International League Names Players of the Week
August 6, 2018 - International League (IL1) News Release
The International League announced today that Lehigh Valley first baseman Joey Meneses and Indianapolis right-handed starter J.T. Brubaker have been named the League's Batter and Pitcher of the Week for the period from July 30-August 5. Meneses is now the first player in the IL to claim three weekly awards in one season since pitcher Carlos Torres of Charlotte in 2010, and the first batter to do so since Fernando Seguignol of Columbus in 2003.
JOEY MENESES, Lehigh Valley IronPigs IL BATTER OF THE WEEK It was another fantastic week for Joey Meneses, who hit .400 with four home runs and led the International League with eleven RBI, seven runs scored, and 25 total bases. In the process the IronPigs became the first IL team to reach 70 wins this season, and Meneses is making a threat to become the first player since Pawtucket's Jim Rice in 1974 to capture the "Triple Crown". Meneses is 2nd in the circuit in batting with a .318 average and owns the League-lead with 21 homers and 71 runs batted in.
26-year-old Joey Meneses is in his eighth season as a professional player and is currently in his first year seeing time above the Double-A level. He signed with the Phillies as a free agent this past February after having spent his entire career in the Atlanta organization. Meneses is a native of Culiacan, Mexico.
J.T. BRUBAKER, Indianapolis Indians IL PITCHER OF THE WEEK J.T. Brubaker helped the Indians pick up a pair of key road victories this week as the club tries to stay on top of the IL West Division and earn a berth in the Governors' Cup playoffs. Brubaker led the League over the week with 15.0 innings pitched, accomplished without allowing a walk while striking out 14 batters. He didn't earn the victory Monday night in Columbus, but the 7.0 one-run innings he tossed put the Tribe in position to win it with a 9th inning rally, 4-2. Then on Saturday night in
Toledo, Brubaker turned in his longest outing of the year with 8.0 innings of three-hit baseball, his lowest hit total allowed in seventeen starts. Indy blanked the Mud Hens 2-0, and now owns a 3.5- game edge over both Toledo and Columbus in the West with less than a month to go in the regular season. Brubaker lowered his ERA to 3.24 after his win Saturday, the 7th -lowest mark in the IL.
24-year-old J.T. Brubaker is in his fourth season as a professional pitcher after being selected by the Pirates in the 6th round of the 2015 draft. This is his first season pitching above the Double-A level. Brubaker is a native of Springfield, Ohio.
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