Corey Williams

Corey Williams, 6-1, 208, LHP, was the Twins 3rd round (117th overall) selection in the 2011 draft. Born on Independence Day, 1990, he signed (which was somewhat surprising to me) on July 27, 2011 for an above-slot 575K and was assigned to Elizabethton.

As a redshirt-sophomore, Corey had leverage against the Twins and parlayed that into high 2nd-round money. Although his numbers weren't great in 2011, he was the most-trusted arm in Vanderbilt's College World Series team bullpen.

You might ask, "How did he do in 2010?" Watch this (like half a million others have) and you'll find out how 2010 went. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nle8-1K-wTw. You'll also see why myself (and many others) believe he has a special toughness that makes him a special player.

His 2011 stat line in the Appy league: 1-1, 3.86 ERA, 7 games, 11.2 IP, 12 H, 5 BB, 5 ER and 11 K.

He's currently holding up the back-end of the Snappers bullpen with a low 90's fastball, a hard slider, a curveball and a change-up that is in its early stages. While starting isn't out of the realm of possibilities, I see him with a Glen Perkins-type of duty in the future.

I'm extremely excited to get the opportunity to watch Corey pitch this weekend (hopefully!) as I make my annual trip to Beloit.

I decided to do some in-depth research and put my Excel wizardry to the test. What follows is a lot of pitching stats broken down. I will update this after Williams pitches.

(Small sample size warning.)

I'm a little brain-fried right now to make too much out of this, but one thing I did notice (that doesn't show up) is the abundance of 1-3 putouts: 3. That's out of 14 total, non-strikeout outs.

I'm also going to add G0/FO to my spreadsheet and that will be reflected on the next update.

So with that... enjoy! (And hopefully you find more enjoyment than most left-handed hitters find against Williams.)

	RH bat	LH bat
OPP BA	0.222
by RH/LH	0.263	0.125
OPP OBP	0.276
by RH/LH	0.263	0.300
OPP SLG	0.333
by RH/LH	0.421	0.125
OPP OPS	0.609
by RH/LH	0.684	0.425
BABIP	0.300
by RH/LH	0.313	0.250
WHIP	1.00
by RH/LH	1.07	0.86
K/9	9.00
by RH/LH	5.79	15.43
DICE	1.86
by RH/LH	1.71	2.14
ERA	3.86
	RH bat	LH bat	TOTAL
AT BATS	19	8	27
HITS
Total Hits	5	1	6
INF 1B	1	0	1
1B	2	1	3
2B	1	0	1
3B	1	0	1
HR	0	0	0
BB	0	1	1
HBP	0	1	1
IBB	0	0	0
SAC	0	0	0
OUTS	14	7	21
STRIKEOUTS	3	4	7

Very nice job!

Corey pitched the bottom of the 8th of a 6-1 loss tonight. He didn't have a great outing, although he retired all three batters he faced by strikeout (including a called 3rd strike against former college teammate Aaron Westlake, who argued the call and was promptly ejected). He was tagged for two extra base hits (his first two of the season against LH hitters) and we witness what happens when our sample size is so small, he has been otherwise dominant against LH hitters.

	RH bat	LH bat
BA	0.250
by RH/LH	0.238	0.273
OBP	0.333
by RH/LH	0.273	0.429
SLG	0.469
by RH/LH	0.381	0.636
OPS	0.802
by RH/LH	0.654	1.065
BABIP	0.333
by RH/LH	0.313	0.400
WHIP	1.25
by RH/LH	0.94	1.88
K/9	11.25
by RH/LH	8.44	16.88
DICE	3.63
by RH/LH	1.69	7.50
GO/FO	2.50
by RH/LH	1.75	3.00	<-no flyouts
ERA	5.63

Corey Williams closed out tonight's win for the Snappers. He faced 4 RH, striking out two, walking one and getting a fly out to RF, a common occurrence. It would seem that right-handed hitters aren't catching up to his fastball...?

Tonight's performance brings his yearly stats to 0-1, 5.00 ERA, 12 K, 3 SV in 9 IP.

	RH bat	LH bat
OPP BA	0.229
by RH/LH	0.208	0.273
OPP OBP	0.325
by RH/LH	0.269	0.429
OPP SLG	0.429
by RH/LH	0.333	0.636
OPP OPS	0.754
by RH/LH	0.603	1.065
BABIP	0.318
by RH/LH	0.294	0.400
WHIP	1.22
by RH/LH	0.95	1.88
K/9	12.00
by RH/LH	9.95	16.88
DICE	3.44
by RH/LH	1.74	7.50
GO/FO	2.00
by RH/LH	1.40	3.00	<-no flyouts

Watched the Snappers lose to Dayton 7-3, but got a chance to talk with Corey Williams after the game.

http://youtu.be/xZS9G6xcsFo

http://youtu.be/EcPbK6iq4co

Big thanks to Corey Williams, my drunk brother cameraman, my other drunk brother's creepy hand in the background and the biggest thanks to Chrissy Scaffidi for helping me set this up.

Cool stuff! I met Corey in ST last month. Nice kid. Really good stuff, he can start and I bet he wants to start.

Great interview Jeremy!! Really enjoyed it!

Awesome work Jeremy! Love seeing this kind of stuff.

Awesome job man, thats too cool. Its a shame that Beloit, wisc. is really the only within real driving distance farm team from the area.

I do think Corey could be a starter, but it'd be nice to try and develop another Perkins. 91-93 is plenty plenty on the heater.

Thanks guys. I was pretty pumped. The break in videos was due to the radio guy talking so loud, so we actually talked to him for 10 minutes or so. He was telling us about how he was supposed to be on SportsNation after the YouTube play, but was drugged so heavily from pain meds that he fell asleep and missed five phone calls. He then showed us his enormous scar, which my brother had to take a picture of...

He was a cool guy. It sounds like he wants to stay in the bullpen... I have the full inning he pitched on video and I'll upload it tonight, so you can judge for yourself if you like him in relief. You'll see him make a pretty good defensive play against the first guy he faced too.

true story. at least i didn't ask if i could touch it.

You can view the top of the 9th inning of Sunday's game here. I was trying to watch the game outside of the viewfinder, so you're not going to see the best quality video, but enough to get the point across.

http://youtu.be/BRW80SiP6U8

	RH bat	LH bat
OPP BA	0.231
by RH/LH	0.231	0.231
OPP OBP	0.318
by RH/LH	0.286	0.375
OPP SLG	0.410
by RH/LH	0.346	0.538
OPP OPS	0.728
by RH/LH	0.632	0.913
BABIP	0.320
by RH/LH	0.316	0.333
WHIP	1.20
by RH/LH	1.05	1.50
K/9	11.70
by RH/LH	9.45	16.20
DICE	3.20
by RH/LH	1.80	6.00
GO/FO	1.83
by RH/LH	1.17	4.00	<-no flyouts
ERA	4.50

The newest "Get to know the Snappers" installment is up, and it's on Corey Williams. Check it out here: http://beloit.snappers.milb.com/news...=.jsp&sid=t554

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Originally Posted by Seth Stohs

The newest "Get to know the Snappers" installment is up, and it's on Corey Williams. Check it out here: http://beloit.snappers.milb.com/news...=.jsp&sid=t554

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You're killing me, Seth! :P

Corey Williams earned a 2-inning save tonight in the Snappers win. That's his 4th (organizational lead-tying) save. I'm not going to post the whole chart, but highlight some stats that stick out. (Remember, this is a 12-inning sample.)

.200 opponent batting average
1.08 WHIP
11.25 combined K/9
14.54 K/9 vs LH batters
All of his non-K outs against lefties have come by groundball.

Pretty impressive numbers!

Oliver Zapata can't touch Corey Williams.

Swinging strike.
Swinging strike.
Swinging strike.

And, with that one out, Corey Williams records save #5 in Beloit's 2-1 victory tonight.

My data stopped matching up with MiLB.com's, so I'll be using their info from here on out...

Current stats:
1-1, 3.57. 6 SV. 17.2 IP, 15 H, 9 BB. 20 K. OBA .224. 2.3 GO/FO.

vs LHB:
5.40 ERA. 5 IP, 3 ER, 3H, 4 BB, 7 K. .167 OBA. 8-0 GO:FO.

VS RHB:
2.84 ERA. 12.2 IP, 4 ER, 12 H, 5 BB, 13 K. .245 OBA. 1.50 GO/FO.

Williams is getting most of the save opportunities, but has also started to get longer work in non-save ops. At his worst, he's a very good lefty/lefty match-up. At his best, he's striking out lots of batters - both right- and left-handed.

Williams picked up a three-inning save last night (his seventh). He registered his first two strikeouts in June, but also walked three. Total speculation, but if/when some of the college draftees sign and progress to Beloit, it wouldn't surprise me if Williams got a shot to move up to the Miracle bullpen.

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Nygaard

Williams picked up a three-inning save last night (his seventh). He registered his first two strikeouts in June, but also walked three. Total speculation, but if/when some of the college draftees sign and progress to Beloit, it wouldn't surprise me if Williams got a shot to move up to the Miracle bullpen.

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Yeah, I would hope he gets promoted as well.