Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers for June 7, 2022
Minor League Baseball Weekly Top Performers
The hitting performances this week across minor league baseball were amazing, but one of the elite ascending prospects shined above the rest while a fringe pitching prospect had a career week.
Hitter of the Week
Signed for $2.75 million out of the Dominican by the Twins, Emmanuel Rodriguez has established himself in his first season in full-season ball. After the first week of June, Rodriguez is the only qualified minor leaguer with a wRC+ over 200 and is leading all qualified minor league hitters in on-base with a .495 mark. While he started out strong, Rodriguez has made an adjustment after pitchers made their adjustment to his hot start, showing his ability to adapt at the plate. The past week, he had the highest OPS of any qualified hitter in the minors, slashing .583/.700/1.500 with a double, two triples, two home runs, and a steal. He will rocket up prospect lists in the offseason, so grab him as quick as possible in dynasty leagues!
Pitcher of the Week
Strictly a reliever before this season, Juan Mercedes transitioned to a starting role this season for the first time since the Mariners signed him out of the Dominican in 2017. The righty has mixed good starts with bad throughout the year so far, working at multiple levels, but with Everett this week, he made two appearances, the first of which was the first no-hitter in the history of the Everett organization. On the week, Mercedes tossed 12 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, striking out 14. Mercedes likely has a ceiling as an up-and-down backend starter/length reliever, so this is definitely a career highlight for him to enjoy.
Hitters
AAA
Conner Capel, Memphis – .368/.538/1.000, 7 R, 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 6/4 BB/K, 2 SB
Narciso Crook, Iowa – .533/.611/1.133, 5 R, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3/3 BB/K, SB
Matt Davidson, Las Vegas – .429/.519/1.238, 8 R, 2 2B, 5 HR, 11 RBI, 3/5 BB/K
Alex Kirilloff, St. Paul – .471/.571/1.353, 8 R, 3 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 4/3 BB/K
Travis Swaggerty, Indianapolis – .533/.632/1.067, 5 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 4/3 BB/K
AA
Troy Johnston, Pensacola – .625/.633/1.292, 9 R, 2 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 3/3 BB/K
Paul McIntosh, Pensacola – .385/.579/.923, 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 6/3 BB/K
Logan O’Hoppe, Reading – .313/.450/.938, 4 R, 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 2/4 BB/K
James Outman, Tulsa – .538/.700/1.000, 5 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 6/2 BB/K
Logan Porter, Northwest Arkansas – .385/.556/1.000, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 5/4 BB/K
Esteury Ruiz, San Antonio – .357/.438/.643, 4 R, 2B, HR, RBI, 2/2 BB/K, 4 SB
High-A
Colin Barber, Asheville – .524/.583/1.286, 8 R, 2B, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 3/1 BB/K
Kyren Paris, Tri-City – .467/.556/.867, R, 4 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 3/5 BB/K, SB
Thomas Saggese, Hickory – .455/.500/.773, 7 R, 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1/5 BB/K, 4 SB
Alerick Soularie, Cedar Rapids – .353/.560/.882, 4 R, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 8/8 BB/K, SB
Single-A
Logan Cerny, Fayetteville – .409/.519/.773, 6 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 5/4 BB/K, 4 SB
Jackson Chourio, Carolina – .440/.462/.920, 4 R, 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 1/11 BB/K
Max Muncy, Stockton – .421/.520/.842, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4/7 BB/K
Emmanuel Rodriguez, Fort Myers – .583/.700/1.500, 5 R, 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 7/2 BB/K, SB
Pitchers
AAA
Beau Burrows, Oklahoma City – 10 2/3 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 13 K
Cade Cavalli, Rochester – 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
Josh Fleming, Durham – 6 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
Tommy Henry, Reno – 13 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 16 K
AA
Noah Denoyer, Bowie – 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
Taylor Dollard, Arkansas – 11 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 13 K
Brandon Pfaadt, Amarillo – 12 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 17 K
Misael Tamarez, Corpus Christi – 5 2/3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K
High-A
Jeff Criswell, Lansing – 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 11 K
Dylan Dodd, Rome – 6 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Justin Evans, Beloit – 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
DJ Herz, South Bend – 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 K
Juan Mercedes, Everett – 12 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 14 K
Sean Mooney, Cedar Rapids – 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Sean Sullivan, Greensboro – 10 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 18 K
Single-A
Kelvin Caceres, Inland Empire – 5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Jack Leftwich, Lynchburg – 9 1/3 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 18 K
Adolfo Ramirez, Rancho Cucamonga – 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K
Carlos Rodriguez, Carolina – 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
Statistical leaders across minors
Hitting
AVG – Jacob Gonzalez .375, Nomar Mazara .367, Enmanuel Valdez .357, Vaun Brown .354, Jordan Lawlar .352
OBP – Emmanuel Rodriguez .495, Esteury Ruiz .474, BJ Murray Jr .464, Enmanuel Valdez .463, Logan Porter .462
SLG – Moises Gomez .714, Kerry Carpenter .703, Nolan Gorman .677, David Villar .669, Jakson Reetz .667
HR – Kerry Carpenter/Moises Gomez 19, Matt Gorski 18, David Villar/Nicholas Northcut 16
SB – Max Ferguson/Esteury Ruiz 37, Yhoswar Garcia 29, Bubba Thompson/Wilderd Patino/Braiden Ward 27
wRC+ – Emmanuel Rodriguez 203, Jacob Gonzalez 190, Kerry Carpenter 189, Vaun Brown/Brett Harris 182
Pitching
GP – Zach Lee 23, Miguel Del Pozo/JD Hammer/Tyler Ferguson 22, 12 with 21
IP – Victor Santos 61 2/3, Peyton Battenfield 60 2/3, Caleb Boushley/Bryan Hoeing 58 2/3, Brandon Knarr 57 1/3
ERA – Taylor Dollard 0.95, Gavin Stone 1.10, Will Dion 1.22, Rodney Theophile 1.29, Logan Workman 1.34
WHIP – Travis Adams 0.68, Ricky Tiedemann 0.72, Brent Headrick 0.77, Casey Lawrence 0.81, Drew Parrish 0.82
K – Royber Salinas 93, Grayson Rodriguez 80, Mason Montgomery 77, Brayan Bello 76, Logan Allen/Kyle Harrison 73
FIP – Grayson Rodriguez 1.65, Gavin Williams 1.69, Ricky Tiedemann 1.89, Gavin Stone 2.07, John Stankiewicz 2.10
Benjamin Chase
After 6 years of writing for FanSided on various sites and offering contributions to various other websites, family changes have encouraged me to start this site. I spend a ton of time watching baseball at all levels, but I love watching minor league baseball on milb.tv as I'm hours away from the closest minor league team. This is an effort of all those games I enjoy on a daily basis!
