Some Encouraging Numbers From Minor Leaguers

This year the Minor Leagues kind of got off to a slow start with a few guys not hitting very well and our pitchers just haven’t pitched very well. But I thought it was time to high light some of the things that have gone well so far this season.

All numbers are taken at the end of the day on Friday…after the jump.

Tacoma Rainiers

Mike Carp, 1B/LF

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	25	Tacoma	AAA	194	28	53	12	0	12	39	5	1	16	38	.310	.373	.591	.964

Carp has altered his swing and looks like he might have a professional bat after all… maybe.

Alex Liddi, 3B/1B

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	22	Tacoma	AAA	207	46	46	13	0	9	29	4	1	21	63	.257	.338	.480	.819

Liddi started off slow but is now knocking the crap off the ball and power is improved 2010 ISO: .195, 2011 ISO: .223

Dustin Ackley, 2B

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	23	Tacoma	AAA	236	35	55	12	1	7	24	6	3	35	27	.279	.386	.457	.843

If you needed me to tell you he’s real, you must not follow baseball.

Jackson Generals

Carlos Triunfel, SS

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	21	Jackson	AA	172	23	46	13	1	4	17	3	4	7	27	.288	.333	.456	.790

Become interested but don’t get too excited. Oh and he’s playing pretty awesome defense too. Settle down now.

Kyle Seager, 2B/3B

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	23	Jackson	AA	191	20	48	14	0	4	29	3	5	17	26	.286	.361	.440	.802

Just.Continues.To.Hit. Great line drive swing. Good defense between second and third. Very interesting prospect.

Erasmo Ramirez, RHSP

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	21	Jackson	AA	4	2	3.76	55.0	59	23	4	2	39	230	1.109	0.3	6.4	19.50

Unquestioned best pitching prospect above High Desert right now. Not missing a ton of bats but not having too.

High Desert Mavericks

Daniel Carroll, LF

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	22	High Desert	A+	213	41	51	9	1	8	21	25	4	30	58	.293	.410	.494	.904

Love the walks, solid stolen bases, reinvented himself. Nate Tenbrink 2.0?

Mario Martinez, 3B

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	21	High Desert	A+	139	26	38	6	3	4	20	0	1	11	38	.304	.360	.496	.856

Amazing glove, is this the year we see his bat finally take a step forward too? Hopefully it’s real. Not a lot of walks to go with wiffs.

Vincent Catricala, 3B/LF/1B

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	22	High Desert	A+	198	29	62	6	1	9	34	4	1	20	29	.363	.431	.567	.999

I called this one earlier in spring training. I knew he was going to destroy this league. I just hope it doesn’t ruin his swing or impact his approach. I really hate the Cal League.

James Gillheeney, LHSP

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	23	High Desert	A+	2	2	4.31	48.0	45	23	7	12	47	207	1.188	2.2	8.8	3.92

Why is he still in High Desert? I ask myself this every morning before I get up. Why is James Gillheeney still in HD?

Clinton Lumberkings

Forrest Snow, RHSP

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	22	Clinton	A	1	7	4.45	56.2	52	28	3	15	57	243	1.182	2.4	9.1	3.80

Forrest Snow, one of the biggest pitching finds for the Mariners out of the draft in the last 5-10 years possibly?

Brandon Maurer, RHSP

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	20	2 Teams	A-A+	1	4	2.88	50.0	38	16	3	14	57	200	1.040	2.5	10.3	4.07
2011	20	Clinton	A	1	3	3.41	37.0	28	14	2	14	44	151	1.135	3.4	10.7	3.14
2011	20	High Desert	A+	0	1	1.38	13.0	10	2	1	0	13	49	0.769	0.0	9.0

Finally healthy, finally doing what we all thought he was capable. (BTW, no walks in 13 innings in HD as a 20 year old!)

Taijuan Walker, RHSP

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	18	Clinton	A	2	2	4.03	22.1	23	10	1	10	30	99	1.478	4.0	12.1	3.00

Hit 99 on the radar gun this week. True story. This kid is sick.

James Paxton, LHSP

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	22	Clinton	A	1	1	2.22	28.1	22	7	1	17	38	118	1.376	5.4	12.1	2.24

95 mph, shaking off rust and dominating his competition.

Jabari Blash, RF

Year	Age	Tm	Lev	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	21	Clinton	A	100	11	14	2	0	2	7	4	1	30	19	.200	.440	.314	.754

Awesome Junior college find from last year. Forget the batting average 30 walks to 19 strike outs?!? MONEYball… I love it.

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