Cam Alldred

WTM’s PLAYER PROFILE

2018
A-:  0-1-1, 1.63 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 27.2 IP, 2.9 BB/9, 9.8 K/9
A:  0-1-0, 3.86 ERA, 2.14 WHIP, 2.1 IP, 3.9 BB/9, 7.7 K/9

Alldred spent most of his debut season pitching out of the Morgantown bullpen.  He put up impressive numbers.  Opponents managed only a 200/270/220 line against him, and that’s including two outings at West Virginia at the end of the season, one of which didn’t go well.  Alldred had only a minimal platoon split.

2019
A:  4-1-3, 4.20 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 60.0 IP, 3.6 BB/9, 9.5 K/9

Alldred pitched in relief for Greensboro all year.  He had a good K rate, but was only moderately effective, allowing opponents to bat 263/346/393.  The league average was 239/316/362.  He had no platoon split.

2020
DNP

2021
AA:  4-0-2, 2.18 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 53.1 IP, 3.9 BB/9, 8.3 K/9
AAA:  0-0-1, 0.71 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 12.2 IP, 5.0 BB/9, 7.1 K/9

Alldred spent most of the year pitching out of the Altoona bullpen.  He had a good season there.  His walk and K rates were decent, and a very low .203 BABIP helped him hold opponents to a .176 average.  The Pirates moved him up to Indianapolis in September and he got into five games there.  He managed to give up a lot of baserunners without much damage thanks to a 100% strand rate.  He had a more conventional split on the season, allowing an OPS of .540 to left-handed batters and .717 to right-handed batters.

2022
AAA:  3-3-1, 4.07 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 66.1 IP, 3.4 BB/9, 8.4 K/9
MLB:  0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 1.0 IP, 0.0 BB/9, 9.0 K/9

Alldred pitched very well at Indianapolis and the Pirates called him up in mid-May.  He made one scoreless outing, then was immediately sent back to AAA so Pirate fans could watch Heath Hembree blow up some more games.  Two weeks later, the team designated Alldred for assignment to clear roster space and preserve the roster spots of their many, sub-replacement veterans.  He cleared waivers and was assigned to Indianapolis.  He continued to pitch very well there until September.  Through the end of August, he had a 2.39 ERA and 1.16 WHIP.  In September he had a 10.54 ERA and 2.20 WHIP, so the month did a number on his season stats.  Overall, he was very tough on left-handed hitters (.620 OPS) and just decent against right-handed hitters (.750).

Alldred has been a solid pitcher for the Pirates.  He already passed through waivers, so he wasn’t going to get selected in the Rule 5 draft, but he’d probably be a better depth option than most or all of Ben Cherington’s pointless waiver claims.