Grant Ford

WTM’s PLAYER PROFILE

2019
A-:  3-1-0, 2.97 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 36.1 IP, 4.2 BB/9, 8.7 K/9

Ford made eight starts and three relief appearances for West Virginia.  Regardless of role, he slowly increased his pitch counts; one of his longest outings was a four-inning relief appearance.  He had problems with walks at times and had his best stretch of pitching in July.  He had a mild reverse platoon split.

2020
DNP

2021
A+:  8-4-0, 6.04 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 76.0 IP, 4.7 BB/9, 10.8 K/9
AAA:  0-0-0, 54.00 ERA, 7.50 WHIP, 1.1 IP, 27.0 BB/9, 13.5 K/9

Ford served as a swing man for Greensboro, making ten starts and 15 relief appearances.  He mostly struggled, mainly due to walks and home runs.  He gave up 17 of the latter with the Grasshoppers, or one every four and a half innings.  The home park accounted for some of that, as he allowed 11 there, but his ERA was a little higher on the road, so that doesn’t explain the struggles.  Both left- and right-handed batters hit him hard.  Ford made two appearances at the end of the season for Indianapolis and got torched.

2022
R:  0-0-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 3.0 IP, 3.0 BB/9, 15.0 K/9
A:  0-0-0, 13.50 ERA, 2.25 WHIP, 1.1 IP, 13.5 BB/9, 6.8 K/9
A+:  1-0-0, 3.60 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 10.0 IP, 8.1 BB/9, 4.5 K/9

Ford opened the season with Greensboro, got into five games in relief, and then went out with an unknown injury.  He returned late in the year, getting into three rehab games.

Ford has some ability to miss bats, but he hasn’t put things together.  He’ll return to Greensboro to open 2023.