Double-A Stat Wrap

Posted Sep. 20, 2007 5:14 pm by Matt Eddy
Filed under: Stat Pack

See also: EL Batting and Pitching leaders
See also: SL Batting and Pitching leaders
See also: TL Batting and Pitching leaders

Check out the Triple-A Stat Wrap for a detailed explanation of the methods used here.

EASTERN LEAGUE

Best Run Differential: Erie: +119 (won Southern Division at 81-59)
Fun Fact: 1B Jeff Larish won two legs of the league’s triple crown (home runs, RBIs), but ranked just fourth in slugging percentage, in part because of his .267 average.
Team’s Best Player: 1B Jeff Larish, .267/.390/.515 with 28 HR, 25 2B and 101 RBIs
Team’s Best Pitcher: RHP Jair Jurrjens, 7-5, 3.20 in 112 2/3 IP with 94-31 K-BB

Worst Run Differential: Harrisburg: -107 (finished last in Southern Division at 55-86)
Dubious Distinction: Senators pitchers allowed the most runs, baserunners and home runs in the league.

BATTERS

EXTRA-BASE HIT RATE
BATTER Pos ORG PA 2B 3B HR XBH XBH+
Kratz, Erik c TOR 182 15 1 8 13% 179
*Van Every, Jon of CLE 176 14 5 4 13% 177
Pearce, Steven 1b PIT 335 27 2 14 13% 174
Reimold, Nolan of BAL 203 15 0 11 13% 174
*Jacobs, Greg of PHI 515 39 2 21 12% 163
Santos, Sergio ss TOR 483 34 2 20 12% 157
*Miranda, Juan 1b NYY 227 17 2 7 11% 156
Smith, David of TOR 530 35 1 24 11% 154
#Lowrie, Jed ss BOS 408 31 7 8 11% 153
Salazar, Oscar 3b BAL 566 39 2 22 11% 151
*Jimenez, Luis 1b BAL 366 18 0 22 11% 148
Cosby, Rob 3b TOR 468 34 1 16 11% 148
Allegra, Matt of MIN 413 30 2 13 11% 148
*Bowker, John of SF 587 35 6 22 11% 146
Ruiz, Randy 1b SF 439 25 4 18 11% 145
Tejeda, Juan 1b PHI 348 24 3 10 11% 144
*Joyce, Matt of DET 514 33 3 17 10% 140
#Garrett, Shawn 1b NYY 265 15 5 7 10% 138
#Hollimon, Mike 2b DET 552 34 8 14 10% 138
*Larish, Jeff 1b DET 556 25 2 28 10% 134
*Moses, Matt 3b MIN 286 24 0 4 10% 133
*Cepicky, Matt of BAL 410 21 4 15 10% 132
Whiteside, Eli c BAL 156 7 4 4 10% 131
Brown, Dusty c BOS 281 16 2 9 10% 130
*Costanzo, Mike 3b PHI 595 29 1 27 10% 130

At age 27, Kratz and Van Every were just a touch old for the league. Bowker was 24, but the 2004 third-round pick from Long Beach State had the breakthrough year the Giants had been waiting for. Pearce battered high Class A and Triple-A pitchers, too, but might have made his biggest impact in the EL.
                       

SPEED SCORE
BATTER Pos ORG PA R 3B SB CS SPD SPD+
#Torres, Andres of DET 359 53 11 17 4 10.9 217
#Velez, Eugenio of SF 411 55 9 49 17 9.7 194
*Van Every, Jon of CLE 176 27 5 4 5 9.5 190
*Gardner, Brett of NYY 241 43 5 18 4 9.4 188
#Hollimon, Mike 2b DET 552 91 8 17 6 7.7 153
Spidale, Mike of PHI 292 44 6 11 3 7.6 152
Golson, Greg of PHI 158 20 2 5 0 7.5 150
Webb, Trey 2b SF 339 42 4 10 3 7.2 144
*Buttler, Vic of PIT 305 38 4 22 9 7.0 140
Christian, Justin of NYY 278 25 3 18 4 6.7 134
*Bernadina, Rogearvin of WAS 415 58 2 40 13 6.7 133
#Cabrera, Asdrubal ss CLE 425 78 3 23 7 6.6 132
#Reyes, Argenis 2b CLE 503 65 4 27 8 6.6 132
Moran, Javon of PHI 302 52 2 24 12 6.6 131
Whiteside, Eli c BAL 156 18 4 0 3 6.5 130
#Fulse, Sheldon of WAS 215 40 1 14 3 6.5 129
*Roneberg, Brett of PIT 273 38 3 8 0 6.4 128
#Crowe, Trevor of CLE 589 87 4 28 9 6.3 127
*Thomas, Clete of DET 599 97 6 18 11 6.3 126
#Lowrie, Jed ss BOS 408 61 7 5 3 6.3 125
#Garrett, Shawn 1b NYY 265 31 5 2 0 6.3 125
McCutchen, Andrew of PIT 498 70 3 17 1 6.2 124
*Keylor, Cory of BOS 451 53 6 7 3 6.1 122
Guerrero, Cristian of WAS 154 19 2 3 1 6.1 121
#Hernandez, Luis ss BAL 393 42 6 6 5 6.0 120

You have to go back to the 2003 Prospect Handbook to find Torres’ name, but here he is atop the IL and EL speed score lists. A fourth-round pick of the Tigers in 1998, Torres also has spent time in the White Sox, Rangers and Twins organizations before returning home. The 25-year-old Velez led the league with 49 stolen bases (and finished second with nine triples) despite jumping to Double-A from low Class A, learning a new position (center field) and not starting his season until May 20.

TOP FIVE POWER/SPEED PROSPECTS
BATTER Pos ORG HR SB PSN
#Hollimon, Mike 2b DET 14 17 15
McCutchen, Andrew of PIT 10 17 13
Barton, Brian of CLE 9 20 12
#Cabrera, Asdrubal ss CLE 8 23 12
*Brown, Jordan 1b CLE 11 11 11

BIG SEASONS
BATTER Pos ORG PA AVG OBP SLG R 2B HR RBI SB
*Brown, Jordan 1b CLE 558 .333 .421 .484 85 36 11 76 11
*Whitesell, Josh 1b WAS 487 .284 .425 .512 78 23 21 74 6
*Larish, Jeff 1b DET 556 .267 .390 .515 71 25 28 101 6
*Jimenez, Luis 1b BAL 366 .328 .399 .591 57 18 22 79 1
Kiger, Mark 3b NYM 484 .312 .432 .478 75 27 10 50 16
Pearce, Steven 1b PIT 335 .334 .400 .586 57 27 14 72 7
*Costanzo, Mike 3b PHI 595 .270 .368 .490 92 29 27 86 2
#Lowrie, Jed ss BOS 408 .297 .410 .501 61 31 8 49 5
Barton, Brian of CLE 461 .314 .416 .440 56 18 9 59 20
*Bowker, John of SF 587 .307 .363 .523 79 35 22 90 3
#Hollimon, Mike 2b DET 552 .282 .371 .478 91 34 14 76 17

PITCHERS

STRIKEOUT PERCENTAGE
PITCHER ORG IP SO TBF K% K+
Buchholz, Clay BOS 87 116 332 35% 195
Kennedy, Ian NYY 49 57 186 31% 171
Liz, Radhames BAL 137 161 584 28% 154
Horne, Alan NYY 153 165 662 25% 139
Masterson, Justin BOS 58 59 239 25% 138
*Haigwood, Dan BOS 69 72 320 23% 126
*Lewis, Scott CLE 135 121 556 22% 121
De La Cruz, Eulogio DET 66 57 262 22% 121
Swarzak, Anthony MIN 86 76 354 21% 120
*Maloney, Matt PHI 126 115 541 21% 119
Smith, Brett NYY 91 80 378 21% 118
*Purcey, David TOR 62 55 266 21% 115
Pereira, Nick SF 143 123 613 20% 112
Jurrjens, Jair DET 113 94 470 20% 112
Bowden, Mike BOS 97 82 418 20% 109
*Romero, Ricky TOR 88 80 409 20% 109
*Lofgren, Chuck CLE 146 123 653 19% 105
*Mullins, Ryan MIN 86 68 362 19% 105
Parnell, Bobby NYM 89 74 401 18% 103
*Duensing, Brian MIN 51 38 206 18% 103
Hill, Josh MIN 54 46 251 18% 102
Litsch, Jesse TOR 61 46 252 18% 102
Balester, Collin WAS 99 77 423 18% 102
Brownlie, Bobby CLE 48 37 206 18% 100
*Espineli, Eugene SF 141 105 587 18% 100

Prospect central. Buchholz, Kennedy, Liz, Horne and Masterson all had huge years. Maloney continued to dominate after his trade to the Reds, too. Romero’s presence is something of a shock, seeing as he went 3,6, 4.89 with 51 walks for the Fisher Cats. And then there’s comeback kid Bobby Brownlie, who started the year in the independent Atlantic League.

GROUNDOUT-TO-FLYOUT RATIO
PITCHER ORG IP SO BB HR G/F G/F+
Masterson, Justin BOS 58 59 18 4 3.52 327
Trahern, Dallas DET 163 92 51 12 2.57 239
De La Cruz, Eulogio DET 66 57 19 5 2.25 209
*Wright, Chase NYY 60 41 21 8 2.09 194
Sosa, Oswaldo MIN 48 35 22 4 1.95 181
Zink, Charlie BOS 93 55 44 6 1.91 177
Waldrop, Kyle MIN 59 33 19 7 1.71 159
Litsch, Jesse TOR 61 46 14 5 1.68 156
McNiven, Brooks SF 117 41 29 10 1.62 150
Mulvey, Kevin NYM 152 110 43 4 1.61 150
Bonine, Eddie DET 155 73 24 13 1.61 150
Kown, Andrew DET 120 86 36 9 1.59 148
Bouknight, Kip PIT 139 83 36 12 1.57 146
*Espineli, Eugene SF 141 105 37 8 1.54 143
Hale, Beau BAL 72 44 28 7 1.49 138
Jurrjens, Jair DET 113 94 31 7 1.48 137
Magrane, Jim WAS 131 83 36 9 1.47 137
Horne, Alan NYY 153 165 57 10 1.44 134
Kendrick, Kyle PHI 81 50 18 3 1.42 132
*Mullins, Ryan MIN 86 68 23 5 1.39 129
Rojas, Chris PHI 78 54 49 12 1.37 127
Sanchez, Jose NYM 145 98 58 14 1.36 126
Marquez, Jeff NYY 155 94 44 11 1.36 126
Jones, Jason NYY 132 78 31 11 1.34 124
*Isenberg, Kurt TOR 124 90 39 8 1.32 123

It’s just 58 innings, but batters had a devil of a time lifting the ball against Masterson. Coupled with his strikeout percentage, that’s a very good sign. Litsch, Jurrjens and Kendrick have enjoyed varying degrees of big league success because of their groundball ways.

TOP 5 COMMAND PROSPECTS
PITCHER ORG IP SO BB K/BB
*Duensing, Brian MIN 51 38 7 5.43
Buchholz, Clay BOS 87 116 22 5.27
*Lewis, Scott CLE 135 121 34 3.56
Kennedy, Ian NYY 49 57 17 3.35
Swarzak, Anthony MIN 86 76 23 3.30

BIG SEASONS
PITCHER ORG IP W L ERA H SO BB HR
Mulvey, Kevin NYM 152 11 10 3.32 145 110 43 4
Buchholz, Clay BOS 87 7 2 1.77 55 116 22 4
Horne, Alan NYY 153 12 4 3.11 149 165 57 10
*Espineli, Eugene SF 141 8 10 3.45 142 105 37 8
Jurrjens, Jair DET 113 7 5 3.20 112 94 31 7
*Lewis, Scott CLE 135 7 9 3.68 135 121 34 13
Marquez, Jeff NYY 155 15 9 3.65 166 94 44 11
Kendrick, Kyle PHI 81 4 7 3.21 82 50 18 3
Swarzak, Anthony MIN 86 5 4 3.23 78 76 23 6
Liz, Radhames BAL 137 11 4 3.22 101 161 70 13

SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Best Run Differential: Huntsville: +70 (finished first in Northern Division at 75-62)
Fun Fact: Though Huntsville hit the fewest home runs in the league, OF Brendan Katin led the league in that category (24) and in RBIs (94). He was the only Star to hit more than 11 bombs.
Team’s Best Player: 3B Adam Heether, .299/.371/.447 with 9 HR, 27 2B and 62 RBIs
Team’s Best Pitcher: LHP Lindsay Gulin, 12-6, 3.29 in 123 IP with 117-44 K-BB

Worst Run Differential: Birmingham: -78 (finished last in Southern Division at 62-78)
Dubious Distinction: Barons RHP Jack Egbert and LHPs Gio Gonzalez and Ryan Wing finished 3-4-5 in the ERA race (and Gonzalez and Egbert 1-2 in strikeouts), but Birmingham’s offense was dead-last in both on-base (.317) and slugging (.360) percentage.

BATTERS

EXTRA-BASE HIT RATE
BATTER Pos ORG PA 2B 3B HR XBH XBH+
Rosales, Adam 1b CIN 302 18 6 13 12% 168
Jimerson, Charlton of SEA 361 18 3 23 12% 167
*Reynolds, Kyle 3b CHC 149 9 0 9 12% 166
#Riggs, Eric 2b FLA 343 25 5 11 12% 164
Davis, Brad c FLA 173 16 1 3 12% 159
Hu, Chin-Lung ss LAD 356 30 5 6 12% 158
Upton, Justin of ARI 306 17 4 13 11% 152
Reynolds, Mark 3b ARI 155 9 2 6 11% 151
Fox, Jake 1b CHC 388 23 1 18 11% 149
*Dewitt, Blake 3b LAD 187 13 1 6 11% 147
Cosme, Caonabo 1b CIN 309 19 2 12 11% 147
*Kroeger, Josh of CHC 256 14 2 11 11% 145
#Lambin, Chase ss FLA 494 31 6 15 11% 144
*Gonzalez, Carlos of ARI 499 33 3 16 10% 143
*Jones, Brandon of ATL 418 21 6 15 10% 138
*Jurich, Mark 1b ATL 418 32 3 7 10% 138
Collaro, Thomas of CWS 471 26 2 19 10% 137
McDougall, Marshall 3b LAD 284 16 1 11 10% 135
Psomas, Grant 1b FLA 509 28 4 18 10% 135
Lindsey, John 1b LAD 174 6 0 11 10% 134
#Craig, Matt 3b CHC 323 20 1 10 10% 132
Griffin, Mike of CIN 178 10 4 3 10% 131
Mitchell, Lee 3b FLA 539 29 2 20 9% 130
Katin, Brendan of MIL 508 24 0 24 9% 130
Garthwaite, Jay of CIN 276 16 0 10 9% 129

Hu ahead of Upton? Kyle Reynolds ahead of Mark Reynolds? What’s going on here? Welcome back Kroeger. After spending all of the past two seasons—and most of 2004—in Triple-A, Kroeger returned to his Double-A roots. He’s hit a career .330/.384/.531 at the level in 185 games. Ah, Charlton Jimerson . . . your 2001 College World Series Most Outstanding Player.

SPEED SCORE
BATTER Pos ORG PA R 3B SB CS SPD SPD+
#Stocker, Mel of MIL 308 56 10 35 6 13.1 253
#Perez, Fernando of TB 476 84 10 32 18 9.4 182
Williams, Marland of CIN 359 38 6 18 2 9.3 181
*Pridie, Jason of TB 300 42 7 14 7 8.6 168
#Bolivar, Luis of CIN 386 48 9 13 5 8.3 161
Bourgeois, Jason of CWS 184 25 3 15 3 8.1 157
*Iribarren, Hernan 2b MIL 542 72 12 18 16 8.0 155
Rosales, Adam 1b CIN 302 51 6 4 4 7.5 145
Jimerson, Charlton of SEA 361 54 3 30 9 7.4 144
#Raburn, John of FLA 373 48 5 20 5 7.4 144
Spearman, Jemel of CHC 390 53 7 8 2 7.3 141
Lillibridge, Brent ss ATL 237 31 3 14 7 7.3 141
Griffin, Mike of CIN 178 19 4 5 0 7.2 139
Rahl, Chris of ARI 458 64 5 15 5 7.1 138
#Bonifacio, Emilio 2b ARI 596 84 5 41 13 7.0 136
Hu, Chin-Lung ss LAD 356 56 5 12 4 6.7 131
#Anderson, Drew 2b CIN 580 76 8 11 6 6.6 128
*Breen, Patrick of TB 320 34 5 4 6 6.5 127
*Jones, Brandon of ATL 418 58 6 12 7 6.5 126
#Merrill, Ronnie ss ARI 375 53 4 13 4 6.5 125
*Loadenthal, Carl of ATL 552 72 5 40 18 6.4 124
*Boucher, Sebastien of SEA 269 37 2 13 7 6.3 122
Upton, Justin of ARI 306 48 4 10 7 6.2 121
*Brignac, Reid ss TB 596 91 5 15 5 6.1 119
*Holt, J.C. 2b ATL 437 47 5 20 8 6.1 118

It’s not surprising to see Bonifacio, the league’s stolen base champ, on this list. What is surprising is how low he ranked. Perez had a very nice all-around year, but it’s another young Devil Ray, Pridie, who keeps popping up on these lists. Both are Rule 5 draft-eligible if they are not protected on the 40-man roster. Two Braves, Lillibridge and Jones, were able to do similar things in the IL.

TOP 5 POWER/SPEED PROSPECTS
BATTER Pos ORG HR SB PSN
*Brignac, Reid ss TB 17 15 16
*Jones, Brandon of ATL 15 12 13
#Perez, Fernando of TB 8 32 13
*Gonzalez, Carlos of ARI 16 9 12
Upton, Justin of ARI 13 10 11

And you thought Brignac had a down year . . .

BIG SEASONS
BATTER Pos ORG PA AVG OBP SLG R 2B HR RBI SB
Brito, Javier 1b ARI 528 .327 .433 .477 72 29 11 72 1
Longoria, Evan 3b TB 447 .307 .403 .528 78 21 21 76 4
#Perez, Fernando of TB 476 .308 .423 .481 84 24 8 33 32
*Kroeger, Josh of CHC 256 .382 .449 .609 40 14 11 50 8
Mitchell, Lee 3b FLA 539 .282 .393 .488 73 29 20 73 2
*Jaso, John c TB 450 .316 .408 .484 62 24 12 71 2
Hu, Chin-Lung ss LAD 356 .329 .380 .508 56 30 6 34 12
Upton, Justin of ARI 306 .309 .399 .556 48 17 13 53 10
*Jones, Brandon of ATL 418 .293 .368 .507 58 21 15 74 12

PITCHERS

STRIKEOUT PERCENTAGE
PITCHER ORG IP SO TBF K% K+
Cueto, Johnny CIN 61 77 252 31% 156
*Gonzalez, Gio CWS 150 185 611 30% 155
McDonald, James LAD 53 64 215 30% 152
Vanden Hurk, Rick FLA 54 61 220 28% 142
Egbert, Jack CWS 162 165 654 25% 129
*Parra, Manny MIL 81 81 334 24% 124
Davis, Wade TB 80 81 340 24% 122
Scherzer, Max ARI 74 76 320 24% 122
Orenduff, Justin LAD 109 113 478 24% 121
*Miller, Derek MIL 68 65 276 24% 121
*Reyes, Jo-Jo ATL 73 71 308 23% 118
*Gulin, Lindsay MIL 123 117 510 23% 117
Vasquez, Esmerling ARI 165 151 663 23% 117
*Veal, Donald CHC 130 131 585 22% 115
*Smith, Greg ARI 70 62 278 22% 114
*Pettyjohn, Adam MIL 57 54 244 22% 113
*Megrew, Mike LAD 93 90 416 22% 111
Lecure, Sam CIN 110 104 482 22% 110
Hart, Kevin CHC 102 92 431 21% 109
Gallagher, Sean CHC 61 54 260 21% 106
*Houser, James TB 104 90 438 21% 105
Mason, Chris TB 161 136 668 20% 104
Woerman, Joe SEA 144 124 618 20% 103
*Smith, Dan ATL 51 41 205 20% 102
Green, Matt ARI 148 128 646 20% 101

Cueto and Davis reached Double-A at age 21 and dominated. Though he was repeating Double-A, Gonzalez led all minor leaguers with 185 strikeouts. Vanden Hurk and Parra returned from injury-plagued 2006 seasons to tear up the SL and make their big league debuts.

GROUNDOUT-TO-FLYOUT RATIO
PITCHER ORG IP SO BB HR G/F G/F+
Kinsey, Chris ARI 122 84 60 10 2.57 229
Berg, Justin CHC 140 69 69 4 2.03 181
Egbert, Jack CWS 162 165 44 3 1.93 172
*Whisler, Wes CWS 157 74 42 10 1.93 172
*Narron, Sam MIL 152 95 26 11 1.90 169
Delgado, Jesus FLA 94 75 45 6 1.84 164
Ojeda, Alvis LAD 107 68 57 12 1.70 151
Russell, Adam CWS 139 95 58 8 1.68 150
Fister, Doug SEA 131 85 32 14 1.66 148
Scherzer, Max ARI 74 76 40 3 1.61 143
Fisher, Carlos CIN 113 94 42 11 1.59 142
Norrito, Giuseppe LAD 118 57 26 16 1.57 140
*Vazquez, Camilo CIN 112 85 42 9 1.56 139
Mason, Chris TB 161 136 44 7 1.53 136
*Seddon, Chris TB 71 40 23 7 1.53 136
Hart, Kevin CHC 102 92 27 13 1.47 131
*Gonzalez, Gio CWS 150 185 57 10 1.46 130
Brown, Brooks ARI 66 54 36 2 1.45 129
Castellanos, Jon ARI 68 38 19 5 1.44 128
*Pettyjohn, Adam MIL 57 54 15 5 1.42 126
*Parra, Manny MIL 81 81 26 2 1.36 121
*Lockwood, Luke CIN 70 52 22 8 1.33 118
Davis, Wade TB 80 81 30 3 1.32 118
*Seddon, Chris FLA 140 98 48 13 1.32 118
*Harrison, Matt ATL 117 78 34 6 1.32 118

Observers thought Egbert’s raw stuff was just OK, but he keeps the ball on the ground and controls the strike zone. Triple-A awaits.

TOP 5 COMMAND PROSPECTS
PITCHER ORG IP SO BB K/BB
Cueto, Johnny CIN 61 77 11 7.00
McDonald, James LAD 53 64 16 4.00
Egbert, Jack CWS 162 165 44 3.75
*Gonzalez, Gio CWS 150 185 57 3.25
*Parra, Manny MIL 81 81 26 3.12

BIG SEASONS
PITCHER ORG IP W L ERA H SO BB HR
Egbert, Jack CWS 162 12 8 3.06 138 165 44 3
*Gonzalez, Gio CWS 150 9 7 3.18 116 185 57 10
Mason, Chris TB 161 15 4 2.57 147 136 44 7
Baldwin, Andrew SEA 166 5 12 4.23 193 115 19 12
Vasquez, Esmerling ARI 165 10 6 2.99 125 151 60 11
*Parra, Manny MIL 81 7 3 2.68 70 81 26 2
*Harrison, Matt ATL 117 5 7 3.39 118 78 34 6
Davis, Wade TB 80 7 3 3.15 74 81 30 3
Cueto, Johnny CIN 61 6 3 3.10 52 77 11 6

TEXAS LEAGUE

Best Run Differential: Frisco: +87 (finished first in Southern Division at 85-55)
Fun Fact: The RoughRiders were all about power: They led the league with 176 home runs and 1,057 pitcher strikeouts.
Team’s Best Player: 2B German Duran, .300/.352/.525 with 22 HR, 32 2B and 84 RBIs
Team’s Best Pitcher: RHP Armando Galarraga, 9-6, 4.02 in 127 2/3 IP with 114-47 K-BB

Worst Run Differential: Wichita: -168 (finished last in Northern Division at 56-84)
Dubious Distinction: LHP Danny Christiensen won the Bizzaro triple crown with the most losses (15), most homers allowed (23) and highest ERA (6.21) in the league.


BATTERS

EXTRA-BASE HIT RATE
BATTER Pos ORG PA 2B 3B HR XBH XBH+
Mather, Joe 1b STL 272 17 0 18 13% 170
*Rasmus, Colby of STL 556 37 3 29 12% 164
#Headley, Chase 3b SD 522 38 5 20 12% 159
*Bonvechio, Brett 1b SD 154 9 0 9 12% 154
Macri, Matt 3b COL 298 23 0 11 11% 150
Duran, German 2b TEX 529 32 5 22 11% 147
*Haerther, Cody of STL 162 13 0 5 11% 146
*Robnett, Richie of OAK 532 39 2 18 11% 146
Metcalf, Travis 3b TEX 226 18 0 7 11% 146
Colonel, Christian 3b COL 580 47 0 17 11% 145
Greene, Tyler ss STL 247 17 2 8 11% 144
*Johnson, Mike 1b HOU 323 15 3 16 11% 139
*Shorey, Mark of STL 209 11 0 11 11% 139
Hundley, Nick c SD 422 23 1 20 10% 137
#Boggs, Brandon of TEX 429 21 4 19 10% 135
*Rifkin, Aaron 1b COL 502 36 0 15 10% 134
Manriquez, Salomon c TEX 276 12 0 16 10% 134
Hoffpauir, Jarrett 2b STL 236 16 0 7 10% 128
Towles, J.R. c HOU 257 12 2 11 10% 128
Caraballo, Francisco of HOU 427 27 1 13 10% 127
*Lubanski, Chris of KC 274 14 3 9 9% 125
Gaetti, Joe of COL 204 11 0 8 9% 123
Sardinha, Duke 1b COL 248 12 1 10 9% 122
*Fasano, Jim 1b TEX 260 14 1 9 9% 122
Spanos, Vasili 1b OAK 424 26 3 10 9% 121

You just can’t say enough about the year Rasmus had. He persevered through a rough start to lead the league in home runs, and he’s just 21. Headley clubbed nearly 20 more extra-base hits than he did in the Cal League in 2006. The switch-hitter won the league’s MVP award.

SPEED SCORE
BATTER Pos ORG PA R 3B SB CS SPD SPD+
Flores, Josh of HOU 219 29 3 14 0 8.8 184
*Faison, Vince of OAK 384 36 9 11 3 8.5 179
*Greenberg, Adam of KC 562 73 11 23 9 8.3 174
*Coon, Brad of LAA 258 37 4 25 12 8.0 168
Greene, Tyler ss STL 247 41 2 10 2 7.3 153
Rowlett, Casey 2b STL 273 36 4 6 0 7.1 148
*Webster, Anthony of TEX 444 66 3 30 11 6.8 143
Manzella, Tommy ss HOU 254 35 3 10 2 6.8 143
#Wimberly, Corey 2b COL 404 63 1 36 9 6.8 142
#Sandoval, Freddy 3b LAA 563 84 6 21 11 6.2 130
Fuller, Cody of LAA 385 37 3 20 8 6.1 129
#Boggs, Brandon of TEX 429 69 4 10 4 6.0 125
Duran, German 2b TEX 529 81 5 11 2 5.9 124
Smith, Coby of LAA 264 37 1 21 7 5.9 123
*Rasmus, Colby of STL 556 93 3 18 3 5.8 122
*Porter, Greg of LAA 297 30 3 13 6 5.6 117
*Venable, Will of SD 572 66 3 21 2 5.6 117
Towles, J.R. c HOU 257 47 2 9 4 5.6 117
*Frey, Chris of COL 531 65 6 12 7 5.5 116
*Benjamin, Casey ss TEX 558 73 5 8 1 5.5 115
#Joseph, Onil of KC 378 39 4 11 12 5.5 114
#Sutton, Drew 3b HOU 558 81 1 24 5 5.4 114
#Falu, Irving ss KC 525 46 6 15 9 5.4 113
Dowdy, Brett 2b SD 226 26 2 8 3 5.3 110
#Herrera, Jon ss COL 573 65 4 18 12 5.2 110

Faison, Greenberg and Webster have been pros for a while, but Flores, 21, was a fourth-round pick from Triton (Ill.) JC in 2005. He’s hit as he’s moved up, so he’s one to keep an eye on, and the rare piece of good news for the Astros organization.

TOP 5 POWER/SPEED PROSPECTS
BATTER Pos ORG HR SB PSN
*Rasmus, Colby of STL 29 18 22
Rodriguez, Sean ss LAA 17 15 16
Duran, German 2b TEX 22 11 15
*Venable, Will of SD 8 21 12
Mayberry, John of TEX 14 7 9
BIG SEASONS
BATTER Pos ORG PA AVG OBP SLG R 2B HR RBI SB
#Headley, Chase 3b SD 522 .330 .437 .580 82 38 20 78 1
*Rasmus, Colby of STL 556 .275 .381 .551 93 37 29 72 18
Mather, Joe 1b STL 272 .303 .387 .607 48 17 18 46 4
#Boggs, Brandon of TEX 429 .266 .385 .508 69 21 19 55 10
*Self, Todd 1b HOU 510 .294 .396 .446 72 24 13 69 4
Towles, J.R. c HOU 257 .324 .425 .551 47 12 11 49 9
Duran, German 2b TEX 529 .300 .352 .525 81 32 22 84 11
#Sandoval, Freddy 3b LAA 563 .305 .392 .468 84 32 11 72 21

Rasmus earned Steve Finley and Shawn Green comparisons coming out of high school in Alabama, and he’s living up to them while keeping pace with the uber-talented 2005 draft class.

PITCHERS

STRIKEOUT PERCENTAGE
PITCHER ORG IP SO TBF K% K+
Volquez, Edinson TEX 58 62 238 26% 148
Madsen, Mike OAK 65 69 266 26% 147
*Deago, Roger SD 71 76 295 26% 146
*Leblanc, Wade SD 57 55 233 24% 134
*Cramer, Bobby OAK 52 50 213 23% 133
Paulino, Felipe HOU 112 110 488 23% 128
Hochevar, Luke KC 94 94 418 22% 127
*Garcia, Jaime STL 103 97 440 22% 125
Deduno, Samuel COL 124 121 564 21% 122
Hurley, Eric TEX 89 76 357 21% 121
Galarraga, Armando TEX 128 114 542 21% 119
Douglass, Chance HOU 81 65 331 20% 111
*Morales, Franklin COL 96 77 401 19% 109
Reynolds, Greg COL 51 35 190 18% 104
Walters, P.J. STL 49 37 206 18% 102
Adenhart, Nick LAA 153 116 669 17% 98
Ramirez, Luis OAK 67 50 289 17% 98
Shipman, Andy OAK 118 90 527 17% 97
Barthmaier, James HOU 90 73 429 17% 96
Boggs, Mitchell STL 152 117 688 17% 96
Rosa, Carlos KC 97 70 419 17% 95
*Hughes, Dusty KC 108 77 467 16% 93
Mathis, Doug TEX 132 92 559 16% 93
*Thompson, Sean SD 88 59 376 16% 89
Martinez, Ronnie HOU 92 63 404 16% 88

A very encouraging list for Rangers fans. Granted the TL is just an eight-team league, but placing Volquez, Hurley and Galarraga in the top 11 is impressive. Hochevar, the first overall pick in 2006, was very efficient in Double-A and found his groove in Triple-A over the course of his final four starts. He carried that over with six scoreless innings in his first two big league outings.

GROUNDOUT-TO-FLYOUT RATIO
PITCHER ORG IP SO BB HR G/F G/F+
Deduno, Samuel COL 124 121 66 13 2.81 258
*Garcia, Jaime STL 103 97 45 14 2.28 210
Mathis, Doug TEX 132 92 40 7 2.08 191
*Haberer, Eric STL 152 72 72 12 1.87 172
Asahina, Jon COL 50 15 25 8 1.87 172
*Cramer, Bobby OAK 52 50 10 3 1.84 169
Reynolds, Greg COL 51 35 9 2 1.81 166
Mattheus, Ryan COL 159 102 55 13 1.70 156
Barthmaier, James HOU 90 73 44 11 1.62 149
Lo, Ching Lung COL 140 87 66 20 1.61 148
Douglass, Chance HOU 81 65 21 5 1.58 145
Rauschenberger, Cory STL 144 79 53 16 1.54 142
Rosa, Carlos KC 97 70 43 8 1.52 140
*Connolly, Mike KC 110 72 34 13 1.49 137
Adenhart, Nick LAA 153 116 65 7 1.45 133
Walters, P.J. STL 49 37 15 4 1.38 127
Boggs, Mitch STL 152 117 62 15 1.38 127
*Daniels, Adam STL 73 43 34 5 1.37 126
Ekstrom, Mike SD 144 98 47 6 1.36 125
*Thompson, Sean COL 133 81 56 11 1.30 120
Shipman, Andy OAK 118 90 47 11 1.23 113
Geer, Josh SD 171 102 27 9 1.22 112
*Patton, Troy HOU 102 68 33 10 1.21 111
*Morales, Franklin COL 96 77 45 8 1.16 107
Galarraga, Armando TEX 128 114 47 14 1.15 106

Signed from the Dominican Republic in 2003, Deduno had a very strong season, ranking first here and ninth in strikeout percentage. He’s 24. Seeing Garcia here is no surprise—he has a nasty sinker—but coupled with his strikeout exploits, he had a very good follow-up to his 2006 campaign. Also of note, the Rockies charted seven of the 25 pitchers here—including some of their premium guys like Reynolds, Lo, Morales and Deduno—perhaps in preparation for Coors Field. At the very least, they’ll be ready for Colorado Springs, which has the highest elevation in the minors.

TOP 5 COMMAND PROSPECTS
PITCHER ORG IP SO BB K/BB
Reynolds, Greg COL 51 35 9 3.89
Geer, Josh SD 171 102 27 3.78
Hochevar, Luke KC 94 94 26 3.62
Green, Nick LAA 178 107 32 3.34
Volquez, Edinson TEX 58 62 19 3.26

BIG SEASONS
PITCHER ORG IP W L ERA H SO BB HR
Geer, Josh SD 171 16 6 3.20 163 102 27 9
Ekstrom, Mike SD 144 7 10 4.76 183 98 47 6
Mathis, Doug TEX 132 11 7 3.76 140 92 40 7
Paulino, Felipe HOU 112 6 9 3.62 103 110 49 6
Green, Nick LAA 178 10 8 3.68 164 107 32 17
Adenhart, Nick LAA 153 10 8 3.65 158 116 65 7
Madsen, Mike OAK 65 5 2 2.76 51 69 26 2
Douglass, Chance HOU 81 6 2 3.12 70 65 21 5
Reynolds, Greg COL 51 4 1 1.42 32 35 9 2
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