A’s Farm’s 2016 Post-Season Organizational All-Star Team

With the 2016 minor league season now complete, it’s the perfect time to take a step back and determine who the true standouts on the field really were in the A’s system in 2016. And with that in mind, it’s time to name A’s Farm’s 2016 Post-Season Organizational All-Star Team!

Below you’ll find the primary starting players at each position for Triple-A Nashville, Double-A Midland, High-A Stockton, Class-A Beloit, Class-A Short-Season Vermont and the Rookie League Short-Season AZL A’s in 2016. Offensive starters were selected from the players who had the most games played at each position for each team over the course of the season, with notable players not leading in games played at a particular position listed in the designated hitter category. Starting pitchers for each club were selected from among the top starters for each team, while closers were selected from each team’s saves leader.

Asterisks denote players with combined statistics from multiple minor league teams within the A’s system, but players’ major league statistics and statistics acquired while with other organizations have not been included. And since he did not appear in more than 25 games at a particular position for any individual minor league team this season, Ryon Healy, who was having the best season of any hitter in the A’s minor league system prior to his promotion, is not included here.

Check out our list of All-Star candidates at each position. Then click on the link just below the list of contenders to find A’s Farm’s winning Organizational All-Stars at each position. The winners were determined based purely on performance, not potential. Remember, we’re not selecting the top prospects here, we’re choosing the top performers on the field this season. So take a good look at the candidates for yourself and then cast your vote in our poll for the top A’s Organizational All-Star of 2016!

 

–THE CANDIDATES–

 

CATCHER

Nashville – Bruce Maxwell (219 PA / 10 HR / .321 AVG / .393 OBP / .539 SLG / .932 OPS)

Midland – Beau Taylor (401 PA / 5 HR / .280 AVG / .383 OBP / .398 SLG / .781 OPS)

Stockton – Argenis Raga (330 PA / 2 HR / .263 AVG / .329 OBP / .356 SLG / .686 OPS)

Beloit – Jose Chavez (273 PA / 0 HR / .207 AVG / .246 OBP / .243 SLG / .489 OPS)

Vermont – Brett Sunde (92 PA / 0 HR / .250 AVG / .322 OBP / .300 SLG / .622 OPS)

AZL A’s – Robert Mullen (113 PA / 1 HR / .260 AVG / .363 OBP / .406 SLG / .769 OPS)

 

FIRST BASE

Nashville – Rangel Ravelo (416 PA / 8 HR / .262 AVG / .334 OBP / .395 SLG / .729 OPS)

Midland – Viosergy Rosa (535 PA / 9 HR / .255 AVG / .359 OBP / .383 SLG / .742 OPS)

Stockton – Sandber Pimentel (485 PA / 21 HR / .237 AVG / .342 OBP / .436 SLG / .779 OPS)

Beloit – Ryan Howell (411 PA / 7 HR / .216 AVG / .345 OBP / .354 SLG / .699 OPS)

Vermont – Miguel Mercedes (278 PA / 12 HR / .258 AVG / .324 OBP / .448 SLG / .771 OPS)

AZL A’s – Charley Gould (206 PA / 1 HR / .273 AVG / .340 OBP / .350 SLG / .690 OPS)

 

SECOND BASE

Nashville – Joey Wendle (529 PA / 12 HR / .279 AVG / .324 OBP / .452 SLG / .776 OPS)

Midland – Wade Kirkland (274 PA / 2 HR / .215 AVG / .249 OBP / .289 SLG / .538 OPS)

Stockton – Mikey White (521 PA / 6 HR / .247 AVG / .315 OBP / .352 SLG / .666 OPS)

Beloit – Trent Gilbert (521 PA / 4 HR / .269 AVG / .327 OBP / .380 SLG / .707 OPS)

Vermont – Nate Mondou (256 PA / 0 HR / .296 AVG / .376 OBP / .363 SLG / .739 OPS) *

AZL A’s – Josh Vidales (175 PA / 1 HR / .345 AVG / .437 OBP / .507 SLG / .944 OPS)

 

SHORTSTOP

Nashville – Chad Pinder (465 PA / 14 HR / .258 AVG / .310 OBP / .425 SLG / .735 OPS)

Midland – Franklin Barreto (525 PA / 11 HR / .284 AVG / .342 OBP / .422 SLG / .763 OPS) *

Stockton – Richie Martin (400 PA / 3 HR / .235 AVG / .327 OBP / .322 SLG / .649 OPS) *

Beloit – Trace Loehr (386 PA / 1 HR / .249 AVG / .292 OBP / .350 SLG / .642 OPS)

Vermont – Eli White (270 PA / 2 HR / .275 AVG / .344 OBP / .356 SLG / .700 OPS) *

AZL A’s – Jesus Lage (143 PA / 0 HR / .184 AVG / .277 OBP / .248 SLG / .525 OPS) *

 

THIRD BASE

Nashville – Renato Nunez (550 PA / 23 HR / .228 AVG / .278 OBP / .412 SLG / .690 OPS)

Midland – Matt Chapman (589 PA / 36 HR / .237 AVG / .328 OBP / .519 SLG / .847 OPS) *

Stockton – Jose Brizuela (403 PA / 16 HR / .254 AVG / .337 OBP / .446 SLG / .784 OPS)

Beloit – Edwin Diaz (340 PA / 5 HR / .236 AVG / .311 OBP / .331 SLG / .642 OPS)

Vermont – JaVon Shelby (222 PA / 5 HR / .193 AVG / .284 OBP / .315 SLG / .599 OPS) *

AZL A’s – Javier Godard (166 PA / 0 HR / .252 AVG / .319 OBP / .308 SLG / .627 OPS) *

 

LEFT FIELD

Nashville – Max Muncy (268 PA / 8 HR / .251 AVG / .360 OBP / .408 SLG / .768 OPS)

Midland – J.P. Sportman (515 PA / 5 HR / .267 AVG / .309 OBP / .379 SLG / .688 OPS)

Stockton – B.J. Boyd (490 PA / 8 HR / .287 AVG / .344 OBP / .386 SLG / .730 OPS) *

Beloit – Justin Higley (499 PA / 6 HR / .251 AVG / .325 OBP / .381 SLG / .706 OPS) *

Vermont – Luis Barrera (253 PA / 3 HR / .310 AVG / .361 OBP / .428 SLG / .789 OPS) *

AZL A’s – Kyle Nowlin (198 PA / 2 HR / .260 AVG / .389 OBP / .383 SLG / .772 OPS)

 

CENTER FIELD

Nashville – Jaycob Brugman (433 PA / 7 HR / .295 AVG / .352 OBP / .438 SLG / .790 OPS) *

Midland – Brett Vertigan (462 PA / 2 HR / .246 AVG / .314 OBP / .316 SLG / .629 OPS)

Stockton – James Harris (599 PA / 7 HR / .297 AVG / .370 OBP / .410 SLG / .780 OPS) *

Beloit – Skye Bolt (402 PA / 5 HR / .231 AVG / .318 OBP / .345 SLG / .663 OPS)

Vermont – Steven Pallares (343 PA / 1 HR / .168 AVG / .311 OBP / .189 SLG / .500 OPS) *

AZL A’s – Jeramiah McCray (123 PA / 0 HR / .202 AVG / .260 OBP / .316 SLG / .576 OPS)

 

RIGHT FIELD

Nashville – Matt Olson (540 PA / 17 HR / .235 AVG / .335 OBP / .422 SLG / .757 OPS)

Midland – Tyler Marincov (590 PA / 19 HR / .265 AVG / .341 OBP / .436 SLG / .776 OPS) *

Stockton – Seth Brown (532 PA / 8 HR / .241 AVG / .340 OBP / .362 SLG / .702 OPS)

Beloit – Brett Siddall (542 PA / 9 HR / .241 AVG / .321 OBP / .356 SLG / .677 OPS)

Vermont – Tyler Ramirez (205 PA / 2 HR / .230 AVG / .322 OBP / .360 SLG / .682 OPS) *

AZL A’s – Cole Gruber (154 PA / 0 HR / .214 AVG / .346 OBP / .294 SLG / .640 OPS)

 

DESIGNATED HITTER

Nashville – Matt McBride (274 PA / 7 HR / .267 AVG / .339 OBP / .441 SLG / .781 OPS)

Midland – Yairo Munoz (414 PA / 9 HR / .240 AVG / .286 OBP / .367 SLG / .653 OPS)

Stockton – Joe Bennie (574 PA / 13 HR / .283 AVG / .361 OBP / .421 SLG / .783 OPS) *

Beloit – Chris Iriart (394 PA / 22 HR / .250 AVG / .340 OBP / .503 SLG / .843 OPS) *

Vermont – Eric Marinez (241 PA / 1 HR / .251 AVG / .261 OBP / .332 SLG / .593 OPS)

AZL A’s – Casey Thomas (133 PA / 0 HR / .258 AVG / .300 OBP / .275 SLG / .575 OPS)

 

STARTING PITCHER

Nashville – Daniel Mengden (98 1/3 IP / 69 H / 16 ER / 29 BB / 95 K / 1.46 ERA / 1.00 WHIP) *

Midland – Daniel Gossett (153 2/3 IP / 125 H / 46 ER / 41 BB / 151 K / 2.69 ERA / 1.08 WHIP) *

Stockton – Heath Fillmyer (134 IP / 132 H / 49 ER / 39 BB / 118 K / 3.29 ERA / 1.28 WHIP) *

Beloit – Evan Manarino (150 IP / 135 H / 33 ER / 28 BB / 121 K / 1.98 ERA / 1.09 WHIP) *

Vermont – Xavier Altamirano (91 1/3 IP / 91 H / 32 ER / 21 BB / 75 K / 3.15 ERA / 1.23 WHIP) *

AZL A’s – Argenis Blanco (60 2/3 IP / 58 H / 17 ER / 17 BB / 48 K / 2.52 ERA / 1.24 WHIP)

 

CLOSER

Nashville – Tucker Healy (52 1/3 IP / 38 H / 21 ER / 26 BB / 76 K / 3.61 ERA / 1.22 WHIP / 8 SV)

Midland – Bobby Wahl (54 1/3 IP / 36 H / 16 ER / 28 BB / 65 K / 2.65 ERA / 1.18 WHIP / 14 SV) *

Stockton – Cody Stull (61 2/3 IP / 56 H / 11 ER / 14 BB / 65 K / 1.61 ERA / 1.14 WHIP / 6 SV) *

Beloit – Jared Lyons (59 2/3 IP / 47 H / 14 ER / 20 BB / 71 K / 2.11 ERA / 1.12 WHIP / 7 SV) *

Vermont – Dalton Sawyer (18 2/3 IP / 15 H / 7 ER / 10 BB / 26 K / 3.38 ERA / 1.34 WHIP / 3 SV)

AZL A’s – Joseph Camacho (29 2/3 IP / 27 H / 10 ER / 6 BB / 22 K / 3.03 ERA / 1.11 WHIP / 3 SV)

 

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–A’s Farm’s Post-Season Organizational All-Star Team–

 

 

CATCHER

Bruce Maxwell – Nashville Sounds

(219 PA / 10 HR / .321 AVG / .393 OBP / .539 SLG / .932 OPS)

 

 

FIRST BASE

Sandber Pimentel – Stockton Ports

(485 PA / 21 HR / .237 AVG / .342 OBP / .436 SLG / .779 OPS)

 

 

SECOND BASE

Joey Wendle – Nashville Sounds

(529 PA / 12 HR / .279 AVG / .324 OBP / .452 SLG / .776 OPS)

 

 

SHORTSTOP

Franklin Barreto – Midland RockHounds

(525 PA / 11 HR / .284 AVG / .342 OBP / .422 SLG / .763 OPS) *

 

 

THIRD BASE

Matt Chapman – Midland RockHounds

(589 PA / 36 HR / .237 AVG / .328 OBP / .519 SLG / .847 OPS) *

 

 

LEFT FIELD

Luis Barrera – Vermont Lake Monsters

(253 PA / 3 HR / .310 AVG / .361 OBP / .428 SLG / .789 OPS) *

 

 

CENTER FIELD

Jaycob Brugman – Nashville Sounds

(433 PA / 7 HR / .295 AVG / .352 OBP / .438 SLG / .790 OPS) *

 

 

RIGHT FIELD

Tyler Marincov – Midland RockHounds

(590 PA / 19 HR / .265 AVG / .341 OBP / .436 SLG / .776 OPS) *

 

 

DESIGNATED HITTER

Chris Iriart – Beloit Snappers

(394 PA / 22 HR / .250 AVG / .340 OBP / .503 SLG / .843 OPS) *

 

 

STARTING PITCHER

Daniel Mengden – Nashville Sounds

(98 1/3 IP / 69 H / 16 ER / 29 BB / 95 K / 1.46 ERA / 1.00 WHIP) *

 

 

CLOSER

Cody Stull – Stockton Ports

(61 2/3 IP / 56 H / 11 ER / 14 BB / 65 K / 1.61 ERA / 1.14 WHIP / 6 SV) *

 

 

 

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