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Frim Jamey Newberg about telieverBryan Magdaleno:
Meanwhile, finding a Magdaleno comp isn’t as easy. As late as August 8, I couldn’t even find room in my midseason Top 72 for the stocky lefty, who turns 24 in February. He wasn’t a bonus baby, signing for a mere $10,000 the same summer that [Max] Acosta got $1.65 million and outfielder Bayron Lora got $3.9 million. Magdaleno never started games as he moved through the Rangers system, and he rarely saved any.
On August 3, five days before I published that updated ranking, the Rangers moved Magdaleno from Low-A Down East (where he was a year and a half older than the average Carolina Leaguer) to High-A Hickory.
That lasted a month. On September 2, he was promoted again, this time to Double-A Frisco.
I’ve buried the lede.
Because what prompted the first promotion was a hitless July for the Wood Ducks.
And what prompted the second one was a hitless August for the Crawdads (after one final appearance with Down East).
And what followed in Frisco was a one-hit September (not counting a playoff appearance that was a little rocky).
All told in those three regular-season months at three levels: 21 innings, zero runs, one hit (a single), eight walks, 35 strikeouts. I invite you to read that again.
Afterwards, Magdaleno was honored by the organization as its Minor League Reliever of the Year. Among Rangers farmhands with at least 40 innings pitched, he ranked first in opponents’ batting average (.134) and ERA (1.27), and second in strikeouts per nine innings (14.34), WHIP (0.938), and saves (nine).
Meanwhile, finding a Magdaleno comp isn’t as easy. As late as August 8, I couldn’t even find room in my midseason Top 72 for the stocky lefty, who turns 24 in February. He wasn’t a bonus baby, signing for a mere $10,000 the same summer that [Max] Acosta got $1.65 million and outfielder Bayron Lora got $3.9 million. Magdaleno never started games as he moved through the Rangers system, and he rarely saved any.
On August 3, five days before I published that updated ranking, the Rangers moved Magdaleno from Low-A Down East (where he was a year and a half older than the average Carolina Leaguer) to High-A Hickory.
That lasted a month. On September 2, he was promoted again, this time to Double-A Frisco.
I’ve buried the lede.
Because what prompted the first promotion was a hitless July for the Wood Ducks.
And what prompted the second one was a hitless August for the Crawdads (after one final appearance with Down East).
And what followed in Frisco was a one-hit September (not counting a playoff appearance that was a little rocky).
All told in those three regular-season months at three levels: 21 innings, zero runs, one hit (a single), eight walks, 35 strikeouts. I invite you to read that again.
Afterwards, Magdaleno was honored by the organization as its Minor League Reliever of the Year. Among Rangers farmhands with at least 40 innings pitched, he ranked first in opponents’ batting average (.134) and ERA (1.27), and second in strikeouts per nine innings (14.34), WHIP (0.938), and saves (nine).
