Why He's Here: 1-0, 1.80, 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 HR, 11 SO, 1 BB
The Scoop: Armed with mid-90s heat, Paxton had little difficulty missing bats in the low Class A Midwest League, where he ran up 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings—though he also walked 30 in 56 innings. Those trends, strikeouts and walks, continued after a two-level jump (over high Class A High Desert's launching pad) to Double-A. Paxton's contrasting strikeout rates in his two Southern League starts tell us a lot about the quality of competition faced. In a July 3 start versus Chattanooga (a .522 club), he fanned only one of the 23 batters he faced. Against Carolina (.367, second-worst in the minors) yesterday, he struck out 11 of 19 Mudcats batters.
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