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The Mets four full season affiliates all had different levels of success combining to go 306-254 record in 2015. You will notice that Michael Conforto and his Minor League slash line of .297/.372/.482 are not below because I chose to leave it off now that he passed 130 at bats. Dilson Herrera, Johnny Monell and Darrell Ceciliani did not have enough at bats to qualify for the leaderboard.
Average: T.J. Rivera .325 (B’Mets & 51’s), Luis Guillorme .318 (Savannah), Gavin Cecchini .317 (B’Mets), Jeff McNeil .307 (St. Lucie & B’Mets), Dominic Smith .305 (St. Lucie), Matt Oberste .301 (St. Lucie), Eudor Garcia .296 (Savannah).
OBP: Jonathan Johnson .396 (Savannah), Travis Taijeron .393 (Las Vegas), Guillorme .391, Cecchini .377, McNeil .373, John Mora .368 (Savannah), Josh Rodriguez .368 (B’Mets & 51’s), Rivera .364, Oberste .359, Smith .354.
SLG: Taijeron .536, Rodriguez .488, Brandon Allen .478 (Las Vegas), Rivera .449, Cecchini .442, Garcia .442, Oberste .430, Wuilmer Becerra .423, Smith .417.
OPS: Taijeron .929, Rodriguez .857, Allen .828, Cecchini .819, Rivera .814, Mora .796.
Doubles: Smith 33, Taijeron 32, Matt Reynolds 32 (Las Vegas), Allen 29, Becerra 27, Cecchini 26.
Triples: Mora 12, Victor Cruzado 7 (St. Lucie), McNeil 6, Oberste 6, Amed Rosario 5 (St. Lucie).
Homeruns: Taijeron 25, Rodriguez 19, Alex Castellanos 16 (Las Vegas), Allen 16.
RBI: Rodriguez 81, Smith 79, Taijeron 71, Allen 68, Reynolds 66 , Oberste 64, Becerra 63.
Runs: McNeil 80, Johnson 73, Rodriguez & Reynolds 70, Dilson Herrera 68 (Las Vegas), Guillorme & Becerra 67.
Steals: Patrick Biondi 38 (Savannah), Wilfredo Tovar 30 (Las Vegas), Johnson 23, Champ Stuart 21 (St. Lucie).
BB/K: Johnson 1.69, Mora 0.81, Guillorme 0.77, Cecchini 0.76, Cruzado 0.67, Rodriguez 0.62, McNeil 0.59.
Cecchini amoung the leaders in almost every category looks like he’s going to be our future SS, how’s his defense looks like he’s made a decent amount of errors
I’d love for the mets to give a taijeron or a Rivera a shot. They put sick numbers (e.g., 929 ops) and they sit in aaa. I feel bad for those tykes of guys. They are written while producing and not given A shot.
Taijeron strikes out a lot and is basically a one dimensional player, reminds me of a Andrew Brown type. That being said I think we see him in Bigs at some point next year for a few at bats against lefties. Rivera has always hit but problem with him is he doesn’t really have a position and has little power. Could be a useful utility guy though ala Jeff Keppinger.
Started the year of having some throwing issues that stemmed from rushing the ball and some sloppy footwork. Worked on it quite a bit with coaches and was better down the stretch. Overall I think he is an average defensive SS.
See, where I think he’s not. He’s a comparison of two players:
478 ABs, 25 HR, 22 2B, 393 OBP, 929 OPS, 147 SO
286 ABs, 15 HR, 18 2B, 374 OBP, 918 OPS, 68 SO
The top is Travis and the bottom is Miguel Sano: a highly touted Twins prospect. I know there’s the age factor and league inflation factor; but the numbers are similar. Travis hits for power, gets on base and yes he strikes out. So do most major leaguer home run hitters. Harper has averaged 140 strike outs a year; Stanton 192 SO, Chris Davis 200 SO … I wish players who weren’t touted and are a little older would get a shot. Look at Jose Bautista. He came into his own much later in his career. I hope he continues to develop, and he puts up monster numbers again. It’s sad they get ignored and explained away.
Also 4 years difference between those numbers in their leagues. I think there is possibility that Travis could have a Jack Cust type career but also possible he does absolutely nothing at ML level. He should have gotten some at bats when they cut JMJ this year, I will give you that.