Top Carolina League Players of 2009

The Carolina League is next up in our series of minor league rankings. This will get very interesting next week when we begin to review the 2009 MLB season.

The Top 25 Carolina League Batters (minimum 50 at-bats)

Name	Team	BB%	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	Spd	BABIP	wOBA
Matt McBride	Indians	8.00%	11.90%	0.405	0.453	0.667	0.262	1.5	0.429	0.495
Ryan Kalish	Red Sox	18.40%	17.40%	0.304	0.434	0.513	0.209	6	0.333	0.428
Jordan Danks	White Sox	13.20%	27.10%	0.322	0.409	0.525	0.203	6.9	0.422	0.425
Daniel Nava	Red Sox	14.20%	19.30%	0.339	0.434	0.495	0.156	3.6	0.414	0.415
Robert Widlansky	Orioles	8.20%	14.70%	0.34	0.395	0.506	0.166	3.8	0.384	0.406
Chase D'Arnaud	Pirates	12.50%	19.50%	0.295	0.402	0.481	0.186	8	0.352	0.406
Yamaico Navarro	Red Sox	6.00%	12.80%	0.319	0.373	0.543	0.223	2.3	0.333	0.405
Jason Heyward	Braves	10.00%	15.90%	0.296	0.369	0.519	0.222	3.8	0.309	0.401
Ernesto Mejia	Braves	6.50%	27.60%	0.293	0.358	0.569	0.276	2.2	0.359	0.397
Brandon Waring	Orioles	9.70%	25.60%	0.273	0.354	0.52	0.247	3.8	0.316	0.387
Kris Watts	Pirates	13.90%	15.00%	0.291	0.405	0.432	0.141	4.1	0.326	0.385
Danny Espinosa	Nationals	13.50%	27.20%	0.264	0.375	0.46	0.196	6.6	0.327	0.382
Freddie Freeman	Braves	9.30%	16.10%	0.302	0.394	0.447	0.145	2.7	0.341	0.381
David Lough	Royals	5.10%	15.30%	0.32	0.37	0.473	0.153	4.8	0.361	0.379
Matthew Tucker	Orioles	9.70%	23.00%	0.317	0.386	0.489	0.173	4.6	0.388	0.379
Miles Durham	Pirates	6.40%	22.30%	0.296	0.348	0.49	0.194	6.7	0.357	0.379
Kyle Shelton	White Sox	7.70%	23.10%	0.324	0.387	0.426	0.102	2.8	0.415	0.377
Cody Johnson	Braves	13.20%	40.50%	0.242	0.345	0.517	0.275	3.5	0.32	0.377
Logan Johnson	White Sox	9.40%	19.80%	0.269	0.362	0.467	0.198	2.3	0.295	0.376
Lonnie Chisenhall	Indians	8.70%	20.60%	0.276	0.346	0.492	0.216	3.5	0.307	0.376
Ole Sheldon	Indians	11.00%	16.30%	0.267	0.36	0.473	0.205	2.1	0.276	0.376
Sean Rooney	Nationals	10.00%	15.20%	0.3	0.366	0.465	0.166	2.4	0.331	0.376
Christian Marrero	White Sox	4.60%	19.50%	0.314	0.357	0.482	0.168	3.6	0.366	0.374
Gerardo Rodriguez	Braves	6.30%	32.10%	0.281	0.331	0.5	0.219	5.2	0.364	0.373
Christopher Marrero	Nationals	9.20%	23.40%	0.287	0.36	0.464	0.176	3	0.342	0.371
Devin Ivany	Nationals	12.80%	17.50%	0.269	0.36	0.474	0.205	2.6	0.291	0.368
Seth Loman	White Sox	5.60%	29.70%	0.262	0.335	0.483	0.22	2	0.323	0.367
Clint Robinson	Royals	7.40%	18.10%	0.298	0.356	0.463	0.165	3.4	0.34	0.366
Michael Martinez	Nationals	7.50%	15.70%	0.293	0.347	0.475	0.182	7.8	0.331	0.366
Pedro Alvarez	Pirates	13.20%	28.80%	0.247	0.342	0.486	0.239	3	0.289	0.364
Jeff Bianchi	Royals	8.30%	21.40%	0.3	0.36	0.427	0.127	6.2	0.367	0.364
Tim Fedroff	Indians	14.50%	25.10%	0.278	0.383	0.381	0.103	5.6	0.362	0.362
Jared Keel	Pirates	18.40%	23.90%	0.229	0.378	0.409	0.179	2	0.266	0.362
John Drennen	Indians	16.00%	15.90%	0.27	0.395	0.397	0.127	4.8	0.321	0.361
Nick Van Stratten	Royals	8.60%	13.70%	0.288	0.371	0.403	0.115	3.5	0.316	0.359

The Top 25 Carolina League Pitchers (minimum 50 IP)

Name	Team	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA	FIP
Brandon Sisk	Royals	11.51	2.66	0.3	0.79	0.229	77.90%	1.92	2
Michael Montgomery	Royals	7.96	2.08	0	0.96	0.274	71.70%	2.25	2.3
Derrick Loop	Red Sox	10.48	2.96	0.27	1.09	0.306	83.10%	1.61	2.33
Charles Shirek	White Sox	6.09	2.22	0	1.22	0.311	62.50%	3.88	2.63
Bradley Meyers	Nationals	6.62	2.14	0.1	1.04	0.275	83.50%	1.43	2.72
Jason Rice	Red Sox	12.09	5.27	0.26	1.13	0.258	78.60%	2.44	2.81
Danny Duffy	Royals	8.88	2.91	0.43	1.18	0.305	71.30%	2.98	2.84
Ryne Miller	Red Sox	9.6	2.93	0.49	1.23	0.326	79.00%	2.77	2.86
Kelvin Villa	Royals	7.8	2.56	0.35	1.46	0.368	70.10%	3.38	2.86
Brian Matusz	Orioles	10.13	2.84	0.68	1.16	0.311	78.90%	2.16	2.91
Chen Lee	Indians	10.48	3.02	0.54	1.14	0.31	73.20%	3.35	2.98
Chris Chavez	Royals	7.28	4.26	0	1.5	0.338	83.10%	1.95	3.06
Eric Berger	Indians	8.16	3.67	0.33	1.25	0.297	75.90%	2.45	3.14
Kyle Landis	Indians	9.76	2.59	0.76	1.19	0.319	74.20%	3.05	3.15
Eammon Portice	Red Sox	9.89	2.52	0.84	1.28	0.344	66.80%	4.35	3.15
Edgar Osuna	Braves	6.94	1.73	0.5	1.32	0.344	63.90%	4.33	3.16
Harrison Bishop	Pirates	8.14	2.68	0.56	1.21	0.309	53.20%	5.02	3.2
Matt McSwain	Pirates	3.99	1.43	0.19	1.28	0.317	70.30%	3.43	3.21
Brandon Beachy	Braves	7.29	2.33	0.31	1.26	0.325	63.90%	3.26	3.22
Zachary Britton	Orioles	8.42	3.54	0.39	1.27	0.307	68.90%	2.7	3.26
Jose Ortegano	Braves	7.62	2.45	0.52	1.08	0.274	67.20%	3.49	3.29
Thomas Palica	Braves	10.28	3.66	0.7	1.3	0.326	71.40%	3.31	3.32
Dan Leatherman	Nationals	8.66	2.97	0.65	1.25	0.313	75.90%	3.23	3.33
Jeff Locke	- - -	7	3.11	0.35	1.48	0.35	63.80%	4.59	3.33
Robert Coello	Red Sox	11.18	4.64	0.55	1.09	0.246	77.70%	2.05	3.37
Tom Milone	Nationals	6.3	2.14	0.54	1.19	0.296	74.30%	2.91	3.39
Dave McKae	Red Sox	6.75	1.9	0.63	1.32	0.335	63.00%	4.32	3.42
Mario Santiago	Royals	6.42	2.25	0.53	1.42	0.345	64.10%	4.3	3.44
Josh Papelbon	Red Sox	6.03	2.26	0.3	1.19	0.296	76.10%	2.87	3.45
Russell Young	Indians	5.44	1.53	0.49	1.15	0.294	72.40%	3.28	3.46
William Atwood	Nationals	7.77	2.63	0.66	1.33	0.33	64.80%	4.61	3.48
Hector Santiago	White Sox	10.24	3.88	0.78	1.36	0.334	64.00%	3.88	3.49
Paolo Espino	Indians	7.68	2.59	0.68	1.04	0.256	76.00%	2.59	3.55
Kyle Weiland	Red Sox	7.6	3.87	0.27	1.33	0.305	68.10%	3.46	3.55
Richard Sullivan	Braves	6.41	3.12	0.4	1.37	0.317	62.20%	4.25	3.64