EL1 Eastern League

Eastern League Names Pitcher and Player of the Week

Published on May 6, 2013 under Eastern League (EL1) News Release


PORTLAND, ME - The Eastern League is pleased to announce the winners of the Eastern League Player of the Week Award and Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award for the period of April 29th through May 5th:

Erie SeaWolves outfielder Tyler Collins has been selected as the Eastern League Player of the Week for the period of April 29th-May 5th. The 22-year old batted .348 (8-for-23) with one double, six home runs, 12 RBI, eight runs scored, five walks and a 1.174 slugging percentage in seven games for the SeaWolves last week. Collins, who is a native of Lubbock, Texas, homered in five straight games from April 30th-May 4th, including hitting a pair of home runs and driving in five runs in a 9-1 win at Binghamton on Thursday night. The 5'11", 215 lbs. slugger led all Eastern League players in home runs (6), RBI (12), extra-base hits (7), total bases (27), slugging percentage (1.174) and OPS (1.638) last week and also finished among the weekly leaders in runs scored (8-tied 1st), walks (5-tied 3rd) and on-base percentage (.464-7th). Collins has seven homers for the SeaWolves this season, which ties him for the league lead. He is also ranked third in the league in slugging percentage (.570) and tied for fifth in extra-base hits (13). Tyler, who entered the season rated by MLB.com as the sixth best prospect in the Detroit organization, was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the sixth round of the 2011 draft out of Howard Junior College in Big Spring, Texas.

Danny Salazar, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Akron Aeros, has been selected as the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the period of April 29th-May 5th. The 6'0", 190 lbs. hurler started one game for the Aeros last week and had a record of 1-0 with 12 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. Salazar, who is a native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, made his lone start of the week on Thursday morning at Altoona and struck out a career-high 12 batters over six shutout innings in a 4-1 victory for the Aeros. Salazar was perfect through the first four innings before giving up a leadoff single in the bottom of the fifth. He also worked around a pair of walks in the sixth inning to preserve the shutout. The 23-year old tied for the league lead in ERA (0.00) last week and was also among the weekly league leaders in batting average against (.056-2nd), WHIP (0.50-3rd), strikeouts (12-tied 3rd) and wins (1-tied 4th). Salazar currently leads the league with 43 strikeouts and has a record of 2-3 with a 2.83 ERA in six starts for the Aeros this season. Danny, who posted a record of 4-0 with a 1.85 ERA in six starts in his Double-A debut with Akron during the final weeks of the 2012 season, was signed by the Cleveland Indians as a non-drafted free agent on July 3, 2006.

Check out the Eastern League Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Eastern League Stories from May 6, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.


Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central