Sat. 6/13: Island Sibling Rivalry

[Jim Goulart]

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[snoogans8056]

The DSL Blue team is an absolute juggernaut, even with Gold having most of the big 2026 names (and being no slouches themselves).

This is going to be a fun class to follow.

[Ro Mueller]

The Low-A Warbirds play two games at Hill City today, aiming to build on a 2-1 series lead. RHP Carlos Carra can continue his hot run of form (17.1 IP, 3 R, 20 Ks in 3 starts) in Game 1. RF Jose Anderson leads the Carolina League with 15 homers.

[Stealofhome]

4 hours ago, homer said:

Regarding Fischer....his K% is still north of 30%. Obviously, slugging 600+ and walking a lot mitigates that if it continues, but wondering if there is a current MLB player comp who K'd a ton in the minors with prodigious power who ended up a successful major leaguer? I looked at Schwarber, but he really didn't K too much in his limited time in the minors.

Brent Rooker is pretty close. He had K% of 29 in A+ ball and 34, 30 in two AAA seasons respectively.

James Wood is another one. He had K% of 33.7% in AA

@sveumrules looking in your direction.

I've been working on a prospect comparison project so this is a good test of its current state. Here are all the minor league seasons from 1977-2025 with a K/PA >= 30%, ISO >= 0.3, and PA >= 200:

 

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name	year	lvl	age	pa	k_pa	iso	ops	mlb_pa	mlb_ops
Matt Chapman	2017	AAA	24	203	31.0%	0.333	0.942	5060	0.786
Rob Deer	1996	AAA	35	317	37.2%	0.301	0.888	4513	0.766
Joey Gallo	2013	A	19	446	37.0%	0.365	0.944	3403	0.775
Russell Branyan	2000	AAA	24	261	35.6%	0.332	0.906	3398	0.814
Russell Branyan	1996	A	20	552	30.1%	0.307	0.930	3398	0.814
Elly De La Cruz	2022	A+	20	306	30.7%	0.306	0.968	2079	0.784
Ruben Rivera	1995	AAA	21	204	30.4%	0.328	0.970	1818	0.700
Eric Haase	2017	AA	24	381	30.4%	0.315	0.923	1275	0.681
Justin Maxwell	2011	AAA	27	204	35.3%	0.328	0.945	1193	0.702
Will Benson	2019	A	21	259	30.1%	0.332	0.974	1144	0.713
Bobby Dalbec	2018	A+	23	419	31.0%	0.317	0.945	1065	0.712
James Outman	2025	AAA	28	333	30.3%	0.303	0.970	960	0.695
Dave Cochrane	1982	A-	19	309	37.9%	0.320	1.009	562	0.627
Alex Jackson	2019	AAA	23	345	34.2%	0.304	0.846	469	0.534
Arismendy Alcantara	2021	AAA	29	255	32.2%	0.306	0.923	459	0.550
Rolando Roomes	1982	A-	20	280	39.3%	0.331	1.028	426	0.676
Dallas McPherson	2004	AAA	23	284	33.5%	0.367	1.049	414	0.738
Dallas McPherson	2006	AAA	25	231	38.1%	0.346	0.904	414	0.738
Dallas McPherson	2008	AAA	27	530	31.7%	0.344	0.998	414	0.738
Jeremiah Jackson	2019	Rk	19	291	33.0%	0.340	0.939	363	0.723
Bobby Bradley	2019	AAA	23	453	33.8%	0.303	0.912	345	0.692
Edwin Rios	2019	AAA	25	444	34.5%	0.305	0.915	335	0.745
Jabari Blash	2017	AAA	27	291	30.2%	0.332	1.036	324	0.613
Travis Demeritte	2016	A+	21	378	33.1%	0.311	0.935	315	0.605
Brad Eldred	2008	AAA	27	469	30.7%	0.302	0.851	299	0.675
Griffin Conine	2021	A+	23	288	35.8%	0.340	0.969	200	0.779
Robel Garcia	2019	AAA	26	296	33.1%	0.304	0.946	197	0.566
Pete Laforest	2005	AAA	27	293	33.4%	0.307	0.895	164	0.545
Greg Halman	2010	AAA	22	465	36.3%	0.302	0.854	121	0.535
Shay Whitcomb	2021	A+	22	257	31.5%	0.300	0.959	102	0.508
Bryce Brentz	2018	AAA	29	214	31.3%	0.316	0.912	90	0.690
Bob Seymour	2024	AAA	25	218	34.9%	0.332	0.954	83	0.535
Cody Thomas	2021	AAA	26	245	31.8%	0.376	1.028	78	0.641
Cody Thomas	2016	Rk	21	239	35.1%	0.300	0.936	78	0.641
Jai Miller	2011	AAA	26	475	37.7%	0.312	0.956	73	0.656
Dylan Cozens	2016	AA	22	586	31.7%	0.315	0.941	45	0.549
Spencer Jones	2025	AA	24	208	33.7%	0.320	0.984	43	0.717
Josh Lester	2021	AA	26	337	32.3%	0.336	0.951	28	0.327
Zach Green	2019	AAA	25	297	33.3%	0.377	1.039	16	0.464
Brian Greer	1982	AA	23	416	34.9%	0.305	0.989	4	0.000
Moises Gomez	2022	AA	23	257	35.0%	0.384	1.106	NA	NA
Casey Golden	2017	Rk	22	240	30.8%	0.365	1.025	NA	NA
Drew Lugbauer	2023	AA	26	273	34.4%	0.356	1.020	NA	NA
Rod McCall	1994	A+	22	209	30.1%	0.355	0.998	NA	NA
Tim Glass	1977	A-	19	259	32.4%	0.354	1.005	NA	NA
Ivan Melendez	2023	A+	23	256	33.6%	0.323	0.944	NA	NA
Angel Morales	2008	Rk	18	218	33.0%	0.322	1.036	NA	NA
Tyler Hardman	2023	AA	24	331	33.2%	0.322	0.891	NA	NA
Seuly Matias	2018	A	19	376	34.8%	0.320	0.853	NA	NA
Matt Raleigh	1997	AA	26	479	35.3%	0.317	0.842	NA	NA
Dariel Gomez	2021	A+	24	215	36.7%	0.312	0.929	NA	NA
Ibandel Isabel	2018	A+	23	420	36.2%	0.309	0.900	NA	NA
Joe Hicks	1984	AAA	26	510	30.4%	0.308	0.917	NA	NA
Nicholas Northcut	2022	A+	23	322	35.4%	0.307	0.816	NA	NA
Ryan Fox	2004	Rk	23	203	32.5%	0.307	0.968	NA	NA
Rod McCall	1998	AAA	26	431	35.0%	0.302	0.923	NA	NA
Lazaro Montes	2022	Rk	17	223	33.2%	0.301	1.007	NA	NA
Robert Stratton	2003	AAA	25	421	41.6%	0.301	0.796	NA	NA