Astros MiLB Affiliates: Pitching Leaders

While the major league team takes a short break for the All-Star festivities (except, of course, for the SIX Astros All-Stars), let's check in on the Astros affiliate leaders in various categories. Today, we'll look at the pitchers ...

Rogelio Armenteros - April 2017

Photo by Jayne Hansen

TOP TEN(ish) LISTS

Primarily Starting Pitchers

ERA (minimum 50 IP)
1.75: Fresno RHP Rogelio Armenteros
2.38: Corpus Christi RHP Yoanys Quiala
2.40: Buies Creek RHP Jorge Alcala
2.56: Buies Creek RHP Forrest Whitley
2.66: Corpus Christi LHP Alex Winkelman
2.79: Corpus Christi LHP Framber Valdez
2.84: Corpus Christi RHP Josh James
2.88: Buies Creek RHP Hector Perez
2.98: Buies Creek RHP Franklin Perez
2.99: Quad Cities RHP Carson LaRue

WHIP (min. 50 IP)
0.965: Corpus Christi RHP Yoanys Quiala
0.994: Buies Creek RHP Franklin Perez
0.996: Quad Cities RHP Carson LaRue
1.009: Fresno RHP Rogelio Armenteros
1.023: Buies Creek RHP Jorge Alcala
1.112: Corpus Christi LHP Framber Valdez
1.123: Buies Creek LHP Ryan Hartman
1.175: Corpus Christi RHP Akeem Bostick
1.193: Corpus Christi RHP Josh James
1.225: Buies Creek RHP Forrest Whitley

Strikeout/Walk Ratio
4.93: Corpus Christi RHP Yoanys Quiala
4.77: Fresno RHP Trent Thornton
4.67: Corpus Christi LHP Alex Winkelman
3.71: Corpus Christi LHP Kent Emanuel
3.68: Buies Creek RHP Forrest Whitley
3.67: Buies Creek RHP Gabriel Valdez
3.54: Fresno RHP Rogelio Armenteros
3.47: Fresno RHP Kyle Smith
3.36: Quad Cities RHP Carson LaRue
3.31: Buies Creek RHP Franklin Perez

Strikeouts
94: Buies Creek RHP Hector Perez (72 IP)
89: Corpus Christi LHP Framber Valdez (77.1 IP)
85: Fresno RHP Rogelio Armenteros (77.1 IP)
85: Buies Creek LHP Brett Adcock (70.2 IP)
81: Buies Creek RHP Forrest Whitley (56.1 IP)
74: Quad Cities RHP Carson LaRue (75.1 IP)
74: Corpus Christi RHP Yoanys Quiala (75.2 IP)
70: Corpus Christi LHP Alex Winkelman (61 IP)
68: Buies Creek RHP Jorge Alcala (71.1 IP)
63: Corpus Christi LHP Kent Emanuel (74.1 IP)

Primarily Relief Pitchers

ERA (minimum 15 appearances)
1.50: Corpus Christi RHP Nick Hernandez
2.16: Fresno RHP Dayan Diaz
2.16: Fresno RHP Kevin Comer
2.68: Buies Creek LHP Sebastian Kessay
2.95: Buies Creek LHP Sean Stutzman
3.08: Quad Cities RHP Lucas Williams
3.08: Quad Cities RHP Abdiel Saldana
3.21: Quad Cities LHP Salvador Montano
3.22: Buies Creek RHP Carlos Sierra
3.23: Buies Creek RHP Erasmo Pinales

WHIP (min. 15 appearances)
0.861: Corpus Christi RHP Nick Hernandez
1.080: Fresno RHP Dayan Diaz
1.101: Buies Creek RHP Carlos Sierra
1.154: Buies Creek RHP Erasmo Pinales
1.165: Buies Creek LHP Sebastian Kessay
1.229: Buies Creek RHP Kevin Hill
1.280: Fresno RHP Kevin Comer
1.297: Fresno RHP Andrew Thome
1.311: Buies Creek LHP Sean Stutzman
1.351: Corpus Christi RHP Ralph Garza

Strikeout/Walk Ratio (min. 15 appearances)
4.25: Fresno RHP Aaron West
3.77: Corpus Christi RHP Nick Hernandez
3.56: Fresno RHP Kevin Comer
3.55: Fresno LHP Reymin Guduan
3.30: Fresno RHP Andrew Thome
3.30: Corpus Christi RHP Riley Ferrell
3.25: Fresno RHP Dayan Diaz
3.00: Fresno RHP Jacob Dorris
2.75: Buies Creek RHP Kevin Hill
2.70: Corpus Christi RHP Ryan Thompson

Saves
9: Corpus Christi RHP Nick Hernandez
7: Fresno RHP Andrew Thome
6: Buies Creek RHP Erasmo Pinales
6: Fresno RHP Kevin Comer
6: Fresno RHP Jordan Jankowski

In case you missed it, I checked in on the position players yesterday here.

Astros MiLB Affiliates: Offensive Leaders

While the major league team takes a short break for the All-Star festivities (except, of course, for the SIX Astros All-Stars), let's check in on the Astros affiliate leaders in various categories. Today, we'll look at the position players ...

Jon Kemmer - May 2015

Photo by Jayne Hansen

TOP TEN(ish) LISTS

Batting Average (minimum 200 plate appearances)
.331: Fresno IF/OF Tony Kemp
.320: Buies Creek OF Myles Straw
.314: Quad Cities OF Carmen Benedetti
.310: Fresno 3B Colin Moran
.307: Fresno OF Jon Kemmer
.306: Fresno OF Derek Fisher
.296: Fresno IF Tyler White
.295: Corpus Christi OF Drew Ferguson
.295: Corpus Christi IF Jack Mayfield
.288: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker

On-Base Percentage (min. 200 PA)
.435: Quad Cities OF Carmen Benedetti
.429: Buies Creek OF Myles Straw
.411: Fresno C Max Stassi
.400: Fresno OF Jon Kemmer
.398: Corpus Christi 1B Jon Singleton
.390: Corpus Christi OF Drew Ferguson
.378: Fresno IF/OF Tony Kemp
.373: Corpus Christi IF Antonio Nunez
.371: Fresno IF Tyler White
.370: Fresno OF Derek Fisher

Slugging Percentage (min. 200 PA)
.575: Fresno OF Derek Fisher
.556: Fresno 3B Colin Moran
.553: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker
.528: Fresno OF Jon Kemmer
.523: Buies Creek C Jake Rogers
.521: Fresno C Max Stassi
.509: Corpus Christi 3B J.D. Davis
.494: Corpus Christi IF Jack Mayfield
.489: Fresno IF Tyler White
.485: Corpus Christi OF Jason Martin

*On-Base + Slugging (min. 200 PA)
.945: Fresno OF Derek Fisher
.931: Fresno C Max Stassi
.928: Fresno OF Jon Kemmer
.925: Fresno 3B Colin Moran
.920: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker
.909: Quad Cities OF Carmen Benedetti
.888: Buies Creek C Jake Rogers
.860: Fresno IF Tyler White
.852: Corpus Christi 3B J.D. Davis
.852: Corpus Christi 1B Jon Singleton

*Buies Creek 1B/OF/DH Yordan Alvarez fell just short of my arbitrary 200 minimum plate appearance threshold with only 195 PA; with just a few more plate appearances, he would have led this category with a 1.041 OPS. His batting line through his first 45 games is .342/.441/.600/.1041.

Runs Scored
58: Fresno IF Tyler White
58: Buies Creek OF Myles Straw
56: Fresno 1B A.J. Reed
56: Fresno IF/OF Tony Kemp
55: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker
51: Corpus Christi OF Jason Martin
51: Quad Cities OF Daz Cameron
50: Fresno OF Derek Fisher
50: Corpus Christi OF Drew Ferguson
47: Fresno 3B Colin Moran
47: Quad Cities OF Ronnie Dawson

Doubles
22: Fresno OF Derek Fisher
21: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker
21: Corpus Christi OF Jason Martin
20: Corpus Christi IF Jack Mayfield
19: Quad Cities C Chuckie Robinson
18: Fresno IF Tyler White
18: Quad Cities OF Carmen Benedetti
17: Fresno 1B A.J. Reed
17: Corpus Christi 3B J.D. Davis
17: Buies Creek C Jake Rogers

Triples (Top 9)
6: Quad Cities OF Daz Cameron
6: Buies Creek OF Myles Straw
6: Buies Creek 1B/OF Spencer Johnson
5: Fresno OF Preston Tucker
5: Fresno IF/OF Tony Kemp
5: Buies Creek 2B Ryne Birk
5: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker
4: Corpus Christi OF Jason Martin
4: Corpus Christi OF Ramon Laureano

Home Runs
19: Corpus Christi 3B J.D. Davis
19: Fresno OF Derek Fisher
18: Fresno 3B Colin Moran
17: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker
15: Corpus Christi 1B Jon Singleton
15: Fresno 1B A.J. Reed
14: Fresno OF Preston Tucker
14: Buies Creek C Jake Rogers
14: Fresno IF Tyler White
11: Corpus Christi OF Jason Martin

RBI
63: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker
62: Fresno OF Preston Tucker
62: Fresno 3B Colin Moran
56: Fresno OF Derek Fisher
56: Fresno IF Tyler White
53: Corpus Christi 1B Jon Singleton
52: Corpus Christi 3B J.D. Davis
52: Fresno 1B A.J. Reed
47: Buies Creek C Jake Rogers
44: Corpus Christi OF Jason Martin
44: Buies Creek 1B/OF/DH Yordan Alvarez
44: Quad Cities C Chuckie Robinson

Stolen Bases
25: Buies Creek OF Myles Straw (8 caught stealing)
19: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker (7 CS)
19: Quad Cities OF Daz Cameron (6 CS)
18: Corpus Christi OF Ramon Laureano (4 CS)
15: Corpus Christi OF Drew Ferguson (5 CS)
14: Fresno OF Derek Fisher (10 CS)
14: Fresno IF/OF Tony Kemp (5 CS)
13: Corpus Christi OF Jason Martin (7 CS)
12: Buies Creek OF Stephen Wrenn (5 CS)
12: DSL OF Ronaldo Urdaneta in only 28 games (3 CS)
12: DSL SS Deury Carrasco in only 29 games (4 CS)

Walks
76: Corpus Christi 1B Jon Singleton (84 Strikeouts)
58: Buies Creek OF Myles Straw (53 SO)
41: Buies Creek IF Alex DeGoti (57 SO)
40: Fresno 1B A.J. Reed (93 SO)
39: Corpus Christi OF Drew Ferguson (68 SO)
38: Quad Cities OF Carmen Benedetti (33 SO)
37: Corpus Christi 1B Dex McCall (64 SO)
36: Fresno IF Tyler White (76 SO)
35: Corpus Christi OF Kyle Tucker (79 SO)
33: Quad Cities OF Ronnie Dawson (76)

Tomorrow (I hope), we'll look at the pitchers in the system who are at the top of their games.