Around the mid-way point of the season, we take a look at the pitchers with the best Dominance Factors in the minors:
| Top 25 Dominance Factors for 2008 | |||||||||||
| Player | DF | Age | IP | Org | Lvl | BB% | K% | GB% | RD% | AgeLvl | AgeMod |
| 1. Trevor Cahill | 91.4 | 20.3 | 93.1 | OAK | AA | 9.2 | 29.6 | 63.0 | 83.4 | 21.1 | 8 |
| 2. Rick Porcello | 89.7 | 19.4 | 73.0 | DET | A+ | 6.3 | 14.0 | 66.0 | 73.7 | 21.0 | 16 |
| 3. Brett Anderson | 88.9 | 20.3 | 74.0 | OAK | A+ | 5.8 | 25.7 | 62.0 | 81.9 | 21.0 | 7 |
| 4. Madison Bumgarner | 88.8 | 18.8 | 71.1 | SF | A | 3.9 | 29.7 | 51.0 | 76.8 | 20.0 | 12 |
| 5. Jaime Garcia | 87.5 | 21.9 | 87.2 | STL | AAA | 9.4 | 21.9 | 60.0 | 72.5 | 23.4 | 15 |
| 6. Brett Cecil | 80.3 | 21.9 | 53.0 | TOR | AA | 8.2 | 25.5 | 60.0 | 77.3 | 22.2 | 3 |
| 7. Jhoulys Chacin | 78.5 | 20.4 | 104.2 | COL | A | 6.7 | 22.2 | 67.0 | 82.5 | 20.0 | -4 |
| 8. Chris Tillman | 78.0 | 20.1 | 74.0 | BAL | AA | 12.3 | 24.3 | 42.0 | 54.0 | 22.5 | 24 |
| 9. Jonathon Niese | 77.4 | 21.6 | 82.2 | NYM | AA | 9.2 | 21.6 | 56.0 | 68.4 | 22.5 | 9 |
| 10. Carlos Carrasco | 76.8 | 21.2 | 94.0 | PHI | AA | 9.0 | 22.8 | 50.0 | 63.8 | 22.5 | 13 |
| 11. Trevor Reckling | 76.0 | 19.0 | 79.2 | LAA | A | 12.1 | 18.1 | 60.0 | 66.0 | 20.0 | 10 |
| 12. Nick Adenhart | 75.7 | 21.8 | 72.1 | LAA | AAA | 11.7 | 15.4 | 50.0 | 53.7 | 24.0 | 22 |
| 13. Daniel Bard | 73.1 | 23.0 | 50.0 | BOS | AA | 5.9 | 36.0 | 62.0 | 92.1 | 21.1 | -19 |
| 14. Neftali Feliz | 74.1 | 20.1 | 74.1 | TEX | A | 9.0 | 32.1 | 52.0 | 75.1 | 20.0 | -1 |
| 15. Chris Volstad | 73.6 | 21.7 | 79.0 | FLA | AA | 7.6 | 15.2 | 58.0 | 65.6 | 22.5 | 8 |
| 16. Zach McAllister | 73.3 | 20.5 | 91.1 | NYY | A+ | 3.2 | 19.5 | 59.0 | 75.3 | 20.3 | -2 |
| 17. Edward Cegarra | 73.3 | 19.3 | 86.1 | KC | A+ | 3.2 | 19.5 | 47.0 | 63.3 | 20.3 | 10 |
| 18. Collin Balester | 72.4 | 22.0 | 78.2 | WAS | AAA | 6.9 | 19.3 | 40.0 | 53.1 | 24.0 | 20 |
| 19. Tim Alderson | 72.4 | 19.6 | 79.1 | SF | A+ | 7.7 | 20.1 | 46.0 | 58.4 | 21.0 | 14 |
| 20. Homer Bailey | 72.4 | 22.1 | 77.1 | CIN | AAA | 9.4 | 18.8 | 44.0 | 53.4 | 24.0 | 19 |
| 21. Tyler Robertson | 71.7 | 20.5 | 69.1 | MIN | A+ | 7.9 | 21.6 | 53.0 | 66.7 | 21.0 | 5 |
| 22. Vincent Mazzaro | 71.6 | 21.7 | 91.1 | OAK | AA | 6.7 | 17.3 | 53.0 | 63.6 | 22.5 | 8 |
| 23. Jeremy Hellickson | 71.3 | 21.2 | 76.2 | TB | A+ | 1.7 | 28.0 | 47.0 | 73.3 | 21.0 | -2 |
| 24. Michael Bowden | 70.4 | 21.7 | 82.0 | BOS | AA | 6.0 | 24.4 | 44.0 | 62.4 | 22.5 | 8 |
| 25. Carlos Rosa | 70.2 | 23.7 | 65.0 | KC | AAA | 4.2 | 23.4 | 57.0 | 76.2 | 23.1 | -6 |
| * only pitchers with 50.0+ minor league innings this season are eligible for this list | |||||||||||
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** RD% is raw dominance percentage (K% + GB% - BB%) *** A lvl in bold means that the player has spent time at more than one level this season |
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Other starting pitchers with a 70.0+ Dominance Factor who didn't qualify or make the top 25 include:
| Other Notable Dominance Factors for 2008 | |||||||||||
| Player | DF | Age | IP | Org | Lvl | BB% | K% | GB% | DR% | AgeLvl | AgeMod |
| Max Scherzer | 100.7 | 23.9 | 23.0 | ARI | AAA | 3.5 | 44.2 | 59.0 | 99.7 | 24.0 | 1 |
| Sean Gallagher | 89.9 | 22.4 | 29.0 | CHC | AAA | 7.7 | 25.6 | 56.0 | 73.9 | 24.0 | 16 |
| Clayton Kershaw | 88.3 | 20.2 | 43.1 | LAD | AA | 8.6 | 26.9 | 47.0 | 65.3 | 22.5 | 23 |
| Aaron Laffey | 84.8 | 23.1 | 26.0 | CLE | AAA | 5.5 | 18.3 | 63.0 | 75.8 | 24.0 | 9 |
| Dae-Eun Rhee | 82.3 | 19.2 | 37.0 | CHC | A | 8.4 | 21.7 | 61.0 | 74.3 | 20.0 | 8 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 79.7 | 20.7 | 41.2 | MIL | A+ | 8.7 | 32.4 | 53.0 | 76.7 | 21.0 | 3 |
| Richard Castillo | 79.5 | 18.7 | 21.0 | STL | A+ | 11.0 | 30.5 | 39.0 | 58.5 | 20.8 | 21 |
| Phillipe Aumont | 77.2 | 19.4 | 44.2 | SEA | A | 7.0 | 23.2 | 55.0 | 71.2 | 20.0 | 6 |
| Justin Masterson | 76.5 | 23.2 | 44.1 | BOS | AAA | 8.9 | 21.4 | 69.0 | 81.5 | 22.7 | -5 |
| Eulogio De La Cruz | 70.0 | 24.2 | 78.2 | FLA | AAA | 8.1 | 20.1 | 60.0 | 72.0 | 24.0 | -2 |