ST. LOUIS CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT As of Sept. 21
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ST. LOUIS CARDINALS MINOR LEAGUE REPORT as of Sept. 21 MEMPHIS REDBIRDS - PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (AAA) - AMERICAN SOUTHERN DIVISION (83-57, 1ST PLACE, 11.0 GA) STANDINGS *QUALIFIED FOR POSTSEASON • The Redbirds won the PCL finals Sept. 15 in 4 games over Fresno (AAA- Astros). INF Alex Mejia Team (Class - League) Record went 5-5 Sept. 18 to help the club win its first Triple-A title after defeating Durham (AAA-Rays) 14-4. Memphis Redbirds (AAA - Pacific Coast) ................ *83-57 • INF Tommy Edman led the Redbirds in the playoffs with a .469 BA (15-32), 6 runs, 1 HR and 6 RBI. Springfield Cardinals (AA - Texas) ............................ 60-79 Edman was named PCL playoffs co-MVP along with OF Randy Arozarena (.348, 5 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI). First Half ........................................................... 33-37 Second Half ...................................................... 27-42 • RHP Jake Woodford threw 7.1 shoutout innings, allowing 3 hits, 1 walk and 6 strikeouts in Game 4 vs. Fresno. In the playoffs, he had a 0.79 ERA (1 ER/11.1 IP) and 10 strikeouts in 2 games (1 start). Palm Beach Cardinals (High-A - Florida State) ......... 75-58 First Half ......................................................... *39-25 Second Half ...................................................... 36-33 SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS - TEXAS LEAGUE (AA) - NORTH DIVISION (27-42, 4TH PLACE, 13.0 GB) Peoria Chiefs (A - Midwest) ....................................... 76-63 First Half ......................................................... *39-31 • INF Tommy Edman was the top batter for Springfield with a .299 BA (135-452), 6 HR and 36 RBI. Second Half ...................................................... 37-32 He had the team’s longest hit streak with a .365 BA (27-74) in 17 games from July 12-Aug. 5. State College Spikes (SS - NY-Penn) ........................ 36-40 • 2B Andy Young ended the season with a .319 average (43-135), 18 runs, 9 HR and 24 RBI in Johnson City Cardinals (Rk - Appalachian) ............... 31-37 35 games for Springfield. Young will join Edman as infielders in the 2018 Arizona Fall League. GCL Cardinals (Rk - Gulf Coast) .............................. *40-16 • RHP Connor Jones finished with a 3.80 ERA (40 ER/94.2 IP) and 66 strikeouts in 22 outings (17 DSL Cardinals Blue (Rk - Dominican Summer) ....... *51-21 starts). He will also be joining Edman and Young with the Surprise Saguaros in the AFL this fall. DSL Cardinals Red (Rk - Dominican Summer) .......... 40-31 PALM BEACH CARDINALS - FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE (HIGH-A) - SOUTH DIVISION (36-33, 3RD PLACE, 4.0 GB) ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS • Palm Beach finished 1st in its division overall and had the 2nd-most wins in the league with 75. The Rank Organization Record Win Pct. team lost both games of its best-of-3 playoff series vs. Fort Myers (High-A Twins) by a 3-1 score. 1. Tampa Bay Rays 539-354 .604 • 3B Elehuris Montero recorded a .500 batting average (4-8) in playoffs while the team batted 2. Houston Astros 424-331 .562 .209 (14-67). Montero finished the year batting .286 (28-98) in 24 games for Palm Beach. 3. St. Louis Cardinals 492-402 .550 • RHP Jake Walsh had 7 strikeouts and 1 walk in 5.0 innings Sept. 4 in the playoff opener. He went 4. Los Angeles Dodgers 452-374 .547 7-4 with a 2.24 ERA (24 ER/96.1 IP) and 69 strikeouts in 17 outings (16 starts) for Palm Beach. 5. Philadelphia Phillies 474-405 .539 6. Arizona Diamondbacks 483-423 .533 7. Minnesota Twins 395-352 .529 PEORIA CHIEFS - MIDWEST LEAGUE (A) - WESTERN DIVISION (37-32, T-3RD PLACE, 7.5 GB) 8. Toronto Blue Jays 433-389 .527 • The Chiefs lost in 4 games in the best-of-5 MWL finals Sept. 12-16 vs. Bowling Green (A-Rays) 9. Cleveland Indians 424-389 .522 after defeating Quad Cities (A-Astros) and Cedar Rapids (A-Twins) in best-of-3 playoff series. 10. Oakland Athletics 384-372 .508 • 1B Yariel Gonzalez finished the Midwest League finals with a .438 BA (7-16), which included 3 multi-hit games. He also led the team in OPS (.938) and slugging pct. (.500) for the finals. • RHP Zach Prendergast pitched 6.2 innings (2 H, O ER, 1 BB, 7 SO) in game 2 of the finals. He HITTING LEADERS led the league in postseason strikeouts with 18 and finished T-4th in innings pitched (11.2). Batting Average *min. 150 at-bats Malcom Nunez, 3B (DSL BLUE) ........................................ .415 Joerlin De Los Santos, OF (DSL RED) ............................... .359 Carlos Soler, OF (GCL, DSL BLUE) ................................... .337 STATE COLLEGE SPIKES - NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (SS) - PINCKNEY DIVISION (36-40, T-3RD PLACE, 6.5 GB) Home Runs • INF Stanley Espinal finished the season leading the team in batting average (.286), slugging % Lane Thomas, OF (MEM, SPR) .............................................. 27 (.456), OPS (.806), HR (8), RBI (41) and extra-base hits (21) to earn team MVP honors. Tyler O’Neill, OF (MEM) ......................................................... 26 • RHP Franyel Casadilla ended the year with a 4-3 record, 3.84 ERA (26 ER/61.0 IP) and compiled Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM) ........................................................ 22 a team-leading 1.03 WHIP among qualifiers. Casadilla was named the Spikes’ Pitcher of the Year. RBI Lane Thomas, OF (MEM, SPR) .............................................. 88 Elehuris Montero, 3B (PB, PEO) ............................................. 82 Adolis Garcia, OF (MEM) & Johan Mieses, OF (SPR, PB) ...... 71 JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS - APPALACHIAN LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - WEST DIVISION (31-37, T-3RD PLACE, 9.0 GB) Stolen Bases • OF Leandro Cedeno concluded the season with a .336 batting average (75-223), which ranked Oscar Mercado, OF (MEM) ..................................................... 31 6th in the league. He led the team in hits (75), home runs (14), RBI (47), and runs scored (47). Tommy Edman, INF (MEM, SPR) .......................................... 30 Randy Arozarena, OF (MEM, SPR) ......................................... 26 • RHP Tommy Parsons finished with an overall record of 5-1 and a 3.00 ERA (19 ER/57.0 IP) that ranked 3rd in the league. He also ranked 2nd in the league with a 1.21 WHIP. OPS *min. 150 at-bats Malcom Nunez, 3B (DSL BLUE) ........................................ 1.272 Tyler O’Neill, OF (MEM) .................................................... 1.078 Leandro Cedeno, OF (JC) .................................................. 1.011 GCL CARDINALS - GULF COAST LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - EAST DIVISION (40-16, 1ST PLACE, 12.5 GA) • Led by GCL Manger of the Year Erick Almonte, the club ended the regular season with a league- PITCHING LEADERS best .714 win pct. before dropping Game 3 of the GCL finals Aug. 29 to the GCL Tigers West. • OF Andrew Warner earned GCL MVP honors after hitting .342 (39-114) with 16 2B, 4 HR and 27 Wins Dakota Hudson, RHP (MEM) ................................................. 13 RBI in 31 games. RHPs Brian Pirela and Edgar Escobar also made the postseason All-Star team. 5 Tied .................................................................................... 10 Earned Run Average *min. 70.0 innings pitched Julio Puello, RHP (DSL BLUE) ............................................ 2.05 DSL CARDINALS BLUE - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SOUTH DIVISION (51-21 1ST PLACE, 1.0 GA) Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO) .............................................. 2.16 • The DSL Cardinals Blue won their division and finished T-2nd in the 44-team DSL with 51 wins. Daniel Poncedeleon, RHP (MEM) ........................................ 2.24 They dropped both games of their best-of-3 playoff series vs. the DSL Rangers1 from Aug. 27-28. Strikeouts • 3B Malcom Nunez won the DSL batting triple crown with a .415 BA, 13 HR and 59 RBI. He ended Anthony Shew, RHP (SPR, PB) ............................................ 130 Austin Warner, LHP (MEM, SPR, PB) .................................. 125 the year on a 7-game hit streak (11-27, .407) with 5 HR and 10 RBI. Chris Ellis, RHP (MEM, SPR) ............................................... 124 Saves Edward Mujica, RHP (SPR, PB) ............................................. 13 DSL CARDINALS RED - DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (ROOKIE) - SAN PEDRO (40-31, 2ND PLACE, 10.5 GB) Will Latcham, RHP (SPR, PB) ................................................ 12 • The DSL Cardinals Red climbed to 2nd in their division by going 11-5 in their final 16 games Preston Guilmet, RHP (MEM) ............................................... 11 since Aug. 7. They finished with the best team batting average (.273) in the 44-team league. WHIP *min. 70.0 innings pitched • OF Joerlin De Los Santos batted a team-high .425 (31-73) in August with 8 2B, 4 3B and 9 SB. He Alex Fagalde, RHP (PB, PEO) .............................................. 0.99 Jake Walsh, RHP (PB, PEO) ................................................ 1.05 led the DSL in runs (66), and finished 2nd in batting (.359) and T-2nd in hits (84) for the season. Julio Puello, RHP (DSL BLUE) ............................................ 1.07 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... MID-SEASON ALL-STAR SELECTIONS * First Half stats with club only PROSPECTS * according to MLB.com Memphis (AAA) Hitter AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS Rank Name Pos. Current Team 3B Patrick Wisdom .297 52 85 18 1 12 50 34 9 .326 .413 .739 1. Alex Reyes RHP ST. LOUIS Memphis (AAA) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP 2. Nolan Gorman 3B Peoria RHP Dakota Hudson 12-2 2.42 17 17 0 104.1 101 31 28 36 79 1.31 3. Dakota Hudson RHP ST. LOUIS RHP Daniel Poncedeleon 8-3 2.39 17 16 0 83.0 64 35 22 46 98 1.34 4. Ryan Helsley RHP Memphis Springfield (AA) Hitters AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB OBP SLG OPS 5. Andrew Knizner C Memphis 3B Tommy Edman .279 41 73 12 2 4 24 25 13 .339 .385 .725 OF Victor Roache .260 39 64 6 2 15 45 19 3 .317 .484 .801 6. Randy Arozarena OF Memphis OF Lane Thomas .252 40 61 13 0 13 44 29 12 .336 .467 .803 7. Elehuris Montero 3B Palm Beach Springfield (AA) Pitchers W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO WHIP 8.