The Northwest League has always been hitter-friendly. The 2018 Salem-Keizer Volcanoes took that to an extreme with a mashing offense and gas can pitching to a 36-40 record, good for 2'nd place in the South Division but 15 games behind the Hillsboro Hops who were the class of the league. Top Performers:
BA(100+ AB's): Mikey Edie- .328. Dalton Combs- .318. Diego Rincones- .315.
Hits: Kyle McPherson- 88. Diego Rincones- 81. Wander Franco(The Younger)- 66.
2B: Wander Alexander Franco- 24. Kyle McPherson- 23. David Villar- 22.
3B: Aaron Bond- 5. Kyle McPherson- 3.
HR: Aaron Bond- 14. Joey Bart- 13. David Villar- 13.
SB: Aaron Bond- 8. Mikey Edie- 8. Jose Layer- 4.
Runs: Kyle McPherson- 49. Aaron Bond- 38. David Villar- 36.
RBI: David Villar- 48. Aaron Bond- 39. Joey Bart- 39.
IP: Greg Jacknewitz- 53.2. Gregory Santos- 49.2. Norwith Gudino- 45.1.
SP ERA(30+ IP): Gregory Santos- 4.53. Norwith Gudino- 5.36. Greg Jacknewitz- 6.88.
RF ERA(15+ IP): Jesus Tona- 0.87. Trent Toplikar- 1.23. Doug Still- 2.84.
K's: Gregory Santos- 46. Solomon Bates- 45. Greg Jacknewitz- 45.
Saves: Jesus Tona- 12.
K/9(15+ IP): Solomon Bates- 14.64. Jesus Tona- 11.90. Matt Frisbee- 11.85.
BB/9(15+ IP): Ryan Walker- 0.90. Norwith Gudino- 1.19. Stetson Woods- 1.69.
K/BB(15+ IP): Ryan Walker- 9.50. Norwith Gudino- 6.83. Sean Hjelle- 5.50.
Burning Question: Is Sean Hjelle already a bust?
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If Beede's still not a bust then Hjelle isn't either. Not wild about the pick though.
ReplyDeleteWhy would he be a bust? Great BB & K, only pitched like 2 innings at a time. He could be one of those guys who gets stronger the more the game goes on and posts 0's the rest of the way. I feel like he could be one of those guys and that there was a lot to like in his around 2 innings of work per starts. I see more positive than negative in his numbers and in him.
ReplyDeleteTalking about Sean Hjelle of course
ReplyDeleteAaron Bond excited for. Hope he cuts down on strike outs in the next levels up and continues the speed/power combo and displays good D. Great name, great size.
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