the college stats project, part 2

If you missed the first part of this project, scroll down to the next post. In this post, I’m going to run through the leaders.

We’ll start with offense. I’ll put up the top guys for each of the three categories (AVG, HR, OBP), with a little summary below. For the purposes of this, players who have been invited to Team USA are still included. I do have a star by their names.

OFFENSE
Batting Average

We may not get to see the top three on this list. Phegley and Ackley are Team USA invites, while Lavarnway is draft-eligible and may go fairly early. Also notable, nine players on this list played on the Cape last year.

Orleans leads the way on this list with six players, led by Duke junior Nate Freiman, who played for the Cardinals last summer. Y-D and Falmouth each have four, with Brewster, Chatham, Harwich and Hyannis pulling in three each.

Interestingly, a lot of these guys hit for power, as well. Ten of them had double-digit home runs.

Home Runs

Glad’s numbers might be a bit inflated because he’s a junior college player, but 18 home runs anywhere is still pretty good. Dean’s numbers are certainly not inflated, and he has the tools to be the league’s premier power hitter this summer.

On-Base Percentage

I’m struck by the number of catchers on this list. Eight to be exact. Somewhere, Billy Beane is smiling.

If you haven’t noticed yet, a lot of the same names keep popping up — Kipnis, Poythress, Fedorff, Freiman, Green, Songco, Glad, Meador, Dean, Miller. These are the guys poised to do the most damage this summer.

PITCHING
ERA (Starters)
I should mention that roles aren’t always clearly defined for some college pitchers. They’re being considered starters if more than half their appearances were starts. I’m also using 25 as the number for minimum innings pitched.

Strasburg is at the top of just about every category, but he is a Team USA invite so we may not see him. Chatham’s pitching strength can be seen here, as the A’s have four of the top seven. The guy with the most innings pitched in this group is Mike Leake, also a Team USA invite. Jerry Sullivan and Jay Jackson are next on the list. I’ll be interested to see what Jackson and some other smaller-school guys like Isaac Morales and Joe Serafin can do.

ERA (Relievers)

Some of the teams who weren’t well-represented on the starters’ list, namely Brewster, are well-represented here. The guy with the most saves on this list is Eric Pettis. Several freshmen on here, including Nate Striz, Colin Bates, Kevin Rhoderick, Drew Storen, Russell Brewer, Pat Johnson and Sammy Solis.

STRIKEOUTS

Look at those top two. Jerry Sullivan should definitely be on the Cape this summer, but if Stephen Strasburg doesn’t go to Team USA and ends up in Y-D, you can go ahead and hand the Red Sox the championship. Also, think Team USA likes strikeouts. They’ve got invites out to eight pitchers on this list.

I didn’t make a separate category for K:BB, but the top guys in that category are: Stephen Strasburg (8.31), Andrew Carraway (7.00), Mike Leake (5.88), Tom Milone (4.90), Kyle Gibson (4.70) and Jerry Sullivan (4.52).

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