Rays' Franco Headlines Players of the Week
July 1, 2019 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Batavia Muckdogs News Release
When the Rays' Wander Franco was promoted from the Midwest League to the Florida State League, he became the first player born in 2001 to appear in any of the three Class A Advanced circuits this season. He sure isn't playing like it.
Baseball's top overall prospect has been named the FSL Offensive Player of the Week for June 24-30 after going 10-for-18 (.556) with two homers, a double and six RBIs in his first five games with Charlotte. This is Franco's second Player of the Week award of the season -- he also won April 29 with Class A Bowling Green -- and the fourth of his two-season Minor League career.
The 18-year-old, switch-hitting shortstop -- who was selected for the Futures Game on Friday -- was promoted from Bowling Green on Tuesday after hitting .318/.390/.506 with six homers and 14 stolen bases over 62 games in an All-Star turn and didn't take long to show that impressive bat in the Charlotte lineup. Franco went 2-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in his Stone Crabs debut Tuesday and ended up notching multiple hits in each of his first four games with the club. His first Class A Advanced homer came Thursday when he took Fort Myers starter Blayne Enlow deep for a two-run shot in the fifth inning of a 2-1 win, and he homered again the next day in the series opener at Palm Beach, showing his impressive power for a player listed at 5-foot-10, 189 pounds.
International Mike Ford Scranton/Wilkes-Barre NYY .414/.541/.897, 8 G, 12-for-29, 5 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 7 BB, 4 K
Pacific Coast Kevin Cron Reno ARI .370/.528/1.037, 7 G, 10-for-27, 3 2B, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 12 R, 9 BB, 9 K
Eastern Alex Call Akron CLE .313/.313/.688, 7 G, 10-for-32, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 4 R, 0 BB, 9 K
Southern Mitch Nay Chattanooga CIN .422/.449/.733, 11 G, 19-for-45, 2 2B, 4 HR, 16 RBI, 13 R, 3 BB, 4 K
Texas Taylor Motter Midland OAK .545/.615/1.182, 3 G, 6-for-11, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 6 R, 1 BB, 2 K
California Cal Raleigh Modesto SEA .304/.433/.739, 7 G, 7-for-23, 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 7 R, 5 BB, 5 K, 2 SB
Carolina Mitch Reeves Lynchburg CLE .429/.538/.667, 6 G, 9-for-21, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
Florida State Wander Franco Charlotte TB .556/.609/.944, 5 G, 10-for-18, 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 4 BB, 0 K, 1 SB
Midwest Connor Fitzsimons Burlington LAA .429/.556/1.143, 5 G, 6-for-14, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB, 5 K
South Atlantic Braden Shewmake Rome ATL .464/.483/.750, 6 G, 13-for-28, 5 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 8 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 SB
New York-Penn J.D. Orr Batavia MIA .579/.652/.632, 6 G, 11-for-19, 1 2B, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 2 K, 7 SB
Northwest Ricardo Genoves Salem-Keizer SF .400/.444/.880, 6 G, 10-for-25, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 5 R, 2 BB, 3 K
Appalachian Allan Cerda Greeneville CIN .368/.429/1.000, 5 G, 7-for-19, 0 2B, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 6 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 SB
Pioneer Andy Pages Ogden LAD .500/.526/1.278, 4 G, 9-for-18, 2 2B, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 4 R, 1 BB, 5 K
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