The Los Angeles Dodgers made their second consecutive World Series in 2018. Will their minor league system help them return for a third straight in 2019?
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 Los Angeles Dodgers.
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!!
Los Angeles Dodgers minor leagues
The Los Angeles Dodgers enjoyed a second consecutive trip to the World Series in 2018. The yearly strength of the Dodgers farm system has allowed them to continually compete and keep their payroll under the luxury tax, even while pursuing some of the biggest names in the game in free agency each offseason.
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: Dan Robinson .332
OBP: Jacob Amaya .432
SLG: Rylan Bannon .559
OPS: Ryan Bannon .961
R: Omar Estevez 87
H: Gavin Lux, Cristian Santana 150
2B: Omar Estevez 43
3B: Gavin Lux, Jared Walker 8
HR: DJ Peters 29
RBI: Cristian Santana 109
SB: Brayan Morales 46
TB: Cody Thomas 248
W: Isaac Anderson, Tony Gongolin 10
G: Brian Schlitter 58
GS: Tony Gonsolin 26
IP: Justin De Fratus 133
SV: Brian Schlitter 21
K: Tony Gonsolin 155
ERA: Gerardo Carrillo 1.50
WHIP: Carlos Montilla 0.85
K/9: Marshall Kasowski 15.4
K/BB: Carlos Montilla 8.40
Let’s look at the award winners…