Minor League Offensive Leaderboards
Round 1: those on "MLB Track"

There will be a new Spec66, which will be better planned than last year, as a part of DOV2.  But here are some "leaderboards" for the categories that I watch.

This first group is limited to players on what I call "MLB Track" (they are in red or green):

  • Rookie ball/short season by age 19
  • Low-A by age 20
  • High-A by age 21
  • AA by age 22
  • AAA by age 23

The great majority to players who go on to MLB success (particularly hitters) hit those marks.

That doesn't mean other players can't make it -- including, for example, four of our crowd favorites: Dario Pizzano/Jabari Henry/Jordy Lara/Dan Paolini -- just that it's more unusual.

Anyway, they're excluded from this first group.

Patrick Kivlehan is excluded from this batch on the basis of age, but I don't hold it against him in general since he took four years off from baseball.

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I require at least 100 PAs, and those with between 100 and 150 PAs are in green.

Those traded away are not ranked, but shown for reference in the proper order in blue.

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My "Spectometer" benchmarks indicating a high level of performance in each catetory are marked off by "==="

 

 

HR% (HR/PA)

1. D.J. Peterson 5.67%

2. Tyler O'Neill 5.04%

3. Tyler Marlette 4.53%

=== 4.0%

4. Kristian Brito 3.9%

5. Gabriel Guerrero 3.10%

[Nick Franklin 2.70%]

6. Corey Simpson 2.67%

7. Hersin Martinez 2.42%

8. Isaiah Yates 2.25%

9. Alex Jackson 2.13%

10. Ji-Man Choi  2.03%

Note: Wish Jackson had shown up higher.  Tank O'Neill hit bombs but nothing else.  Ditto Kristian Brito.

 

ISO

1. D.J. Peterson .255

2. Tyler Marlette .220

3. Tyler O'Neill .217

=== .200

4. Alex Jackson .196

5. Kristian Brito .191

6. Chris Taylor .169

[Nick Franklin .161]

7. Gabriel Guerrero .160 

8. Isaiah Yates .143

9. Jose Leal .142

10. Erick Mejia .142

Note: Should be a concern that this drops off so quickly.

 

 

BB% (BB/PA)

1. Luis Liberato 13.8%

2. Rayder Ascanio 13.5%

3. Ji-Man Choi 13.5%

4. Tyler Smith 12.6%

5. Jose Leal 11.5%

6. Joe DeCarlo 11.2%

7. Erick Mejia 10.9%

8. Ismael Alcantara 10.4%

9. Chris Taylor 10.1%

10. Alex Jackson 9.6%

=== 8.5%

Note: We've learned not to put much stock in guys who walk a ton in the minors as their most noteworthy skill.

 

 

Low K% (K/PA)

1. Gianfranco Wawoe 13.8%

2. Ketel Marte 13.9%

3. Martin Peguero 14.6%

4. Jordan Cowan 14.7%

5. Ji-Man Choi 14.9%

6. Jack Reinheimer 15.2%

7. Tyler Smith 16.2%

8. Erick Mejia 17.0%

9. Tim Lopes 17.2%

[Nick Franklin 17.0%]

=== 17.5%

10. Tyler Marlette 18.9%

Note: Marlette showing up here is one reason he finally flew up my board this year.

 

XBH + BB (% of PA)

[Nick Franklin 21.9%]

1. Alex Jackson 20.2%

2. Chris Taylor  19.9%

3. D.J. Peterson 19.7%

4. Jose Leal 19.7%

5. Tyler Smith 19.5%

6. Joe DeCarlo 19.1%

7. Luis Liberato 19.1%

=== 19.0%

8. Ji-Man Choi 18.9%

9. Tyler Marlette 18.7%

10. Rayder Ascanio 18.2%

Note: Seeing Jackson at the top of this list is a very good sign even though it was a small amount of data.

 

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Spectometer Plate Skills Index (indicator of OBP) (100 set at approximate minimum for hitters who go on to MLB success):

[Nick Franklin 125]

1. Ji-Man Choi 122

2. Tyler Smith  113

===

3. D.J. Peterson 97

4. Luis Liberato 96

5. Erick Mejia 94

6. Tyler Marlette 92

7. Chris Taylor 86

8. Ismael Alcantara 83

9. Rayder Ascanio 79

10. Alex Jackson 75

Note: Good to see Choi still preserved his plate skills in a tough season.  Hard to say if that will be enough to get him over the hump if his ISO doesn't recover.

 

 

Spectometer Production Index (indicator of ISO) (100 set at approximate minimum for hitters who go on to MLB success):

1. D.J. Peterson 116

2. Tyler Marlette 109

===

[Nick Franklin 93]

3. Alex Jackson 90

4. Chris Taylor 89

5. Tyler Smith 85

6. Erick Mejia 82

7. Ji-Man Choi 80

8. Gabriel Guerrero 74

9. Ketel Marte 74

10. Tyler O'Neill 71

Note: Cream rises to the top here, but dropoff is quick -- particularly with Choi dropping a bunch.  I'm way bearish on Gaby Guerrero vs. the consensus.  His High Desert season doesn't hold up to close scrutiny in my book.

 

Tomorrow we'll look at the lists with the guys on "older track" included.

Sorry the incomplete draft got posted early.

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