2016 Astros Minor League System in Review

Another Minor League season is in the books... this was how the Houston Astros organization fared.

The Astros' nine minor league affiliates combined to go 462-429, giving the system a .519 winning percentage. Corpus Christi and Lancaster made the playoffs in their respective leagues.

Fresno

The Grizzlies finished 73-70, which put them in third place in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Northern Division.

Corpus Christi

Corpus finished with a record of 85-55, giving them the best record in the Texas League. However, they lost in the first round of the playoffs to Midland.

Lancaster

The JetHawks finished 35-35 in the first half in the California League South, but they topped the division with a 42-28 mark to clinch a wild-card spot for the playoffs. Lancaster defeated Rancho Cucamonga in the mini-series before bowing out to High Desert in 4 games.

Quad Cities

At 61-78, the River Bandits had the worst record among the full-season affiliates. They finished 7th in an eight-team division. In the first half, they went 31-38, putting them in last place in the Midwest League's West division. The Banditos went 30-40 in the second half.

Tri-City

The ValleyCats went 38-38, which put them in third place in the New York Penn League's Stedler Division, nine games out of first.

Greeneville

The Appy Astros finished 33-34, putting them in third place in the Appalachian League West division, 5.5 games out.

GCL

The Kissimmee Stros brought up the rear in the GCL East division with a 22-31 record.

DSL

The Blue team finished in third place in the DSL Northwest with a 42-23 record, while the Orange team finished with a 31-37 record, good for fourth in the DSL Northeast.

And now, here are the system's statistical leaders in 2016....

Stats are from Baseball Reference.

Position Players

Games played: Nick Tanielu, 130
Plate appearances: D.J. Fisher, 566
At-bats: Tanielu, 508
Hits: Tanielu, 145
Doubles: J.D. Davis, 34
Triples: Bobby Boyd, 10
Home runs: J.D. Davis and Jason Martin, 23 apiece
RBI: Davis, 81
Runs scored: Ramon Laureano, 89
Stolen bases: Laureano, 43
Caught stealing: Teoscar Hernandez, 15 (34 SB)
Walks: D.J. Fisher and Jon Singleton, 83
Strikeouts: Fisher, 154
Average (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Laureano, .316
On-base percentage (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Laureano, .428
Slugging percentage (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Drew Ferguson, .542
OPS (among full-season players with 100+ games played): Laureano, .955
Most times hit by pitch: Laureano and Ferguson were both hit by pitches 13 times.

Pitchers

Appearances: Brendan McCurry, 56
Games started: Mike Hauschild, 24
Innings pitched: Hauschild, 139.2
Wins: César Valdez and Brady Rodgers, 12
Losses: Yoanys Quiala, 12
ERA among relievers: James Hoyt, 1.64 in 49 appearances
ERA among starters: David Paulino, 2.00 in 15 starts
Complete games: Brady Rodgers and Jose Luis Hernandez, 2
Complete-game shutouts: 7 pitchers each had one.
Saves: Hoyt, 29
Hits allowed: César Valdez, 143
Runs allowed: Brock Dykxhoorn, 81
Earned runs allowed: Dykxhoorn, 69
Walks: Albert Abreu, 58; he was the only pitcher in the entire system to issue more than 50 walks this season.
Strikeouts: Rogelio Armenteros, 140
WHIP among relievers: Hoyt, 0.87
WHIP among starters: David Paulino, 1.01 in 15 starts
Walks per 9 innings: César Valdez, 0.8
Strikeouts per 9 innings: Hoyt, 15.2
Strikeout-to-walk ratio: César Valdez, 8.77 (Joe Musgrove was 2nd at 8.7)

In my next post I'll take a look at the 2016 draft class.

 

He finished tied for 6th with Colin Moran. They both struck out 124 times