P Cesar Carrillo: Former First Rounder Set For Big League Debut
by MadFriars.com of MadFriars.com, August 12, 2009 at 10:38am ET

Cesar Carrillo Profile

Cesar Carrillo, 25, the San Diego Padres' first-round pick in 2005 who has been battling back from elbow reconstruction surgery, will make his major league debut Thursday afternoon in Milwaukee. Carrillo opened this season with Double-A San Antonio and was 8-4 with a 4.24 ERA in 20 starts. But the University of Miami (Fla.) product has struggled since being promoted to Triple-A Portland, going 0-2 with a 6.19 ERA in three starts.

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Cesar Carrillo
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 190
Position: P

Bats: R
Throws: R
Date of Birth: 04/29/1984
Birthplace: Chicago,  IL
Experience: Prospect
High School: Mount Carmel HS
(Chicago, IL)
College: Miami (FL)


Biography:
2009

Cesar Carrillo went 8-4 with a 4.24 ERA across 20 starts with the San Antonio Missions. In 121 innings, he allowed 115 hits, walked 37 and struck out 57. He held the opposition to a .257 average. The opposition stole 11 bases off him in 16 attempts. He allowed 10 homers, hit nine batters, tossed four wild pitches, and induced 19 double play grounders. The opposition hit .255 off him in 110 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

Cesar Carrillo went 0-3 with a 5.52 ERA across five starts with the Portland Beavers. In 29.1 innings, he allowed 37 hits, walked nine and struck out 26. He held the opposition to a .308 average. The opposition stole two bases off him in three attempts. He allowed two homers, hit one batter, tossed two wild pitches, and induced six double play grounders. The opposition hit .343 off him in 35 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

2008

Carrillo went 3-5 with a 5.97 ERA across 15 games, including 14 starts, with the Lake Elsinore Storm. In 57.1 innings he allowed 69 hits, 33 walks and struck out 32. He allowed six homers and induced two double play grounders while holding the opposition to a .301 average.

2007

Carrillo went 0-2 with a 8.62 ERA over five starts for Triple-A Portland. In 15.2 innings he allowed 22 hits, walked 14 and struck out eight.

Carrillo underwent Tommy John surgery after his April 30 start and missed the rest of the season.

2006

Cesar Carrillo began the 2006 season in Double-A Mobile and went 1-3 with a 3.02 ERA over nine starts before being promoted to Triple-A Portland. He allowed 45 hits and 15 walks in 50.2 innings while striking out 43.

Carrillo would make just one start in Triple-A, pulled after allowing two runs on two hits and three walks in 2.2 innings dur to pain in his forearm on June 6. He would not pitch the rest of the year with soreness but did not need surgery.

2005 Right-handed pitcher Cesar Carrillo, the 18th selection in the draft by the Padres, signed for $1.55 million. As part of the deal, Carrillo started his professional career with high Single-A Lake Elsinore rather than the Padres' two short-season rookie-level clubs.

SCOUTING: Throws a 2-seam and 4-seam fastball in the low 90's, mixes in a good curveball with an improving changeup

SO 12-0, 2.69 ERA, 113.2 IP, 91 SO, 43 BB, 2 SV