The fifth and final member of the starting rotation for my 2007 Ken Phelps All-Star Team is Bobby Livingston. Bobby is a 24-year-old left-handed pitcher. Now you might say "Whoa there! 24 is awful young for a Ken Phelps All-Star." And you'd be right. It is young, but Livingston was waived by the Mariners in December of last year and claimed by the Reds (the Reds did well snagging both him and Gosling off waivers), so he definitely counts as "freely available talent." He was selected in the 4th round of the 2001 draft by the Mariners and was in their organization until they prematurely dumped him.
Livingston consistently demonstrated good control in the minors and gives up few home runs. His strikeout rate is borderline good, but that's forgivable for a left-hander who gets a lot of ground-outs.
This season Livingston made 14 starts for AAA Louisville. Over 89.1 innings he had a 3.83 ERA with 58 strikeouts and only 13 walks and 4 homers. He murdered left-handed batters (.213 BA, 28 SO, 2 BB, 20 H in 26 IP).
SO/9: 5.85 (marginal)
BB/9: 1.31 (excellent)
HR/9: 0.40 (excellent)
GO/AO: 2.01 (excellent - gets lots of ground outs)
In 2006, Livingston made 22 starts for AAA Tacoma. In 135.1 innings he had 69 strikeouts, 36 walks and 18 home runs. His ERA was 4.59. Not inspiring, but remember he was only 23 years old and his stats from previous years were better (he was an all-star in the California League in 2004 and in the Texas League in 2005).
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