Notes and Team Leaders: Fort Myers Miracle

We're using an arbitrary standard of 150 at-bats and 50 IP to determine rate leaders.

OPS

T. J. White, .776
Edgar Corcino, .760
Joe Maloney, .724

AVG

Nick Gordon, .291
White, .274
Corcino, .266

OBP

White. 345
Alex Perez, .345
Corcino, .340

SLG

White, .432
Corcino, .419
Maloney, .401

HR

Trey Vavra, 8
White, 7
Corcino, 6

DOUBLES

Gordon, 23
Maloney, 17
Vavra, 17

RBI

Gordon, 52
Vavra, 40
Chris Paul, 36

SB

Gordon, 19
Tanner English, 10
4 tied at 6

ERA

Felix Jorge, 1.55
Fernando Romero, 1.88
Stephen Gonsalves, 2.33

WHIP

Romero, 0.93
Jorge, 0.94
Gonsalves, 0.96

WINS

Jorge, 9
Keaton Steele, 8
Randy Rosario, 6

STRIKEOUTS

Steele, 85
Jorge, 77
3 tied at 68

SAVES

Nick Anderson, 10
Yorman Landa, 7
Todd Van Steensel, 5

STARTS

Steele, 23
Rosario, 16
Jorge 14

GAMES

Van Steensel, 39
John Curtiss, 38
Luke Bard, 35

INNINGS

Steele, 132.1
Rosario, 94.1
Jorge, 93

Nick Gordon went .291/.335/.386.  Not bad, but not really what you're hoping for out of your first-round draft choice, either.  On the other hand, he'll turn twenty-one next month, so he's still developing.  One assumes he'll go to AA next season, and we'll see how it goes.

LaMonte Wade would've been on a lot of these lists had he come up to Fort Myers a little sooner.  He went .318/.386/.518 in 110 at-bats.  He'll be twenty-three on New Year's Day.

After doing well in Elizabethton and Cedar Rapids last year, Trey Vavra appears to have stalled out.  He hit .230/.316/.326.  He'll be twenty-five tomorrow and hasn't gotten out of Class A yet.  If he's going to do anything, he'll have to do it soon.

The home run leaders have very low totals, but that's typical of Fort Myers.  You really have to be a home run hitter to hit very many there.  Adam Brett Walker II did it, and so did Miguel Sano and Kennys Vargas, but not too many others.

Tyler Jay did not make any of the lists, but he had a good season.  He was 5-5, 2.84, 1.22 WHIP with 68 strikeouts in 69.1 innings.  He'll be twenty-three in April.

Through 2013, Dereck Rodriguez was an outfielder.  He started this year in Cedar Rapids and was still very much a work in progress.  He would pitch well for a few innings, but lose it very quickly.  As the season went on, however, he either gained arm strength or simply learned how to pitch, because he began to go much deeper into games.  His numbers at Cedar Rapids look awful, but he actually improved quite a bit during the season.  Promoted to Fort Myers for five starts, he did very well, going 1-2, 2.56, 0.98 WHIP.  Despite getting started late, he's only twenty-four.  I'm not predicting stardom, but I wouldn't count him out, either.

For part of the season, the Miracle had both Michael Theofanopoulos and Trevor Hildenberger in the bullpen.  That must set some kind of record for longest names by two teammates in the same bullpen.

2 thoughts on “Notes and Team Leaders: Fort Myers Miracle”

    1. I don't know anything about his stuff, but his numbers improved by leaps and bounds over the second half of the season.

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