With the minor league baseball season over, it’s list season, and we’ll continue the league top 10 lists with the South Atlantic League
Minor league baseball has concluded its regular season and playoffs at this point, so we will be starting our series of league top 10 prospects here at Call To The Pen. This series will be keyed by Benjamin Chase through extensive video research and discussion with scouts and those within the game. Certainly, there are other opinions on these players and the order, but this is his list. Each list will start with a review of the season for that league and some of the leaders in each league. One note: to be eligible to be on this list, a player must have qualified for the league stat leaders (2.7 PA/league G for hitters, 0.8 IP/league game for pitchers) in order to be considered.
Season Wrap
After winning the Southern division in the first half, the Greenville Drive watched the Charleston RiverDogs take the second half title in the division, but overall, they had the best record in the SALLY League this season at 79-60 combined.
In the playoffs, the Drive faced that Charleston squad in the first round, and sealed their path to the championship with a 5-0 win in game 3 of the semifinal round. In the finals, Greenville dominated Kannapolis 3 games to 1 to take the South Atlantic League title.
Some of the league leaders:
AVG – Emmanuel Rivera, Lexington, .310
OBP – Carlos Munoz, West Virginia, .386
SLG – Darick Hall, Lakewood, .533
HR – Darick Hall, Lakewood, 27
SB – Tyler Hill, Greenville, 42
W – McKenzie Mills 12
SV – Will Hibbs 20
K – Luis Escobar 168
ERA – Alex Wells 2.38
WHIP – Alex Wells 0.91
Now to the top 10…