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Dodgers News: Alex Verdugo, Willie Calhoun Dominating Triple-A
It has been said time and time again but Alex Verdugo is yet to slow down in any aspect at Triple-A.
But infielder Willie Calhoun, another of the Dodgers top prospects has quietly been having his own marvelous season right alongside Verdugo at Oklahoma City.
21-year-old Alex Verdugo is still sporting a ridiculous line in 2017:
LG | LEVEL | G | AB | R | H | TB | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | GO/AO | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minors 2017 | PCL | AAA | 63 | 230 | 41 | 77 | 106 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .335 | .409 | .461 | .870 | 1.03 |
Minors Career | – | Minors | 367 | 1409 | 200 | 433 | 623 | 84 | 11 | 28 | 199 | 114 | 8 | 175 | 31 | 12 | .307 | .362 | .442 | .804 | 1.31 |
Most notable for Verdugo is his strikeout to walk ratio at 25/29.
22-year-old Wille Calhoun is posting numbers just as good as Verdugo with a lot more power over the first few months:
LG | LEVEL | G | AB | R | H | TB | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | GO/AO | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minors 2017 | PCL | AAA | 63 | 247 | 41 | 72 | 136 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .291 | .337 | .551 | .888 | 0.86 |
Minors Career | – | Minors | 268 | 1035 | 164 | 290 | 520 | 60 | 7 | 52 | 175 | 98 | 4 | 134 | 5 | 2 | .280 | .343 | .502 | .845 | 0.93 |
While Willie Calhoun lacks the OBP that Verdugo shows, he has mashed 14 home runs and is also striking out at a very low rate with just 31 Ks in 247 ABs.
As long as Calhoun and Verdugo are still in the Dodgers system post trade deadline, it is almost assured that we will get a glimpse of them here in 2017. Both of them should have an opportunity to earn a spot on the big league club in 2018.