Official Site of the Cubs · Sep 8, 2015
Contreras among top 10 prospect performers Monday
Top Prospects: Contreras, CHC 1:01 2015 MLB.com Top Prospects: Developing more strike-zone discipline has been the key to Willson Contreras' offensive improvement Not bad for a guy who batted just .242 with a .649 OPS last season in the Class A Advanced Florida State League.
In addition to his career-best batting average, Contreras established new highs in on-base percentage (.413), slugging (.478), hits (151), doubles (34) and RBIs (75) while playing in 126 games -- his previous high for games played was 86 in 2013 -- for the Smokies. He also hit eight home runs, scored 71 runs and posted a vastly improved 62/57 strikeout-to-walk ratio.