Top Eastern League Players of 2009

Today our series of minor league rankings moves down to the Double-A level. The Eastern League is one of three AA leagues. In my opinion this is the level that has the most exciting prospects. You get guys like Carlos Santana, Pedro Alvarez and Jesus Montero.

Top 25 Eastern League Batters (minimum 50 at-bats)

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	Spd	BABIP	wOBA
Daniel Nava	Red Sox	17.50%	10.20%	0.364	0.479	0.568	0.203	2.8	0.382	0.471
Ryan Strieby	Tigers	16.20%	27.20%	0.303	0.427	0.565	0.262	3.6	0.359	0.445
Pedro Alvarez	Pirates	13.30%	26.60%	0.333	0.419	0.59	0.257	2.2	0.407	0.444
Brandon Snyder	Orioles	11.80%	22.40%	0.343	0.421	0.597	0.254	1.8	0.404	0.444
Michael Taylor	Phillies	9.90%	16.00%	0.333	0.408	0.569	0.236	6.9	0.361	0.438
Ike Davis	Mets	11.20%	29.00%	0.309	0.386	0.565	0.256	0.9	0.381	0.426
Scott Sizemore	Tigers	13.30%	20.20%	0.307	0.402	0.535	0.228	6.1	0.353	0.422
Carlos Santana	Indians	17.40%	19.40%	0.29	0.413	0.53	0.241	3.4	0.314	0.418
Brian Dopirak	Blue Jays	9.60%	22.90%	0.308	0.374	0.576	0.268	2.2	0.35	0.417
Aaron Bates	Red Sox	7.60%	23.80%	0.34	0.405	0.505	0.165	3	0.42	0.414
Jorge Vazquez	Yankees	3.40%	20.00%	0.329	0.357	0.578	0.249	2.1	0.365	0.414
Joshua Bell	Orioles	8.80%	24.60%	0.298	0.354	0.579	0.281	1.1	0.325	0.411
Michael Bertram	Tigers	9.60%	25.20%	0.285	0.353	0.585	0.301	4	0.321	0.408
Jesus Montero	Yankees	7.70%	12.60%	0.317	0.37	0.539	0.222	0.6	0.321	0.407
Daniel Figueroa	Orioles	14.10%	21.80%	0.319	0.444	0.412	0.092	6.2	0.402	0.406
Mark Wagner	Red Sox	15.50%	17.00%	0.301	0.41	0.477	0.176	2	0.347	0.404
Jeremy Slayden	Phillies	12.60%	23.70%	0.281	0.372	0.525	0.245	1.7	0.309	0.397
Ian Desmond	Nationals	8.60%	23.50%	0.306	0.372	0.494	0.188	6.4	0.371	0.396
Steve Torrealba	Orioles	25.30%	16.10%	0.242	0.425	0.419	0.177	0.1	0.245	0.39
Neil Sellers	Phillies	8.50%	13.70%	0.317	0.383	0.486	0.17	3.1	0.342	0.389
Paco Figueroa	Orioles	11.70%	16.40%	0.305	0.39	0.438	0.133	7	0.365	0.387
Josh Petersen	Mets	11.70%	13.80%	0.326	0.409	0.442	0.116	2.5	0.366	0.386
Luis Exposito	Red Sox	4.20%	29.30%	0.337	0.371	0.489	0.152	2.7	0.452	0.382
Josh Reddick	Red Sox	10.50%	24.20%	0.277	0.352	0.52	0.242	5.5	0.32	0.382
Brock Bond	Giants	13.00%	15.30%	0.333	0.429	0.409	0.076	5.4	0.392	0.381
Casper Wells	Tigers	12.10%	33.10%	0.26	0.369	0.489	0.228	5.7	0.342	0.381
Danny Valencia	Twins	12.40%	18.30%	0.284	0.373	0.482	0.197	5.2	0.322	0.38
Jeff Frazier	Tigers	7.40%	14.90%	0.322	0.375	0.471	0.149	1.9	0.37	0.378
Nick Evans	Mets	8.70%	21.00%	0.276	0.35	0.467	0.19	4.9	0.325	0.376
Ray Chang	Pirates	10.60%	12.60%	0.291	0.383	0.449	0.157	2.9	0.321	0.375
Reegie Corona	Yankees	15.40%	16.30%	0.287	0.397	0.397	0.111	5.3	0.335	0.375
Brian Stavisky	Phillies	13.60%	21.30%	0.279	0.377	0.454	0.175	3.3	0.331	0.375
Brian Dinkelman	Twins	10.70%	15.90%	0.296	0.383	0.44	0.144	3.2	0.339	0.374
Josh Thole	Mets	9.90%	8.90%	0.328	0.395	0.422	0.094	3.8	0.358	0.373
Alex Avila	Tigers	13.60%	23.40%	0.264	0.365	0.45	0.185	3.2	0.313	0.371

The Top 25 Eastern League Pitchers (minimum 50 IP) will appear after these messages...

Name	Team	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA	FIP
Hector Rondon	Indians	9.13	2	0.38	1.06	0.305	74.90%	2.75	2.51
Steven Wright	Indians	7.08	2.21	0.11	1.13	0.3	75.60%	2.32	2.6
Marc Rzepczynski	Blue Jays	10.33	4.23	0.12	1.51	0.381	69.10%	2.93	2.64
Zach Putnam	Indians	9.05	2.86	0.32	1.36	0.357	65.20%	4.13	2.65
Kevin Whelan	Yankees	10.37	4.61	0.16	1.21	0.289	76.20%	2.63	2.72
Zach Simons	Tigers	8.82	3.71	0.18	1.18	0.288	66.60%	2.82	2.73
Josh Schmidt	Yankees	10.33	4.09	0.22	1.14	0.282	86.40%	1.61	2.76
Anthony Slama	Twins	12.81	4.41	0.69	1.19	0.31	84.90%	2.48	2.91
Joe Paterson	Giants	9	3.13	0.39	1.03	0.259	80.20%	1.96	2.94
Brad Lincoln	Pirates	7.8	2.16	0.48	1.08	0.287	78.80%	2.28	2.96
Ryan Edell	Indians	9.17	1.91	0.81	1.13	0.315	82.40%	2.32	2.96
Alex Burnett	Twins	8.46	3.09	0.33	0.99	0.246	79.70%	1.79	2.98
Yohan Pino	Twins	9.29	2.32	0.58	1.24	0.34	75.90%	3.19	2.99
Michael Dunn	Yankees	12.83	5.4	0.51	1.37	0.338	73.50%	3.71	2.99
Erik Stiller	Indians	8.78	3.88	0.26	1.23	0.296	68.10%	3.23	3
Zach McAllister	Yankees	7.14	2.45	0.3	1.08	0.277	74.80%	2.23	3.03
Wilkins Arias	Yankees	9.63	3.21	0.58	1.22	0.312	71.40%	3.65	3.07
Jake Arrieta	Orioles	10.68	3.51	0.61	1.15	0.298	76.80%	2.59	3.08
Chance Chapman	Phillies	8.37	3.08	0.51	1.16	0.287	79.20%	2.73	3.11
Dustin Richardson	Red Sox	11.37	5.68	0.28	1.29	0.289	76.60%	2.7	3.12
Matt Yourkin	Giants	10.23	3.69	0.71	1.23	0.306	83.10%	2.42	3.18
Dan Griffin	Giants	10.6	2.84	0.74	1.48	0.397	60.40%	5.42	3.19
Neil Wagner	Indians	10.18	4.72	0.44	1.31	0.304	74.20%	2.95	3.2
Jeff Manship	Twins	5.35	2.38	0.24	1.22	0.294	62.50%	4.28	3.23
Ben Snyder	Giants	7.98	3.53	0.37	1.24	0.294	75.00%	2.88	3.23
Ryan Pope	Yankees	6.75	2.17	0.45	1.34	0.336	56.60%	4.78	3.24
Reidier Gonzalez	Blue Jays	6.48	2.42	0.39	1.15	0.285	71.20%	2.9	3.25
Chad Rhoades	Red Sox	8.96	3.94	0.44	1.3	0.309	68.00%	3.94	3.26
Waldis Joaquin	Giants	6.67	4.67	0	1.19	0.243	73.40%	2.67	3.27
Michael Crotta	Pirates	6.08	2.07	0.44	1.49	0.361	61.90%	4.76	3.3
Junichi Tazawa	Red Sox	8.08	2.39	0.73	1.08	0.277	79.80%	2.57	3.35
Sean Smith	- - -	8.46	3.63	0.5	1.21	0.285	76.90%	2.82	3.36
Randy Boone	Blue Jays	6.28	2.93	0.28	1.31	0.31	66.50%	3.7	3.37
Ryan Mullins	Twins	8.26	2.23	0.81	1.46	0.37	69.90%	4.03	3.4
Jack Spradlin	Nationals	7.59	3.04	0.51	1.14	0.275	73.60%	2.87	3.43