2007 Scouting Report

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Profile

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

Season Summary

• Second Half: 31-39, .443 (7th place, 9.0 behind)
• First Half: 22-46, .324 (8th place, 21.0 behind)
• Pitching: 53-85, 4.07, 28 saves, 29 holds, 3 complete games, 1068 strikeouts
• Hitting: .248, 546 runs, 71 HR, 145 steals (61% success)
• Defense: 177 errors (1.28 errors per game)
• April: 4-16 (.200)
• May: 12-20 (.375)
• June: 10-16 (.385)
• July: 7-18 (.280)
• August: 17-14 (.548)
• September: 2-2 (.500)

• Position Players used: 28
• Pitchers used: 30
  • Includes one position player used as a mopup pitcher.
• Pitchers per game: 3.55

Leading Players

• Best Player on the Team: Shortstop Chris Triunfel

• Best Starting Pitcher: Steve Richard (3.21, 7-4, 82 strikeouts)
• Bullpen Stopper: Andrew Barb (2.33, 3-1, 10 saves, 1 hold, 55 strikeouts)
• Strikeout Pitchers: Andrew Barb, Rollie Gibson, Ricky Orta, Chris Tillman, Anthony Varvaro
• Control Pitchers: Andrew Barb, Joe Kantkevich, Justin Souza

• Best Hitter: Reed Eastley (.265, 4 HR, 21 RBI)
• Home Run Leader: Carlos Peguero (9)
• High Batting Average: Carlos Triunfel (.309)
• High On Base Percentage: Reed Eastley (.411)
• High Slugging Percentage: Ronald Garth (.463), Carlos Peguero (.465)
• Notable Baserunners: Calvin Beamon, Juan Beltran, Leury Bonilla, Gavin Dickey, Read Eastley, Ron Garth, Greg Halman, Kuo Hui Lo, Alex Meneses
• Notable Batting Eye: Alex Meneses

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

Jim Horner did not show any particular managerial tendencies in his first season at the helm.

First Round Draft Selections

• none

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 21.2
• Pitchers: 21.8
• Hitters: 20.6

• Oldest Player on the Team: Andy Hargrove (born 10/31/1981)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Carlos Triunfel (born 2/27/1990)

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 Rattlers are based on last year's Everett Aqua Sox, but have been significantly bolstered from many other sources.

Team           League          W/L    Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                     (Teams)
Inland Empire  California (A+) 72/68  5(10)       2        1
Wisconsin      Midwest (A)     54/86 13(14)       3        1
Everett        Northwest (A-)  31/45  6(8)        6        8
Mariners       Arizona (R)     25/30  5(9)        3        1

Many of these players appeared on two rosters last summer and are counted twice in this table. Two played briefly at the Triple-A level, another had a Double-A outing, and still another played for the Mariners' Dominican Summer squad. One player was acquired from another organization, and two have apparently never played professionally.