is a LH Shiggy Hasegawa with a mid-90s FB/curve/change/cutter who gets hit too much for the stuff he has but struck out 9 per with a 2.5 K/BB. He was out injured all year but rehabbed in AZ and should be back in A-Ball next year as a 23 year old.
I expect his repertoire to drop and for him to be another shot at a LOOGY, but he was alway an add for 2012+, the injury just delayed him a year. Hopefully he comes back healthy and able to succeed, but even if he doesn't I like the trade. If he DOES...bravo. We've had a lot of trouble locating a lefty killer.
Cortes, though, needs to never start again. Just leave him in the pen and let him mow down uncertain batters a la Nellie, who was wild as all getout but still managed to have a great career. Making the batters a little nervous can be an excellent pitching technique when you throw that hard and have a good breaking pitch.
If we need to also add someone who can find the zone more consistently, there's always Lueke. ;-)
~G
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