2007 Scouting Report

Lansing Lugnuts

Profile

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

Season Summary

• Second Half: 43-27, .614 (2nd place, 2.0 behind; Playoff Qualifier)
• First Half: 35-34, .507 (3rd place, 8.5 behind)
• Pitching: 78-61, 3.92, 44 saves, 39 holds, 2 complete games, 1004 strikeouts
• Hitting: .259, 718 runs, 104 HR, 77 steals (65% success)
• Defense: 165 errors (1.19 errors per game)
• April: 14-6 (.700)
• May: 14-17 (.452)
• June: 12-16 (.429)
• July: 17-9 (.654)
• August: 19-12 (.613)
• September: 3-0 (1.000)
• Playoff Round One: 0-2 (.000)

• Position Players used: 19
• Pitchers used: 24
• Pitchers per game: 3.21

Leading Players

• Best Player on the Team: Outfielder Travis Snider

• Best Starting Pitcher: Ray Gonzalez (3.53, 9-7, 71 strikeouts)
• Bullpen Stopper: Paul Phillips (2.45, 1-1, 11 saves, 1 hold, 34 strikeouts)
• Strikeout Pitchers: Kyle Ginley, Paul Phillips, Julio Pinto, Nate Starner
• Control Pitchers: Kyle Ginley, Adrian Martin, Paul Phillips, Julio Pinto, Nate Starner

• Best Hitter: Travis Snider (.313, 16 HR, 93 RBI)
• Home Run Leader: Travis Snider (16)
• High Batting Average: Paul Franko (.300), Travis Snider (.313)
• High On Base Percentage: Jonathan Diaz (.406), Paul Franko (.414)
• High Slugging Percentage: Paul Franko (.478), Matt Liuzza (.469), Kevin Nelson (.469), Brian Pettway (.453), Travis Snider (.525)
• Notable Baserunners: Jonathan Diaz, Chris Emanuele, Chris Gutierrez, Yuber Rodriguez, Sean Shoffit
• Notable Batting Eye: Scott Campbell, Jonathan Diaz

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

Gary Cathcart's 2004 Appalachian League team issued a lot of intentional walks; the hitters were horrible baserunners, though they weren't often permitted steal attempts.

First Round Draft Selections

• Travis Snider (2006; fourteenth selection)

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 22.4
• Pitchers: 22.3
• Hitters: 22.5

• Oldest Player on the Team: Brian Bormaster (born 10/19/1981)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Travis Snider (born 2/2/1988)

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.

The 2007 Lugnuts are based about equally on last summer's very successful Auburn squad and on the 2006 Luggies.

Team         League              W/L   Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                      (Teams)
Dunedin      Florida State (A+) 68/69  8(12)       2       1
Lansing      Midwest (A)        72/65  7(14)       6       4
Auburn       New York-Penn (A-) 42/32  3(14)       5       7
Pulaski      Appalachian (R+)   35/33  3(10)       3       3

Many of these players appeared on two teams last summer and are counted here twice; two appeared for three teams. One of these players appeared briefly at the Double-A level, and another was acquired from another organization.