Top AAA Pitchers

Pat Dean, of the Minnesota Twins, has not allowed an earned run in three of this last four starts.  The one time he did though, he allowed 7 runs to cross home plate.  Since July 1, he owns a 2.71 ERA, winning five of his 10 starts, striking out 43 and walking 14 over 69.2 IP.  At 26 years old, Dean projects to be more of a bullpen guy/spot starter.

Mike Pelfrey is the only Twins starter with an ERA below 4.60 since the All-Star game. Phil Hughes is ready to return from a back injury in the coming week.

Minnesota is currently one game under .500, and sit in 2nd place of the AL Central, but trail the Kansas City Royals by 13.5 games.  The Wildcard is their only opportunity to make the playoffs, and they are 3 games behind the Los Angeles Angels.  They will have to jump over the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers to catch LA.  The Tampa Bay Rays are also 3 game behind the Angels.

RosterResource.com AAA Pitching Rankings

NAME	TEAM	MLB	G	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	Points
Pat Dean	ROC	MIN	24	24	10	10	157.0	153	55	51	10	33	92	2.92	1.18	409.0
Toru Murata	COL	CLE	23	22	13	4	136.2	124	51	45	13	39	81	2.96	1.19	397.9
Randy Wolf	BUF	TOR	23	23	9	2	139.2	139	44	40	4	40	106	2.58	1.28	381.4
Taylor Rogers	ROC	MIN	24	23	9	10	152.0	162	70	65	7	41	104	3.85	1.34	381.0
Erik Johnson	CHA	CHW	22	21	10	8	124.2	98	38	33	5	41	129	2.38	1.11	379.9
Ty Blach	SAC	SF	24	24	11	10	147.2	167	79	69	14	24	87	4.21	1.29	378.9
Carlos Pimentel	IOW	CHC	24	23	11	5	127.0	104	54	42	12	61	106	2.98	1.30	375.0
Adrian Sampson	TAC	SEA	25	25	9	11	147.2	168	80	72	10	33	111	4.39	1.36	367.9
Jerad Eickhoff	RR	TEX	21	20	11	5	123.1	112	55	54	13	36	112	3.94	1.20	358.2
John Lamb	OMA	KC	20	20	10	2	111.1	94	40	33	7	36	117	2.67	1.17	347.7
Barry Zito	NAS	OAK	23	22	8	7	137.0	121	66	53	10	60	90	3.48	1.32	346.0
Chris Jones	NOR	BAL	27	19	8	6	130.0	139	52	41	11	27	86	2.84	1.28	342.0
Matt Buschmann	NOR	BAL	23	23	8	10	134.2	123	62	61	13	47	109	4.08	1.26	341.9
Scott Diamond	DUR	TB	24	21	10	5	126.1	152	59	50	13	20	73	3.56	1.36	338.7
Chris Volstad	IND	PIT	23	21	9	6	129.0	133	54	48	2	40	77	3.35	1.34	338.5
Zach Petrick	MEM	STL	25	25	7	5	141.2	151	72	67	12	26	100	4.26	1.25	335.4
Dan Straily	FRE	HOU	19	19	10	6	110.2	121	48	44	12	17	107	3.58	1.25	329.9
Kyle Davies	SWB	NYY	23	22	8	7	129.1	132	53	49	7	34	77	3.41	1.28	327.7
Thad Weber	TOL	DET	24	24	6	10	141.1	151	73	67	18	35	93	4.27	1.32	321.7
Dylan Floro	DUR	TB	25	22	9	12	132.2	160	78	74	10	21	81	5.02	1.36	320.9
Jason Lane	ELP	SD	24	24	9	8	145.0	186	99	90	24	40	60	5.59	1.56	320.0
Adam Conley	NEW	MIA	19	18	9	3	107.0	85	34	30	4	40	81	2.52	1.17	314.5
Wilfredo Boscan	IND	PIT	22	20	9	3	108.1	108	47	37	3	44	73	3.07	1.40	305.7
Brady Rodgers	FRE	HOU	20	20	9	6	113.1	132	60	57	13	25	86	4.53	1.39	302.2
Nick Greenwood	MEM	STL	29	19	11	5	115.2	140	71	66	11	21	54	5.14	1.39	301.4
Brian Johnson	PAW	BOS	18	18	9	6	96.0	74	34	27	6	32	90	2.53	1.10	300.0
Darin Gorski	LV	NYM	24	23	8	8	119.1	130	74	69	14	59	98	5.20	1.58	298.2
Brad Mills	NAS	OAK	23	23	5	11	133.1	129	69	64	11	49	91	4.32	1.34	297.7
Michael Roth	COL	CLE	24	19	8	7	120.0	136	64	60	20	38	72	4.50	1.45	296.0
Daniel McCutchen	ELP	SD	29	19	8	6	113.1	113	52	48	12	23	72	3.81	1.20	294.2
Michael Bowden	ROC	MIN	28	13	9	3	98.0	86	31	28	5	25	71	2.57	1.13	293.5
Kyle Drabek	CHA	CHW	20	20	7	7	113.0	99	48	41	7	39	70	3.27	1.22	290.0
Forrest Snow	TAC	SEA	26	17	8	8	106.0	100	48	46	20	35	85	3.91	1.27	288.5
Scott Copeland	BUF	TOR	17	16	9	4	100.1	88	32	29	5	31	54	2.60	1.19	288.2
Jon Gray	ALB	COL	21	20	6	6	114.1	129	61	55	9	41	110	4.33	1.49	288.2
Clayton Blackburn	SAC	SF	20	17	8	3	102.0	110	43	37	6	30	81	3.26	1.37	287.5
Justin Nicolino	NEW	MIA	20	20	7	7	115.0	134	51	45	11	29	63	3.52	1.42	286.5
Zach Lee	OKC	LAD	16	16	9	5	94.0	82	29	27	5	19	67	2.59	1.07	284.5
Aaron Brooks	NAS	OAK	19	18	6	5	111.2	124	48	46	10	21	95	3.71	1.30	283.9
Henry Owens	PAW	BOS	21	21	3	8	122.1	84	47	43	7	56	103	3.16	1.14	282.7
Joe Wieland	OKC	LAD	20	19	9	5	101.2	125	58	52	6	23	83	4.60	1.46	281.9
Matt Bowman	LV	NYM	24	24	7	14	125.1	165	85	74	13	45	71	5.31	1.68	281.7
Ross Wolf	RR	TEX	26	14	11	7	106.0	140	69	63	3	26	44	5.35	1.57	281.0
John Lannan	ALB	COL	23	22	6	8	132.2	185	94	81	9	36	75	5.49	1.67	280.9
Zach Neal	NAS	OAK	18	17	7	8	111.2	120	56	47	8	15	69	3.79	1.21	279.9
Tim Melville	TOL	DET	23	23	5	9	128.2	118	80	71	13	65	83	4.97	1.42	276.9
Steven Matz	LV	NYM	15	14	7	4	90.1	69	25	22	6	31	94	2.19	1.11	275.2
Eddie Gamboa	NOR	BAL	23	17	8	9	103.1	80	51	49	4	79	71	4.27	1.54	272.7
Tyler Lyons	MEM	STL	15	15	8	5	89.2	101	33	32	12	12	90	3.21	1.26	271.4
Adam Wilk	SLC	LAA	24	22	5	10	127.1	171	95	79	14	35	90	5.58	1.62	270.2

Stats via MILB.com

Top AAA Hitters

Pitchers
Win - 10 pts
Innings Pitched - 2 pts
Earned Runs Allowed - (1pt)
Strike Outs - .5pt