Sean Nolin #35

Spent most of the season at Triple-A Buffalo where he went 4-6 with a 3.50 ERA in 17 starting assignments…earned a September call-up to Toronto and made one appearance with the Blue Jays on Sept. 22 against Seattle (1.0 ip, 1 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 hr)…had his season interrupted by two stints on the disabled listwith a strained left groin…was out from May 14 to June 5 and June 18 to July 18…made three rehabstarts with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays and Single-A Dunedin during the second stint, combining for a 0-1 record and a 2.79 ERA…was 4-7 with a 3.43 ERA in 20 minor league starts overall…allowedsix home runs in 97.0 innings, an average of 0.56 per nine innings…allowed a .216 opponents battingaverage, including .184 (16-for-87) against left-handed hitters compared to .227 (63-for-278) againstright-handers…yielded just one extra base hit to a lefty, a double…lefties slugged .195 compared to .345 by righties…opponents hit .156 with a .206 on-base percentage when leading off an inning…yielded a .202 batting average with runners in scoring position, including .175 with RISP and two outs…however, opponents were 4-for-10 (.400) with a walk with the bases loaded…compiled a 1.35 ERA over the first two innings of a game compared to 4.73 from the third inning on…with Buffalo, was 2-2 with a 3.00 ERA in nine starts at home, 2-4 with a 4.12 ERA in eight starts on the road…his teams were 9-11 (.450) in his starting assignments…tossed at least six innings in seven of his 20 starts, allowed two runs orfewer 12 times and walked two batters or fewer 15 times…pitched for Mesa in the Arizona Fall leaguefollowing the season and went 2-1 with a 4.03 ERA and .230 opponents batting average in seven starts…was named the A's seventh best prospect by Baseball America following the trade.