By:    Published: November 17, 2011 12:00 am
Posted In: Minors • Season Reviews

The Norfolk Tides finished the season in last place in the South Division with a 56-87 record.

Position Prospects

Top Prospect – The Tides posted a relatively bland group of prospects, but Ryan Adams was the best of the bunch. He spent a large part of the season with Norfolk before getting 96 PA in the majors. He still showed the gap power he displayed in 2010 and a solid OBP, but his defense is really holding him back from becoming anything more than a bench player.

Biggest Surprise – Kyle Hudson began the season with the Keys, finished with the Tides and really came on when he moved to Norfolk. He displayed phenomenal patience and turned in a number of multi-hit games. His stellar play in AAA earned him a big league promotion when the rosters expanded.

Biggest Disappointment – None

Top 5 Position Prospects*

  1. Ryan Adams
  2. Matt Angle
  3. Kyle Hudson
  4. Brandon Snyder
  5. Tyler Henson

HM: None

*Min. 200 PA

Hitting Statistics

Age G PA ▾ AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
Brendan Harris 30 136 565 516 50 116 21 2 10 50 2 2 37 87 .225 .282 .331 .613
Tyler Henson 23 123 498 449 55 111 18 3 3 36 9 5 41 98 .247 .313 .321 .634
Brandon Snyder 24 114 494 448 55 117 21 1 14 71 1 2 32 91 .261 .312 .406 .718
Matt Angle 25 108 489 424 67 115 13 3 4 33 27 3 47 88 .271 .347 .344 .692
Josh Bell 24 101 438 395 62 100 12 2 19 57 4 0 40 118 .253 .320 .438 .758
Ryan Adams 24 94 415 377 46 107 28 3 10 37 5 2 30 103 .284 .341 .454 .794
Rhyne Hughes 27 92 383 342 54 85 25 2 15 59 3 3 36 111 .249 .321 .465 .786
Nick Green 32 87 348 308 31 64 16 0 10 46 3 1 25 67 .208 .276 .357 .633
John Hester 27 82 310 279 22 70 10 0 5 25 0 3 27 74 .251 .324 .341 .664
Jake Fox 28 68 299 265 38 73 19 1 12 58 0 0 22 52 .275 .351 .491 .842
Kyle Hudson 24 68 284 246 39 73 7 1 0 11 26 8 33 55 .297 .382 .333 .715
Blake Davis 27 62 252 232 28 65 3 3 5 27 6 5 15 46 .280 .323 .384 .706
Carlos Rojas 27 54 194 172 11 34 3 0 0 6 2 1 17 35 .198 .268 .215 .484
Nolan Reimold 27 39 161 139 16 33 6 0 6 22 2 1 18 43 .237 .329 .410 .739
Robbie Widlansky 26 35 140 127 5 36 5 0 3 12 0 0 12 26 .283 .345 .394 .739
Craig Tatum 28 21 77 65 4 13 3 0 0 7 0 1 9 13 .200 .289 .246 .536
Michel Hernandez 32 17 60 54 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .167 .250 .222 .472
Adam Donachie 27 14 48 35 5 6 1 0 3 4 0 1 12 12 .171 .383 .457 .840
Felix Pie 26 7 27 24 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 0 3 4 .250 .333 .417 .750
Miguel Abreu 26 5 16 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125
J.J. Hardy 28 3 12 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .222 .417 .222 .639
Jacob Julius 25 3 12 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .222 .333 .222 .556
Zach Booker 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
23 Players 26.3 143 5523 4932 601 1238 216 22 119 565 94 38 464 1138 .251 .319 .376 .695

Pitching Prospects

Top Prospect - This isn’t meant to be a knock on Steve Johnson, but when he’s a minor league team’s top prospect, you know there’s a problem. Johnson’s a fly ball pitcher with a 90-94 mph fastball and a 79-81 mph late breaking curveball. His time as a starter is likely coming to an end, but he could be a useful middle reliever going forward.

Biggest Surprise - None

Biggest Disappointment – None

Top 5 Pitching Prospects*

  1. Steve Johnson
  2. Cole McCurry
  3. Pat Egan
  4. None
  5. None

HM: None

*Min. 35 IP

Pitching Statistics

Age W L ERA G GS SV IP ▾ H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Rick VandenHurk 26 9 13 4.43 26 26 0 154.1 141 83 76 23 40 108 1.173 8.2 1.3 2.3 6.3 2.70
Chris George 31 7 5 4.27 27 19 0 130.2 144 67 62 13 56 73 1.531 9.9 0.9 3.9 5.0 1.30
Mitch Atkins 25 3 7 5.44 17 17 0 94.1 95 63 57 10 37 74 1.399 9.1 1.0 3.5 7.1 2.00
Steve Johnson 23 2 7 5.56 17 17 0 87.1 101 56 54 7 47 63 1.695 10.4 0.7 4.8 6.5 1.34
Chris Tillman 23 3 6 5.19 15 15 0 76.1 77 50 44 17 38 54 1.507 9.1 2.0 4.5 6.4 1.42
Mark Hendrickson 37 2 4 2.87 24 0 0 59.2 52 22 19 9 16 29 1.140 7.8 1.4 2.4 4.4 1.81
Brian Matusz 24 2 3 3.46 9 9 0 54.2 51 23 21 4 19 41 1.280 8.4 0.7 3.1 6.8 2.16
Mark Worrell 28 1 6 3.42 52 0 21 52.2 44 25 20 4 22 36 1.253 7.5 0.7 3.8 6.2 1.64
Mike Ballard 27 2 4 4.91 10 9 0 51.1 66 31 28 7 17 38 1.617 11.6 1.2 3.0 6.7 2.24
Troy Patton 25 4 1 1.83 17 2 0 44.1 44 9 9 0 12 30 1.263 8.9 0.0 2.4 6.1 2.50
Ryan Drese 35 2 3 6.55 9 6 0 44.0 64 35 32 3 14 11 1.773 13.1 0.6 2.9 2.2 0.79
Josh Rupe 28 2 5 7.07 30 0 0 42.0 50 37 33 5 21 29 1.690 10.7 1.1 4.5 6.2 1.38
Cole McCurry 25 5 3 4.15 21 0 0 39.0 40 18 18 4 17 27 1.462 9.2 0.9 3.9 6.2 1.59
Pat Egan 26 1 2 5.12 21 0 0 38.2 56 29 22 3 16 22 1.862 13.0 0.7 3.7 5.1 1.38
Chorye Spoone 25 2 1 5.50 8 8 0 34.1 41 26 21 1 26 16 1.951 10.7 0.3 6.8 4.2 0.62
Jeremy Accardo 29 1 1 2.16 26 0 2 33.1 26 9 8 1 11 27 1.110 7.0 0.3 3.0 7.3 2.45
Alberto Castillo 35 2 4 1.89 20 0 1 33.1 24 8 7 1 8 26 0.960 6.5 0.3 2.2 7.0 3.25
Armando Gabino 27 1 2 3.48 17 0 0 31.0 24 15 12 2 20 22 1.419 7.0 0.6 5.8 6.4 1.10
Nick Bierbrodt 33 0 1 6.17 18 0 0 23.1 21 17 16 2 19 12 1.714 8.1 0.8 7.3 4.6 0.63
Brad Bergesen 25 2 1 1.64 3 3 0 22.0 14 4 4 1 8 18 1.000 5.7 0.4 3.3 7.4 2.25
Clay Rapada 30 0 1 3.92 26 0 1 20.2 24 10 9 1 4 20 1.355 10.5 0.4 1.7 8.7 5.00
Chris Jakubauskas 32 0 1 4.05 5 5 0 20.0 23 9 9 3 7 14 1.500 10.4 1.4 3.2 6.3 2.00
Jason Berken 27 0 1 3.50 5 4 0 18.0 20 7 7 1 7 16 1.500 10.0 0.5 3.5 8.0 2.29
Zach Phillips 24 1 1 2.63 14 0 1 13.2 12 5 4 0 7 7 1.390 7.9 0.0 4.6 4.6 1.00
Jose Diaz 27 0 1 5.68 14 0 1 12.2 21 10 8 1 8 10 2.289 14.9 0.7 5.7 7.1 1.25
Wynn Pelzer 25 0 1 3.09 8 0 0 11.2 9 4 4 0 9 7 1.543 6.9 0.0 6.9 5.4 0.78
Sean Gleason 25 0 1 4.22 9 0 0 10.2 15 6 5 2 0 5 1.406 12.7 1.7 0.0 4.2
Ryohei Tanaka 28 1 0 3.60 2 2 0 10.0 12 4 4 3 1 4 1.300 10.8 2.7 0.9 3.6 4.00
Zach Britton 23 0 1 1.80 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 1 0 1 3 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 5.4 3.00
Willie Eyre 32 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.600 2.7 0.0 2.7 2.7 1.00
Will Startup 26 0 0 10.12 2 0 0 2.2 3 3 3 1 2 1 1.875 10.1 3.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
Oliver Drake 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1.000 4.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
32 Players 27.7 56 87 4.35 143 143 27 1277.0 1319 686 617 129 512 846 1.434 9.3 0.9 3.6 6.0 1.65
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