Minor league leaders at half: O’Neill, Pivetta, Wick, Zastryzny

OF Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) leads all Canuck minor leaguers in every offensive category at the half-way mark of the minor-league season. The former Langley Blaze star is at double-A Jackson in the Seattle Mariners organization.

By George Farelli

Canadian Baseball Network

A look at the Canuck leaders in the minor leagues at rougly the half-way point of the season.

A total of 68 have appeared in at least once game in the first 12 weeks of the season (with Week 12 ending June 28).

Tyler O’Neill won the Canadian Baseball Network offensive player of the year in the minors honors and the Randy Echlin award last year and not much has changed.

Not all June drafts who signed have obtained their work visas.  

Hitters

(Minimum 100 At Bats)

GAMES _ 73 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson and Brett Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) A Beloit; 64 Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) A Greensboro.

AT BATS _ 284 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson, 254 Brett Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) A Beloit.

RUNS _ 40 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson, 34 Brett Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) A Beloit.

HITS _ 88 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson; 63 Brett Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) A Beloit and Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) A Greensboro

AVERAGE _ .310 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson; .280 Dalton Pompley (Mississauga, Ont.) AAA Buffalo

DOUBLES _ 20 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson; 17 Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) A Greensboro.

TRIPLES _ 3 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson; Brett Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) A Beloit and Eric Wood (Pickering, Ont.) AA Altoona.

HOME RUNS _ 13 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson; 9 Eric Wood (Pickering, ON) AA Altoona.

RBI _ 59 Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) AA Jackson; 43 Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) A Greensboro

Pitchers

(Minimum 30 Innings Pitched)

APPEARANCES _ 26 Rowan Wick (North Vancouver, BC) AA Springfield and A Palm Beach; 25 Dustin Molleken (Regina, Sask.) AAA Toledo

INNINGS _ 95.2 Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) AAA Iowa and AA Tennessee; 86.2 Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC) AA Reading; 86 Scott Diamond (Toronto, Ont.) AAA Buffalo

WINS _ 7 Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC) AA Reading and Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) AAA Iowa and AA Tennessee.

LOSSES _ 7 Scott Diamond (Toronto, Ont.) AAA Buffalo; 6 Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) A Rome

SAVES _ 6 Rowan Wick (North Vancouver, BC) AA Springfield and A Palm Beach; 3 Jesen Therrien (Montreal, Que.) A Clearwater.

STRIKEOUTS _ 78 Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC) AA Reading; 72 Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) AAA Iowa and AA Tennessee and Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) A Rome.

ERA _ 2.04 Jameson Taillon (Woodlands, Tex.) AAA Indianapolis; 2.48 Evan Grills (Whitby, Ont.) AA Corpus Christi and A Lancaster

WHIP

0.82 Jameson Taillon (Woodlands, Tex.) AAA Indianapolis; 1.04 Evan Grills (Whitby, Ont.) AA Corpus Christi and A Lancaster.