Dayton Dragons Team Leaders and Top hitting and pitching prospects

Dayton Team Leaders

Offensive Leaders

Batting Average- Jay Bruce .291

On Base Percentage - Jay Bruce .355

Slugging Percentage - Jay Bruce .516

Runs scored - Michael Griffin 71

Doubles - Jay Bruce 42

Triples - Michael Griffin 6

Home Runs - Jay Bruce/BJ Szymanski 16

RBI - Jay Bruce 81

Walks - Michael DeJesus 59

Stolen Bases - BJ Szymanski 22

Pitching Leaders

ERA (minimum 90ip) - Carlos Fisher 2.76 (Zach Ward had a 2.29, but is no longer with the organization)

Innings pitched - Carlos Fisher 150

Wins - Carlos Fisher 12

Save - Blake Hendley 15

Strikeouts - Travis Wood 133

WHIP (minimum 90ip) - Carlos Fisher 1.14

Top Hitting Prospect

Jay Bruce - 2005 1st round draft pick out of Westbrook HS, TX

2006 Season stats

Team	League	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
DAY	MID	.291	117	444	69	129	42	5	16	81	44	106	19	9	.355	.516	.871

Jay Bruce tore apart the Midwest League until he was injured in August. In August he hit .167 in 60 at bats, but overall he had one of the best seasons a 19 year old high schooler has had in the Midwest League in recent memory. Jay racked up 63 extra-base hits in his first full season campaign. Jay is a 5-tool player who some scouts questioned would not hit for average for a few years, but he hit over .300 for the better part of the season before tailing off in August after his injury, he was hitting .300 prior to missing a week. Jay is in my mind, easily the second best prospect in the Reds system and somewhere between 10 and 15 in all of baseball. He has a bright future ahead of him and he should start off in Sarasota next season.

Top Hitting Prospect

Travis Wood - 2006 1st round draft pick out of Bryant HS, AR

2006 Season Stats

Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO
DAY	MID	10	5	3.66	27	27	140.0	108	65	57	14	56	133

Travis Wood is arguably the second best pitching prospect in the Reds system behind Homer Bailey and the fact that he spent his entire season at Dayton made the pick an easy one. Travis has a decent fastball that is 89-91 but has touched 95 in the past, a plus-plus change up and an in-progress curve ball. As a 19 year old he put up a solid ERA and very good rate stats. He allowed 6.9 h/9 and he struck out 8.55/9 innings. His walk rate was a bit high at 3.59/9 but he is still young and was still learning to pitch. One thing that worries me about Travis Wood is that the Reds allowed him to throw 140 innings as a 19 year old. Looking at his month by month numbers, once August began and he hit the 110 innings pitched mark, his strike out rate dropped from over 9 per 9 innings pitched to 6.35 per 9 innings pitched. Travis will start his season off in Sarasota next season and in a very pitcher friendly league like the FSL, he should have some success there. I would like to see Travis also gain some weight in the offseason, he is 6 foot tall and just 165 pounds, some weight could do him some good for his stamina.