Players of the Year

One position player and one pitcher for each minor league team.

ROCHESTER

Position player:  Chris Colabello hit .352/.427/.639 with 24 home runs in 338 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Andrew Albers was 11-5, 2.86, 1.18 WHIP with 32 walks and 116 strikeouts in 132.1 innings.

NEW BRITAIN

Position player:  Josmil Pinto hit .308/.411/.482 in 386 at-bats.  He also hit .314/.333/.486 in 70 at-bats in Rochester.

Pitcher:  Logan Darnell was 6-6, 2.61, 1.23 WHIP with 23 walks and 77 strikeouts in 96.2 innings.

FORT MYERS

Position player:  Miguel Sano hit .330/.424/.655 with 16 home runs in 206 at-bats.  He also hit .236/.344/.571 with 19 home runs in New Britain.

Pitcher:  Taylor Rogers was 11-6, 2.55, 1.16 WHIP with 32 walks and 83 strikeouts in 130.2 innings.

CEDAR RAPIDS

Position player:  Byron Buxton hit .341/.431/.559 with 32 stolen bases in 270 at-bats.  He also hit .326/.415/.472 with 23 stolen bases in Fort Myers.

Pitcher:  Brett Lee was 8-4. 2.95, 1.23 WHIP with 26 walks and 89 strikeouts in 116 innings.

ELIZABETHTON

Position player:  Bryan Haar hit .293/.341/.474 in 232 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Hein Robb was 4-4, 2.71, 1.21 WHIP with 13 walks and 52 strikeouts in 63 innings.

GCL TWINS

Position player:  Zach Larson hit .317/.382/.467 in 120 at-bats.  He also hit .301 in 73 at-bats in Elizabethton.

Pitcher:  Lewis Thorpe was 4-1, 2.05, 0.86 WHIP with 6 walks and 64 strikeouts in 44 innings.

DSL TWINS

Position player:  Dubal Baez hit .335/.447/.396 with 27 stolen bases in 164 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Alexis Tapia was 2-1, 2.13, 0.87 WHIP with 5 walks and 31 strikeouts in 42.1 innings.

6 thoughts on “Players of the Year”

  1. Thanks for all the hard work this year Padre. Too bad the playoff teams couldn't give you another couple of weeks to work with.

    1. Ditto. Following the minors were more entertaining this year than the big club and you made it easy to follow.

    1. This is the first time I remember doing this where every team had someone who was actually deserving of being a Player of the Year, rather than someone who was just the best of a mediocre bunch.

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