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Colorado Rockies 2018 minor league awards

By Benjamin Chase

MILWAUKEE, WI - OCTOBER 04: Colorado Rockies third baseman Ryan McMahhon (24) scoops up a ball during batting practice at Miller Park before the Rockies played the Milwaukee Brewers for the first game of the NLDS October 04, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WI - OCTOBER 04: Colorado Rockies third baseman Ryan McMahhon (24) scoops up a ball during batting practice at Miller Park before the Rockies played the Milwaukee Brewers for the first game of the NLDS October 04, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images) /
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DENVER, CO – JULY 25: Colorado Rockies second baseman Garrett Hamppson #7 scoops up the ball and throws out Houston Astros third baseman Alex Breggman #2 at first in the first inning at Coors Field July 25, 2018. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images) /

The Colorado Rockies were able to win a playoff game in 2018 as the Wild Card team, but would like to do even more in 2019. Could the farm system help with those goals?

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 Colorado Rockies.

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!!

Colorado Rockies minor leagues

Rarely a highly-rated minor league system, the Colorado Rockies leaned heavily on young players produced in their farm system in order to compete in 2018. The will turn to the farm system for more in 2019.

With multiple significant free agents, there could be openings with the big league clubs for prospects to take if the team doesn’t explore the free agent market.

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: Luis Castro .351
OBP: Grant Lavigne .477
SLG: Todd Czinege .650
OPS: Todd Czinege 1.026
R: Bret Boswell 97
H: Josh Fuentes 180
2B: Josh Fuentes 39
3B: Josh Fuentes 12
HR: Casey Golden 34
RBI: Casey Golden, Josh Fuentes 95
SB: Eddy Diaz 54
TB: Josh Fuentes 285

W: Rico Garcia 13
G: Matt Pierpont, Justin Lawrence 55
GS: Matt Dennis 28
IP: Rico Garcia 167
SV: Matt Pierpont 32
K: Rico Garcia 162
ERA: Kleiver Osorio 1.63
WHIP: Kleiver Osorio 0.91
K/9: DJ Johnson 13.7
K/BB: Nate Harris 11.57

Let’s look at the award winners…

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