Jesse Winker
Jesse Winker

Cincinnati Reds Minor League All-Star Team and Awards

The regular season will be over for all of the Cincinnati Reds minor league teams tonight. Everyone is finished with their regular season with the lone exception of the Billings Mustangs, who finish their regular season tonight.

While the teams and organization will hand out awards, and some already have, these are not the ones given out by the organization, but based on what I saw throughout the season. Here is the All-Star team for both the full-season leagues and the short-season leagues.

Full SeasonShort Season
CJoe Hudson (A+)Pabel Manzanero (DSL)
1BMarquez Smith (AA)KJ Franklin (BIL)
2BTy Washington (A/A+)Shane Mardirosian (BIL)
3BSeth Mejias-Brean (AA)Edgar Herrera (DSL)
SSAlex Blandino (A+/AA)Blake Butler (AZL/BIL)
OFJesse Winker (AA)Daniel Jiminez (DSL)
OFPhillip Ervin (A+/AA)Kevin Garcia (BIL)
OFBrian O’Grady (A/A+)Erick Gabo (DSL)
UtilIvan De Jesus (AAA)James Vasquez (AZL)
SPTyler Mahle (A)Ty Boyles (BIL)
SPAmir Garrett (A+)Jose Lopez (BIL)
SPTim Adleman (AA)Ian Kahaloa (AZL)
SPSeth Varner (A/A+)Jose Veras (DSL)
SPWyatt Strahan (A)Wennington Romero (DSL)
RPZack Weiss (A+/AA)Wendolyn Bautista (AZL)
RPJake Paulson (A)Andrew Jordan (AZL)

Starting Pitcher of the Year

Three different pitchers in the organization won the pitcher of the year honors for the league that they pitched in, which made picking one of them as the organizational pitcher of the year to be a bit tougher than in the past where one guy stood out among the group. Right hander Tyler Mahle and left hander Amir Garrett were the two guys in contention here as they both pitched the full season and dominated from start to finish.

Tyler Mahle gets the edge here, ever so slightly over Amir Garrett. Mahle had an edge in innings, ERA, strikeouts and WHIP. All four categories were very close, but it was the small lead in all of the categories that pushed the right hander over the top.

WLERAIPHHRBBKWHIP
1382.43152.01457251351.12

Honorable mention: Amir Garrett

Reliever of the Year

Unlike with the starters, there really was just one option here. With all due respect to the other relievers in the system this year, Zack Weiss was just a step above everyone else. The right hander started the year in Daytona, but after just nine appearances was moved up to Pensacola.

In total he threw 63.2 innings with a 1.98 ERA to go along with 30 saves, 15 walks and 90 strikeouts. 25 of those saves came with Pensacola, setting a new team record.

WLSVERAIPHHRBBKWHIP
13301.9863.242515900.89

Honorable mentions: Jake Paulson, Alejandro Chacin

Player of the Year

After a slow start to the season, Jesse Winker completely turned his season around. By the end of the year he led the organization in OPS by 39 points among those who had at least 300 plate appearances. He also led the organization in on-base percentage by 21 points and in slugging percentage by four points. He finished second in average and in extra-base hits as well. On the season he would hit .282/.390/.433 on the season with 74 walks and 83 strikeouts.

PAR2B3BHRRBISBBBKAVGOBPSLG
52669242135587483.282.390.433

Honorable mention: Alex Blandino