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2010 Minor League Hitting Leaderboard

Written by Greg Fertel | 11 September 2010

Here are the leaders from full-season ball. I used a minimum of 300 plate appearances.

Hits

1. Robert Lyerly(A) - 157
2. Brandon Laird (AA,AAA) - 149
3. Bradley Suttle(A+) - 140
4. Corban Joseph(A+,AA) - 139
5. Daniel Brewer(AA) - 137

Doubles

1. Robert Lyerly(A) - 36
2. Daniel Brewer(AA) - 34
2. Jesus Montero(AAA) - 34 // nine more doubles than he had in 2009
4. Bradley Suttle(A+) - 33 // good to see from a guy coming back from surgery, who had just missed a full year. His numbers were very close to what he did for Charleston in '08 and he improved throughout the season.
4. Corban Joseph(A+,AA) - 33

Triples

1. Jose Pirela(A+) - 13
2. Melky Mesa(A+) - 9 // showed the tools this year but old for A-ball
3. Corban Joseph(A+,AA) - 7
4. Justin Christian (AA,AAA) - 6
5. Seven players tied with 5 triples

Home Runs

1. Brandon Laird(AA,AAA) - 25 // the story of the system this season because of his HR/RBI numbers
2. Jesus Montero(AAA) - 21
3. Melky Mesa(A+) - 19
4. Jorge Vazquez(AA,AAA) - 18
5. Juan Miranda(AAA) - 15

Stolen Bases

1. Ray Kruml(A,A+) - 42
2. Melky Mesa(A+) - 31
3. Jose Pirela(A+) - 30
4. Daniel Brewer(AA) - 29
5. Eduardo Nunez(AAA) - 23

Total Bases

1. Brandon Laird - 256
2. Jesus Montero - 234
3. Robert Lyerly - 214
4. Melky Mesa - 212
5. Bradley Suttle - 211

Batting Average

1. Robert Lyerly - .312 // the .403 BABIP didn't hurt
2. Jesus Montero - .289
2. Justin Christian - .289
2. Eduardo Nunez - .289
5. Juan Miranda - .285

OBP

1. Juan Miranda - .371
2. Justin Christian - .366
3. Justin Snyder - .364 // this with .247 batting average
4. Corban Joseph - .362 // had a decent season, but his strikeout rate jumped up around ten percent from 2009
5. Luke Murton - .361

Slugging

1. Jorge Vazquez - .521 // this guy has some power
2. Jesus Montero - .517
3. Juan Miranda - .495
4. Brandon Laird - .482
5. Melky Mesa - .475

wOBA

1. Juan Miranda - .375 // all he does is hit, but there just isn't much of a place for him with the Yankees
2.  Jesus Montero - .372 // extremely impressed with Montero's final numbers, after he slumped so terribly to start the season.
3. Luke Murton - .361 // very solid year for Murton, but he's old for his level
4. Jorge Vazquez - .358
5. Justin Christian - .353

ISO

1. Jorge Vazquez - .237
2. Jesus Montero - .228
3. Melky Mesa - .215
4. Juan Miranda - .210
5. Brandon Laird - .210 // Really struggled after his promotion to Triple-A which hurt him in all of the rate statistics.

BB Percentage

1. Justin Snyder - 15.08% // showed the best plate discipline numbers in the system
2. Austin Krum(AA) - 12.01%
3. Slade Heathcott(A) - 11.97% // the walks are good to see, but the only person who struck out at a higher rate in the system was Medchill.
4. Trent Lockwood(A+) - 10.64%
5. Justin Christian - 10.26%

K Percentage

1. Jack Rye(A+,AA) - 11.49%
2. Matt Cusick(AA,AAA) - 11.76%
3. Eduardo Nunez - 11.86% // if Nunez is going to be a successful major leaguer, it will be because he barely strikes out
4. Justin Christian - 11.97%
5. Justin Snyder - 13.54%
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