Summer League Baseball

[engie]

Mangum and Rooker are both leading their divisions in the Cape in batting average.

Small, Pilkington, Padgett, Rigby all looking really good. Barlow and Breaux seeing some early struggles. Gridley and Marrero both still trying to adjust to the pitching in the Cape with around 20 ABs each without notable success.

Signee Vansau is leading the Alaska league in batting average.

Cody Brown would be 3rd in the Cal Ripken League in batting average if he had quite enough ABs to qualify. He's hitting .371.

Cyr has been really good in the Great Lakes League. Gordon is hitting a bunch of doubles and a few bombs in the New England League.

James and Plumlee have both been really good in the Valley Baseball League. Tanner Poole is among the leading batters there.

Doesn't look like Kruger, Stovall, Smith have really played yet in the California League.

Goldwater has been pretty average in the Cal League but is striking out alot. Bragg is struggling out there.

Elliot has struggled in the Northwoods League.


Overall, no real breakouts/unexpected stuff other than maybe Vansau. Power numbers for us are a little concerning. Pitching has been really good, but not quite "break out" level in terms of numbers, although scouts are raving about Pilkington. That said, not many guys struggling either. So we may be able to expect more consistency going forward. Enough of a sample size to begin to make note of performances, but not really enough to form solid conclusions yet. These guys are one good/bad outing from totally changing their current outlook stats-wise.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Are all of these leagues considered equal, or are some like the Cape a step above as far as competition?

 

[engie]

Cape is a definite step above. Everyone else is left over from their cherrypicking. For all intents and purposes, it can be considered ~ = to the SEC in terms of competition. Obviously the power numbers go down with the wood bats up there.

The only way I know to draw conclusions is comparing to other guys inside the leagues and on the same team. Comparing to teammates seems to be the most accurate, since they will always play on the same field/conditions. Home field/park factor is tremendously variant in all of these leagues. So, one team may hit a bunch of bombs playing in a launching pad -- while Rooker can't buy a bomb playing in a graveyard.