Earlier this month the Mets acquired Angel Pagan from the Cubs in exchange for Corey Coles and Ryan Meyers. Lets first look at Pagan vs Coles. Both are OF and they are both the same age. I posted a “Get to Know a Prospect” about Corey Coles earlier, so I will not spend to much time on him here but there are few stats that should be highlighted. Their slugging is just about that same in the minor leagues. Pagan has a .373 and Coles a .387. There batting average is where there is a big difference. Coles has an average at .306 while Pagan has one at .280.
The blaring difference between these two OF is that Pagan has played in the major leagues. He has had 318 AB over 148 games where he has posted a .255 BA, .306 OBP, and .415 SLG. In 2006, he played in 77 games and had .247 BA, .306 OBP, and.394 SLG and in 2007 over 71 games he had a .264 BA, .306 OBP, .439 SLG. In simplist terms, his stats improved 06 to 07. Another interesting note is that over his 2 seasons playing in the MLB, he hit 9 HR, which is half the amount he hit in 7 minor league seasons.
Although Corey Coles' minor league statistics are better, I would have to go right now and say that Pagan is the better OF only because he has time in the majors already. (I do realize that Coles could break the majors this year and have a fantastic year, anything is possible in baseball).
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