BRYTON TREPAGNIER
RIGHT HANDED PITCHER
  Born: September 18, 1991
Height: 6′ 5″
Weight: 180
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 41st Round, 1227th Overall, 2010
How Acquired: Draft
High School: East St John
Agent: N/A

WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES
Trepagnier when he was drafted threw around 89-92.  He fanned 69 in 64 IP in high school in 2010 and signed a letter of intent with Bossier Parish CC.  Like most of the prep RHPs the Pirates draft, his size should give him some projection.  He signed about a month after the draft.  By March 2011, he was throwing only 87-89 in training camp, but some pitchers don’t throw at their best velocity early in camp.

2010
R:  1-2-0, 4.74 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 19 IP, 3.3 BB/9, 7.1 K/9

Mostly pitched well in the GCL.  His ERA was high, but his numbers suffered from one terrible outing in which he allowed six earned runs in two-thirds of an inning.

2011
R:  1-3-0, 6.04 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 28.1 IP, 3.5 BB/9, 4.4 K/9 

Returned to the GCL and struggled, allowing a .308 opponents’ batting average and posting a much lower K rate than in 2010.

2012
R:  4-1-1, 3.21 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 28.0 IP, 2.9 BB/9, 7.1 K/9
A-:  0-0-0, 3.38 ERA, 2.63 WHIP, 2.2 IP, 6.8 BB/9, 3.4 K/9 

Trepagnier took a step backward in 2011 and returned to the GCL again.  This time he showed significant improvement, with his fastball velocity increasing to 92-93 at least some of the time.  He also started to show a good slider.  He moved up to State College at the end of the year and got into two games.

Trepagnier made good progress in 2012, showing the kind of stuff that could allow him to develop into a relief prospect.  Despite pitching just briefly at State College, he’ll move up to the West Virginia bullpen.
STATS
Baseball Reference–Minors
Fangraphs
MiLB.com
CONTRACT INFORMATION
2013: Minor League Contract
PLAYER INFORMATION
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: 2010
MLB Debut: N/A
MiLB FA Eligible: 2016
MLB FA Eligible: N/A
Rule 5 Eligible: 2014
Added to 40-Man: N/A
Options Remaining: 3
MLB Service Time: 0.000
TRANSACTIONS
June 9, 2010: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 41st round, 1227th overall pick; signed on July 5.