SEATTLE MARINERS 2012 MINOR LEAGUE SEASON IN REVIEW Carter Capps Brad Miller Stefen Romero Brandon Maurer 2012 SEATTLE MARINERS MINOR LEAGUE REVIEW AFFILIATES UPDATE: The Mariners 9 minor league affiliates wrapped up the 2012 season, putting together one of the best seasons in club history, combining for a 496-406 (.550) record. The organization On the Farm: led all Major League farm systems in wins (496) and winning percentage (.550). The Mariners 496 Tacoma (AAA) ............................ 63-81 organizational wins set a new record for most wins in a single sesaon by any Major League farm system. Jackson (AA) .............................. 79-61 Six of the Mariners 9 affiliates qualified for the postseason in 2012. High Desert (High-A) .................. 83-57 Clinton (A) .................................. 71-67 MARINERS MILB AWARDS: Infielder Stefen Romero (High Desert/Jackson) was named Player of the Everett (short-season A) ............. 46-30 Year, while right-hander Carter Capps (Jackson/Tacoma/Seattle) was named the Pitcher of the Year. Pulaski (rookie) ........................... 29-38 Infielder Brad Miller (High Desert/Jackson) received the Heart and Soul Award for his exemplary play and AZL Mariners (rookie) ................. 31-25 leadership and right-handed pitcher Brandon Maurer (Jackson) was named the Most Improved Player in DSL Mariners .............................. 50-20 the Mariners organization. VSL Mariners .............................. 44-27 MARINERS MILB PLAYER OF THE YEAR: INF Stefen Romero, 23, hit .352 (167x474) with 85 runs Totals 496-406 scored, 64 extra-base (2B - 34, 3B - 7, HR - 23) and 101 RBI in 116 games combined between A High Desert and AA Jackson. In only his second professional season, Romero finished 3rd amongst all full Best MiLB Records season minor leaguers in average and was named to the Baseball America 2012 Second-Team All-Star 1. Seattle .................... 496-406 (.550) team as a second baseman. Romero was one of only 19 players in the minor leagues this season to knock 2. Colorado ................. 428-357 (.545) in at least 100 runs. He tied for the organizational lead in average, while ranking 2nd in RBI and 3rd in 3. Los Angeles (NL) .... 404-359 (.529) home runs. Romero became the first Minor League Player in 2012 to hit for the cycle when he 4. Houston .................. 439-394 (.527) accomplished the feat on May 22 at Lancaster. He recorded 50 multi-hit games (25-High Desert, 25- 5. Texas...................... 401-363 (.525) Jackson), including 8 three-hit games and 6 season-high four-hit games. Romero was named to the California League All-Star team before being promoted to Jackson on June 21. With the Generals he hit safely in 47 of 55 games with an at-bat, while batting .347 (75x216). Romero, a native of Tucson, Arizona, Most MiLB Wins attended Oregon State University from 2009-10 and was the Mariners 12th round selection in the 2010 1. Seattle ......................................495 First-Year Player Draft. 2. Houston ....................................439 3. New York (NL) ..........................432 : RHP , 22, went 2-3 with 19 saves and a 1.23 MARINERS MILB PITCHER OF THE YEAR Carter Capps New York (AL) ..........................432 ERA (7 ER, 51.1 IP) in 39 relief appearances combined between AA Jackson and AAA Tacoma. The 6-5, 5. Pittsburgh .................................431 220-pound right-hander averaged 13.2 strikeouts and 2.1 walks per 9.0 innings and converted 19 of 21 saves opportunities. He held opponents to a .212 (40x189) batting average, while walking 12 and striking out 75. Capps was selected to Seattle on July 31 and made his Major League debut on August 3 at New Baseball America York (AL). In 18 relief appearances with the Mariners, Capps is 0-0 with a 3.96 ERA (11 ER, 25.0 IP) with League Top Prospects 28 strikeouts. He was the third player from the 2011 draft to make his MLB debut. Capps was the Mariners 3rd-round supplemental selection (121st overall) in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of Mount Olive Pacific Coast League: Danny Hultzen, LHP ........................ #7 College (NC). He was named the 2011 NCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year after going 14-1 with 2 saves Nick Franklin, SS ............................#16 and a 1.75 ERA in 20 games/15 starts. Southern League: ALL ABOUT THE HITS: SS Brad Miller finished 2nd amongst all Minor Leaguers with 186 hits. Only Taijuan Walker, RHP ....................... #2 Reno’s Adam Eaton (197) recorded more hits than Miller. Miller hit .334 (186x557) with 110 runs scored, 40 Danny Hultzen, LHP ........................ #4 doubles, 7 triples, 15 home runs and 68 RBI in 136 games combined between High Desert and Jackson. Nick Franklin, INF ............................ #7 His 110 runs scored ranked 4th in the Minor Leagues, while his 40 doubles were T10th overall. James Paxton, LHP ........................#10 Brad Miller, INF ...............................#14 CENTURY MARK: INF Steven Proscia and INF Stefen Romero each recorded at least 100 RBI, ranking Carter Capps, RHP .........................#19 1st and 2nd amongst all Mariners farmhands. There were 19 players in the Minor Leagues to knock in at least 100 runs. Proscia hit .314 (161x512) with 98 runs scored, 26 doubles, 3 triples, 28 home runs and California League: 103 RBI in 127 games combined between High Desert and Jackson. Romero hit .352 (167x474) with 85 Leon Landry, OF .............................#15 runs scored, 34 doubles, 7 triples, 23 home runs and 101 RBI in 116 games combined between High Brad Miller, INF ...............................#18 Desert and Jackson. Northwest League DSL MVP: CF Gabriel Guerrero, hit .355 (71x200) with 38 runs scored, 9 doubles, 4 triples, 11 home runs Mike Zunino, C ................................ #1 and 54 RBI in 50 games for the Mariners in the Venezuelan Summer League enroute to be named DSL Victor Sanchez, RHP ....................... #3 Most Valuable Player. Claudio Almonte was named Manager of the year. Guerrero led the DSL in home Ketel Marte, INF..............................#19 runs (11) and RBI (54), while ranking 3rd in slugging percentage (.605) and 5th in average (.355). Guerrero Appalachian League became the 2nd Mariners farmhand (3rd overall in 2012) to hit for the cycle when he accomplished the feat Jochi Ogando .................................#19 June 28 as the DSL Mariners defeated the DSL Royals 9-1. Guerrero (4x5, 3 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI) grounded out (5-3) in his first at-bat in the bottom of the 1st inning, hit a 2-run homer in the 3rd, singled and Arizaon League scored in the 5th, had a RBI double in the 6th inning and finished the cycle with a triple and run scored in Gabriel Guerrero, OF ......................#17 the 8th. He finished the season with the AZL Mariners batting .333 (25x75) with 17 runs scored, 5 doubles, Tyler Pike, LHP ...............................#18 4 home runs 18 RBI in 18 games. He ended the season on an 11-game hit streak, batting .333 (15x45) with 10 runs scored, 2 doubles, 4 home runs and 11 RBI. Baseball America VSL MVP: CF Jesus Ugueto, hit .388 (107x276) with 72 runs scored, 16 doubles, 6 triples, 6 home runs “Best” Tools Survey and 49 RBI in 71 games for the Mariners in the Venezuelan Summer League enroute to be named VSL Southern League: Most Valuable Player. He led the league in hits, average, runs scored, total bases (153), games played, at- Pitching Prospect .......... Danny Hultzen bats, walks (35), on-base percentage (.458) and slugging percentage (.554), while ranking T1st in extra- Fastball ............................Carter Capps base hits (28), 2nd in RBI and triples and 3rd in stolen bases (22). Ugueto hit safely in 60 of 71 games with Changeup ..................... Danny Hultzen 33 multi-hit efforts. He recorded 3 hitting streaks of 12-or-more games, including a season-high 15-game hit Reliever ...........................Carter Capps streak, June 19-July 4. California League: STREAKING: The DSL Mariners won 14 consecutive from June 11-26, which was the longest winning Strikezone Judgment ........... Brad Miller streak in the minor leagues during the season. The Rome Braves recorded the 2nd-longest win streak at 13 Manager Prospect ............. Pedro Grifol games, July 23-Aug. 4. The Clinton LumberKings joined the DSL Mariners as one of only 16 teams in the minor leagues to record a winning streak of 10 or more games. The LumberKings finished the season on a Midwest League 10-game winning streak (Aug. 25-Sept. 3). Control .............................. Trevor Miller HOLDING RUNNERS ON: The Mariners minor league catchers combined to throw out 41.0 percent of MiLB Caught Stealing Leaders attempted basestealers (608 SB, 422 CS), which led all organizations. The High Desert Mavericks led all minor league teams with a 51.9% caught stealing percentage, while the Clinton LumberKings finished 3rd The Mariners catchers combined to with a 45.1% caught stealing percentage. The Tacoma Rainiers led the Mariners organization with the throw out 41.0% of attempted fewest stolen base attempts (113), which ranked as the 4th-fewest amongst full season MiL teams. basestealers, leading all ML organziations: DON’T RUN ON HICKS: C John Hicks threw out 53.8 percent (57 CS, 49 SB) of attempted base-stealers, ORG SB CS SB% CS% which not only led the California League, but also led all full season qualifying catchers. Hicks’ caught 1. Seattle 608 422 .590 .410 stealing percentage is the highest amongst full season qualifying catchers since Jose Felix threw out 62.9% 2. Minnesota 545 308 .639 .361 of basestealers for Bakersfield Blaze in the California League in 2010. The last Mariners farmhand to throw 3. Chicago (AL) 684 373 .647 .353 out at least 50% of basestealers in a season was Jair Fernandez (52.1%) in 2005 for the VSL Mariners. 4. St. Louis 578 310 .651 .349 5. Detroit 783 398 .663 .337 ERROR FREE BEHIND THE PLATE: C Jesus Sucre was the only qualifying catcher in the Southern League to not commit an error.