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Seattle Mariners 2018 minor league awards

By Benjamin Chase

HOUSTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 19: Matt Festa #67 of the Seattle Mariners pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on September 19, 2018 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 19: Matt Festa #67 of the Seattle Mariners pitches in the first inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on September 19, 2018 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WA – APRIL 13: Mike Marjjama #10 of the Seattle Mariners prepares to throw the ball back to the mound in the first inning against the Oakland Athletics on April 13, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 7-4. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images) /

The Seattle Mariners had a tremendous season at the major league level, but fell short of the playoffs. How did their minor league system perform in 2018?

As part of our continuing coverage at Call to the Pen of the minor leagues, we will be covering each organization’s top players for 2018. The coverage will go in reverse order of record. Today, we will look at the Seattle Mariners.

We are going to review the system’s leaders for each organization statistically, then choose one hitter and one pitcher to honor for every team. This will be primarily based on statistical performance, though some “age relative to level” could come into play, so a very impressive season from a 28-year-old in AA will rank below a nearly as impressive season from a 20-year-old at the same level.

After we review each organization’s hitter and pitcher of the year, we will close out October with Call To The Pen’s Minor League team of the year. That will lead into November starting our team top 10 prospect lists. In other words, there will be plenty of minor league content on the way at CTTP, so keep coming back for more each day this offseason!!

Seattle Mariners minor leagues

The Seattle Mariners had a very good season at the major league level, but they saw the rest of the American League pull away, leaving them out of the playoff picture. In their effort to get the second playoff spot, the Mariners traded away some of the limited prospects in their farm system.

That farm system is very feasibly the #30 farm system in all of baseball in talent, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t players that had productive seasons. Some of the M’s farmhands were notable in their league-leading stats.

Before we offer up awards on the season, let’s take a look at the system’s statistical leaders:

Organization Leaders (min. 150 PA, 50 IP)

BA: David Freitas .349
OBP: Dan Vogelbach .434
SLG: Dan Vogelbach .545
OPS: Dan Vogelbach .979
R: Ariel Sandoval 78
H: Chuck Taylor 149
2B: Nick Zammarelli 30
3B: Julio Rodriguez 9
HR: Joey Curletta 23
RBI: Joey Curlette 94
SB: Ian Miller 33
TB: Joey Curletta, Evan White 224

W: Three with 9
G: Shawn Armstrong 49
GS: Nick Wells 28
IP: Darren McCaughan 149
SV: Matt Festa 20
K: Darren McCaughan 129
ERA: Shawn Armstrong 1.77
WHIP: Juan Mercedes 1.02
K/9: Sam Delaplane 15.1
K/BB: Ljay Newsome 8.93

Let’s look at the award winners…

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