The Good, The Pretty Good & The Futile

THE GOOD

Most Stolen Bases (full season through 8/14)

29 - Jonathan Villar (CC)
27 - Delino DeShields Jr (LEX)
24 - Luis Durango (OKC)*
23 - Jay Austin (LEX)
20 - Austin Wates (LAN)
18 - Grant Hogue (LAN)
18 - Jose Solano (DSL)
18 - Anderson Hernandez (OKC)
16 - Tyler Burnett (LEX)
16 - Neiko Johnson (TCV)
16 - Teoscar Hernandez (DSL)
16 - T.J. Steele (CC)

*Includes his time in the Padres organization

MORE GOOD

Highest SB success rate for a min. 12 SB's (full season through 8/14)

92% - Jon Gaston (CC)
89% - Tyler Burnett (LEX)
84% - Neiko Johnson (TCV)
80% - Teoscar Hernandez (DSL)
80% - Ruben Sosa (LEX)
77% - Austin Wates (LAN)
75% - Grant Hogue (LAN)
75% - Wladimir Sutil (CC)
73% - T.J. Steele (CC)
72% - Jose Solano (DSL)

THE PRETTY GOOD

They may not have stolen many, but these guys have a success rate of 100% (full season through 8/14)

8 - Andrew Simunic (LAN)
3 - J.R. Towles (OKC)
3 - Daniel Adamson (LAN)

THE FUTILE

As of 8/14, these guys have a 0% success rate in a minimum of 2 tries.

Federico Hernandez (LAN)
David Flores (CC)
Enrique Hernandez (LEX)
Matt Duffy (TCV)
Michael Medina (DSL)
Darwin Rivera (GRN)

The Good, The Bad and The Downright Painful

THE GOOD

Highest OBP based on 250 min. AB for full season, 115 min. AB for short-season and rookie leagues

.439 - Kody Hinze (LAN/CC)
.431 - Neiko Johnson (TCV)
.426 - Chase Davidson (GRN)
.422 - Chris Epps (GCL/TCV)
.401 - Mario Gonzalez (DSL)
.391 - Brandon Wikoff (CC)
.391 - Ben Orloff (LEX)
.386 - Robinson Cancel (OKC)
.384 - James Van Ostrand (CC)
.379 - Brandon Meredith (TCV)
.377 - Teoscar Hernandez (DSL)
.376 - Austin Wates (LAN)
.375 - Jordan Scott (LEX/GRN)

I can't believe a guy that's 35 years old and built like an ottoman (Cancel) has a higher OBP than some of our young studs. Step it up!

THE BAD

Lowest OBP (same parameters)

.232 - T.J. Steele (CC)
.268 - Jean Batista (GCL)
.283 - Joshua Magee (GRN)
.284 - Yoel Silfa (DSL)
.290 - Mesac Laguna (DSL)
.296 - Darwin Rivera (DSL/GRN)
.298 - Jonathan Gaston (CC)

Now I see why everyone over at crawfishboxes.com breaks into hysterical laughter every time Steele is referred to as a 5-tool player by the front office.

THE UGLY

I'm indulging in a bit of schadenfreude (my dental appointment didn't go well) by looking at the Astros minor league leaders in hitting batters.

10 - Sergio Perez (OKC)
9 - Ruben Alaniz (LEX)
9 - Rodney Quintero (GRN)
7 - Mike Foltynewicz (LEX)
7 - Jose Cisnero (LAN)
8 - Eight players are tied.

The thing that stands out to me on this list is that Rodney Quintero has only pitched 25 innings and he has 9 HBP. The dude is playing whack-a-mole out there!

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

THE GOOD

SO% for players with a minimum of 250 PA's (140 PA's for Short Season A & Rookie Leagues) that fall below the ML Average of 18.9%

6.3% - Ben Orloff/LEX
7.9% - Juan Santan/DSL
7.9% - Brandon Wikoff/CC
9.4% - Wladimir Sutil/CC & OKC combined
11.3% - Yoel Silfa/DSL
11.6% - Rene Garcia/LAN
11.9% - Franny Polanco/DSL
12.2% - Neiko Johnson/TCV
12.3% - Mesac Laguna/DSL
12.6% - Jimmy Van Ostrand/CC
12.7% - Mario Gonzalez/DSL
13% - Jordan Scott/GRN & LEX combined
13.1% - Oswaldo Navarro/OKC
13.6% - Zachary Johnson/TCV
13.8% - John Hinson/TCV
14% - Austin Wates/LAN
14.8% - Jacob Goebbert/OKC & CC combined
14.8% - Anderson Hernandez/OKC
14.9% - Justin Gominsky/TCV
15.1% - David Flores/CC & LAN combined
15.5% - Jose Solano/DSL
15.8% - Grant Hogue/LAN
16.4% - Robinson Cancel/OKC
16.6% - Adam Bailey/LAN & LEX combined
16.9% - Jean Batista/GCL
16.9% - Ruben Sosa/GRN
17.1% - Drew Locke/OKC
17.4% - Tyler Burnett/LEX
17.4% - Matt Duffy/TCV
17.8% - Teoscar Hernandez/DSL
18.2% - Miles Hamblin/TCV
18.7% - Jose Thompson/LAN

THE BAD

SO% for players with same minimum PA's that are above the ML Average of 18.9%

28.7% - Justin Shults/GCL
27.8% - Chase Davidson/GRN
27.8% - Tommy Manzella/OKC
26.8% - Jonathan Villar/CC & LAN combined
26.4% - Chris Epps/TCV & GCL combined
26.4% - T.J. Steele/CC
25.5% - Koby Clemens/CC
25.2% - Andrew Simunic/LAN, CC & OKC combined
24.6% - Jonathan Gaston/CC
24.5% - Darwin Rivera/GRN & DSL combined
24.4% - Jiovanni Mier/LAN & LEX combined
24.2% - Jonathan Meyer/LAN
23.3% - Brandon Barnes/CC & OKC combined
23.2% - Chris Wallace/CC & LEX combined
22.6% - Delino DeShields Jr/LEX
21.7% - Emilio King/LEX
21.1% - Jay Austin/LAN & LEX combined
20.9% - Drew Muren/TCV
20.4% - Javaris Reynolds/GCL
20.2% - Mike Kvasnika/LEX
19.9% - Brandon Meredith/TCV
19.5% - Kody Hinze/CC & LAN combined

THE UGLY

HR/9 allowed - minimum of 50IP (25IP for short season and rookie leagues)

1.7 - Erick Abreu/CC
1.6 - Jonathan Aristil/CC
1.5 - Nelson Figueroa/OKC
1.5 - Luis Cruz/LEX
1.5 - Tyson Perez/GRN
1.5 - Francis Ramirez/GCL
1.5 - Andrew Robinson/LAN

The good news is that as a team, the DSL Astros are only allowing 0.3 HR/9 IP, followed closely by the GCL Astros and the Tri-City Valley Cats at 0.5 HR/9 IP. Not surprisingly, Lancaster gives up the most as a team at 1.3 HR/9 IP.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

THE GOOD - Highest SO/9 with a minimum of 20 IP

Dayan Diaz/TCV - 13.1
Blake King/CC - 12.1
Reymin Guduan/DSL - 11.5
Matison Smith/GRN - 11.3
Murillo Gouvea/LEX - 11.0
Danny Meszaros/CC - 11.0

THE BAD - Highest BB/9 with a minimum of 20 IP

Luis Abad/DSL - 9.2
Reymin Guduan/DSL - 9.0
Andres Feliz/DSL - 8.6
Blake King/CC - 7.2
Geronimo Franzua/DSL - 7.0

THE UGLY - Most GIDP

Mike Kvasnika/LEX - 14
Tommy Manzella/OKC - 13
Rene Garcia/LAN - 10
Roberto Pena/LEX - 9
Matt Duffy/TCV - 9

As a side note, it was nice to see that the high for GIDP for the GCL was only 3.