PROSPECT RANKINGS

TOP 32 MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER RANKINGS

Robert E. McCabe Magazine and MLB.com combined to publish the first McCabe League prospect rankings. The top prospect in all of baseball is Tampa Bay’s Quilvio Mendez . This 20 year-old is currently assigned to the Rays High-A club where he is batting 409 with 10 Home Runs in 15 Games. The scouts we spoke to say Mendez will win a batting title and a Home Run Crown before his career is over. Next on our list is the best setup pitcher in minor league ball, Yamid Zapata of the Atlanta Braves. He is an International Free Agent with a major league sinker and a nasty curve. Look for this projected closer to spend a very short time in AA. Rounding out the top three prospects on our board is another Tampa Bay minor leaguer in Shea Joseph. A first round selection, third (3) overall in season fourteen can play all infield and all outfield positions. Scouts project him as an ironman, playing all 162 games yearly, he’ll hit for power and average.   

Rank	Player	Team	Level	Position	Bats	Throws	Ht	Wt	Age
1	Quilvio Mendez (R)	Tampa Bay Rays	HiA	LF	R	R	6'1	175	20
2	Yamid Zapata (L)	Atlanta Braves	AA	P	L	L	6'1	176	21
3	Shea Joseph (R)	Tampa Bay Rays	AAA	SS	R	R	5'9	172	23
4	Enerio Medrano (R)	Florida Marlins	RL	SS	R	R	5'7	161	18
5	Chico Callaspo (R)	Chicago Cubs	LoA	2B	R	R	5'11	173	18
6	Moose Martin (R)	Cincinnati Reds	AAA	P	R	R	6'0	202	20
7	Bob Rivers (L)	Tampa Bay Rays	AA	1B	L	L	6'0	193	20
8	Melky Torres (R)	Atlanta Braves	AA	2B	R	R	5'10	182	20
9	Hal Little (L)	Milwaukee Brewers	HiA	2B	L	R	5'8	167	19
10	Alan Drese (R)	Cleveland Indians	RL	SS	R	R	5'11	170	20
11	Victor Brown (R)	Oakland Athletics	AA	LF	R	R	6'1	180	20
12	Achilles O'Keefe (R)	Tampa Bay Rays	LoA	P	R	R	6'2	193	18
13	Jeff Pittsley (R)	LA Dodgers	LoA	2B	R	R	5'9	168	20
14	Angel Rosado (R)	Anaheim Angels	LoA	2B	R	R	5'10	184	23
15	Zeke Harding (L)	Anaheim Angels	HiA	CF	L	L	6'1	190	20
16	Kris Guerrero (S)	Baltimore Orioles	AA	SS	S	R	5'10	166	20
17	Bengie Machado (R)	Chicago Cubs	AA	SS	R	R	5'9	176	20
18	Bernie Estrella (R)	Chicago White Sox	HiA	2B	R	R	6'3	180	18
19	Felipe James (R)	Detroit Tigers	AAA	SS	R	R	5'11	194	22
20	Kirk Spence (L)	SF Giants	AAA	P	L	L	6'6	187	20
21	Beamer Battle (R)	Seattle Mariners	AA	2B	R	R	5'10	176	20
22	Yunesky Saez (R)	Chicago White Sox	AA	P	R	R	6'1	177	19
23	Lastings O'Brien (R)	Philadelphia Phillies	AA	P	R	R	5'8	177	19
24	Vic Tatis (R)	San Diego Padres	LoA	2B	R	R	5'11	173	18
25	Calvin Pote (S)	Texas Rangers	AA	2B	S	R	5'7	162	19
26	Sammy Parnell (L)	Atlanta Braves	HiA	1B	L	L	6'0	198	22
27	Don Seaver (L)	Houston Astros	RL	P	L	L	5'11	177	18
28	Landon Leon (R)	New York Mets	RL	LF	R	R	5'9	166	18
29	Henderson Tucker (R)	New York Yankees	HiA	P	R	R	6'2	183	19
30	Marv Simms (R)	Rochester Broncos	AAA	SS	R	R	5'10	182	24
31	Kazuya Gong (L)	San Diego Padres	LoA	CF	L	L	5'9	178	18
32	Charlie Morris (R)	Toronto Blue Jays	AAA	RF	R	R	6'2	188	21

STAT of the DAY

Minor League Home Run Leaders 

Rank	Player	Level	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Emmanuel Flores (TOR)	AAA	48	117	0.307	0.375	0.688	1.063
2	Jeremy Creek (COL)	Low-A	42	162	0.357	0.449	0.775	1.224
3	Harold Owen (RIC)	AAA	38	145	0.341	0.445	0.726	1.171
4	Henry Martin (MIN)	AA	36	108	0.336	0.424	0.669	1.093
5	Angel Anderson (LAA)	High-A	34	112	0.341	0.411	0.681	1.092
6	Junior Burnitz (LAA)	Low-A	30	148	0.345	0.421	0.702	1.124
7	Aroldis Andujar (PIT)	AAA	29	83	0.326	0.410	0.735	1.145
8	Bo Gibbons (PIT)	High-A	28	87	0.358	0.418	0.719	1.136
9	Dwight Knight (NY1)	AA	27	121	0.347	0.433	0.636	1.069
10	Melky Torres (ATL)	AA	26	88	0.307	0.399	0.668	1.067
11	Isaac Blackmon (OAK)	AA	25	84	0.351	0.436	0.652	1.088
11	Victor Brown (OAK)	AA	25	101	0.322	0.420	0.661	1.081
11	Matty Rowand (DET)	Low-A	25	96	0.355	0.443	0.671	1.114
14	Neifi Vargas (CH2)	AAA	24	87	0.346	0.429	0.632	1.060
14	Julio Ozuna (LAA)	AAA	24	88	0.343	0.444	0.590	1.034
16	Allen Sexton (PIT)	High-A	23	92	0.347	0.432	0.639	1.071
17	Angel Rosado (LAA)	Low-A	22	120	0.375	0.442	0.698	1.140
18	Quilvio Gandarilla (CH1)	High-A	20	79	0.374	0.442	0.619	1.061
19	Ronnie Sellers (MIN)	Rookie	18	59	0.380	0.450	0.789	1.239
20	Chico Callaspo (CH1)	Low-A	16	100	0.339	0.455	0.671	1.125
21	Freddy Lyon (LA)	Rookie	15	56	0.446	0.495	0.886	1.380
22	Trevor Donatello (DET)	High-A	14	88	0.371	0.475	0.609	1.084
23	Landon Leon (NY2)	Rookie	11	46	0.405	0.500	0.771	1.271
24	Larry Shannon (LA)	Rookie	11	55	0.388	0.477	0.733	1.210
25	Dennis Bynum (CLE)	Rookie	10	48	0.413	0.505	0.742	1.247

Minor League SP ERA Leaders 

Rank	Starting Pitcher	Level	G	GS	W	L	ERA
1	Joey Redman (DET)	Rookie	6	6	5	1	1.32
2	Shawn Leonard (DET)	High-A	18	18	11	0	1.50
3	Del Darr (COL)	AA	21	21	13	5	1.67
4	Larry Mitchell (DET)	Rookie	7	7	7	0	1.71
5	Brent Borland (DET)	AA	22	22	11	2	1.73
6	Ian Barkett (DET)	Low-A	22	22	9	5	1.82
7	Matty Cousins (CIN)	Rookie	8	8	5	1	1.86
8	Geraldo Lopez (CLE)	Rookie	9	8	5	1	1.94
9	Brennan Evert (KC)	Rookie	8	8	4	3	1.96
10	Branch Person (PHI)	Rookie	8	8	6	1	1.98
11	Hideo Ishii (STL)	Low-A	21	21	13	5	2.00
12	Eugene Roberts (ATL)	AA	21	21	12	1	2.03
13	Bernie Estrada (DET)	AA	20	20	9	3	2.07
14	Pascual Sanchez (BAL)	Low-A	22	22	11	4	2.14
15	Lefty Belle (COL)	Low-A	21	21	14	3	2.16
16	Junior Vizcaino (LAA)	Low-A	19	19	12	1	2.17
16	Phil Cuyler (LA)	Rookie	7	7	5	2	2.17
18	Whitey Dixon (BAL)	Rookie	8	8	5	0	2.20
19	Jose Ramirez (STL)	High-A	21	21	13	5	2.21
19	Andres Izquierdo (ROC)	Rookie	7	7	4	2	2.21
21	Marino Fernandez (ATL)	AA	21	21	17	3	2.26
22	Malcolm Buford (NY2)	AA	20	20	11	2	2.27
23	Michel Rios (TOR)	High-A	21	21	12	2	2.29
24	Lou Jenkins (TB)	Low-A	22	22	14	1	2.37
25	Adam James (ARI)	Low-A	19	19	10	3	2.38

McCabe Magazine Owner of the Year Standings

Owner/Organization Power Rankings 

McCabe Magazine has posted below its Owner/Organization Power Rankings. The owner with the highest winning percentage at every level at the end of the regular season will receive the McCabe Magazine Owner of the Year Award. We here at McCabe Magazine feel that a good owner should maintain a solid farm system and a winning major league ball team. His big club should be in position to win the division and one or more of the lower level squads should be in position to capture a minor league World Series title. The Owner of the Year should field competitive teams at every level.

The Power Rankings are a combine total of each teams (RL, Low A, High A, AA, AAA, ML) winning percentage.  

	Top 10
Rank	Organization	Owner	Win Pct.
1	Tigers	patrickkm	0.728
2	Brewers	brentcnb *	0.667
3	Royals	TenaciousTYT *	0.641
4	Yankees	ARomano *	0.620
5	Angels	captain10a	0.606
6	Rockies	axtell	0.603
7	Virginians	sylemark	0.580
8	Braves	bigsammich	0.578
9	Cardinals	421werd	0.576
10	Blue Jays	dimestoregin	0.558
10	Giants	wylie717	0.558
	In The Hunt
12	Orioles	bourboncask	0.545
13	Mets	basebalguru	0.539
14	Indians	chisox378	0.532
15	Pirates	lefty34	0.529
16	Twins	pbsilver13	0.525
17	Cubs	optistrat	0.513
18	Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	0.507
19	Padres	jgarron	0.505
20	Rays	rsskfs23	0.497
21	Dodgers	Arte *	0.487
22	Rangers	cboewiz	0.466
23	White Sox	kgrffth *	0.452
24	Nationals	coachking99	0.440
25	Mariners	toothdoc7 *	0.434
26	Phillies	gary28mohr *	0.424
27	Reds	cincybang	0.407
28	Broncos	coinguy	0.396
29	Athletics	jefepwnzer	0.298
30	Astros	ajaxx90	0.294
31	Red Sox	pat007ohmss *	0.271
32	Marlins	lido9615	0.232

MID-SUMMER AWARDS Season 17

Las Vegas, NV (McC) With the season at the halfway point McCabe Magazine announces its mid-season awards. After considering several candidates for the mid-summer MVP we here at McCabe have selected Philip Priest  (34 HR, 88 RBI, 389 BA) of the Colorado Rockies as the league’s Most Valuable Player. Dicky Wilkerson  (38 HR, 98 RBI, 297 BA) of the New York Mets was a very strong second in voting among our editors and major league bloggers. However, the batting averages 389 to 297, OBP 446 to 373, and SLG 864 to 628 were the tie breaker among crack staff. 

The Outstanding Pitching award goes to Asdrubal Pelaez  (15-6, ERA 1.96) of the San Diego Padres. Pelaez is on pace to break Vince Garcia  single season (16) record 26 wins. He leads the league with a 0.88 WHIP and 192 OVA. Our Fireman of the mid-summer is Cedrick Hollins  (30 saves, 1.25 ERA). Hollins is a five time All-Star with a 0.92 WHIP.

Before we get accused of turning the mid-summer awards into the NL West individual awards let’s move on to the ALL-PRO Team.

Catcher	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Hersh Mays (SF)	27	67	0.258	0.904
1st Base	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Dicky Wilkerson (NY2)	38	98	0.297	1.001
2nd Base	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Homer Henry (OAK)	27	70	0.326	1.056
3rd Base	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Eliezer Delgado (CH1)	30	74	0.311	0.965
Shortstop	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Trey Robinson (MIL)	26	76	0.353	1.160
Outfielder	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Philip Priest (COL)	34	88	0.389	1.310
Outfielder	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Tony Cortes (KC)	16	68	0.343	1.073
Outfielder	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Diego Hernandez (NY2)	33	83	0.285	0.948
Designated Hitter	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS
Jesus Vizcaino (BAL)	33	67	0.288	1.009
Starting Pitcher	W	L	WHIP	ERA
Asdrubal Pelaez (SD)	15	6	0.88	1.96
Middle Relief	G	W	L	WHIP
Juan Azocar (NY1)	59	3	2	1.09
Closer	SV	SVO	WHIP	ERA
Cedrick Hollins (SEA)	30	33	0.92	1.25

Mid- Season POWER RANKINGS

The power rankings are an average of the following team statistics; Winning percentage, OPS, ERA and Fielding percentage.

Rank	LR	Team	Owner	W-L	Pct.	Avg. Rank
1	1	Arizona Diamondbacks	yoker70 *	55-38	0.591	6.75
2	NR	Milwaukee Brewers	brentcnb *	59-34	0.634	8.50
3	3	San Diego Padres	jgarron	57-36	0.613	9.00
4	12	Detroit Tigers	patrickkm	60-33	0.645	9.25
5	8	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7 *	52-41	0.559	11.50
6	NR	Rochester Broncos	coinguy	55-38	0.591	11.75
7	6	New York Mets	basebalguru	52-41	0.559	12.00
7	14	New York Yankees	ARomano *	50-43	0.538	12.00
7	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	lefty32	52-41	0.559	12.00
7	11	San Francisco Giants	wylie715	61-32	0.656	12.00
Rank	LR	Best of the Rest
11	NR	Baltimore Orioles	bourboncask	47-46	0.505	12.50
12	2	Colorado Rockies	axtell	51-42	0.548	12.75
13	10	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT *	53-40	0.570	13.25
14	4	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	52-41	0.559	13.50
15	7	Minnesota Twins	pbsilver11	55-38	0.591	14.50

Fielding Stat of the DAY

Teams with the best defensive stolen base percentage.

Rank	Team	Owner	CS	SBA	CS%
1	Chicago Cubs	optistrat	45	110	0.409
2	Cincinnati Reds	cincybang	32	80	0.400
3	San Diego Padres	jgarron	33	88	0.375
4	Oakland Athletics	jefepwnzer	33	90	0.367
5	Kansas City Royals	TenaciousTYT	25	70	0.357
6	New York Yankees	ARomano	34	97	0.351
7	Seattle Mariners	toothdoc7	32	92	0.348
8	Texas Rangers	cboewiz	33	98	0.337
9	Richmond Virginians	sylemark	31	99	0.313
10	Colorado Rockies	axtell	30	97	0.309