Top Power Bats in MILB 2015 & 2016

[GMinTraining]

This is from Baseball America Q&A:  Two of the Top 3 Players on this list are Twins.  Both players are only 10 days apart in age as well.

Matt Eddy
‏@MattEddyBA
A: Daniel Palka.

Q: Which batter hit the most home runs in the minors from 2015 to 2016. Everyone with 45 HR or more for the two seasons:

Daniel Palka     63
Matt Chapman   59
Adam Brett Walker II   58
Cody Bellinger    56
Bobby Bradley    56
Tyler O’Neill    56
Rhys Hoskins    55
Kevin Cron    53
Kyle Jensen    50
Peter O’Brien    50
Hunter Renfroe    50
Jesus Aguilar    49
J.D. Davis    49
Ryan O’Hearn    49
A.J. Reed     49

 

This is in roughly 270 games played as opposed to 324 games played in MiLB too.  Not bad numbers for any of these kids.

[GMinTraining]

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150703&content_id=134278096&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb

 

2016

12 of Walker's 27 (44% of) Home Runs this season were at Rochester which is listed as the 2nd hardest park in the (AAA) International league to hit Home Runs.  

 

2015

21 of Walker's 31 (67% of) Home Runs last season were at Chattanooga which is listed as the 3rd hardest park in the (AA) southern league to hit Home Runs.

 

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2016

5 of Palka's 13 (38% of) Home Runs this season were at Rochester which is listed as the 2nd hardest park in the (AAA) International league to hit Home Runs.

 

12 of Palka's 21 (57% of) Home Runs this season were at Chattanooga which is listed as the 3rd hardest park in the (AA) southern league to hit Home Runs.

 

2015

9 of Palka's 29 (31% of) Home Runs last season were at Visalia Rawhide - Recreation Ballpark which is  a  more HR friendly ball park.  Palka however hit his Home Runs at the more difficult HR ball parks in the California League that season - proving his power is legit and not ball park related.

 

Both guys need to mashing for the Twins in 2017 IMO.  Other than Sano - The Twins have not had that kind of power in the minors for decades.  As it pertains to power numbers (results).  They especially haven't had that kind of power off the bench in God knows how long?

[King]

The power is intriguing but the 38% strikeout rates in AAA are gross. 

[GMinTraining]

Good thing Major League Pitchers throw more strikes.  These guys hit the ball when it's in the zone - Lol

[Mr. Brooks]

Good thing Major League Pitchers throw more strikes. These guys hit the ball when it's in the zone - Lol

Why would anyone throw a strike if the hitter will swing at a ball?

As hard as it might be to believe, it's actually more difficult to face mlb pitching than minor league pitching.

[GMinTraining]

Hopefully he finds out now - Lol

 

Only Organizational All Star for 4 consecutive years running - GONE..................

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20161118&content_id=206746772&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb