Hey there, in an effort to roll out minors content seven days a week, we’re gonna get back to something we did five or six years ago at South Side Sox — minor league stats roundups. This could change form in the short weeks we have left in the season, but for now, let’s roll out the org leaders in various categories, through August 16 and requiring roughly 40 innings pitched to qualify.

Daniel González was an up-and-comer entering this season, and he did nothing in Arizona to dispel his status as a future back-end bullpen force. Tommy Vail, as you’ll see below, has come out of nowhere to make a big mark on the system. Aaron McGarity has put together a really respectable season together at Triple-A. Just four of these pitchers are starters, with Noah Schultz starting but still not being pushed to five innings per game … so that’s a starter with an asterisk, for the moment.

And yet here’s something that really impresses about Schultz: His control. He’s some form of effectively wild, because he does have 10 hit batters on the season. But between astronomically low hits and walks as well as high Ks, you’re talking about a perfect pitcher. Can’t wait to see him starting instead of merely “stopping,” with the kid gloves treatment. Most of these guys also are among the ERA Top 10 as well (Mason Adams is 11th in ERA), which tells you they are having pretty dominant seasons!

Some expected names here, and a couple who have struggled a bit. Tanner McDougal really hit a wall in High-A this year, but that K-rate tells you all hope is not lost. Riley Gowens is actually quite a positive story, hitting Double-A in his first full year as a pro and with the Sox; he surrenders too many longballs, but that K-rate nipping at 11 is plenty sweet. An interesting name, one to take with a grain of salt (but hey, look right below as well), comes from the DSL, in the form of Yhoiker Fajardo.

Few surprises here, although let’s cap-tip Ricardo Brizuela, who made the somewhat-rare jump to extend his ACL season up at Kannapolis and has held serve.

And finally, we have our weekly awards winners. Most impressive about Mason Adams is that he was pitching in the richest rotation in the system in winning his three Player of the Week awards, so to be head-and-shoulders above the likes of Ky Bush and Drew Thorpe for even just one week, that’s huge.

Tommy Vail photo by Tiffany Wintz/Sox Populi.