Article: Twins Minor League Leaderboard (Through 5/20)

[Seth Stohs]

Did you know that both Cedar Rapids and Ft. Myers are hosting their league’s All Star games in mid-June. It would certainly be nice for the local teams to be well-represented with prospects and guys off to fast starts. The league All Star games also correspond closely to the end of the first halves of the Midwest League and Florida State League. This season has already seen many (almost daily transactions. Playoff spots will be jockeyed for over the next three weeks, and at that time we could see several more transactions.Here is how the Twins’ affiliates currently stack up in their leagues.

• Rochester is 23-19. (3-2 week). In the International League North Division, the Red Wings are tied with Syracuse, 0.5 games behind both Scranton/Wilkes Barre and Lehigh Valley. This is a full-season league and obviously things are pretty close now, with about 100 games to go.

• Chattanooga is 19-23. (3-3 week) The Southern League plays two halves and right now the Lookouts are in last place, 5.5 games back of the North Division’s leader, the Jackson Generals.

• Ft. Myers is 23-19. (3-3 week) The Miracle are one game ahead of Bradenton and St. Lucie in the South Division. However, their “Magic Number” to assure themselves of a playoff spot is still 29.

• Cedar Rapids is 23-17. (3-2 week) The Kernels currently have a one-game lead in the West Division of the Midwest League. The top two teams from each half make the Midwest League playoffs.

With that, let’s look at the minor league statistical leaderboard.

 

THE HITTERS

(Rate numbers- minimum 103 plate appearances)

 

Plate Appearances - Chris Paul (171), James Beresford/Daniel Palka/Kennys Vargas (168), Leonardo Reginnato (167), Dalton Hicks/Trey Vavra/Zander Wiel (165).

 

Batting Average - LaMonte Wade (.328), Luis Arraez (.327), Nick Gordon (.321), James Beresford (.303), AJ Murray (.285)

 

On-Base Percentage - LaMonte Wade (.420), James Beresford (.393), Luis Arraez (.392), AJ Murray (.387), Rafael Valera (.366), Nick Gordon (.360).

 

Slugging Percentage - AJ Murray (.492), LaMonte Wade (.469), Nick Gordon (.458), Daniel Palka (.452), Luis Arraez/Max Kepler (.459).

 

OPS - LaMonte Wade (.889), AJ Murray (.879), Luis Arraez (.840), Nick Gordon (.818), Daniel Palka (.809), Max Kepler (.800).

 

Hits - James Beresford (44), LaMonte Wade/Nick Gordon (42), Leonardo Reginnato (41), Daniel Palka (39), Dalton Hicks (38)..

 

Doubles - Chris Paul/Joe Maloney (11), AJ Murray (10), Daniel Palka/Rafael Valera (9), Four w/8.

 

Triples - Max Kepler (6), Rafael Valera/Ryan Walker/Zander Wiel (4), Five with 3.

 

Home Runs - Adam Brett Walker/Kennys Vargas/Daniel Palka (6), AJ Murray/Trey Vavra (5), Max Murphy/Dalton Hicks/Alex Real (4).

 

Runs Scored - James Beresford (26), Luis Arraez (23), Dalton Hicks/AJ Murray (21), Zach Granite/LaMonte Wade/Zander Wiel (20), Three w/19.

 

RBI - Daniel Palka/Kennys Vargas (25), AJ Murray (23), LaMonte Wade (21), Dalton Hicks/Chris Paul (20)

 

SB - Zach Granite (17), Wilfredo Tovar (12), Darin Mastroianni/Nick Gordon (6), Four w/5.

 

THE STARTING PITCHERS

(Rate number - minimum 31.0 innings)

 

Innings Pitched: Jason Wheeler (56.0), DJ Baxendale (55.0), Logan Darnell (46.1), Randy LeBlanc (46.0), Aaron Slegers/Felix Jorge (45.0)

 

ERA: Randy LeBlanc (0.78), Sam Clay (1.10), Stephen Gonsalves (1.27), Jason Wheeler (1.75), Kohl Stewart (1.77), Felix Jorge (2.00).

 

WHIP: Stephen Gonsalves (0.84), Randy LeBlanc (0.87), Cody Stashak (0.92), Jason Wheeler (0.95), Felix Jorge (0.96), Kohl Stewart (0.98).

 

K/9: Sam Clay (10.1), Jason Wheeler/Tyler Jay (8.4), Dereck Rodriguez (8.3), Kohl Stewart (8.2), Stephen Gonsalves (8.0).

 

BB/9: Felix Jorge (1.4), David Martinez (1.5), Cody Stashak/Jason Wheeler (1.6), Pat Dean/DJ Baxendale (1.8), David Hurlbut (1.9), Randy LeBlanc (2.0)

 

K: Jason Wheeler (53), DJ Baxendale (47), Sam Clay (46), Felix Jorge/Stephen Gonsalves (38), Kohl Stewart (37), Tyler Jay (36).

 

 

THE RELIEF PITCHERS

(Rate numbers - minimum 15 innings zero starts)

 

Innings Pitched: Marcus Walden (22.1), Jake Reed (21.1), Todd Van Steensel (20.2), Trevor Hildenberger/Mike Theofanopoulos/Alex Wimmers/Luke Bard (20.1).

 

ERA: JT Chargois (1.04), Nick Anderson (1.10), Trevor Hildenberger (1.33), Buddy Boshers (1.42), CK Irby (1.47), Marcus Walden (1.61).

 

WHIP: Nick Anderson (0.50), John Curtiss (0.78), JT Chargois/Trevor Hildenberger (0.98), Buddy Boshers (1.00), Marcus Walden (1.03), CK Irby (1.04).

 

K/9: JT Chargois (14.0), Mike Theofanopoulos (13.3), Nick Anderson (13.0), John Curtiss (12.6), Luke Westphal (12.3), CK Irby (10.8).

 

BB/9: Trevor Hildenberger (1.3), Nick Anderson (1.5), Brandon Kintzler (1.8), Buddy Boshers (2.4), Raul Fernandez (2.7), Logan Lombana/John Curtiss (2.8).

 

K: Mike Theofanopoulos (30), John Curtiss/JT Chargois (27), Nick Anderson (26), CK Irby (22), Buddy Boshers/Luke Westphal (21).

Saves: JT Chargois (8), Trevor Hildenberger (6), Marcus Walden (4), Three w/3.

 

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[operation mindcrime]

When would be a good time to promote LaMonte Wade?

[ashbury]

When would be a good time to promote LaMonte Wade?

After a few more teams have seen him (and vice versa) for a second time?

[John Kelsey]

 

When would be a good time to promote LaMonte Wade?

 

Two weeks ago.