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[PHP]Basic Statistics
Year Age Team G W L IP TBF H 2B 3B HR R ER BB K ERA RA9
2004 18 Rookie 6 1 1 28.0 118 25 0 9 8 10 43 2.54 2.89
2005 19 Rookie 21 6 1 45.2 172 25 3 12 10 12 86 1.97 2.37
2005 19 A Beloit 14 1 9 49.2 232 58 9 41 33 28 54 5.98 7.43
2006 20 A Beloit 34 7 2 108.1 449 77 17 1 6 48 36 53 141 2.99 3.99
2007 21 A+ Fort Myers 18 1 4 50.2 240 62 17 2 4 40 33 26 38 5.86 7.10
Extended Statistics
Year Age Team BB/PA K/PA BABIP GB% HR/Air FIP BsRA9
2004 18 Rookie 8.5% 36.4% .418
2005 19 Rookie 7.0% 50.0% .337
2005 19 A Beloit 12.1% 23.3% .378 5.83
2006 20 A Beloit 11.8% 31.4% .295 37% 4% 2.93 3.11
2007 21 A+ Fort Myers 10.8% 15.8% .349 37% 4% 4.48 6.00
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(Rookie Ball - Elizabethton Twins)
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He's 21.............and left handed.
I like the move.
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Date of Birth: October 2, 1985
Height: 6-4 Weight: 205
Bats/Throws: L/L
Aww, he just became one of my faves, his B-Day is the same as mine and we are both LH (in a sense, I write LH & throw RH). Except I've got some yrs on him.
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I searched yahoo and this is what I found from September 2006:
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Alexander Smit, lhp, Low Class A Beloit (Twins)
It seems like a long time ago when Smit had a 1.18 ERA in his GCL debut and allowed only 19 hits in 38 innings; in reality it is a long time in prospect land, as that was 2003. Since then, Smit's had a mix of bad moments and dominant moments, and did not spend a complete year in a full-season league until this season. While he began the year in a bullpen role, everything changed in a return to the rotation, as the native of the Netherlands had a 2.43 ERA in 13 starts while allowing just 44 hits in 74 innings and striking out 98. Unlike Baldwin, Smit has taken a major step forward this year, as what was once an upper-80s fastball is now 92-94 mph, to go along with a solid curveball and a developing change. While it seems like Smit has been around for ever, he's still only 20 years old, and next year's performance at High Class A Ft. Myers will be highly anticipated.
Source: Baseball Prospectus
Someone else might be able to find an updated report on Smit, but thats the latest one I saw.
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Not much new but if you look at his '07 BB/9 (4.62), not too hard to detect the issue he must be having.
He looked good (for about as much as you can see) closing in this June 19th '07 game. (2nd Batter NYY Jose Tabata)
http://http://youtube.com/watch?v=37VHFqmdrOU
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This is actually a pretty solid pickup by Wayne. Smit is only 21 years old, and is a big lefty (6'3" 210) who throws a 92-94 mph fastball to go along with a solid curveball and a developing changeup. He struckout 141 batters in 108.1 innings (11.7 K/9) last season in the Midwest League. He's struggled this season but is a guy definitely worth keeping an eye on.
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More stuff, coming fast and furious.
4-5-07
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Young phenom to pitch for Fort Myers on Saturday
By David Dorsey
Fort Myers News Press
The hard-throwing Dutchman has baffled hitters throughout the lower minor league baseball levels over the past four years, growing into a 21-year-old, burgeoning phenom.
Alexander Smit, a left-handed hurler from Holland, will join the Fort Myers Miracle pitching rotation this season. He will do so after joining the Minnesota Twins’ organization as a 16-year-old in 2002.
The Miracle open the Florida State League season tonight at 7:05 against the Sarasota Reds.
Smit will make his first start Saturday night when the Miracle return to Sarasota after opening the season at home Friday night at Hammond Stadium against the Reds.
The back-and-forth I-75 series allows both teams to sleep in their own beds each night.
Smit put opposing batters to rest throughout last season. He compiled a 7-2 record and 2.99 ERA for low-Class A Beloit. He allowed opposing hitters a .199 batting average.
“He’s left-handed, and he’s tough to pick up,” Miracle pitching coach Eric Rasmussen said.
“He needs a couple of different speeds on his fastball. We’ll see how he does now. He does strike ’em out.”
The Twins discovered Smit in 2002, when Smit played for the Dutch under-15 team, preferring baseball over the more mainstream sport of soccer.
“He hides the ball a little bit,” Miracle manager Kevin Boles said. “His fastball has some movement. Left-handed pitchers, they’re at a premium. His stuff stays in the strike zone.
“Alexander Smit has come a long way. He plays stronger. He has a better mound presence.”
Smit has piled up the strikeouts. He struck out 141 batters in 108 1/3 innings last season. He has totaled 364 strikeouts in 270 minor-league innings.
The Twins protected Smit by placing him on their 40-man roster during the offseason. Had they not, other teams could have taken Smit in the Rule V Draft.
“They called me up on Holland, actually,” Smit said of learning he had made the 40-man roster. “I was pretty happy. It was a good feeling to be on there.”
Invited to big-league spring training for the first time, Smit gave up two hits and one run in one appearance.
“He signed so young,” said Fort Myers resident Bert Blyleven, who was born in Holland and raised in California.
Blyleven compiled 3,701 strikeouts over 22 seasons with the Minnesota Twins and three other teams. He has taken an interest in Smit over the past few spring trainings.
“With him coming to major league camp, you feel like he’s progressing,” Blyleven said. “He’s a hard worker.”
Said Smit of Blyleven: “He’s a real good guy. He knows so much about baseball.”
Smit hopes to someday know the experience of playing in the big leagues, like his fellow countryman.
“I love America,” Smith said, “and I love baseball.”
5-29-07
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OFF DISABLED LIST
By David Dorsey
Fort Myers News Press
Left-handed pitcher Alexander Smit has returned from the disabled list, but lost his spot in the starting rotation. Smit, who has an 0-2 record and a 5.62 ERA in six starts this season, will throw out of the bullpen. Ryan Mullins, Oswaldo Sosa, Zach Ward, Jay Rainville and Yohan Pino comprise the rotation for now.
Dianna
And this is his website! Which if you go to the site and highlight his monthbook he tells of his injury (sprained ankle & Tennis Elbow??) which for whatever reason I could not copy and paste.
http://http://www.alexandersmit.com/
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Love this move. I have actually been following him for about 3 years now since a friend of mine told me to watch out for him.
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degenerate10
Wayne and those Twins
Yes, but this is much better than picking up Castro.
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It's kind of weird to see Wayne take a Smit.
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dougdirt
Yes, but this is much better than picking up Castro.
Wouldn't anyone be better than Castro?
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degenerate10
Wouldn't anyone be better than Castro?
Not Mark Mallory.