Mesoraco Minor League POTY Candidate

[NorrisHopper30]

http://minors.mlblogs.com/

According to Mayo.

Devin Mesoraco, C, Reds: Talk about a breakout. The 2007 first-rounder has split the year between the Class A advanced Carolina League and Double-A Southern League, not exactly known as hitting-friendly circuits. Neverthleless, the 22-year-old Mesoraco has hit a combined .319/.389/.631 in 80 games. His 1.021 OPS is good for eighth overall. He's got 20 homers and 53 RBIs. And he's thrown out 42 percent of would-be base stealers. Not a bad combination of skills.

[GIDP]

If he was on the radar prior to the season he might win it, but I guess if hes a candidate thats just as good considering.

[nemesis]

Be shocked if anyone but Dominic Brown won it. I am surprised he isn't mentioned. Arencibia is having one heck of a year but if the Jays move Buck he'll be in Jay Land the next day.

[dougdirt]

Originally Posted by nemesis

Be shocked if anyone but Dominic Brown won it. I am surprised he isn't mentioned. Arencibia is having one heck of a year but if the Jays move Buck he'll be in Jay Land the next day.

The award is Brown's to lose. Mike Trout and Mike Moustakas are in the conversation as well.

[BRM]

He's got to be the leading candidate for the Reds Minor League POTY. Right? I'm guessing not many picked him as a front-runner for that award back in March.

[dougdirt]

Originally Posted by BRM

He's got to be the leading candidate for the Reds Minor League POTY. Right? I'm guessing not many picked him as a front-runner for that award back in March.

No one else is close. Donnie Joseph has been flat out dominant, but as a reliever, you just can't put that in the same class. No one else has been flat dominant like those two guys.

[GIDP]

Seriously who would be second? Juan Francisco or Joseph, then its basically who wins the award for having the most mediocre season.

[camisadelgolf]

I'd pick Dave Sappelt or possibly Danny Dorn before I picked Juan Francisco. The Reds' minor league pitcher of the year will go to Donnie Joseph, Matt Klinker, Matt Maloney, or Jordan Hotchkiss.

[GIDP]

Originally Posted by camisadelgolf

I'd pick Dave Sappelt or possibly Danny Dorn before I picked Juan Francisco. The Reds' minor league pitcher of the year will go to Donnie Joseph, Matt Klinker, Matt Maloney, or Jordan Hotchkiss.

Sappelt is probably a 2nd place guy now that I think about it.

[flash]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

No one else is close. Donnie Joseph has been flat out dominant, but as a reliever, you just can't put that in the same class. No one else has been flat dominant like those two guys.

Sappelt is only leading the Southern league in batting, has a .520 slg avg and a ops of .904. He also has a obp of .384.

Surprised no one mentioned the Cubs catching prospect Robinson Chirinos
Avg .319
Slg. .597
OBP .407
OPS 1.004

That is for a full season at AA.

[dougdirt]

Overall though Sappelt is only at an .857 OPS. Guy has had a very good year, but it hasn't quite been dominant. Yet. Still a 6 weeks left to get to that point.

[GOYA]

Player 	        ERA 	G 	SV 	IP 	H 	R 	ER 	HR 	HB 	BB 	SO 	WHIP 	HLD 	GF 
Carlos Fisher	1.86	23	4	29.0	13	6	6	4	0	6	30	0.66	7	8

Donnie Joseph	1.52	19	9	23.2	12	4	4	2	1	8	40	0.85	1	17

That's a pretty good battle for best reliever. Fisher has 25% less Ks but he also has 25% less walks. Fisher has a decidedly better BAA.

For both of them, if anyone wants to score a run against them, they'd better hit a HR. Chances drop off a cliff if they don't.

Still, I think the edge has to go to Joseph.

[mace]

I didn't realize Fisher was having the season that he is. Good call, goya. By those numbers, you could make a very good case for him as the top reliever, at least. And unlike so many of the Louisville players, Fisher hasn't been compromised by the slumping that seems to accompany the disappointment of not sticking with the big club.

[GIDP]

Originally Posted by GOYA

Player 	        ERA 	G 	SV 	IP 	H 	R 	ER 	HR 	HB 	BB 	SO 	WHIP 	HLD 	GF 
Carlos Fisher	1.86	23	4	29.0	13	6	6	4	0	6	30	0.66	7	8

Donnie Joseph	1.52	19	9	23.2	12	4	4	2	1	8	40	0.85	1	17

That's a pretty good battle for best reliever. Fisher has 25% less Ks but he also has 25% less walks. Fisher has a decidedly better BAA.

For both of them, if anyone wants to score a run against them, they'd better hit a HR. Chances drop off a cliff if they don't.

Still, I think the edge has to go to Joseph.

Thats not Josephs full season stats though. He also had another 23 innings in low A with 40 strike outs and 7 walks.

[GOYA]

Originally Posted by mace

And unlike so many of the Louisville players, Fisher hasn't been compromised by the slumping that seems to accompany the disappointment of not sticking with the big club.

Fisher had one very bad outing in his 2nd game back from the Reds. (June 5)
He also gave up a run in his 1st appearance back from the Reds.

Player	        IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Fisher (BS, 1)	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	2	3.72

And yes, it's true I didn't post Joseph's low A numbers. I kinda figure he was placed in the wrong league then.