2004 Minor League Statistical Leaders

The 2004 Minor League statistical leaders list is out over at Baseball America.

Here are the categories that have Mets farm system players in it.

BATTING (Minimum 386 Plate Appearances)

Garrett Atkins, Colorado Springs .366
Chad Allen, Oklahoma .358
Brandon Moss, Augusta/Sarasota .353
Jason Kubel, New Britain/Rochester .352
Napoleon Calzado, Bowie/Green./Rich. .350
Ian Kinsler, Clinton/Frisco .345
Ryan Church, Edmonton .343
Brian Stavisky, Modesto .343
David Wright, Binghamton/Norfolk .341
Maicer Izturis, Edmonton .338

DOUBLES

Ian Kinsler, Clinton/Frisco 51
Josh Kroeger, El Paso/Tuscon 51
Kevin Reese, Trenton/Columbus 50
Matt Diaz, Durham 47
Joe Dillon, Carolina/Albuquerque 46
Prentice Redman, Binghamton/Norfolk 46

STOLEN BASES

Josh Anderson, Lexington/Salem 78
Wayne Lydon, Binghamton 65
Freddy Guzman, Mobile/Portland 65
Dwaine Bacon, West Tennessee 60
Chris Walker, Lansing 60

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE

Josh Willingham, Carolina .449
Daric Barton, Peoria .445
David Wright, Binghamton/Norwich .441
Carlos Quentin, Lancaster/El Paso .435
Garrett Atkins, Colorado Springs .434

PITCHING LEADERS

EARNED RUN AVERAGE (Minimum 114 Innings)

Zach Duke, Lynchburg/Altoona 1.46
Ben Hendrickson, Indianapolis 2.02
Dusty Hughes, Burlington/Wilmington 2.13
Thomas Mastny, Charleston, W.Va. 2.17
Yusmeiro Petit, Capital City/St. Lucie/Bing. 2.20
Jeff Francis, Tulsa/Colorado Springs 2.21
Chuck James, Rome 2.25
Jake Stevens, Rome 2.27
Jose Capellan, Myrtle Beach/Greenville/Richmond 2.32

STRIKEOUTS

Brandon McCarthy, Kannapolis/Win.-Salem/Birmingham 202
Yusmeiro Petit, Capital City/St.Lucie/Bing. 200
Jeff Francis, Tulsa/Colorado Springs 196
Steven Shell, Rancho Cucamonga 190
Thomas Oldham, Wisconsin/Inland Empire 188
Renyel Pinto, West Tenn/Iowa 188

STRIKEOUTS PER NINE INNINGS (Starters)

Yusmeiro Petit, Capital City/St.Lucie/Bing. 12.92
Adam Bostick, Greensboro 12.87
Chuck Tiffany, Columbus (SAL) 12.73
Ambiorix Burgos, Burlington 11.58
Scott Tyler, Quad Cities 11.46

Damn, I know Yusmeiro had a great year, but this just illustrates how good this kid is.

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If you want to check out the uneventful Arizona Fall League stats for the Peoria Saguaros, click here. There are just is no exciting players in the AFL like there was last year representing for the Mets.

I did not watch the BoSox game yesterday until the bottom of the tenth inning, when I had just gotten home. That ended up being prefect, I was able to see Ortizzle bomb one off Jarod Washburn to the opposite field over the green monster. Ortiz went 4 for 6 on the night with 3 RBIs. The best part about sweeping is Curt will be ready for game #1 against whomever wins the Yankees/Twins series. I'm hedging towards the Yankees at this point obviously.

The Twins season comes down on the shoulders of Johan Santana. With the Twinkies down 2-1 in the series it's do or die. But even if they win tonight, game five in Yankee Stadium is going to be a tall order.

From the NYPost:

The Post has learned the Mets are expected to announce shortly that former team hero Lenny Dykstra will officially join the organization in a special assignment role.

Lenny is already at work and has suggested that the Mets take an interest in Kirk Gibson.

Rudy Jaramillo has received permission to speak with the Mets and will most likely interview with the Mets next week.