The AAA Sacramento River Cats were the usual collection of non-active players on the 40-man roster, AAAA players hoping for another shot, rehabbing MLB players and a few young prospects getting a bit more salt on their way up. The River Cats finished the season with a 77-73 record good for 3'rd place in the western division. They were 36-39 in the first half(4'th place) and 41-34 in the second half(2'nd place). Here is a list of players who spend time on both the River Cats roster and the Giants active roster:
Drew Gilbert OF
David Villar 3B/1B
Andrew Knizner C
Christian Koss IF
Luis Matos OF
Daniel Johnson OF
Jerar Encarnacion OF/1B
Brett Wisely IF
Grant McCray OF
Bryce Eldridge 1B/DH
Tyler Fitzgerald 2B
Trevor McDonald RHP
Mason Black RHP
Carson Whisenhunt LHP
Carson Seymour RHP
Kai-Wei Teng RHP
Sean Hjelle RHP
Hayden Birdsong RHP
Joel Peguero RHP
Tristan Beck RHP
Kyle Harrison LHP
Joey Lucchesi LHP
Keaton Winn RHP
J T Brubaker RHP
Erik Miller LHP
Matt Gage LHP
Landen Roupp RHP
Hitting Leaders:
At Bats: 1. Marco Luciano- 462. 2. Grant McCray- 444. Osleivis Basabe- 430.
Batting Average(Min 150 AB): 1. Jesus Rodriguez- .322. 2. Wade Meckler- .287. 3. Daniel Johnson- .278.
OBP(Min 150 AB): 1. Rodriguez- .399. 2. Meckler- .390. 3. Devin Mann- .382.
SLG%(Min 150 AB): 1. Johnson- .519. 2. Bryce Eldridge- .514. 3. Thomas Gavello- .488.
Hits: 1. McCray- 111. 2. Basabe- 107. 3. Luciano- 99.
Doubles: 1. Basabe- 24. 2. Luciano- 21. 3. Meckler- 21.
Triples: 1. Hunter Bishop- 6. 2. McCray- 5. 3. Johnson- 3.
Home Runs: 1. Luciano- 23. 2. Eldridge- 18. 3. McCray- 15.
Stolen Bases: 1. McCray- 27. 2. Brett Wisely- 12. 3. Bishop, Meckler- 11.
Pitching Leaders:
Innings: 1. Trevor McDonald- 142.1. 2. Mason Black- 119.1 3. Carson Whisenhunt- 107.2.
Wins: 1. McDonald- 9. Whisenhunt- 9. Sean Hjelle- 6.
ERA(Min 50 IP): 1. Hjelle- 3.06. 2. Miguel Diaz- 3.45. 3. Kai-Wei Teng- 3.63.
K/9(Min 50 IP): 1. Teng- 14.05. 2. Ryan Watson- 11.37. 3. Carson Seymour- 10.52.
BB/9(Min 50 IP): 1. Watson- 2.84. 2. Whisenhunt- 2.93. 3. Teng- 3.47.
GO/AO(Min 50 IP): 1. Seymour- 1.91. 2. Hjelle- 1.73. 3. McDonald- 1.68.
Saves: 1. Diaz- 9. 2. Watson- 9. 3. Justin Garza- 6.
Quality Starts: 1. McDonald- 10. 2. Black- 6. Whisenhunt- 6.
Villar was picked up by the Mets and assigned to Syracuse, but did not fare well in 183 PAs and was DFAd in August.
ReplyDeleteHad he accepted a River Cat assignment, where he had done VERY well in 2025, things might have been different when the Giants gave up on Late Night LaMonte.
Might have been...