

[Mephistopheles]

feller also played in an era where the HR wasnt as big of an offensive weapon. the notion he needs to get his BB/IP just down to .5 and hell be fine is stupid and downright wrong. terrible assumption.

[abuck1220]

now that's a comparison i never saw coming.

[badnews]

Ceda's numbers compare quite well to Chris Perez's, who was the Cardinals' preseason Baseball America #3 prospect.

[Tedward]

BA has him ranked at # 7 overall in the Midwest League Top 20 List (just released). The only Cub to make the list.