Minor League HR Leaders

by faketeams on Aug 4, 2008 8:03 AM EDT in Baseball Comment 0 comments

The Florida Marlins signed Dallas MacPherson this past off-season after the Los Angeles Angels released him. He was a hot sleeper prospect for 3B in NL-Only leagues only to be sent to AAA and watch Jorge Cantu take his place.

So far with Albuquerque in the Pacific Coast League, he has hit 39 HRs to lead all minor leaguers. He is closely followed by another 4A hitter Nelson Cruz of Texas. While the HRs totals are gaudy enough to cause fantasy players to grab either player if they are recalled, those fantasy players in deep keeper leagues should be more focused on the younger prospects on the HR leader board.

The most notable ones are 21-year-old Chris Carter of the Oakland A's, 20-year-old Greg Halman of the Seattle Mariners and 18-year-old Mike Stanton of the Florida Marlins. All three are young enough to be legitimate prospects and offer a combination of skills that bear watching.

Here are the HR leaders in the minor leagues and other "relevent" stats to help you decide who the legit power prospects are.

Rk	Player	Age	Lg	Lvl	Aff	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Dallas McPherson	27	PCL	AAA	FLA	15	3	39	67	129	13	0.299	0.409	0.687	1.096
2	Nelson Cruz	27	PCL	AAA	TEX	17	3	37	56	84	24	0.344	0.434	0.71	1.144
3	Mike Hessman	30	INT	AAA	DET	17	5	32	54	133	3	0.265	0.367	0.594	0.961
4	Brad Eldred	27	INT	AAA	CHW	21	1	29	23	93	1	0.256	0.32	0.596	0.916
5	Mark Trumbo	22	2Lg	2Lv	LAA	30	2	29	26	74	8	0.292	0.335	0.572	0.907
6	Christopher Carter	21	CAL	A+	OAK	27	4	29	61	115	4	0.265	0.364	0.567	0.931
7	Michael Stanton	18	SAL	A	FLA	24	2	28	36	125	4	0.276	0.354	0.576	0.93
8	Kila Kaaihue	24	2Lg	2Lv	KCR	11	0	28	81	44	3	0.318	0.461	0.63	1.091
9	Gregory Halman	20	2Lg	2Lv	SEA	26	4	26	23	117	27	0.272	0.32	0.55	0.87
10	Ian Gac	22	2Lg	2Lv	TEX	19	1	26	45	126	1	0.298	0.384	0.551	0.935
11	Luis Montanez	26	EAS	AA	BAL	31	5	25	36	63	4	0.33	0.383	0.591	0.974
12	Brandon Wood	23	PCL	AAA	LAA	17	2	25	29	82	4	0.292	0.358	0.599	0.957
13	Val Pascucci	29	2Lg	AAA	2Af	17	0	25	80	110	3	0.276	0.402	0.512	0.914
14	Josh Phelps	30	PCL	AAA	STL	24	1	25	47	86	2	0.281	0.363	0.543	0.906
15	Ryan Strieby	22	FSL	A+	DET	17	5	25	45	96	0	0.269	0.349	0.535	0.884
16	Jonathan Van Every	28	INT	AAA	BOS	13	3	24	47	141	6	0.267	0.358	0.529	0.887
17	Chris Carter	25	INT	AAA	BOS	24	2	24	38	77	0	0.303	0.36	0.538	0.898
18	Brian Dopirak	24	FSL	A+	TOR	22	1	24	46	98	0	0.295	0.372	0.541	0.913
19	Jeff Bailey	29	INT	AAA	BOS	24	2	24	59	79	4	0.299	0.408	0.567	0.975