Santos Named Player of the Week
June 5, 2018 - Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
SAUGET, Ill. - After a spectacular offensive performance during the Grizzlies' six-game homestand, Gateway first baseman Trae Santos was named the Frontier League's Player of the Week.
Santos launched four home runs and tallied nine RBIs in only six games. He also hit .500 over that span.
The Barrigada, Guam, native had only one big fly this season before he homered four times in a three-game stretch. His five round-trippers now rank in a tie for fourth-most in the Frontier League.
Santos signed with the Grizzlies prior to the season following four years in the San Diego Padres' organization. San Diego drafted Santos in the 17th round of the 2013 MLB Draft out of Troy University, an NCAA Div. I school in Alabama. He reached the Double-A San Antonio Missions in 2016.
Santos and the Grizzlies will return to GCS Credit Union Ballpark for a seven-game homestand starting Friday against the Florence Freedom.
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