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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
The Dayton Dragons went 66-72 (.478) and completed their ninth consecutive sell-out season (636
straight sellouts at Fifth Third Field). It marks the longest current sellout streak in professional sports, the longest
ever sellout streak in professional baseball and the third-longest ever sellout streak in pro sports. This season they
surpassed the 5 million mark in all-time attendance, faster than any team in the history of Single-A baseball.
After a 28-40 first half, the Dragons went 38-30 after the break and qualified for the playoffs as the Midwest League’s
Eastern Division second-half Wildcard winner. After defeating Lansing in the first round of the playoffs, they fell to
South Bend in Round 2. It was Dayton’s first trip to the league’s semifinals since 2001.
RHP Luis Montano (12w), SS Zack Cozart (.280ba) and 3B Brandon Waring (20hr, 71rbi, 23 2B) were among
team leaders. IF Neftali Soto, 19, who joined the Dragons on 7/6, was named the Midwest League’s 10th-best
prospect by Baseball America.
2008 Final Batting
Player AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB E
Bartles, Brett .186 14 43 3 8 0 0 1 3 6 12 0 2
Bour, Jason .231 70 247 22 57 16 2 7 28 10 70 0 5
Cabrera, Angel .263 65 217 20 57 12 1 3 22 17 48 3 11
Cabrera, Jolbert .364 6 22 3 8 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 0
Cozart, Zachary .280 109 418 57 117 20 6 14 49 24 77 3 10
Esquer, Anthony .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Feiner, Kevyn .235 78 268 31 63 9 2 1 22 15 57 8 20
Frazier, Todd .321 30 112 25 36 10 0 7 20 15 28 4 7
Gressick, Anthony .241 19 54 7 13 2 0 3 4 8 16 0 0
Jones, Keltavious .251 100 367 64 92 12 5 5 25 42 77 16 7
Kahaulelio, Jacob .244 32 127 16 31 8 1 1 14 8 24 5 3
Long, Jacob .288 17 59 7 17 4 0 0 9 5 17 0 0
McKennon, Michael .246 100 357 37 88 20 5 9 34 15 82 3 7
Meade, Frank .125 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Menchaca, Brandon .176 71 256 28 45 8 4 5 25 17 80 5 4
Mesoraco, Devin .261 83 306 29 80 13 1 9 42 20 64 2 9
Parker, Logan .267 55 195 34 52 13 2 9 37 24 45 2 2
Perales, Daniel .231 11 39 2 9 3 1 1 6 3 12 1 0
Phipps, Denis .255 124 474 57 121 19 4 7 57 34 113 10 9
Reed, Justin .239 118 410 64 98 14 6 11 36 38 137 18 3
Sosa, Humberto .000 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
Soto, Neftali .326 52 218 26 71 15 1 7 36 7 36 1 9
Waring, Brandon .270 119 441 63 119 23 2 20 71 43 156 1 16
Team Total .255 138 4648 595 1183 222 44 120 545 354 1161 82 145
2008 Final Pitching
Pitcher W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO
Arias, Henry 1-1 5.81 21 0 0 0 1 31.0 35 21 20 21 29
Arias, Henry 3-4 4.76 39 0 0 0 3 64.1 67 37 34 39 59
Arneson, Jamie 0-3 9.22 15 7 0 0 0 41.0 58 45 42 37 34
Bowman, Andrew 0-1 2.45 2 2 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 1 1 5
Carroll, Scott 1-2 3.75 9 9 0 0 0 48.0 50 22 20 16 24
Conatser, Derrick 2-3 4.67 27 0 0 0 1 54.0 56 30 28 20 26
Del Rosario, Enerio 5-2 1.16 19 9 1 1 5 70.0 52 19 9 11 49
Feiner, Kevyn 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Gonzalez, Aguido 1-0 1.77 15 0 0 0 6 20.1 12 4 4 7 21
Guerrero, Daniel 2-5 7.92 13 10 0 0 1 50.0 73 45 44 15 31
Gunter, Kevin 0-0 6.00 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 4 4 3
Horst, Jeremy 8-2 2.38 36 10 0 0 4 102.0 74 30 27 33 110
Jeffords, Jeff 3-6 3.39 40 0 0 0 6 77.0 65 33 29 39 86
Klinker, Matthew 6-4 3.26 19 18 0 0 0 105.0 98 43 38 27 76
Krebs, Joseph 6-2 2.25 26 0 0 0 6 40.0 38 11 10 14 33
Lotzkar, Kyle 2-3 3.58 10 10 0 0 0 37.2 29 19 15 24 50
Medina, Ruben 1-1 2.45 7 0 0 0 1 11.0 8 5 3 4 6
Mercker, Kent 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Montano, Luis 12-8 4.02 26 26 0 0 0 136.2 136 77 61 34 97
Otterness, Steven 0-0 10.03 8 0 0 0 0 11.2 17 13 13 12 7
Partch, Curtis 5-11 5.00 33 17 0 0 1 111.2 118 76 62 42 74
Rafael, Juan 3-3 5.17 13 5 0 0 0 55.2 55 34 32 28 49
Ravin, Josh 2-8 7.19 14 14 0 0 0 56.1 55 49 45 50 47
Rhoden, Tyler 3-1 4.99 28 0 0 0 2 48.2 54 33 27 32 29
Stewart, Zachary 1-2 0.55 11 0 0 0 3 16.1 10 2 1 3 13
Thurman, Mace 1-0 5.40 7 0 0 0 1 16.2 12 10 10 10 27
Valiquette, Philippe 0-1 3.12 16 0 0 0 1 26.0 25 11 9 10 32
Weathers, David 0-0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Young, Terrell 1-3 3.51 18 0 0 0 1 25.2 25 11 10 15 21
Team Total 66-72 4.19 138 138 1 9 40 1206.0 1167 651 561 510 983
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