Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

With all of the back and forth, it’s hard to pick an “Offensive MVP” for the Hens.  Still, here were some of the better performances.

Ryan Strieby – Strieby showed some durability this year and he played in 130 games.  Nobody else played in more although Strieby’s prospect days appear to be behind him.  He had a team high 19 home runs and 76 RBIs and while his OPS was a decent .770, it was nothing to write home about.  Even worse, Strieby is effectively blocked and his outfield experiment came to end because he either played first base or DH’ed the entire season.

Will Rhymes – He hit .306 and he was second to Strieby amongst hitters in OPS who played more then 100 games for the Hens.  His .390 slugging is a problem though and he showed little to no power and he finished with just 24 RBIs in 405 at bats.   So the batting average was there, it was just pretty hollow.

Timo Perez – Speaking of hollow, Timo Perez led the team in hits but he actually had less of an OPS then Rhymes because he walked only 29 times.  Perez led the team with 32 doubles and he hit .304.