Fasano and Stanton Named Northern League Players of the Week
Published on July 13, 2009 under Northern League (NL) News Release
Designated hitter Jim Fasano of the Kansas City T-Bones was named Northern League Player of the Week, and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks pitcher T.J. Stanton received the Northern League Pitcher of the Week honors for the period ending July 12th , 2009.
Fasano, who is currently riding an eight-game hitting streak, batted .444 (8-for-18) with seven runs scored, three doubles, one home run, and nine RBI in the week. He scored a run in all four games, and had five and four runs batted in apiece on July 9th
and 11th versus the Redhawks. After a relatively slow start to the '09 season, Fasano is batting .333 during the month of July.
Last year, Fasano led the Northern League in home runs (20), Total Bases (196), Extra-Base Hits (49), and was tied for the league lead in RBI (84). He was also named to the 2008 Northern League Post-Season All-Star Team (Designated Hitter) and was twice honored as the Player of the Week.
The 6-5, 230-pounder signed with the T-Bones in 2008 after playing four seasons in the Texas Rangers organization. He was originally drafted by the Rangers in the ninth round of the 2004 Amateur Draft as a junior out of the University of Richmond (Richmond, VA). With the Spiders, he was the Atlantic-10 Player of the Year in 2003 after batting .344 with 16 home runs and 68 RBI. He followed-up that season leading the A-10 with 18 home runs while batting .316 and driving in 62 runs in 2004.
Ji Stanton, who was signed by Fargo-Moorhead on June 9th , saved both of the RedHawks wins in the all-star break shortened week. He went 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA retiring all six batters he faced notching his first two saves of the 2009 season. The two perfect innings increased his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 9.2 innings. It is the longest active scoreless innings streak in the league. On the year, he is now 1-0 with two saves and a 0.44 ERA (1 ER/20.2 IP).
The 6-4, 230-pound right-hander, is taking his second turn through the Northern League having played for the Winnipeg Goldeyes in 2004. With the Goldeyes that year, he went 5-5 with a 4.72 ERA. He signed with the Angels organization following the '04 campaign and played one season in the Angels farm system before rejoining the independent ranks in 2006. He played parts of the next three seasons playing for three different teams in the Can-Am League and the American Association.
A native of Palatka, FL (now residing in Port St. Lucie, FL), he was originally drafted in the 27th
round of the 2002 Amateur Draft by the Atlanta Braves. However, he did not sign with the Braves. He played collegiately at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL), Lake City Community College (Lake City, FL), and the University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL).
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