Team: Dominican Summer League Red Sox
Record: 43-27 (7 GB in BC South. 3 1/2 GB in Wild Card)

The DSL Red Sox finished the season in 3rd place in the BC South Division of the DSL. Their division finish and their finishing record (16 games over .500) was the best this team has had in recent memory. The team was led by their pitching as 13 of the 20 pitchers who competed for the DSL Sox had ERAs under 3.50. The hitting, on the other hand, was less spectacular, as only two players ended OPSes over .750. Let's take a look at the individuals.

Most Valuable Player: Juan Bonifacio - The 19 year old Outfielder finished the season with a line of .275/.410/.435 with 37 walks (60 strikeouts) and 18 extra-base hits (9 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR). Juan stole 13 bases while being caught 6 times.

Most Valuable Pitcher: Victor de la Cruz - The 19 year old Right-Handed Pitcher put up a perfect line of 3-0 with 3 saves over 11 relief appearances. Victor pitched 36 innings, giving up 23 hits and 12 walks; allowing only 6 runs (5 earned) while striking out 37. Victor led the team with a 1.25 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP.

The Rest of the Offense:

Eddie Lora - Eddie spent a split season in the DSL, as he was called up to the GCL but failed. In 35 games in the Dominican, Eddie led the team in BA/OBP/SLG and HRs... batting .300/.455/.492 with 6 doubles and 5 HRs. Eddie had 36 total hits and 34 walks, striking out 38 times.
Pedro Chourio - Pedro led the team in RBI, Total Bases and Strikeouts; batting .237/.347/.401 with 11 doubles, 6 triples and 5 HRs. Pedro walked 29 times and struck out 71 times.
Rafael Espinoza - The 17 year old led the team in hits, triples and walks; batting .237/.397/.343 with 9 doubles, 8 triples and 50 walks. Espinoza struck out 65 times and stole 14 bases (in 19 attempts).
Christopher de la Rosa - Christopher put up a line of .219/.378/.343 with 10 doubles, 2 triples, a HR and 24 walks. de la Rosa struck out 47 times and stole 7 bases.
Leonel Escobar - Escobar was the primary catcher for the DSL, batting .280/.397/.320 with 6 doubles, 19 walks and 24 strikeouts.
Javier Gutierrez - Javier led the team in doubles with 14; batting .230/.364/.348. Javier walked 40 times and struck out 60 times.
Felix Sanchez - Sanchez batted .244/.380/.293 with 24 walks and 35 strikeouts in 41 games. Sanchez also stole 12 bases.
Lewis Urena - Urena led the team with 17 steals (with only 5 CS), batting .224/.343/.308. The young 17 year old had 7 doubles, 5 triples and walked 33 times.
Heiker Menses - Heiker (also 17 years old) batted .220/.376/.258 with 29 walks and 29 hits. Menses stole 9 bases in 43 games.
Derwin Pinto - The 2nd catcher for the team had more walks (21) than hits (15), leading to a line of .188/.381/.238.
Jose Garcia - Another 17 year old infielder, Garcia batted .216/.308/.289 with 4 doubles, 2 triples and 3 HRs. Garcia was tied for the team lead in SBs with 17 (being caught 7 times).
Pedro Gonzalez - Pedro batted .176/.303/.291 with 6 doubles, 2 triples and 3 HRs.
Jesus Rojas - Jesus played 11 games in June, and did not play another game (assuming injury). Rojas batted .258/.273/.258.

The team led the entire 37 team circuit by walking 397 times. The 370 runs the team scored was 8th in the league. The team was 3rd in the league in OBP and 9th in the league in SLG.

The Rest of the Pitching:

Randy Consuegra - Pitched in 3 games (4 innings) during the last month, giving up 2 hits and striking out 2.
Nestor Lastreto - Much like de la Cruz, had a perfect record (5-0, 2 saves) in 15 games (3 starts). Lastreto pitched 52 1/3 innings, giving up 46 hits and 15 walks, striking out 41. He finished the season with a 1.75 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP.
Wilfi Santana - Went 6-1 in 13 appearances (4 starts), putting up a 2.14 ERA in 46 1/3 innings. Wilfi gave up 42 hits and 12 walks, striking out 27.
Manuel Rivera - Had the best ERA (2.24) of the full time starters (13 starts, 4-3, 52 1/3 innings)... but did allow 8 unearned runs (21 runs total). Gave up 40 hits and 19 walks, striking out a team high 58.
Miguel Meregildo - Went 0-1 with 4 saves in 8 appearances (10 1/3 innings) for the Sox. Somehow only allowed 4 runs despite giving up 12 hits and 11 walks. Miguel struck out eight batters this season.
Roman Mendez - Went 3-1 in 11 starts (51 IP) with a 2.65 ERA. Gave up 43 hits and 16 walks, striking out 46.
Javier Jimenez - In 13 starts (54 IP), Javier went 3-3 with a 2.83 ERA. Javier gave up 40 hits and walked 29, striking out 30.
Danny Dillon - Danny went 3-3 in 10 starts while saving both games he entered as a reliever. In 45 2/3 innings, Danny put up a 2.96 ERA with 41 hits and 18 walks, striking out 29.
Juan Rodriguez - Went 2-1 with 2 saves in 16 relief appearances (29 2/3 innings). Gave up 14 hits... but was a walk machine, putting up a team high 27. Struck out 25.
Darlin Machiz - In 7 relief appearances, put up a record of 2-0 with a 3.10 ERA. In 20 1/3 innings, gave up 13 hits and 19 walks, striking out 13.
Edwin Lopez - In 17 relief appearances (32 2/3 innings), Edwin put up a 2-3 record with 4 saves. Edwin gave up 29 hits and 11 walks while striking out 40.
Raynel Vellette - In 14 games (10 starts), Raynel put up a team high 55 innings pitched with a 3.44 ERA. Raynel gave up 40 hits and walked 23, striking out 45.
Luis Bastardo - Luis pitched in 14 games (1 start - 24 1/3 innings), going 0-1 with a save and a 3.70 ERA. Luis gave up 20 hits and 13 walks, striking out 13.
Brandon Ulloa - Brandon pitched in 11 games (4 starts - 34 2/3 innings), going 1-2 with a save and a 4.15 ERA. Brandon allowed a team high 26 runs (10 unearned) while giving up 31 hits and 17 walks. Brandon struck out 36.
Ernesto Reyes - Reyes pitched in relief 16 times, going 2-2 with 2 saves and a 5.09 ERA. In 23 innings, Reyes gave up 21 hits and 10 walks, striking out 17.
Samuel Garcia - Garcia pitched in 6 games (7 2/3 innings), going 1-0 with a 9.39 ERA. Samuel gave up 6 hits and 8 walks, striking out 3.
Israel Perez - Perez pitched in 6 relief appearances, going 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA. In 12 innings, Perez gave up 17 hits and 23 walks, striking out 15.
Ronaldo Juan - In 7 appearances (1 start), Juan went 2-2 with an 11.74 ERA. In 15 1/3 innings, Juan gave up 21 hits and 14 walks, striking out 4.
Alexander Mateo - In 5 relief appearances, Mateo pitched 8 2/3 innings and put up a 13.50 ERA. Mateo gave up 19 hits and walked 12 (a team High 3.58 WHIP) while striking out only 3.

The team was second in the league in shutouts (8) and was tied for the league lead in Saves (24)

I don't know what to make of any of those numbers. I don't have any idea of the context in which they occurred. Is the Dominican Summer Leage a pitcher friendly league? Hitter friendly? One way in some parks the other way in other parks? And, at that age, isn't the scouting part of the evaluation even more a dominant part of prospect assessment?

I'll try to give you some context... but there are issues.

1) Not all teams play every other team in the league. So, given that, it is hard to give league information complete credence.
2) I agree that scouting is much more important than actual numbers. Unfortunately, we don't get that information here. We'll know a lot more about how the Red Sox feel about these players next season by how they promote (or don't promote).

Both of these issues are true of the GCL as well.

Now... generally speaking, in the DSL the pitching rules. The best team offense in the league was the Giants who had a line of .266/.372/.370/.742. (The Yankees1 also had an OPS of 742... less OBP, more SLG). The Red Sox's OPS of 706 was 6th in the league. Four Teams had team OPS UNDER 600... and 12 MORE teams had and OPS under 650.

The Red Sox ERA of 3.41 was 13th in the league. That being said, all teams gave up large amount of unearned runs (a quick eyeballing of the stats says the LOWEST number of unearned runs given up was 43)... so the Red Sox ranked 11th in terms of actual runs given up.

So, there is some context. The offensive numbers are going to look bad... but doesn't mean they actually are (in context).