Not much good news early on from the position players.
PLAYER Team(s) AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Kyeong Kang* MTG 68 19 3 1 8 19 2 0 11 16 .279 .393 .706 1.099 Henry Wrigley MTG 107 28 11 0 7 23 3 0 14 25 .262 .347 .561 .908 Cole Figueroa* MTG/DHM 98 30 7 1 3 13 1 2 19 9 .306 .413 .490 .903 Jeff Malm* BWG 97 28 9 2 3 13 0 0 9 24 .289 .373 .515 .888 Leslie Anderson* DHM 98 34 8 0 0 10 0 1 11 16 .347 .420 .429 .848 Brad Coon* MTG 95 27 2 2 2 14 9 1 20 22 .284 .419 .411 .829 Brandon Guyer DHM 85 25 3 1 3 13 2 0 7 15 .294 .365 .459 .823 Tyler Goeddel BWG 85 25 6 0 3 13 5 1 5 24 .294 .341 .471 .811 Derek Dietrich* CHA 104 26 7 3 2 12 1 1 14 26 .250 .358 .433 .790 Ryan Brett# BWG 108 32 5 1 2 9 5 2 8 17 .296 .342 .417 .759 Robby Price* CHA 79 21 4 1 1 8 2 2 9 7 .266 .376 .380 .756 INTERNATIONAL LG TOTAL .250 .330 .379 .709 Drew Vettleson* BWG 105 28 5 0 2 11 5 2 11 17 .267 .336 .371 .708 SOUTHERN LG TOTAL .253 .332 .373 .705 Cameron Seitzer* BWG 87 23 6 0 0 14 0 0 14 17 .264 .366 .333 .700 Juniel Querecuto# BWG 68 18 4 1 0 2 1 2 8 12 .265 .342 .353 .695 Jeff Salazar* DHM 74 17 2 0 2 5 2 1 13 22 .230 .352 .338 .690 RAYS ORGANIZATION TOTAL .250 .326 .360 .686 Todd Glaesmann BWG 106 25 6 2 2 15 1 0 7 25 .236 .294 .387 .681 FLORIDA STATE LG TOTAL .249 .319 .359 .678 Ty Morrison* CHA 119 33 6 1 0 14 10 1 7 27 .277 .333 .345 .678 Kyle Hudson* DHM 80 22 1 1 0 7 5 3 11 16 .275 .366 .313 .678 MIDWEST LG TOTAL .245 .315 .362 .677 Tyler Bortnick MTG 110 24 5 5 0 13 7 0 15 23 .218 .323 .355 .677 Omar Luna MTG 99 28 3 1 0 13 9 1 7 9 .283 .343 .333 .676 Riccio Torrez CHA 117 30 6 2 2 15 2 1 2 17 .256 .281 .393 .674 Jesus Feliciano* DHM 100 29 5 0 0 11 2 1 6 12 .290 .330 .340 .670 Michael Sheridan* MTG 104 24 9 2 1 12 2 1 7 20 .231 .281 .385 .665 Will Rhymes* DHM 91 21 3 2 1 7 1 1 8 9 .231 .300 .341 .641 Taylor Motter BWG 75 17 3 0 1 9 7 2 11 18 .227 .333 .307 .640 Matt Mangini* DHM 105 27 4 0 1 12 0 1 7 34 .257 .310 .324 .634 Hak-Ju Lee* MTG 131 31 5 3 0 10 6 2 10 24 .237 .291 .321 .611 Hector Guevara CHA 83 23 2 0 0 10 2 2 3 11 .277 .295 .301 .597 Philip Wunderlich* CHA 103 22 5 0 2 12 1 0 9 20 .214 .274 .320 .595 Mikie Mahtook CHA 108 26 2 1 0 10 8 3 10 20 .241 .312 .278 .590 Juan Miranda* DHM 78 15 6 0 0 4 0 0 11 23 .192 .300 .269 .569 Shawn OMalley# DHM 73 15 0 0 1 10 0 0 7 18 .205 .282 .247 .529 Cody Rogers* CHA 66 13 2 1 0 6 2 1 5 17 .197 .263 .258 .521 Jake Hager BWG 75 14 3 0 0 7 1 1 3 9 .187 .235 .227 .461 Mark Thomas MTG 72 12 0 1 0 9 1 0 8 26 .167 .259 .194 .454
what does this mean exactly?
ReplyDeleteNot much good news early on from the position players
It means we're far enough into the season that numbers are starting to mean something and very few guys are hitting well. I usually look for .825 and up, some people use .800 since it's a round number. You want a number above league average since that includes reserves, org players, guys called up to fill in for injuries (who really don't belong at that level), and players who have been cut due to poor performance. Either way we only have about 8 guys hitting "well" at this point. And a couple of those guys are org players who are years too old for the league, Anderson is 30 in AAA and Coon is 29 in AA.
ReplyDeleteSo overall it's a disappointing showing so far.
Shake up the farm a lttle. There could be the next Dimaggio
ReplyDeleteAgreed.....Durham looks pathetic !
ReplyDeleteI am starting to get concerned about the hitting/fielders in this organization as a whole. We only have 3 regular starters that are homegrown in Longo, Jennings, and Upton. However we have an entire rotation that is homegrown. Looking at AAA and AA, there is really nothing of any significance in the hitting/fielding department. Maybe Vogt and Beckham in AAA. Lee and maybe Bortnick in AA. Sale and Beckham look to both be disappointments. The Latin Academies should start becoming fruitful by now, but very little to show above A+. Can our organization develop hitters, or are we just going to develop pitchers and trade them for hitters?
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty much the big picture as far as my disappointment, the Rays ongoing problems with developing position players. The little picture is the 100 or so ABs this year.
DeleteThere are some useful players in AAA (Guyer, Vogt, Brignac, maybe Figueroa, Ashley and Beckham). About the same number in AA (Lee, maybe Bortnick, Thomas, Wrigley and Kang). But other than Guyer, Vogt and esp Lee, not any guys you really feel confident will impact the Rays at some point until you get down into A-ball, and those guys are at least a couple years away.
Well looking forward to the next couple of years, catcher, first base, center field, and SS will be our needs. Beckham/Lee will most likely help the SS situation, with Beckham possibly moving to CF in my opinion. Mathook hopefully will be an option in the OF as well by 2015. Vogt isn't going to end up at C, Ashley's time is running out. The reality is we don't have an option for catcher now, or in 2015. Bailey has been disappointing, and O'Connor is out again. So we may be ok in the next few years, other than depth. We really need to find a catcher.
DeleteHey Doug.....Iam curious ? Is it Hak Ju Lee's 7 errors.....or.....sub .250 batting avg.........or.....his utter lack of power...that have you so HIGH on him ? Just wondering ? Have you personally ever seen him play ?
ReplyDeleteHe has 6 errors in 31 games at short, not terrible. Above and below him Beckham has 4 in 13 games, Dietrich has 4 in 23, Hager 4 in 22. If you're just looking at errors, his fielding % improved quite a bit last year over his 1st two pro years, and it's about the same this year as last. His arm is strong enough, and I haven't seen anyone who thinks he'll have to move off short.
ReplyDeleteBetween the end of last year and this year he's only hitting .217 overall in Montgomery, so yes, he's struggled. But he's faced AA pitchers as a 20 and 21 year-old, so I don't think anyone expected him to hit .320 at this point. Just like with his defense, not seeing many people who think he won't hit. As far as power, no he won't hit homeruns, just like most SS. But he's fast and will get a lot of 2B and 3Bs.
I haven't see him in person because he started with the Rays in FSL, I only see New York-Penn Lg, Midwest Lg and International Lg games up here, no FSL or Southern Lg. I've only seen him on video and milb-tv games with Montgomery, and he's looked about like most of the scouting stories I've read.
So overall I think he'll be fine, not a star probably, but regular at SS. It's not like there is anyone else in the org who looks to be any better than him (Rodriguez, Brignac, Beckham, Dietrich, Hager).