2004 Scouting Report

Beloit Snappers

Except where otherwise specified, all statistics are through the end of the 2004 season. I did not write team commentaries this season.

Season Summary

• Second Half: 34-36, .486, 5th place tie, 6.0 behind
• First Half: 38-32, .543, 4th place, 5.5 behind
• Pitching: 72-68, 4.27, 39 saves, 3 complete games, 1069 strikeouts
• Hitting: .265, 663 runs scored, 87 HR, 107 steals (71% success)
• Defense: 146 errors (1.04 per game)
• April: 9-11, .450
• May: 19-12, .613
• June: 12-14, .462
• sorry; stopped following the season on July 4.

• Position Players used: 18
• Pitchers used:21
• Pitchers per game: 2.8

Leading Players

• Best Player on the Team: Vinny Rottino (Vinny played everywhere....)

• Best Starting Pitcher: Luis Pena (9-3, 3.92, 76 strikeouts) or Dana Eveland (9-6, 2.84, 119 strikeouts)
• Bullpen Stopper: Ty Taubenheim (5-3, 3.59, 12 saves, 106 strikeouts)
• Strikeout Pitchers: Ken Durost, Dana Eveland, Kevin Rival, Mitchel Stetter, Ty Taubenheim
• Control Pitchers: Dana Eveland, Mitchel Stetter, Ty Taubenheim, Carlos Vilanueva

• Best Hitter: Will Lewis (.328, 5 HR, 21 RBI)
• Home Run Leader: Adam Heether & Vinny Rottino (17)
• High Batting Average: Drew Anderson (.307), Wandel Campana (.301), Will Lewis (.328), Vinny Rottino (.304), Terry Trofholz (.300)
• High On Base Percentage: Will Lewis (.401)
• High Slugging Percentage: Adam Heether (.450), Will Lewis (.518), Vinny Rottino (.482)
• Notable Baserunners: Drew Anderson, Carlos Corporan, Guilder Rodriguez, Vinny Rottino, Terry Trofholz
• Notable Batting Eye: none

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

Don Money is a very conventional MWL manager, except that his teams bunt far more often than most.

First Round Draft Selection

• none

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 21.5
• Pitchers: 21.3
• Hitters: 21.6

• Oldest Player on the Team: Vinny Rottino (4/7/80)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Josh Murray (8/12/84)

The average player in the Midwest League this season is about 21.9 years old. This information is based on opening day rosters as published on the team website and will not be updated.

Where they played last season

This summary is based on the team's opening day roster and will not be revised to reflect roster changes.

Beloit's team is pretty much last year's Helena team, fortified slightly with players from Beloit and the AZL Brewers.

Team        League          W/L    Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                  (Teams)
High Desert California (A+) 42/98 10(10)       0       0
Beloit      Midwest (A)     75/61  2(14)       3       1
Helena      Pioneer (R+)    48/28  2(8)        8       9
Brewers     Arizona (R)     15/34  9(9)        3       2

There was only slight movement within this system last year; one player is counted twice in this table, another three times. One player came to the Brewers from another system, and one was hired from an independent league team.