David Roseboom has the makings of a pitcher you will start to hear more about if he continues the track that he’s started:
- He has posted a Sub 2.00 ERA in 3 of the 4 levels he’s pitched in, including the highest level he pitched (more on that later)
- He’s left-handed
- He works out of the pen
- He had a sub 1.00 ERA in the Arizona Fall League
David Roseboom was drafted out of high school in 2010 by the Red Sox but he went to college and the Mets then drafted him in the 17th round of the 2014 draft. He’s a lefty who doesn’t have dominating, fast stuff but mixes up his pitcher and uses that to get outs. Immediately after being drafted he tossed 22.2 innings over 16 games with a 1.59 ERA in Kingsport while striking out 30.
In 2015 he split time between the Sandgnats and St. Lucie. In Savanna he posted a 1.15 ERA over 31.1 innings and in almost the same amount of work (31.2 innings) he posted a 4.55 ERA in St. Lucie. When you dive deeper into his stats, it wasn’t a change of walks that led to the higher ERA as he was 2.3 BB/9 in both leagues (less than the 3.2 he posted the previous year), it was H/9 that skyrocketed from 4.9 to 12.2. Also he didn’t allow any homers in Savannah but allowed 3 in St. Lucie.
Then last year happened. He posted a 1.87 ERA over 57.2 innings over 52 games, 33 that he finished in Binghamton as the closer (14 saves). His WHIP died down again to a season low of 0.902 although his strikeouts dove as well. He finished off last year with 11.1 innings in the fall allowing only 1 ER while striking out 15.
His stuff isn’t dominating but continuing these numbers will turn heads.
