Summer ball has wrapped up for all our players
Northwoods League
It was an up and down summer offensively for Toral. He finished with a .238 average (had reached .264 on August 1st before a mini slump to end the summer) with 7 HRs and 29 RBI. He was 50 for 210 overall with 37 Ks and 16 BBs. He seemed to cut down on his strikeouts towards the end of the summer, with just 5 in his last 61 ABs. His homerun total is encouraging given his HS Senior/College Freshman power outage, but his overall batting average and inconsistency is a question mark. A big red flag for his performance this summer was 14 errors in 56 games at first base. He wasn't good enough defensively to play first base last season, and that doesn't appear to have improved.
Quinones had a summer to forget, finishing at .157 (19 for 121) with 1 HR and 11 RBI. He had 38 Ks vs 20 BBs.
Alaska Baseball League
Escala really cooled off towards the end of the summer (not unlike his spring finish), ending up with a .228 BA (39 for 171) with 14 RBI. He had 42 K/15 BB. I'm a little bit surprised that he only had 3 stolen bases for the summer.
Daniel Rivero is one of the few players who exceeded expectations this summer. He finished 1-1 with a 2.73 ERA in 29.3 innings of work. He struck out 34 while walking just 11 batters. His WHIP was 1.21 and he had an OBA of .227. For comparison, his stats from the Coastal Plain League last summer: 2-1 30 IP 6.00 ERA 33 K 19 BB. I'm not sure how his Alaska summer translates to the spring, but he has certainly improved over last year.
Valley League
Gil was much improved towards the end of the summer following a nightmare on Cape Cod and a poor start in Winchester. His Valley League season finished at a .254 average (16 for 63) with 5 HR and 14 RBI. He stole six bases while recording 22K/6BB. In his four postseason games he hit .294 including 3 of his 5 HRs and half his RBI total in just those 4 games. As with Toral, there are a lot of question marks for Gil leaving the summer.
Cape Cod League
Veliz had a great summer going 2-1 with four saves and a 2.45 ERA. He struck out 33 while walking only eight batters in 22 innings of work (14 appearances). The question mark for Veliz was whether he could throw strikes, and it certainly looks like he did this summer.
Tyler Keysor finished the summer at 2-2 with a 4.95 ERA in 20 innings. He struck out 24 batters while walking only five. His OBA was .262. Based on his summer number,s he seems like a guy who throws strikes but is a little bit on the hittable side. It's hard to make a complete judgement though making the jump from JUCO to the Cape Cod League. Having faced that level of competition should help him transition into the ACC.
Gabe Rivera's numbers are pretty horrific. He finished with a .163 batting average (16 for 98). He struck out 38 times (in just 98 at bats!) while walking only twice. The only positive I can find is that he wasn't charged with any errors given his struggles last season in right field.
NECBL
Tyler Paige finished the summer with an .060 batting average (3 for 50) with 4 RBIs and 24K/10BB. As was the case at the end of the spring, I struggle to see him being able to hit at this level. I'll be concerned if he has any more than an emergency utility role this season.
