Friday, September 18, 2015

2015 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Player Of The Year - Wadye Ynfante



2015 Dominican Summer League Hitters
May/June
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
Sanchez
26
99
14
27
7
2
4
27
7
27
3
1
.273
Montero
23
96
18
27
5
1
3
18
6
21
0
1
.281
Rodriguez
22
89
15
28
7
1
1
12
4
17
0
0
.315
Rosendo
23
80
10
9
2
0
0
5
12
29
0
0
.113
Flores
18
71
7
12
0
0
0
5
3
19
0
0
.169
Figuera
20
66
16
18
3
1
0
6
4
8
7
3
.273
Ynfante
14
61
8
19
6
1
0
14
3
9
1
2
.312
Gomez
20
60
6
11
1
0
0
2
11
15
0
0
.183
Balbuena
15
51
6
6
1
0
1
7
6
18
0
0
.118
Ortega
20
49
10
12
3
0
0
5
7
5
0
1
.245













In the first month of the season, Brian Sanchez lead the way offensively for the Dominican Summer League Cardinals.  Sanchez racked up the extra bases hits with doubles, triples, and home runs and drove in a handful more runs than anyone else on the club.  Elehuris Montero was not far behind in those categories.  Carlos Rodriguez also had a strong showing and lead the team in hits and batting average.  Edwin Figuera was the man on the bases swiping seven of ten successfully.  Wadye Ynfante got off to a late start and was not far behind.  Sanel Rosendo, Luis Flores, Dariel Gomez, and Starlin Balbuena all struggled at the plate.

July
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
Ynfante
23
103
13
34
7
1
3
17
6
14
2
3
.330
Rosendo
22
80
15
27
9
1
5
14
8
22
0
1
.338
Sanchez
19
80
9
17
6
1
2
14
4
29
3
1
.213
Montero
19
76
8
16
2
0
0
3
13
21
0
0
.211
Flores
18
65
12
17
5
6
0
11
7
17
1
3
.262
Rodriguez
16
62
15
19
4
0
4
11
6
21
0
0
.306
Figuera
17
61
6
14
0
1
0
8
5
5
3
2
.230
Linares
16
59
9
12
1
0
0
2
5
19
0
0
.203
Luna
15
57
9
18
3
2
2
10
3
10
2
4
.316
Balbuena
15
51
7
13
0
2
0
2
3
14
4
1
.255
Ortega
15
48
4
12
1
0
0
1
3
6
2
0
.250

Ynfante made up for lost time in the second month and exploded at the plate, leading the club in hits and RBIs and was right up there in doubles and home runs.  Rosendo turned things around and had a Sanchez-like month, in July, collecting extra base hits.  Rodriguez stayed on course like he did in the first month, but didn’t play after the All-Star game.  Sanchez saw his strikeouts shoot through the roof and average drop off, but still put up the numbers when he got a hold of the ball.  Montero plummeted dramatically at the plate.  Andres Luna jumped right in the mix for the team after a slow first month and Balbuena improved his numbers.

August
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
Balbuena
16
73
9
29
7
0
0
10
3
16
1
5
.397
Rosendo
18
67
12
14
8
0
1
8
8
26
0
0
.209
Montero
19
58
5
15
2
0
0
9
7
14
0
0
.259
Sanchez
15
50
11
10
1
0
0
4
9
15
1
2
.200
Gomez
16
49
8
14
3
3
0
10
10
12
0
1
.286
Ynfante
12
48
11
13
3
1
0
3
7
19
1
0
.271
Luna
12
43
8
10
3
0
0
3
3
4
1
0
.233
Delgado
12
39
6
10
2
0
0
6
9
10
1
0
.256
Wilson
9
37
3
8
3
2
0
5
2
9
0
0
.216
Cedeno
11
36
9
6
2
0
2
5
7
6
0
0
.167

Balbuena finally got comfortable at the plate in the final month of the season and picked up where others left off earlier in the season.  Gomez stepped up in place of the absence of Rodriguez, to rack up doubles, triples, RBIs, and walks.  Ynfante still contributed, but slowed at the end of the year.  Rosendo returned to where he was in the beginning and Sanchez stayed on the mid-season slump.  Montero’s engine started to spark after a summer-long slow.

2015 Season
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
Montero
57
230
31
58
9
1
3
30
78
26
56
0
1
.252
.328
.339
.667
Sanchez
60
229
34
54
14
3
6
45
92
20
71
7
4
.236
.317
.402
.718
Rosendo
63
227
37
50
19
1
6
27
89
28
77
0
1
.220
.333
.392
.725
Ynfante
49
212
32
66
16
3
3
34
97
16
42
4
5
.311
.362
.458
.820
Balbuena
46
175
22
48
8
2
1
19
63
12
48
5
6
.274
.326
.360
.686

The final stats for the five main hitters on the DSL Cardinals all show they contributed in one way or another during the season.  Sanchez and Rosendo were the main extra base hitters and power but racked up the strikeouts.  Montero and Balbuena, who didn’t lead in any major category, were not far behind in many stats.  All five at some point had a huge impact in one individual month.  I have chosen Ynfante for the 2015 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Player of the Year for his overall season where he lead in hits, total bases, AVG, OBP, SLG, and OPS, despite a slow start, and was in the mix for all other team stats.

2015 Dominican Summer League Starting Pitcher Of The Year - Franyel Casadilla
2015 Dominican Summer League Reliever Of The Year - Enrique Perez

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