January 14, 2011

Orioles Minor League Wierdness; 2010

A couple of 2010 stats generated by players in the Orioles minor league system that I thought were just plain odd... see for yourself:
  • Outfielder Matt Angle got almost 400 plate appearances @ Triple-A, and had only four doubles... and the guy is fast. Shouldn't you just leg out 15 doubles by default with his kind of wheels?
  • "Light-hitting" shortstop Robert Andino led the Norfolk Tides (AAA) in runs, hit, doubles, and RBI... and he was 3rd in HR, with 13. I know those are all counting stats, and he got a ton of PAs, but that still surprised the heck out of me.
  • Joel Guzman, who was just 25 last year playing at Bowie, by far-and-away led the Orioles organization in HR with 33, and RBI with 98; he also set a career high in walks. Then they let him go as a minor league free agent... Dude has been typecast as a career minor leaguer, and will play overseas in 2011.
  • Former MLB outfielder Joey Gathright hit .185 in a half a season (244 PAs) in Norfolk. Ouch. His OPS was .477. I think that's almost impossibly low.
  • RHP Brandon Erbe (who many still have high hopes for) was 0-10 in 14 starts at Norfolk. That's just plain hard to do.
  • Delmarva shortstop Garabez Rosa recorded 478 plate appearances last year, and walked just 7 times. He averaged one walk every 18 games.
  • Rosa also accomplished another cool feat in 2010: he committed 46 errors at shortstop. That's... I don't know what that is.

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