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Phillippe Aumont
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RotoWire News: Aumont has retired from professional baseball. (6/6/2016) |
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Profile: Standing at 6’7’’ tall, Aumont is clearly a very large pitcher -- and he throws very hard from the left side. Traded to the Phillies from Seattle in the Cliff Lee deal, Aumont also comes with a strong pedigree having been ranked by Baseball America as a top-100 prospect on three different occasions. He has yet to harness it all in, continuing to struggle to throw strikes. In 18 appearances last year, Aumont had everything he offers on display showcasing his excellent velocity (95.7 mph), swing and miss stuff (12.9 swinging striek rate) and his lack of control (5.52 walks per nine). The good thing is that even with poor control, Aumont’s shown success in the minors and in a few appearances with the Phillies last year. The bad news is that even at Triple-A in 2012 and Double-A in 2011, Aumont’s walk rate was 5.50 and up. He clearly has the capability to be a premier late-inning reliever for the Phillies, and a relief ace for fantasy squads, but his walk rate will need to go down. There is no guarantee that Aumont starts the season at the major league level, but if he illustrates an ability to throw strikes consistently, watch out as Aumont could produce some very nice results. (Ben Pasinkoff)
The Quick Opinion: After a cup of coffee in September of last year, Phillippe Aumont is looking to cement himself in the Phillies bullpen in 2013. |
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Profile: Phillippe Aumont, once one of the prizes of the Cliff Lee deal that sent him from the Seattle Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010, has had quite a ride from being among the better starting pitching prospects in baseball. Aumont started to make great strides in 2011 a Double-A where his strikeout rate eclipsed 30% while he kept his walks in check. 2012 featured almost a full year at Triple-A and Aumont demonstrated his blazing fastball but regressed in the control department with a 17% walk rate. He got a brief cup of joe that year and actually had some success over 14 innings pitched, even earning a pair of saves. But 2013 saw the wheels come off with his control at Triple-A -- his walk rate escalated to 22%, which almost seems like a typo. He did make 22 appearances at the big league level and while FIP had him at 3.57, he still didn't know where the ball was going with a 14% walk rate. His stuff is electric, but until he can drive that walk rate down into the four per nine range consistently, he's going to have frequent blowups. No longer considered a starting candidate, his ceiling is probably as closer, but in the meantime, he should be content with LOOGY, and therefore he's not going to be terribly useful for your fantasy squad. (Michael Barr)
The Quick Opinion: Phillippe Aumont drew comparisons to Randy Johnson in that he's extremely tall, throws incredibly hard, and as a young man, has little idea where the ball is going. The Unit figured it out, obviously. Aumont has not. Until he does, he's going to struggle to find success at the major league level. Unless for some reason the club starts whispering "closer" in Spring training, he's probably not worth a stash in deep keepers. |
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| Profile: Aumont is a non-roster invitee with the White Sox for Spring Training. He is not expected to make the team, likely due to the fact that he issues more walks than just about anyone in the world. The 27-year-old's seven walks per nine so far could be called a small-sample fluke. It's probably not. Aumont has a career 5.77 BB/9 in over 500 minor-league innings. (Scott Strandberg) |
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