2018 Pacific Coast League season

The 2018 Pacific Coast League season was the 116th season in the league's history and saw the Memphis Redbirds repeat as champions despite the roster changing frequently, as is common in AAA. Undrafted Josh Fuentes of Albuquerque was named MVP after leading the league in OPS, doubles, runs and hits.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Oklahoma City Dodgers	75	65	.536	--	Bill Haselman	Los Angeles Dodgers
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	73	66	.525	1½	Rick Sweet	Milwaukee Brewers
Omaha Storm Chasers	66	74	.471	9	Brian Poldberg	Kansas City Royals
Iowa Cubs	50	88	.362	24	Marty Pevey	Chicago Cubs

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Memphis Redbirds	83	57	.593	--	Stubby Clapp	St. Louis Cardinals
Nashville Sounds	72	68	.514	11	Fran Riordan	Oakland Athletics
New Orleans Baby Cakes	69	70	.496	13½	Arnie Beyeler	Miami Marlins
Round Rock Express	65	73	.471	17	Jason Wood	Texas Rangers

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Fresno Grizzlies	82	57	.590	--	Rodney Linares	Houston Astros
Reno Aces	72	68	.514	10½	Greg Gross	Arizona Diamondbacks
Tacoma Rainiers	66	73	.475	16	Pat Listach	Seattle Mariners
Sacramento River Cats	55	85	.393	27½	Dave Brundage	San Francisco Giants

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
El Paso Chihuahuas	82	57	.590	--	Rod Barajas	San Diego Padres
Salt Lake Bees	71	68	.511	11	Keith Johnson	Los Angeles Angels
Las Vegas 51s	71	69	.507	11½	Tony DeFrancesco	New York Mets
Albuquerque Isotopes	63	77	.450	19½	Glenallen Hill	Colorado Rockies

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AS	Memphis Redbirds	3
	AN	Oklahoma City Dodgers	1
						AS	Memphis Redbirds	3
						PN	Fresno Grizzlies	1
	PS	El Paso Chihuahuas	2
	PN	Fresno Grizzlies	3

Conference Championships

Memphis vs. Oklahoma City Date Away Home September 6 Memphis 4 Oklahoma City 2 September 6 Memphis 5 Oklahoma City 5 September 7 Oklahoma City 4 Memphis 5 September 9 Oklahoma City 3 Memphis 4 Memphis wins series 3-1

Fresno vs. El Paso Date Away Home September 5 Fresno 8 El Paso 7 September 6 Fresno 7 El Paso 5 September 7 El Paso 2 Fresno 0 September 8 El Paso 4 Fresno 2 September 9 El Paso 1 Fresno 10 Fresno wins series 3-2

Championship Finals

Fresno vs. Memphis Date Away Home September 11 Memphis 10 Fresno 4 September 12 Memphis 1 Fresno 10 September 14 Fresno 1 Memphis 2 September 15 Fresno 0 Memphis 5 Memphis wins series 3-1 and advances to Triple-A National Championship

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average J.D. Davis, Fresno, .342
• Runs Scored Josh Fuentes, Albuquerque, 93
• Hits Fuentes, 180
• Doubles Fuentes, 39
• Triples Jorge Mateo, Nashville, 16
• Home Runs Jabari Blash, Salt Lake, 29
• Runs Batted In A.J. Reed, Fresno, 108
• Stolen Bases Myles Straw, Fresno, 35

Pitching

• Wins Taylor Clarke, Reno & Dakota Hudson, Memphis, 13
• Earned Run Average Trevor Oaks, Omaha, 3.23
• Complete Games Drew Gagnon, Las Vegas & Arnaldo Hernandez, Omaha, 2
• Shutouts Eight tied with 1
• Strikeouts Gagnon, 167
• Saves R.J. Alvarez, Round Rock, 24

All-Star Team

• First Base A.J. Reed, Fresno
• Second Base Luis Urias, El Paso
• Shortstop Ildemaro Vargas, Reno
• Third Base Josh Fuentes, Albuquerque
• Outfield Tyler O'Neill, Memphis; Mike Tauchman, Albuquerque; Alex Verdugo, Oklahoma City
• Catcher Christian Bethancourt, Colorado Springs
• Designated Hitter Kevin Cron, Reno
• Right-Handed Pitcher Dakota Hudson, Memphis
• Left-Handed Pitcher Manny Banuelos, Oklahoma City
• Relief Pitcher R.J. Alvarez, Round Rock

Source

• 2019 Baseball Almanac, pg. 370-371

External Links

• BR Minors page