The Twins signed the very slight Garcia as a 16yo out of the Dominican Republic in 2007Moving over to the pitchers in the Appalachian League, we continue our annual examination of Performance for each of eighteen Minor Leagues that have affiliations with MLB organizations. Over the next five weeks will post the Performance analysis for approximately three leagues each week until we have run through them all. While pitching was down a bit in the APY this season, the Twins’ Matire Garcia edged out the Rays’ Enny Romero in what was likely the closest top score in any league this season.
A couple of things to remember about our Performance evaluations: 1) these are not necessarily prospect lists. While it is fair to assume that the best prospects will put up the best performances, these lists focus only on a player’s offensive performance while they were in the league during the 2010 season. They do not consider things like defensive ability, offense vs. required offense for a given position, or projectability. Prospect evaluation is a combination of art and science and this is the science part of that equation. Later in the fall, we will breakdown each team’s ‘prospects’ and rank them in ‘prospect value’ order. 2) What it is, is a comparative statistical look at each players performance, placed in context of their age, their home park, and the league. We rate each player in the five categories that we have found most significant in predicting future Major League performance. The players that rate the highest, have assembled the best ‘Performance’ in these areas. For a more detailed look at the statistics involved you can refer to previous articles on the site (http://baseballnumbers-diamondfutures.blogspot.com/2009/09/do-it-yourself-quantitative-examination.html).
A quick note about the rankings…The TOTAL is the weighted numerical value of the combined statistics that we use. It is scaled for the level of play. Typically, a player with a positive score will rank in the top 1% - 2% of all Minor League players. After the total we list the sub-scores in 4 areas of significance. These scores are presented, for ease of understanding, in a typical 20-80 scouting format. They represent how the individual player performed in those areas in relation to THE LEAGUE in question. A score of 50 represents league average. Players listed as ‘DNQ’ did not qualify for the rankings because of their limited playing time, but we felt their scores were worth noting. If you have further questions on the methodology, feel free to email me at baseballnumbers@ix.netcom.com.
2010 Appalachian League Top Pitching Performances
Name ORG POS Total HR Rate Control Dominance Stamina
1 ) Martire Garcia , MIN , L - 0.43 … 63 … 46 … 79 … 77
2 ) Enny Romero , TBR , L - 0.41 … 69 … 63 … 69 … 74
3 ) Carlos Perez , ATL , L - 0.21 … 76 … 31 … 46 … 74
4 ) Andrew Bellatti , TBR , R - 0.18 … 54 … 57 … 62 … 71
5 ) Adrian Salcedo , MIN , R - 0.01 … 62 … 69 … 64 … 61
6 ) Crawford Simmons , KCR , L - (0.00) … 38 … 57 … 55 … 76
7 ) Matthew Heidenreich , CHA , R - (0.10) … 69 … 70 … 39 … 77
8 ) George Mieses , SEA , R - (0.40) … 55 … 71 … 29 … 77
9 ) Ryan Weber , ATL , R - (0.46) … 35 … 75 … 55 … 73
10 ) Michael Foltynewicz , HOU , R - (0.50) … 52 … 44 … 44 … 55
11 ) Manuel Soliman , MIN , R - (0.53) … 46 … 45 … 72 … 75
12 ) Michael Hebert , NYM , R - (0.57) … 67 … 25 … 47 … 73
13 ) Ruben Alaniz , HOU , R - (0.59) … 42 … 67 … 34 … 70
14 ) B.J. Hermsen , MIN , R - (0.59) … 59 … 73 … 64 … 69
15 ) Richard Vargas , SEA , R - (0.62) … 76 … 33 … 39 … 55
16 ) Boone Whiting , STL , R - (0.64) … 30 … 74 … 77 … 62
17 ) Aaron Northcraft , ATL , R - (0.70) … 72 … 67 … 35 … 74
18 ) Lucas La Point , ATL , R - (0.77) … 26 … 68 … 34 … 73
19 ) Leonel Santiago , KCR , R - (0.81) … 53 … 62 … 44 … 77
20 ) Jacob Partridge , TBR , L - (0.87) … 31 … 41 … 37 … 60
DNQ Jose Gonzalez , MIN , L - (0.18) … 62 … 53 … 80 … 24
DNQ Pat Dean , MIN , L - (0.27) … 27 … 77 … 80 … 70
DNQ Vincent Velasquez , HOU , R - (0.34) … 25 … 67 … 51 … 54
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