Wednesday, September 20, 2017

2017 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Player Of The Year: Raffy Ozuna


June
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
OBP
SLG
AVG
OPS
Jimenez
17
56
12
21
2
1
1
8
14
14
.500
.500
.375
1.000
Soto
14
60
5
17
5
0
0
6
3
14
.313
.367
.283
.679
Longa
17
57
10
16
4
0
1
11
3
9
.328
.404
.281
.731
Gomez
17
65
10
18
2
1
0
3
4
12
.319
.338
.277
.657
Herrera
16
51
5
14
3
0
1
6
2
16
.339
.392
.275
.731
Del Rio
20
52
9
14
2
2
0
5
7
9
.371
.385
.269
.756
DeJesus
15
55
4
12
1
0
1
4
6
25
.295
.291
.218
.586
Ozuna
19
65
14
14
5
1
1
8
13
30
.363
.369
.215
.732
Pena
19
55
8
10
2
0
0
5
10
19
.303
.218
.182
.521
Montano
19
67
6
12
4
2
0
7
10
28
.286
.299
.179
.584
Soler
17
65
8
11
1
2
1
9
10
23
.299
.292
.169
.591
Rosario
13
47
6
6
1
0
0
3
4
15
.192
.149
.128
.341

In the first month of the season, Wiliam Jimenez started off on the right foot and was offensively on top.  If Jimenez wasn’t leading the team in a statistic, he was somewhere in range.  Cristhian Longa was your RBI specialist with Carlos Soler, Jimenez, Raffy Ozuna, and Luis Montano not far behind.   Franklin Soto held down the doubles while Diomedes Del Rio, Montano, and Soler had the triples.  The team did rack up a lot of strikeouts and Ozuna, DeJesus, Montano, and Soler all had 20 or more.

July
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
OBP
SLG
AVG
OPS
DeJesus
15
49
10
18
3
0
3
9
8
13
.483
.612
.367
1.096
Soto
23
84
14
30
3
0
1
10
8
17
.411
.429
.357
.839
Herrera
19
64
8
22
8
0
0
14
12
11
.457
.469
.344
.926
Gomez
20
77
13
26
4
0
1
10
4
11
.378
.429
.338
.807
Longa
17
52
10
15
3
1
0
3
9
7
.413
.385
.288
.797
Ozuna
21
68
11
18
4
0
1
11
22
30
.444
.368
.265
.812
Jimenez
24
85
10
22
7
2
0
13
8
19
.330
.388
.259
.718
Hernandez
14
50
7
11
0
0
3
6
2
14
.259
.400
.220
.659
Soler
18
58
10
12
1
0
0
4
7
16
.324
.224
.207
.548
Samuel
14
49
12
9
2
1
0
4
6
17
.273
.265
.184
.538
Montano
18
50
6
8
1
0
2
4
5
16
.236
.300
.160
.536

William Jimenez saw his AVG dip but still raked in the doubles, triples, and RBI categories.  Freddy DeJesus bat showed power, along with Francisco Hernandez (who signed at beginning of month).  Ivan Herrera and Pablo Gomez poked their heads through offensively seeing their AVGs shoot well into the .300’s.  Franklin Soto led the team in hits during July.  Raffy Ozuna continued with his high strikeouts but also took on the leader of walks, seeing his OBP shoo to the top.

August
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
OBP
SLG
AVG
OPS
Herrera
14
55
8
21
4
0
0
7
4
9
.460
.455
.382
.915
Rosario
13
44
5
15
1
1
0
8
1
11
.356
.409
.341
.765
Soler
19
79
15
25
5
6
0
10
6
12
.368
.532
.316
.899
Montano
17
42
11
13
3
1
1
5
7
10
.420
.500
.310
.920
Ozuna
18
65
13
18
4
3
2
9
11
26
.382
.523
.277
.905
Gomez
13
48
6
13
2
0
0
3
2
4
.294
.313
.271
.607
DeJesus
22
80
10
21
3
0
3
14
8
24
.340
.413
.263
.753
Samuel
16
58
8
12
2
0
0
7
5
8
.309
.241
.207
.550
Soto
18
67
12
12
5
1
0
3
6
11
.263
.284
.179
.547
Hernandez
13
40
7
7
1
0
0
4
1
12
.244
.200
.175
.444

In the final month, William Jimenez and Cristhian Longa both dropped out due to injuries.  Carlos Soler and Yowelfy Rosario both exploded offensively after a slow first two months.  Ivan Herrera took over in the OBP and AVG departments.  Freddy DeJesus continued his power stroke with a team leading three home runs and 14 RBIs.  Raffy Ozuna was again the strikeout king and racked up the walks.

Overall
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
OBP
SLG
AVG
OPS
Herrera
49
170
21
57
15
0
1
27
18
36
.426
.441
.335
.866
Jimenez
45
156
24
48
11
4
1
25
22
36
.402
.449
.308
.851
Gomez
50
190
29
57
8
1
1
16
10
27
.337
.368
.300
.705
Soto
55
211
31
59
13
1
1
19
17
42
.365
.365
.280
.701
DeJesus
52
184
24
51
7
0
7
27
22
62
.367
.429
.277
.797
Ozuna
58
198
38
50
13
4
4
28
46
86
.398
.419
.253
.818


This is very tough choice when looking at the overall stats of the top hitters on the team.  But my personal selection for the 2017 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Player of the Year goes to Raffy Ozuna.  He showed that he can put together offensive numbers across the board and not just in one area.  Although his strikeouts are high, his other stats over shadow that compared to other players.

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