Article: Twins Minor League Leader Board (through August 8)

[Seth Stohs]

It’s been a couple of weeks since we last updated the Twins Minor League Leaderboard, so it is time. Due to minimum plate appearances, both Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton are now off of these lists. But, it’s interesting to see which names are consistently rising to the top. We’re about a month from the minor league season’s end, the dog days, one might say.Here is a look at the updated list of Twins minor league statistical leaders through Saturday, August 8. Feel free to discuss.

HITTERS

 

For batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, IsoD and IsoP, we used a minimum of 300 plate appearances.

Plate Appearances: Zach Granite (450), Reynaldo Rodriguez (448), Adam Brett Walker (436), Nick Gordon/Jorge Polanco (431)

 

Batting Average: Max Kepler (.326), James Beresford (.314), Alex Swim (.311), Jorge Polanco (.292), Nick Gordon (.274)

 

On-Base Percentage: Max Kepler (.409), Mitch Garver (.362), Tanner English (.357), James Beresford/Alex Swim/Zach Granite (.349)

 

Isolated Discipline: Mitch Garver (.116), Travis Harrison (.112), Niko Goodrum (.100), Marcus Knecht (.094), Tanner English (.092)

 

Slugging Percentage: Max Kepler (.539), Adam Brett Walker (.526), Reynaldo Rodriguez (.459), Danny Ortiz (.432), Tanner English (.409)

 

Isolated Power (IsoP): Adam Brett Walker (.276), Max Kepler (.213), Reynaldo Rodriguez (.192), Danny Ortiz (.186), Tanner English (.144)

 

OPS: Max Kepler (.948), Adam Brett Walker (.844), Reynaldo Rodriguez (.771), Tanner English (.767), Jorge Polanco (.731)

 

Hits: James Beresford (.122), Jorge Polanco (116), Reynaldo Rodriguez (110), Max Kepler (109), Alex Swim (107), Nick Gordon (105)

 

2B: Reynaldo Rodriguez (31), Max Kepler/Danny Ortiz (28), Adam Brett Walker (24), Tanner English (21)

 

3B: Byron Buxton (12), Max Kepler (11), Tanner English (8), Max Murphy (7), Reynaldo Rodriguez (6)

 

HR: Adam Brett Walker (26), Miguel Sano (15), Danny Ortiz (13), Reynaldo Rodriguez (12), Oswaldo Arcia (10), Kennys Vargas (9)

 

Runs: Reynaldo Rodriguez (68), Zach Granite (67), Tanner English/Max Kepler (64), Nick Gordon (61), Adam Brett Walker (58)

 

RBI: Adam Brett Walker (86), Reynaldo Rodriguez/Danny Ortiz (65), Zach Larson (52), Max Kepler (51), Nick Gordon (50)

 

SB: Tanner English (34), Engelb Vielma (27), Niko Goodrum (24), Nick Gordon (23), Zach Granite (22), Byron Buxton (21)

 

 

STARTING PITCHERS (>95 IP)

 

Innings: Pat Dean (141.2), Taylor Rogers (140.1), JO Berrios (135.1), Tyler Duffey (132.0), Aaron Slegers (126.1)

 

ERA: Stephen Gonsalves (1.77), Mat Batts (2.10), Tyler Duffey (2.66), Felix Jorge (2.76), Aaron Slegers (2.92)

 

WHIP: Felix Jorge (1.02), Aaron Slegers (1.05), Mat Batts (1.06), Stephen Gonsalves (1.10), JO Berrios (1.116), Tyler Duffey (1.121)

 

K/9: Stephen Gonsalves (9.4), JO Berrios (9.0), Mat Batts (8.5), Tyler Duffey (8.0), Alex Wimmers (7.6)

 

BB/9: Aaron Slegers (1.6), Mat Batts (1.9), Pat Dean/Tyler Duffey (2.0), Felix Jorge (2.1), Greg Peavey/Jason Wheeler (2.2)

 

Strikeouts: JO Berrios (135), Tyler Duffey (117), Stephen Gonsalves (112), Mat Batts (105), Taylor Rogers (100)

Wins: Stephen Gonsalves (11-2), JO Berrios (11-4), Mat Batts (8-5), Aaron Slegers (8-7), Taylor Rogers (8-9), Pat Dean (8-10)

 

 

RELIEF PITCHERS (>35 IP,

 

Games: AJ Achter (40), Todd Van Steensel (39), JT Chargois (38), Alex Muren (37), Mark Hamburger/DJ Johnson/Zack Jones (36)

 

Innings: Randy LeBlanc (65.1), Alex Muren (61.1), Mike Theofanopoulos (57.0), Todd Van Steensel (56.0), Trevor Hildenberger (52.2), Tim Shibuya (52.1)

 

ERA: Trevor Hildenberger (1.03), Brandon Peterson (1.65), Luke Bard (2.11), Matt Summers (2.31), Randy LeBlanc (2.48)

 

WHIP: Trevor Hildenberger (0.68), AJ Achter (0.85), Brandon Peterson/Matt Summers (1.00), Luke Bard (1.12), Randy LeBlanc (1.15)

 

K/9: Cameron Booser (12.5), Trevor Hildenberger (12.0), Lester Oliveros (11.6), Brandon Peterson (11.4), Zack Jones (11.3), Todd Van Steensel (11.1)

 

BB/9: Trevor Hildenberger (0.9), Tim Shibuya (1.7), Luke Bard (2.3), AJ Achter (2.4), Matt Summers/Randy LeBlanc (2.6)

 

Saves: AJ Achter/Trevor Hildenberger (14), JT Chargois (13), Todd Van Steenself (12), Zack Jones (11), Michael Tonkin/Cameron Booser (10)

 

 

There you have it. The Twins Minor League Leader Board through Saturday, August 8.

 

What are your thoughts? Any names jump out as surprising? There are certainly some candidates emerging for the 2015 Twins Minor League Awards.

 

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[Shane Wahl]

Tanner English is quietly making a solid case for himself this year.

[eLee612]

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[benji21]

To me, this leaderboard is discouraging. We only have three people in the whole system with BA > 300 and two with at least an 800 OPS? Two starters with k/9 at least 9? Where is the Twins vaunted farm. This screams mediocre to me. I hope that im mistaken.

[Seth Stohs]

 

Tanner English is quietly making a solid case for himself this year.

 

He has been tremendous the last couple of weeks. He's been in the daily reports and usually with at least one extra base hits. 

[Seth Stohs]

 

To me, this leaderboard is discouraging. We only have three people in the whole system with BA > 300 and two with at least an 800 OPS? Two starters with k/9 at least 9? Where is the Twins vaunted farm. This screams mediocre to me. I hope that im mistaken.

 

To be fair, Buxton and Sano are up (or at least below the minimum PA limits). 

 

And, it's important to remember that the top pitching prospects have moved up a level and they're not going to get the same K rates as the lower level, at least not at first.  

[Seth Stohs]

 

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And Reynaldo Rodriguez and Danny Ortiz, and Tanner English, and Trevor Hildenberger and Stephen Gonsalves and Aaron Slegers... 

 

[clutterheart]

I am curious, why do you track isolated discipline? What does it tell you about a player? Isolated discipline never seemed useful to me.

 

I am not a huge stat guy but i find bb% more useful.

[Seth Stohs]

I don't like going all over to get numbers, so 1.) it's easy to calculate, and 2.) It tells me how much of his OBP is based on BA. Can't make too uch of it, but it's another tracking point. 

[KirbyDaisy]

I'm very impressed with the year Beresford is having.  Is he on the 40 man?  Can he be brought up in September?  Would he be a utility player?

[nater79a]

Here would be my ranking for the year:

 

Hitter of the year:

1) Max Kepler

2) Reynaldo Rodriguez

3) Tanner English

Honorable Mention - Zach Granite

 

 

Starting Pitcher:

1) JO Berrios

2) Stephen Gonsalves

3) Aaron Slegers

Honorable Mention - Tyler Duffey, Matt Batts

 

Relief Pitcher:

1) Trevor Hildenberger

2) Brandon Peterson

3) AJ Achter

[Seth Stohs]

 

I'm very impressed with the year Beresford is having.  Is he on the 40 man?  Can he be brought up in September?  Would he be a utility player?

 

He is not on the 40 man roster. He has returned/stayed with the organization that signed him as a 16-year-old in 2005. He has become a free agent after the last three seasons but came back.

 

He has played almost exclusively 2B the last 3-4 years, but he can play 3B and SS as well.