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My day job remains hectic but I thought I’d drop some random fun stats this afternoon. In no particular order and of no necessary significance:

• Oscar Taveras is 4th in wOBA for all of AA.  He trails three players who are 3, 4 and 3 years older than him, respectively.
• Oscar Taveras leads AA in batting average.
• For pitchers with 50+ innings in AA, Seth Maness has the lowest walk rate.  Seth Maness is currently walking just 2.0% of the batters he’s faced.  Major league control artist Cliff Lee posted his lowest single season walk rate in 2010 when he walked 2.1% of the batters he faced.
• Shelby Miller is currently striking out 23.9% of the batters he’s faced in Memphis. That’s good for 17th in all of AAA (50 IP min). The 16 players in front of him are all 3 years older except Chris Archer of the Rays who is just 2 years older. Shelby Miller is a baby pitching in AAA and still ranks among the best.
•  Greg Garcia’s .418 OBP ranks 4th among qualified AA batters.
• Mike O’Neill is 14th in A+ baseball in terms of wOBA. His OBP is third in the league and his walk rate is 9th.
• Kyle Hald has the 8th best walk rate for pitchers in A ball with 50+ innings.
• Colin Walsh is third in A ball for wOBA among qualified hitters. He’s 4th in terms of OBP and 4th in ISO.
• Among qualified pitchers in short season baseball (this is a low threshold ~25 innings), Tyler Melling leads with a miniscule 1.6% walk rate. He’s issued 2 walks in 30.2 innings.
• Matt Adams is 8th in AAA ISO (min 100 PAs) and is the youngest player on the list with the exception of the Cubs current first baseman, Anthony Rizzo.
• Only the Ranger’s Jurickson Profar and the Orioles Manny Machado are younger than Oscar Taveras among hitters with 100+ PA in AA.

Just going to drop some quick numbers from the first round (non supplemental) of the 2005 draft. Out of 30 players selected:

12 were pitchers. 7 made it to the majors. They’ve accumulated 19.2 WAR to date* or 1.6 WAR return per draftee. The most productive pitcher selected in the first round thus far was Matt Garza with 9.1 WAR nearly half of the entire class’s value.

18 were hitters. 16 made it to the majors. They’ve accumulated 75.5 WAR to date or 4.2 WAR return per draftee. The most productive hitter selected was Ryan Zimmerman at over 19 WAR. Honorable mentions to Ryan Braun – 13 and Troy Tulowitzki – 11.

10 were high schoolers. 6 made it to the majors. 18.1 WAR total; 1.8 WAR return per draftee.  Justin Upton gets the props from this group with 5 WAR. Has anyone done a study on average age to reach the majors for players drafted out of HS? I would think these numbers are depressed by longer stints in the minors and being in the majors prior to their physical peak.

20 were college draftees. 17 made it to the majors. 76.6 WAR total; 3.8 WAR return per draftee. Zimmerman with the win again.

Tyler Greene doesn’t look so great relative to average but I’d expect Colby Rasmus to pull close to the average line by the end of the season.

Data table after jump –

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Memphis

• Jon Jay: 1.008 OPS
• Bryan Anderson: .956 OPS
• Evan MacLane: 18.2 IP, 17 K, 2 BB
• Adam Ottavino: 10IP, 14K, 3 BB

Springfield

• Andrew Brown: 1.003 OPS
• Aaron Luna: .973 OPS
• Adam Reifer: 4IP, 6K, 0BB
• Blake King: 6.1IP, 7K, 3BB

Palm Beach

• Jose Garcia: 1.045 OPS
• Casey Mulligan: 4IP, 8K, 1BB

Quad Cities

• Matt Adams: 1.011 OPS
• Scott Schneider: 14IP, 15K, 0BB
• Shelby Miller: 7IP, 14K, 4BB
• Deryk Hooker: 9IP, 13K, 2BB
• Jorge Rondon: 7IP, 12K, 0BB

All stats via MiLB.com including 4/18 games.