A Closer Look at Alex Wilson

With their second round pick the Red Sox took Alex Wilson, a right handed pitcher out of Texas A&M. Wilson red-shirted in 2008 after undergoing Tommy John Surgery after two stellar seasons at Winthrop.

This year Wilson struck out 120 batters in 89.2 innings (1.35 K/IP) while also maintaining a 4.8 K/BB ratio. His e.r.a was 4.22, but his Defense-Independent Component E.R.A (DICE) was 1.93 and his Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) was 1.87. These are very impressive numbers. Although his babip was high at .351 his large strikeout totals seemed to make up for it.

He held hitters to .344 slugging and .299 obp as well as a miniscule .643 OPS