Stats and Stuff

Several Clearwater Threshers players dot the statistical leaderboards throughout Minor League Baseball.
(Through games played on 5/30/07)

Greg Golson is tied for sixth in hits (62) and tied for ninth in stolen bases (16) on the Class A Advanced Leaderboard. Class A Advanced includes players from the FSL along with the California League and Carolina League. He is also fifth in the FSL in runs scored (36).

Jeremy Slayden is fourth on the Class A Advanced Leaderboard in walks (38), which is good enough for tied for fifth ranking in all of Minor League Baseball. He is second in the FSL in RBI (37), and fifth in the FSL in on-base percentage (.419).

Lou Marson has the third best caught stealing percentage (.417) in the FSL.

Brett Harker's 10 saves puts him at a tie for seventh on the Class A Advanced Leaderboard.

Patrick Overholt's 63.0 innings pitched puts him at fourth highest in the FSL.

Random Stat
Clearwater is 26-0 when leading after eight innings.

Threshers will face Devil Rays affiliate next season

The Clearwater Threshers will be seeing even more new faces in the opposing dugout next season, as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have moved their Class A affiliation from Visalia in the California League to Vero Beach of the Florida State League. The Devil Rays had a FSL team located in St. Petersburg from 1997-2000.

Thanks to Garrett for the tip!

Update 10/2/06 at 12:45pm: Baseball America has a story (subscription needed) written by Laurel Scheffel about the move and speculates whether or not the Vero Beach FSL team will be moving to Port Charlotte in 2009 to coincide with the Devil Rays Spring Training move. They also mention the Vero Beach FSL team will get a new nickname, but don't know what it is yet.