There were four players who wore the "tools of ignorance" for the G-Stros this season. We will look at those and summarize their season with Greeneville.
Ernesto Genoves was behind the plate for 45 games this year. He started the season in Lexington but after just one game he was sent back to Extended Spring Training and landed at Greeneville for the second season. One source said that he was sent back to Greeneville so that he could catch everyday. He was solid behind the plate showing significant improvement from 2011 in his receiving skills. In 27 games in 2011, he made four errors and allowed nine pass balls. This season, in many more games behind the plate, he again made four errors but allowed just three passed balls. His caught stealing rate dropped slightly from 31% (10 out of 32) to 25% (11 out of 44). While the rate decreased, it doesn't look like opponents were eager to steal on him as the attempt rate is not that high.
In the batter's box, Genoves looked like he took a step back in 2012. However, more advanced stats tell us that his BABIP for 2011, when he hit .280 was .337. This season, when he hit for a .235 average, his BABIP was .235. His strike out rate also decreased from 20.1% to 15.8%.
Genoves turned 21 shortly before the Greeneville season. He appears ready for the next step and it appears Greeneville will have seen the last of Genoves.
Ricky Gingras was the 18th round pick in the 2012 draft out of Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego, CA). He appeared in 22 games as the catcher. He was good behind the mask with only one error and two passed balls. He nabbed nine of 38 base stealers.
At the plate, Gingras hit just .190 but appeared to suffer some bad luck with a .200 BABIP. I expect he will be in extended spring training again next season awaiting assignment.
The other two catchers were Luis Alvarez and Christian Moronta who appeared in four and five games respectively. Both were bounced between affiliates some and were mostly used as bullpen catchers. I would be surprised if either is in the organization next year.
Next we will moved to the corner infield positions.
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