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Palacios Earns IL Player of the Week Honors After Career Week

Published on May 1, 2023 under International League (IL)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


INDIANAPOLIS - Minor League Baseball and the Indianapolis Indians today announced that outfielder Josh Palacios has been named the International League Player of the Week after recording a pair of career-high five-RBI games while playing in five games vs. the Columbus Clippers from April 25-30.

Palacios, 27, paced all of professional baseball with 13 RBI, a 1.389 slugging percentage and staggering 2.056 OPS last week. He also ranked among minor league leaders in home runs (T-2nd, 4), extra-base hits (T-2nd, 7), batting average (3rd, .556), total bases (3rd, 25) and on-base percentage (T-3rd, .667). His four home runs for the week tied with four others for the most in the International League.

His week was highlighted by two career-high five-RBI performances, the first of his career, to bookend the torrid five-game stretch. On April 29, he went 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs - his first career multi-homer game - and became the first Indianapolis Indian since Brandon Moss (2010) to record two games of at least five RBI in a single season.

Palacios was selected by Pittsburgh from Washington in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 7, 2022. He was originally selected by Toronto in the fourth round (132nd overall) of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Auburn (Ala.) University. He is Indianapolis' second IL Player of the Week this season, following Tucupita Marcano (April 4-9).

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