2011 Orioles Retrospective: Mitch Atkins


Stats in 10.2 IP don’t mean much, but he would have been relatively happy for his ERA to match his xFIP of 5.19. The 7 strike-outs to 3 walks (plus a hit batter) is pretty bad by itself, but then add 5 home runs on top of it and it’s not surprising Atkins had a 8.44 ERA and 8.93 FIP. Maybe he’s a replacement level pitcher going forward, though it’ll probably as a long-man in the bullpen given his relatively straight 90 mph fastball; perhaps he can put his breaking-balls to better effect facing more right-handed batters.