Wednesday, May 19, 2010

VFPH 1st Quarter Report

Since the Pirates have 52 series this year, and have completed 13 of them, the first quarter of the season is now done.  Let's take a look at the state of the organization so far.

SERIES SO FAR


Pirates vs: Result
Dodgers 2-1 W
Diamondbacks 1-2 L
Giants 1-2 L
Reds 3-0 W
Brewers 0-3 L
Astros 0-3 L
Brewers 2-1 W
Dodgers 1-3 L
Cubs 3-0 W
Cardinals 1-2 L
Reds 0-3 L
Cubs 2-1 W
Phillies 1-1 T
Bold indicates a sweep.



BATTING STATISTICS (TOP 10)

These lists only contain players with at least 25 at bats.

Batting Average

Player
AVG
Andrew McCutchen
.329
Ryan Doumit
.281
Garrett Jones
.268
Andy LaRoche
.254
Bobby Crosby
.250
Jason Jaramillo
.250
Lastings Milledge
.246
Ronny Cedeno
.234
Delwyn Young
.220
Ryan Church
.211


Slugging Percentage
Player
SLG
Andrew McCutchen
.497
Garrett Jones
.442
Ryan Doumit
.438
Jason Jaramillo
.393
Ryan Church
.382
Delwyn Young
.373
Andy LaRoche
.364
Ronny Cedeno
.347
Bobby Crosby
.346
Jeff Clement
.337




On Base Percentage
Player
OBP
Andrew McCutchen
.383
Garrett Jones
.363
Ryan Doumit
.360
Bobby Crosby
.350
Andy LaRoche
.328
Lastings Milledge
.317
Jason Jaramillo
.276
Delwyn Young
.270
Ronny Cedeno
.269
Akinori Iwamura
.259




On Base Plus Slugging
Player
OPS
Andrew McCutchen
.879
Garrett Jones
.805
Ryan Doumit
.798
Bobby Crosby
.696
Andy LaRoche
.693
Jason Jaramillo
.669
Delwyn Young
.643
Ryan Church
.632
Lastings Milledge
.626
Ronny Cedeno
.616





Runs Batted In
Player
RBI
Garrett Jones
28
Ryan Doumit
15
Lastings Milledge
14
Andrew McCutchen
13
Ronny Cedeno
9
Ryan Church
9
Andy LaRoche
8
Akinori Iwamura
8
Delwyn Young
7
Jeff Clement
7





Home Runs
Player
HR
Andrew McCutchen
5
Garrett Jones
5
Jeff Clement
4
Ryan Doumit
3
Andy LaRoche
3
Ronny Cedeno
3
Akinori Iwamura
2
Ryan Church
2
Delwyn Young
1
Bobby Crosby
1
Jason Jaramillo
1



Now I will use the above statistics to create a list of the most valuable batters on the team.  A player in 1st place on a list will get 10 points, while a player in last will get 1 point.  The points are then tallied to see who has the most.  That player is the most valuable batter on the team.  Players that are tied will get the same number of points.



Player
Pts.
Andrew McCutchen
57
Garrett Jones
55
Ryan Doumit
49
Andy LaRoche
34
Bobby Crosby
24
Jason Jaramillo
24
Ronny Cedeno
22
Ryan Church
19
Lastings Milledge
19
Delwyn Young
18
Jeff Clement
11
Aki Iwamura
9



PITCHING STATISTICS (TOP 10)

Earned Run Average
Player
ERA
Evan Meek
0.69
Javier Lopez
2.35
Ross Ohlendorf
3.00
D.J. Carrasco
4.15
Paul Maholm
4.40
Joel Hanrahan
4.70
Brian Burres
5.00
Zach Duke
5.08
Jeff Karstens
5.40
Jack Taschner
6.23


Walks + Hits per Innings Pitched
Player
WHIP
Evan Meek
1.00
Joel Hanrahan
1.17
Javier Lopez
1.17
D.J. Carrasco
1.31
Ross Ohlendorf
1.40
Octavio Dotel
1.53
Paul Maholm
1.53
Jack Taschner
1.56
Jeff Karstens
1.62
Brian Burres
1.63



Strikeouts per 9 Innings
Player
K/9
Joel Hanrahan
12.91
Octavio Dotel
12.67
Evan Meek
9.35
Brendan Donnelly
8.00
Jack Taschner
7.79
Charlie Morton
7.64
D.J. Carrasco
6.92
Jeff Karstens
6.23
Brian Bass
5.68
Zach Duke
5.44


Now I will use the above statistics to create a list of the most valuable pitchers on the team.  A player in 1st place on a list will get 10 points, while a player in last will get 1 point.  The points are then tallied to see who has the most.  That player is the most valuable pitcher on the team.  Players that are tied will get the same number of points.  Pitchers are harder to equalize due to the difference in role between starters, setup men, and closers.  I have chosen the stats that are the most approximately fair to every type of pitcher.

Player
Pts.
Evan Meek
28
Joel Hanrahan
24
Javier Lopez
18
D.J. Carrasco
18
Ross Ohlendorf
14
Octavio Dotel
14
Paul Maholm
11
Jack Taschner
10
Jeff Karstens
7
Brendan Donnelly
7
Brian Burres
5
Charlie Morton
5
Zach Duke
4
Brian Bass
2




MINOR LEAGUES REPORT

AAA Indianapolis (21-18, 3rd International League West)
Pedro Alvarez is doing well and is almost ready to be called up to the Majors, probably in June.  He still has some trouble against Lefties, but it is getting better for him.  His average could be a little better (.243), but he has 9 homers, 36 RBIs and an OPS of .814, so you can't complain too much.

Jose Tabata, on the other hand, is killing in his average (.327), but only has 12 RBIs and 2 homers.  His OPS is only slightly lower than Avarez's, at .812.

Neil Walker, on the other other hand, seems to be the complete package.  His average is .329, he has 6 homers, 25 RBIs, and an OPS .986.

If they can continue this pace at the Major League level (easier said than done, obviously), a hypothetical order of Tabata, McCutchen, Alvarez, Jones, and Walker as the top five would be awesome.  Double so if Steve Pearce starts getting closer to what he was doing in the minors.  Throw in Doumit and Milledge/Church and on paper at least the lineup looks very solid.

The final prospect of note in the AAA club is the hard to peg Brad Lincoln (4-2-2, 3.83 ERA, 1.14 WHIP).  In some of his games he's been downright dominant, while in others, such as a 13.50 ERA effort in his first start, not so much.  The key is to not rush him along, and he won't be up until he really starts to dominate batters consistently at the minor league level.  Even after he gets called up, I'm not expecting anything amazing immediately, as there is a wide gap between AAA and the Majors in terms of talent which doesn't exist as much between the other levels.

AA Altoona (22-15, 1st Eastern League Western)
Altoona Catcher Hector Gimenez has an OPS of .941, but has played about 10 games less than the other starters on the team.  There is some concern about his age (27), but if he keeps up that pace he'll be called up sooner or later.

The real story in Altoona is the pitching.  Starter Jared Hughes is 7-1-0 with an ERA of 3.16 and a WHIP of 1.15.  Former 1st round pick  Danny Moskos is doing well as a reliever, with an ERA of 1.62 and a WHIP of 1.08.


High A Bradenton (22-17, 2nd Florida State League South)
Bradenton is doing really well in its first year of operations.  Recently moved up pitcher Bryan Morris was 3-0-5 with an ERA of 0.60 and a WHIP of 0.99 during his time with Bradenton, which included 6 games in which he didn't give up a single ER.  He has yet to get a start with Altoona, so it will be interesting to see if he can keep it up at the next level.

Catcher Tony Sanchez is creaming the ball with an OPS of .855.  Shortstop Brock Holt is doing even better, with an average of .344 and an OPS of .877.  Difficult to judge how players will do later on when they are at these lower levels, but they're looking good so far.

A West Virginia (17-21, 7th South Atlantic League Northern)
West Virginia has not had a great year so far, sitting in last place in their division.  Nonetheless, they have some decent prospects on the team.

Jason Erickson appears to be the best pitcher on the team right now, with a record of 3-2-5, an ERA of 2.22 and a WHIP of 1.07.

David Rubenstein seems to be the best bat on the team, with an average of .333 and  an OPS of .887.  He has missed a few games, though.

Short A State College (0-0)
Season has not started yet.

Rookie DSL Pirates (0-0)
Season has not started yet.

Rookie GCL Pirates (0-0)
Season has not started yet.


I had more planned for this, but it's already pretty large and I've spent a long time on it, so I'm going to wrap it up.

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