Red Sox Pitching Depth | Stolmy Pimentel

There was an article posted on FanGraphs today about the Red Sox wealth of minor league pitching talent. They mentioned Buchholz, Bowden, Doubront, Tazawa, and Kelly, yet perhaps the pitcher with the highest ceiling, Stolmy Pimentel, was listed as an afterthought.

Pimentel, an international free agent from DR signed in '06, turned 19 in Februrary. After an impressive showing with Lowell last season, Pimentel has continued to impress in Greenville this year. His 2.70 FIP (4.36 RA) is among the best for starters in the organization and he sports a 3.88 K/BB rate. What's more impressive is that Pimentel appears to be the recipient of some bad luck as well. His BABIP is an astonishing .377 (.274 last year) and he isn't stranding very many baserunners (69.62%). Pimentel appears to be having such success in large part due to his good command. At such a young age Pimentel could very well develop into the best of the bunch for the Red Sox.