The Minnesota Twins minor league affiliates have all completed their regular season. It’s awards time!
While the Minnesota Twins major league club makes a push for a playoff spot, the minor leagues have enjoyed an incredible season at every single level!
We will start with the affiliate team of the year, then announce the “team” of the year, which player was the best at each position in the minors in 2017 (based on stats, not on prospect status), and then finally the pitcher of the year and the player of the year.
Let’s start with the organizational leaders:
AVG (min. 250 PA): Zack Granite .340
AVG (min. 50 PA): Rainis Silva .356
OBP (250): Jonathan Rodriguez .408
OBP (50): Rainis Silva .446
SLG (250): Brent Rooker .566
SLG (50): Brent Rooker .566
OPS (250): Brent Rooker .930
OPS (50): Alberoni Nunez .965
R: Jonathan Rodriguez 89
H: Jermaine Palacios, Matt Hague 149
2B: Lewin Diaz 33
3B: Travis Blankenhorn 11
HR: Jonathan Rodriguez 22
RBI: Jonathan Rodriguez 78
TB: Jonathan Rodriguez 234
SB: Tanner English 35
BB: Jonathan Rodriguez 81
HBP: Travis Blankenhorn 17
G: Colton Davis, Nick Anderson 44
GS: Felix Jorge, Sean Poppen 25
IP: Felix Jorge 149
W: Aaron Slegers 15
CG: Clark Beeker 2
SO: Clark Beeker 2
SV: John Curtiss 19
K: Nik Turley 124
ERA (min. 65 IP): Sam Clay 1.87
ERA (min. 15 IP): Junior Navas 0.00
WHIP (65): Nik Turley 1.01
WHIP (15): Blayne Enlow 0.69
BB/9 (65): Clark Beeker 1.4
BB/9 (15): Bailey Ober 1.0
K/9 (65): Luke Bard 13.6
K/9 (15): Jovani Moran 16.4
K/BB (65): Sean Poppen 4.88
K/BB (15): Bailey Ober 11.67
Now, we’ll get into our awards. First, the affiliate team of the year:
Next: Record-Breaking Team