Jeremy Accardo serves as a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto controls him for at least two more years before he can file for free agency. I’m not sure how his stint int he minors this year affected his service time.
Accardo’s strength as a pitcher is his ability to keep the ball in the park. For his career he allowed just 14.8 per 200 innings. In a park like Toronto, that favors home runs, that’s a useful skill. He was wild in 2009 however, walking 17 batters in 24 2/3 innings. That’s really out of line with his career; most seasons he’s been under 3.0 walks per nine innings.
The Jays didn’t seem to have a lot of confidence in him coming back from his 2008 forearm injury. If he gets his walks under control again, he should be an effective reliever.
Posted by David Pinto at 6:24 pm | Pitchers, Players A to Z | Permalink | No Comments
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