The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are the San Francisco Giants Single A Short Season team. The team is mostly for newly drafted or signed players because it allows the college players to finish out their season. The team finished the season with a 34-42 record in last place in the West division despite having the best offensive team in the league - very different story than the Giants. Four members of the Volcanoes were named Northwest League All-Stars and two of which were voted in unanimously. Panik, Murray, Galindo, and Krill were all voted to be All-Stars and Panik was named league MVP. The first round pick has so far proven his first round status.
Here are the All-Stars stats:
Joe Panik - SS
AB: 270
AVG: .341 (1st)
HR: 6
RBI: 54 (1st)
R: 49 (T-1)
H: 92 (1st)
OBP: .401 (1st)
SLG: .467 (4th)
TB: 126 (T-1)
Mike Murray - DH
AB: 242
AVG: .326 (3rd)
HR: 6
RBI: 48 (2nd)
R: 29
H: 79 (3rd)
OBP: .394 (2nd)
SLG: .459 (6th)
TB: 111 (4th)
Brett Krill - OF
AB: 207
AVG: .304 (7th)
HR: 6
RBI: 43 (7th)
R: 38 (10th)
H: 63
OBP: .350
SLG: .488 (3rd)
TB: 101 (10th)
Jesus Galindo - CF
AB: 239
AVG: .276
HR: 2
R: 49 (T-1)
OBP: .353
SLG: .364
TB: 87
*SB: 47 (1st)
CS: 8
I'm just mentioning four of the players here but there are many more who contributed a lot to this team. Panik will be playing in the Arizona Fall League. Should be interesting where these four end up playing in 2012. This is the first season review for the Giants farm system, I'll be doing one for each level.
