Durham Bulls Hitters at 60

Actually 62 games into the season, but the most games by any single Bull is 55 (Justin Christian). Also, these numbers do not include the stats from the June 6 game against the Pawtcket Red Sox. Probably a good thing.

The mid-season is upon us, only 10 games away.

To set the stage, here are the basics about this table:

This table keys to two relatively new stats that we like a lot. The first is Weighted On Base Average (wOBA) and the second is Weighted Runs Above Average (wRAA). Think of them as two measures of overall offensive contribution to the team. The table is sorted by wOBA, the chart is sorted by wRAA. Players with * are on the Rays 40-man roster. The players who are struck through are currently with the Rays, but we expect at least two of them back (Solis and Sands). Those two Bulls have been added to the Rays' 40-man. Congrats to them both.

Comparing this table to the one from mid-May two tables what jumps out is Mikie Mahtook’s improvement from .363 to .406. Vince Belnome’s uptick from .310 to .330 is welcome. Hak-Ju Lee improved from .274 to .285, but he has a long way to go in his hitting. Worrisome are the slight drops in the numbers of Wilson Betemit, Mike Fontenot, and Cole Figueroa (although Figueroa spent several days with the Rays over this period). A pleasant surprise are Robby Price’s numbers. For a guy who keeps getting added to/dropped off the roster, he’s doing very well.

Name	Age	Games	PA	AVG	OPS	wOBA	wRAA
Mikie Mahtook	24	52	227	.330	.904	.406	13.7
Curt Casali	25	20	80	.299	.840	.385	3.5
*Kevin Kiermaier	24	34	143	.305	.823	.372	4.9
*Jerry Sands	26	54	219	.268	.825	.372	7.4
Robby Price	26	28	97	.282	.782	.370	3.2
*Cole Figueroa	27	38	166	.277	.801	.366	4.9
Justin Christian	34	55	235	.275	.778	.355	4.9
Mike Fontenot	34	50	205	.275	.725	.337	1.5
*Vince Belnome	26	53	232	.225	.705	.330	0.4
Wilson Betemit	32	51	224	.223	.717	.324	-0.7
Jayson Nix	31	17	72	.217	.691	.320	-0.4
Ray Olmedo	33	47	191	.250	.613	.290	-5.6
*Hak-Ju Lee	23	36	142	.220	.591	.285	-4.7
*Ali Solis	26	29	109	.186	.458	.212	-9.8

Source: FanGraphs

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