Thursday, October 4, 2018

2018 Dominican Summer League Cardinals Player Of The Year: Malcom Nunez




The Dominican Summer League clubs had some of the best offense that I have personally seen since I started covering.  There was plenty of power and plenty of speed to get excited about this season.  Lots of names to keep an eye on as the next couple of years progress.  The offense was a big reason these two teams finished above .500 and pushed for the postseason.

June
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
S.Mora
17
56
16
21
3
0
0
8
16
10
6
2
.375
D.Del Rio
20
62
23
21
4
8
2
17
21
14
4
1
.339
J.De Los Santos
22
77
20
26
7
1
0
12
16
13
12
2
.338
C.Soler
12
50
11
16
1
2
1
13
7
11
1
2
.320
D.Del Villar
22
83
16
25
7
1
1
15
17
21
5
0
.301
Y.Rosario
22
83
22
23
10
6
0
11
13
27
6
1
.277
J.Selmo
16
59
13
16
6
3
0
17
12
15
3
2
.271
A.Cruz
23
84
12
22
3
2
0
11
15
25
6
1
.262
F.Hernandez
22
74
17
19
4
1
1
11
12
17
0
2
.257
L.Montano
23
86
18
22
7
1
1
12
14
36
1
3
.256
F.DeJesus
24
79
18
20
8
0
2
18
24
25
0
2
.253
F.Soto
23
94
18
23
1
4
0
15
14
17
9
5
.245
L.Pena
20
75
10
18
6
0
2
6
10
17
0
0
.240
P.Gomez
23
93
18
22
6
1
2
16
2
21
4
1
.237
E.DeJesus
19
52
9
12
2
2
0
4
10
17
1
3
.231
L.Andujar
17
57
9
13
3
0
1
8
2
13
4
0
.228
C.Longa
19
67
16
14
3
0
3
14
7
22
1
0
.209
D.Burgos
23
84
12
17
3
4
1
10
18
25
0
2
.202
C.Ramirez
21
65
14
13
5
1
1
9
17
22
0
1
.200
D.Moquete
14
52
15
8
1
1
0
3
9
12
6
0
.154

The month of June saw Sander Mora, Diomedes Del Rio, Joerlin De Los Santos, Carlos Soler, Darlyn Del Villar, and various others rack up the hits.  The returning Cristhian Longa led the way with homers, Yowelfy Rosario doubled his way, and Del Rio held down the three-baggers.  Freddy DeJesus, Jean Selmo, Del Rio, and Pablo Gomez pushed the runs home.  De Los Santos and Franklin Soto ran the bases.  Luis Montano was the strikeout king.

July
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
M.Nunez
22
83
25
34
9
2
4
25
13
14
1
0
.410
C.Soler
23
95
27
38
9
3
0
18
9
21
5
4
.400
J.Selmo
23
85
24
32
7
1
2
18
12
13
4
1
.376
R.Mendoza
19
66
14
24
5
3
0
16
13
11
0
0
.364
A.Cruz
25
83
18
29
7
3
1
21
17
15
2
1
.349
J.De Los Santos
23
84
26
27
3
1
1
8
17
14
9
4
.321
F.Soto
19
69
15
22
6
1
0
12
14
7
8
4
.319
C.Longa
25
88
21
28
6
3
1
19
11
17
0
1
.318
E.Pena
16
58
8
16
2
1
0
6
1
9
1
1
.276
F.Hernandez
22
71
13
19
2
0
2
13
11
18
2
2
.268
L.Montano
24
81
18
20
5
2
2
19
21
25
0
1
.247
D.Burgos
18
67
11
15
3
0
4
13
7
24
2
1
.224
F.DeJesus
22
82
9
18
9
0
1
13
13
22
0
0
.220
P.Gomez
19
69
13
15
4
1
1
9
11
14
1
2
.217
D.Moquete
21
61
13
13
0
1
1
5
7
12
4
3
.213
Y.Rosario
16
61
12
13
2
1
1
14
5
21
0
0
.213
C.Ramirez
20
65
11
13
6
0
0
7
11
18
0
0
.200
A.Samuel
17
59
6
9
1
2
0
12
11
27
2
0
.153
S.Mora
19
70
17
8
2
1
0
5
14
19
3
1
.114

As Del Rio left for Florida, Malcom Nunez was signed and he delivered in July.  Nunez led the way in AVG, doubles, homers, and RBIs.  Soler continued a strong season into the second month and was also promoted.  Montano nearly had as many walks as strikeouts.  De Los Santos kept swiping bases with Soto not far behind.  Selmo, Adanson Cruz, and Soto showed a great deal of improvements at the plate.  Mora went the other way and dropped over .200 points in his AVG.

August
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
CS
AVG
J.De Los Santos
19
73
20
31
8
4
0
8
8
9
9
3
.425
M.Nunez
22
81
19
34
7
0
9
34
13
15
2
0
.420
D.Moquete
21
91
25
35
7
1
0
11
3
14
11
2
.385
F.Soto
19
70
16
26
3
3
0
10
10
7
6
2
.371
F.Hernandez
20
77
18
27
8
1
0
13
10
21
1
3
.351
F.DeJesus
21
67
12
22
9
0
0
13
12
25
0
0
.328
L.Montano
19
68
11
22
8
2
0
13
7
24
1
1
.324
A.Cruz
19
73
20
21
5
1
1
7
6
24
3
0
.288
Y.Rosario
19
52
15
14
3
1
2
11
15
13
1
1
.269
P.Gomez
14
52
9
13
5
1
0
9
3
9
2
1
.250
C.Longa
20
81
13
20
5
0
0
16
2
18
1
2
.247
R.Mendoza
15
62
8
15
3
1
3
13
3
13
0
1
.242
S.Mora
18
62
10
15
6
0
0
4
5
17
3
4
.242
C.Ramirez
19
69
14
16
5
1
1
10
11
24
2
0
.232
J.Selmo
15
49
10
10
3
1
0
3
10
17
0
0
.204
D.Burgos
15
59
6
12
2
0
1
8
5
23
1
1
.203

De Los Santos finished outpacing Nunez in the AVG department for the final month of the season.  But Nunez did slug the most homers and drive in the most runs.  Darlin Moquete turned things around the lead the way in hits, runs scored, and stolen bases.  Francisco Hernandez improved almost .100 points at the plate.

Overall
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
OBP
SLG
AVG
OPS
M.Nunez
44
164
44
68
16
2
13
59
26
29
3
.497
.774
.415
1.272
J.De Los Santos
64
234
66
84
18
6
1
28
41
36
30
.459
.500
.359
.959
R.Mendoza
41
151
29
47
9
5
3
33
22
29
0
.419
.497
.311
.916
F.Soto
61
233
49
71
10
8
0
37
38
31
23
.402
.416
.305
.818
J.Selmo
54
193
47
58
16
5
2
38
34
45
7
.409
.466
.301
.875
A.Cruz
67
240
50
72
15
6
2
39
38
64
11
.406
.438
.300
.844
F.Hernandez
64
222
48
65
14
2
3
37
33
56
3
.397
.414
.293
.811
L.Montano
66
235
47
64
20
5
3
44
42
85
2
.390
.438
.272
.829
D.Moquete
56
204
53
56
8
3
1
19
19
38
21
.344
.358
.275
.701
F.DeJesus
67
228
39
60
26
0
3
44
49
72
0
.417
.417
.263
.834
C.Longa
64
236
50
62
14
3
4
49
20
57
2
.350
.398
.263
.748
Y.Rosario
57
196
49
50
15
8
3
36
33
61
7
.373
.459
.255
.832

When looking at the final numbers, I see two players that stick out the most in Nunez and De Los Santos.  De Los Santos was strong in the speed department and put in an extra month more than Nunez.  But Nunez came in and left with a bang.  He led in homers, RBIs, OBP, SLG, AVG, and OPS and this comes after missing the first month of the season.  Amazing.  My choice for 2018 Dominican Summer League Player of the Year goes to Malcom Nunez.

2018 DSL Starting Pitcher of the Year: Julio Puello
2018 DSL Reliever of the Year: Leonardo Taveras

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