Sea Dogs Batting Leaders

I probably should wait until the end of the Erie series, when we will be officially 1/4 the way through the season, but at that time the Sea Dogs will be back in town, and I'll be busy scoring the games. So here's a rundown of the top batters for the Sea Dogs this year. If a player leads the team in a particular category, it's in bold.

Dustin Pedroia: 347/434/521-4-23. 18 BB, 12 K, 954 OPS, 325 GPA, 26.9 Runs Created, 8.6 Runs Created/27 outs, .086 IsoD, .174 IsoP.
Just a tremendous season thus far for Pedroia. His high batting average lends a lot to the OPS figure, but he is third on the team in Isolated Discipline (OBP-BA), behind Jeff Bailey and Jared Sandberg, and fourth (behind Sandberg, Bailey and Chris Durbin) in Isolated Power. He's been a force with the bat - not bad for a little middle infielder.

Jeremy West: 320/387/484-2-9, 11 BB, 15 K, 870 OPS, 295 GPA, 22.8 RC, 7.3 RC/7, .067 IsoD, .164 IsoP
A consistently solid bat, though he's somehow still in single digits in RBI. A good mix of power (10 2b, 2 3b) and patience, his numbers pale only in comparison to Pedroia's.

Chris Durbin: 300/363/500-3-20, 8 BB, 13 K, 863 OPS, 288 GPA, 16.5 RC, 6.5 RC/27, .063 IsoD, .200 IsoP
Durbin has been a surprise with the bat this year. Second on the team in Isolated Power, and secone in RBI despite missing 10 games now with injuries. He's overshadowed David Murphy, his teammate from Baylor, thus far this year.

Hanley Ramirez: 302/358/468-1-14, 9 BB, 21 K, 826 OPS, 278 GPA, 20.7 RC, 6.0 RC/27, .056 IsoD, .167 IsoP, 7 3b, 22 Runs, 10 SB
Ramirez has been overshadowed a bit by Pedroia with the bat, but he's still having a solid season. He's got a funky extra base hit line: 4-7-1, but the power has been solid (5th highest IsoP on the team). The walk rate is about where it has been for his career, and he's cut his K's down just a bit from his AA rate last year. He's now striking out once every six at bats, which is in line with his low-A figures.

Jared Sandberg: 241/338/483-7-19, 16 BB, 35 K, 821 OPS, 273 GPA, 18.9 RC, 5.8 RC/27, .097 IsoD, .252 IsoP
Sandberg has provided the power for the Sea Dogs, but for a guy in his peak, with major league experience, the numbers should be better. He's striking out too much and his batting average is too low for this level. I think he's going up to Pawtucket soon, but if not look for his numbers to take off again.

Jeff Bailey: 235/381/431-3-9, 8 BB, 12 K, 812 OPS, 279 GPA, 8.4 RC, 5.8 RC/27, .146 IsoD, .196 IsoP
Bailey started a little slow, but has come on to provide the same things that he did last year - power and patience. He's the prototypical "old skills" ballplayer, and also leads the team with 4 HBP's.

These guys are all hitting pretty well, and there's a big dropoff between them and the other regulars - Alberto Concepcion, David Murphy and Brandon Moss. Hopefully we'll have a reason to write postive things about them before the season gets too much deeper.