Eduardo Quintero Dominican Summer League MVP?

Phil Gurnee ♦ August 23, 2023 ♦ 1 Comment

The Rookie leagues for 2023 are done, and since the Dodgers had so many interesting players on their two Dominican League teams along with the Arizona Complex League, I thought I’d take a stroll through the stats and see what stood out.

Nobody stood out more than 17-year-old Eduardo Quintero who dominated the Dominican Summer League. Using the bREF stats we can see that Quintero was in the top 10 of everything good.

Using 100 Plate Appearances for these tables:

Number 2 in OPS but with a huge qualifier. Number one is a 21-year-old player named Oliver Carrillo who you will see on a number of these lists, and frankly, at 21 he should dominate a league populated by teen-agers.

As I was creating these tables it was apparent that this kid Braylin Morel would give Quintero a run for his money for the MVP, but Quintero is at least in the conversation.

Quintero was signed on January 15th out of Venezuela as a catcher. That catcher must have had plus speed as he has played mostly CF this summer. When it comes to prospect rankings, Quintero is still being ignored since he wasn’t high on the IFA 2023 list, even though stat wise he was better than Joendry Vargas who was the big international signing in 2023. Vargas will be found on Major League Pipeline as the Dodgers 14th pick. It is understandable to a point not to read to much into DSL stats, but Quintero’s stats are so eye popping for a 17-year-old you’d expect that to create some waves. Gap power/Speed/Patience/Defense. Two sites that did notice were Rotowire and Dodger Digest. Rotowire has him as their 201st top prospect and number six for the Dodgers. Dodger Digest has him as their 18th top prospect.

Other Dodgers of note on the OPS list below are Angel Diaz, Roger Lasso, Joendry Vargas and Alexander Albertus

Name	Age	OPS ▼	Aff
Oliver Carrillo	21	1.128	SDP
Eduardo Quintero	17	1.089	LAD
Franklin Lopez	18	1.08	COL
Braylin Morel	17	1.061	TEX
Ramon Ramirez	18	1.055	KCR
Josue Gonzalez	19	1.046	NYY
Angel Diaz	19	1.044	LAD
Kevyn Castillo*	18	1.027	LAA
Yeremi Cabrera*	17	1.004	TEX
Demetrio Nadal	18	1.003	MIL
Javier Mogollon	17	0.999	CHW
Adrian Gil	17	0.998	CHW
Luis Ogando	19	0.987	NYY
Robert Calaz	17	0.984	COL
Kelvin HIdalgo	18	0.98	COL
Derek Bernard	17	0.974	COL
Carlos Cauro	18	0.965	HOU
Darwin De Leon	19	0.961	HOU
Roger Lasso	19	0.96	LAD
Yoeilin Cespedes	17	0.953	BOS
Joendry Vargas	17	0.952	LAD
Jostyn Almonte	20	0.95	NYM
Dameury Pena	17	0.949	MIN
Alfredo Duno	17	0.945	CIN
Carlos Caro	18	0.944	PIT
Elias Medina	17	0.934	LAD
Yosander Asencio	18	0.933	BOS
Stiven Flores	17	0.932	CHW
Alexander Albertus	18	0.926	LAD

3rd in Slugging Percentage. Granted a lot of that slugging was via his speed, with his seven triples.

Other Dodgers of note on the Slugging Percentage list below are Angel Diaz, Elias Medina, and Joendry Vargas

Name	Age	Aff	SLG
Braylin Morel	17	TEX	0.644
Franklin Lopez	18	COL	0.629
Eduardo Quintero	17	LAD	0.618
Ramon Ramirez	18	KCR	0.615
Angel Diaz	19	LAD	0.587
Oliver Carrillo	21	SDP	0.586
Javier Mogollon	17	CHW	0.582
Kelvin HIdalgo	18	COL	0.574
Derek Bernard	17	COL	0.563
Robert Calaz	17	COL	0.561
Yoeilin Cespedes	17	BOS	0.56
Yeremi Cabrera*	17	TEX	0.559
Elias Medina	17	LAD	0.553
Kevyn Castillo*	18	LAA	0.548
Luis Ogando	19	NYY	0.541
Josue Gonzalez	19	NYY	0.529
Joendry Vargas	17	LAD	0.529
Demetrio Nadal	18	MIL	0.525
Carlos Cauro	18	HOU	0.521

9th in On Base Percentage. 3rd among 17-year-olds. Noticing something here, the DSL must be a wild league because there are numerous players at the top of the OBP leaderboard where they have more walks than strikeouts. When I first started tracking Quintero I thought he was having a unique year in that regard, but it isn’t as special as I thought.

Other Dodgers of note on the Slugging Percentage list below are Roger Lasso and Angel Diaz

Name	Age	Aff	OBP	BB	SO
Oliver Carrillo	21	SDP	0.542	66	45
Josue Gonzalez	19	NYY	0.517	38	21
Roger Lasso	19	LAD	0.514	32	25
Miguel Rodriguez	17	BAL	0.489	24	13
Adrian Gil	17	CHW	0.481	25	21
Kevyn Castillo*	18	LAA	0.478	40	36
Demetrio Nadal	18	MIL	0.478	24	19
Eduardo Quintero	17	LAD	0.472	32	34
Abrahan Ramirez	18	NYY	0.471	31	19
Darwin De Leon	19	HOU	0.47	23	21
Ariel Lebron	18	HOU	0.469	13	21
Andry Javier	19	NYY	0.465	23	11
Carlos Gutiérrez*	19	CLE	0.46	14	17
Angel Diaz	19	LAD	0.457	23	21

How about speed? 5th

Other Dodgers of note on the Stolen Base list below are Elio Campos, Elias Medina, and Joendry Vargas

Name	Age	Aff	SB	CS
Demetrio Nadal	18	MIL	33	10
Yeiker Reyes	17	COL	33	2
Mario Baez	16	ATL	24	5
Kevyn Castillo*	18	LAA	23	9
Eduardo Quintero	17	LAD	22	4
Nomar Velasquez	18	CLE	21	3
Fernando Peguero	18	BAL	20	11
Elio Campos	19	LAD	19	3
Joendry Vargas	17	LAD	19	5
Bairon Ledesma	18	COL	19	8
Cherif Neymour	18	MIA	18	1
Luis Frias	18	SFG	18	5
Derek Bernard	17	COL	17	3
Elis Cuevas	18	BAL	17	5
Heriberto Rincon	17	NYM	17	3
Luis Guevara	17	BAL	16	5
Starlyn Caba	17	PHI	16	6
Elias Medina	17	LAD	16	5

More speed? 2nd in triples

Name	Age	Aff	3B
Braylin Morel	17	TEX	8
Kevyn Castillo*	18	LAA	7
Eduardo Quintero	17	LAD	7
Welbyn Francisca	17	CLE	6
Yeremi Cabrera*	17	TEX	6

Extra Base Hits? 2nd with 27

Other Dodger of note on the extra base hit list below was Joendry Vargas

Name	Age	Aff	2B	3B	HR	XBH
Braylin Morel	17	TEX	17	8	7	32
Eduardo Quintero	17	LAD	15	7	5	27
Yoeilin Cespedes	17	BOS	15	4	6	25
Kelvin HIdalgo	18	COL	8	4	12	24
Javier Mogollon	17	CHW	10	2	10	22
Julio Zayas	17	NYM	14	1	7	22
Derek Bernard	17	COL	11	3	7	21
Robert Calaz	17	COL	12	2	7	21
Kevyn Castillo*	18	LAA	10	7	3	20
Elis Cuevas	18	BAL	14	4	2	20
Joendry Vargas	17	LAD	12	1	7	20

Total bases? 5th

Other Dodger of note on the total base list below was Joendry Vargas

Name	Age	Aff	TB
Braylin Morel	17	TEX	116
Kelvin HIdalgo	18	COL	113
Yoeilin Cespedes	17	BOS	107
Eduardo Quintero	17	LAD	105
Kevyn Castillo*	18	LAA	102
Javier Mogollon	17	CHW	96
Yeremi Cabrera*	17	TEX	95
Starlyn Nunez	17	BOS	93
Joendry Vargas	17	LAD	92