2007 Scouting Report

Dayton Dragons

Profile

Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics are through the end of the 2007 season.

Season Summary

• Second Half: 34-36, .486 (4th place, 11.0 behind)
• First Half: 44-26, .629 (1st place, 6.0 ahead; Playoff Qualifier)
• Pitching: 78-62, 3.41, 37 saves, 44 holds, 1 complete game, 1109 strikeouts
• Hitting: .263, 669 runs, 106 HR, 122 steals (68% success)
• Defense: 124 errors (0.89 errors per game)
• April: 16-4 (.800)
• May: 18-15 (.545)
• June: 12-16 (.461)
• July: 16-10 (.615)
• August: 15-16 (.484)
• September: 1-2 (.333)
• Playoff Round One: 1-2 (.333)

• Position Players used: 19
• Pitchers used: 22
• Pitchers per game: 3.17

Leading Players

• Best Player on the Team: Starting Pitcher Sean Watson

• Best Starting Pitcher: Rafael Gonzalez (3.53, 13-5, 75 strikeouts) or Sean Watson (1.88, 502, 85 strikeouts)
• Bullpen Stopper: Ramon Geronimo (2.45, 7-3, 12 saves, 4 holds, 49 strikeouts)
• Strikeout Pitchers: Miseal DeJesus, Jose Rojas, Lee Tabor, Pedro Viola, Sean Watson
• Control Pitchers: Miseal DeJesus, Ramon Geronimo, Daniel Guerrero, Keith Gunter, Jose Rojas, Lee Tabor, Sean Watson

• Best Hitter: Chris Valaika (.307, 10 HR, 56 RBI) or Justin Turner (.311, 10 HR, 58 RBI)
• Home Run Leader: Juan Francisco (25)
• High Batting Average: Justin Turner (.311), Chris Valaika (.307)
• High On Base Percentage: none
• High Slugging Percentage: Juan Francisco (.463), Chris Valaika (.493)
• Notable Baserunners: Zach Cozart, Juan Francisco, Chris Heisey, Logan Parker, Denis Phipps, Drew Stubbs, Justin Turner
• Notable Batting Eye: none

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

Scott's a fairly conservative manager in most respects. He lets good baserunners run; if his team doesn't have good baserunning skills, he looks pretty conventional. He's a bit more likely than most managers to call for an intentional pass.

He's been very successful.

First Round Draft Selections

• Drew Stubbs (2006, eighth player selected)

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 22.1
• Pitchers: 22.1
• Hitters: 22.1

• Oldest Player on the Team: Jose Rojas (born 3/2/1983)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Juan Francisco (born 6/24/1987)

The average player in the Midwest League this season is 22.0 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.

For all practical purposes, the 2007 Dragons are last summer's Billings Mustangs.

Team        League              W/L    Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                      (Teams)
Sarasota    Florida State (A+) 66/73   10(12)       0      1
Dayton      Midwest (A)        67/73    9(14)       1      3
Billings    Pioneer (R+)       51/25    1(8)       11      7
Reds        Gulf Coast (R)     18/34   13(13)       3      4

A handful of these guys played at two levels last season and are counted twice in this table. No one played above Class A, and all were Reds farmhands last year. Two of these guys played for Cincy's Dominican farm team in 2006.