Minnesota Twins Top Minor League Performers for July 2017
Minnesota Twins minor league standouts in July 2017
The Minnesota Twins minor league system had a very good month in July. The Twins have a winning record currently at every minor league level, with four teams currently set up to be in the playoffs if the season ended on July 31st.
We’ll open looking at the current season-long minor league top 5 in various statistical categories, and then the monthly performeance and season-long leaders for each individual affiliate.
We’ll start with the season long leaders:
Organizational Leaders (minimum 150 PA/50 IP for rate stats)
BA: Zack Granite .361, Chris Paul .351, Jermaine Palacios .319, Jonathan Rodriguez .317, Max Murphy .301
OBP: Zack Granite .414, Jonathan Rodriguez .413, Chris Paul .402, LaMonte Wade .393, Max Murphy .376
SLG: Andy Wilkins .523, Jonathan Rodriguez .516, Mitch Garver .509, Jermaine Palacios .505, Chris Paul .495
R: Jermaine Palacios 72, Jonathan Rodriguez 68, Max Murphy 67, Nick Gordon 61, LaMonte Wade 58
H: Jermaine Palacios 130, Max Murphy 119, Matt Hague 113, Nick Gordon 112, Jonathan Rodriguez 110
2B: Lewin Diaz 27, Thomas Field 26, Nick Gordan and Jonathan Rodriguez 24, Max Murphy and Zander Wiel 23
3B: Travis Blankenhorn 10; Jermaine Palacios 9; Nick Gordon 7; Christian Cavaness, Ryan Walker, Yeltsin Encarnacion 6
HR: Jonathan Rodriguez and Mitch Garver 15; Jermaine Palacios and Jaylin Davis 13; Aaron Whitefield, T.J. White, Lewin Diaz 10
RBI: Jonathan Rodriguez and Jaylin Davis 58, Lewin Diaz 57, Jermaine Palacios 56, Nick Gordon 53
SB: Tanner English 29, Aaron Whitefield 27, Zack Granite 18, Jermaine Palacios 16, Samuel Vasquez 13
W: Aaron Slegers 12, Clark Beeker and Fernando Romero 10, Dereck Rodriguez 9, Four with 8
IP: Sean Poppen 119 1/3, Aaron Slegers 118, Clark Beeker 113, Eduardo Del Rosario 112 1/3, Dereck Rodriguez 110 1/3
ERA: Sam Clay 1.29, Tyler Wells 2.14, Nik Turley 2.17, Luke Bard 2.31, Clark Beeker 2.31
WHIP: Clark Beeker 0.97, Tyler Wells 1.02, Nik Turley 1.02, Ryan Eades 1.02, Stephen Gonsalves 1.04
SV: John Curtiss 18, Hector Lujan 11, Thomas Hackimer and Sam Clay 9, Nick Anderson and Trevor Hindenberger 6
K: Fernando Romero 112, Nik Turley 109, Sean Poppen 105, Eduardo Del Rosario 98, Dereck Rodriguez 95
K/9: Luke Bard 13.3, Nik Turley 12.5, Tyler Wells 12.3, Stephen Gonsalves 10.3, Michael Theofanopoulos 10.1
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