BASEBALL: 2020 CANES PRESEASON
PART 3: THE BATTERS
PART 3: THE BATTERS
(Social Media Graphic: Courtesy UM Baseball)
Good evening, Caniacs!
Hey, Omaha sounds pretty good to me! I am sorry for the late posting. Here's your preseason look at our guys at the plate. Enjoy!
Gone from the 2019 Roster
Batters that I think are gone from last year: C Michael Amditis, OF-P Dyland Cloonan, INF Willy Escala.
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (We'll find out for sure soon)
(Bold stats below designates team leader)
C Adrian Del Castillo/SO: AVG/OB%/SLG% .331/.418/.576; HR: 12; RBI: 72; SB: 3
1B Alex Toral/JR: AVG/OB%/SLG% .293//400/.576; HR: 24; RBI: 67; B: 1
2B Anthony Vilar/SO: AVG/OB%/SLG% .291/.416/.414; HR: 5; RBI: 39; SB: 0
3B Raymond Gil/JR: AVG/OB%/SLG% .318/.396/.565; HR: 13; RBI: 44; SB: 1
*SS Freddy Zamora/JR: AVG/OB%/SLG% .296/.393/.447; HR 6; RBI: 46; SB 13
LF Jordan Lala/SO: AVG/OB%/SLG% .276/.446/.386; HR: 4; RBI: 18; SB: 28
CF: Tony Jenkins/JR: AVG/OB%/SLG% .268/.392/.330; HR: 0; RBI: 12; SB: 9
RF: Gabe Rivera/JR: AVG/OB%/SLG% .290/.374/.590; HR 7; RBI: 31; SB 6
DH: J.P. Gates/SO: AVG/OB%/SLG% .340/..371/..510; HR: 4; RBI: 31; SB 0
*Coach Gino announced Tuesday that Zamora and FR LHP Carson Palmquist have been suspended indefinitely for breaking team rules. As of this posting, Coach has not announced who will start at SS this weekend.
BIG BOPPERS
According to D1Baseball.com: One of the big keys for any college baseball team is having production and experience throughout the offensive lineup. And it’s safe to say Miami has all the above. The Hurricanes put together an impressive offensive showing last season, and every key cog outside of one player is back for more this spring.*
The Hurricanes won’t be lacking from a power standpoint in 2020. Miami had one of the nation’s more powerful lineups last season, finishing the year ranked 11th nationally in homers per game with 1.39 per contest. Outside of Arizona State, perhaps no team in college baseball will be as potentially scary from a power standpoint as the Hurricanes.
* That player is Michael Amditis who was drafted.
2019 ACC STATS
Case in point re our power: Miami led the ACC last season with 85 HRs. (Clemson had 82, FSU 81).
Our 85 HRs placed us 10th nationally at season's end in 2019. Vandy led everybody with 100 but they did in 71 games vs our 61, so there's that.
Team Batting
GT: .300
UVA: .292
Louisville: .292
Miami: .291
(Technically, methinks we finished 3rd and UVA/'Ville tied for 2nd).
BTW, the .291 avg put us at No. 45 nationally at the end of the year along with 8 other teams like Austin Peak, USTA, UNLV, Winthrop, Kent St., Illinois St. and VCU. New Mexico St. led the nation at .356. Yikes!
Individual Batting - Top 144 Players Listed
No. 12: JP Gates .340
No. 17: Adrian Del Castillo .331
No. 25: Raymond Gil .318
No. 46: Freddy Zamora .296
No. 51: Alex Toral .291
No. 54: Anthony Vilar .291
No. 70: Jordan Lala .276
No. 84: Tony Jenkins .268,
Gabe Rivera, who batted .290 last year was not listed. That would have put him right below Vilar in the mid-50's.
2019 Overall Stats Leaders - Top 10 (There were 18 categories, UM was listed in 10)
Slugging %
No. 6: Alex Toral .656
Runs Scored
No. 4: Jordan Lala 68
Runs Batted In
No. 2: Adrian Del Castillo 72
No. 6: Alex Toral 68
Doubles
No. 2: Adrian Del Castillo 22
Home Runs
No. 1 Alex Toral 24
Walks
No. 4: Jordan Lala 61
No. 9: Anthony Vilar 49
Strikeouts (And they are not tied for 6th because...?)
No. 6: Alex Toral 68
No. 7: Raymond Gil 68
Sac Flies
No. 9: Adrian Del Castillo 6
Stolen Bases
No. 2: Jordan Lala 28
Caught Stealing
No. 5: Jordan Lala 5
To check out last season's ACC STats page, go here. (Link Courtesy: theacc.com)
2020 D1’sBaseball.com’s D1Baseball Analytics: Top 150 Hitters
Hitting has been broken down into three categories: Plate Discipline, Hit Ability, and Game Power. Plate Discipline (PD) is a measure of how well a batter controls the strike zone. Hit Ability (HA) simply measures a batter’s ability to hit and reach base while Game Power (GP) is straightforward: Does the prospect produce extra-base hits, getting to the power he may show in batting practice?
Adjustments have been made to account for park effects of the most extreme hitter- and pitcher-friendly parks, as well as an adjustment for a team’s strength of schedule. Our analysis is based on 2019 spring season statistics only and it does not take into account a prospect’s position. For example, a middle of the diamond player has more value than a corner player with a similar score. Nor do the scores consider a player’s age, athleticism, swing mechanics, bat speed, running speed, defense or throwing tools. This list is all about bat skill and identifying hitters who have statistically performed in areas that are proven to correlate into professional baseball. Players are graded from 0-100.
As a point of reference: No. 1 is UNC’s Aaron Sabato with an Overall score of: 92.3.
Here's how our Canes did in the Top 150:
No. 9 Alex Toral: 88.3. His Power Rating: was 95.1, second only to Tennessee Tech’s Jason Hinchman whose Power Rating was 100. His overall rating of 88.3. Alex was the only batter in the 90s.
No. 18. Adrian Del Castollo: 86.1
No. 47. Gabe Rivera: 83.3
No. 70: Raymond Gil: 82.5
That's all I could muster for now on our batters. Coming Wednesday night, Part 4: The Defenders. Please check back if U can and as always, I greatly appreciate your kind words of support. Friday is almost here! Thank U!
Go Canes!
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