Ryan Wheeler named Arizona Diamondbacks organizational POY
By John Klima
October 19, 2009
(photo: Baseball Beginnings)
Ryan Wheeler has been named the 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks minor league player of the year following his standout professional debut season at short-season Class A Yakima and Class A South Bend. Wheeler, a fifth round pick from Loyola Marymount, posted a 1.002 OPS (That is not a typo). Wheeler, who wasn’t drafted out of high school, began to blossom playing in the Cape Cod League and then carried over his wood bat comfort zone into pro ball. Every aspect of what we liked about Wheeler from a scouting point of view translated into performance as a pro. The road will get harder as he advances, but Wheeler helped himself in 2009. At Yakima, he withstood the elements and produced a nice triple crown line of .361-6-41, with 21 doubles and four triples and only 32 strikeouts in 263 at-bats. We’ll catch up with Wheeler this winter.
You can scout Wheeler for yourself here on Baseball Beginnings by clicking the links below. We have video of him as an amateur playing at LMU, as well as our exclusive scouting reports and Q&A.
Read Ryan Wheeler Q&A
Read Ryan Wheeler Scouting Report
Watch Ryan Wheeler Scouting Video
Read about Ryan Wheeler in the Cape Cod League
Catching up with Ryan Wheeler
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