A rundown on how Twins players did in winter leagues. We'll look at the batters today and the pitchers tomorrow.
THE GOOD
Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua, Venezuelan), .258/.317/.475 with 10 homers in 198 at-bats.
Chris Colabello (Guasave, Mexican), .332/.399/.644 with 17 homers in 205 at-bats.
Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican), .322/.368/.416 in 149 at-bats.
Deibinson Romero (Escogido, Dominican), .273/.333/.455 in 11 at-bats.
Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican), .338/.386/.496 in 133 at-bats.
Miguel Sano (Oriente, Venezuelan), .265/.373/.571 with 4 homers in 49 at-bats.
THE AVERAGE
James Beresford (Melbourne, Australian), .284/.324/.343 in 67 at-bats.
Pedro Florimon (Escogido, Dominican), .260/.336/.293 in 123 at-bats.
Harold Garcia (Zulia/Aragua, Venezuelan), .267/.313/.356 in 45 at-bats.
Darin Mastroianni (Zulia, Venezuelan), .256/.381/.337 in 86 at-bats.
Wilkin Ramirez (Este, Dominican), .213/.309/.362 in 47 at-bats.
THE BAD
Jhonatan Arias (Oriente, Dominican), .143/.200/.143 in 28 at-bats.
Brandon Boggs (Magallanes, Venezuelan), .197/.307/.263 in 62 at-bats.
Drew Butera (Oriente, Dominican), .189/.328/.245 in 53 at-bats.
Brian Dozier (Margarita, Venezuelan), .208/.240/.208 in 24 at-bats.
Eduardo Escobar (La Guaira/Anozategui, Venezuelan), .205/.277/.322 in 146 at-bats.
Jorge Fernandez (Carolina, Puerto Rican) .167/.167/.167 in 6 at-bats.
Aaron Hicks (Margarita, Venezuelan), .204/.306/.296 in 54 at-bats.
Angel Morales (Ponce/Carolina, Puerto Rican), .153/.219/.288 in 59 at-bats.
Ray Olmedo (La Guaira, Venezuelan), .237/.274/.288 in 59 at-bats.
Josmil Pinto (Aragua, Venezuelan), .172/.250/.345 in 29 at-bats.
Rory Rhodes (Brisbane, Australian), .250/.294/.281 in 32 at-bats.
Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican), .181/.280/.333 in 72 at-bats.
Logan Wade (Brisbane, Australian), .167/.253/.205 in 78 at-bats.
JaDamion Williams (Sydney, Australian), .218/.281/.278 in 133 at-bats.
WHAT IT MEANS
Probably not much. It's winter ball. The competition is uneven and the playing time is often sporadic. The highest number of at-bats for anyone listed is 205, and most of them had less than a hundred. Still, it's fun to follow and interesting to look at. For me, anyway.
Drew Butera (Oriente, Dominican), .189/.328/.245 in 53 at-bats.
that is impressive
Yeah, but you forgot one more part of his slash line, special only for him: 1.321 GSF (Gardy Swoon Factor)
We may have to track that stat this season.
I bet we could come up with a whole package of Gardy-metrics for a "Gut-Feeling Fantasy League".
Does the person who gets last win?
*looks at Twins' last two seasons* Yep, looks like it.
now, that could be a fun league. You'd have to set a minimum ZIPS forecast or summat for each roster
I'm excited to try to quantify "getting-after it" and "ever living fire".
For me too. Thanks (as always) for the effort!
For as happy as it makes me to see Florimon and Mastroianni managed to be average, I'm pretty saddened by Hicks and Dozier being bad.
And it's good to have confirmation that Drew Butera sucks on multiple continents. Let's send him to Antarctica for a year or two, just to be sure.
Thanks for tracking all this and putting up the posts, Jeff!
Hicks was bad... in 54 ABs. Dozier sucked it up in an even fewer 24 ABs. I'm not too worried. Hicks had a solid OBP, it was just contact and power that he struggled with in short, possibly sporadic time.
Yeah, I'm not really concerned by their numbers here. Those were the two names on the bad list that surprised me, is all. I do expect Hicks to play decently once he gets his shot at the majors, and Dozier looks to be at least serviceable.
Butera's playing for Italy in the WBC, so we can see him in a third continent this year!
And Antarctica after that, right? Please?