Players of the Week: July 27--August 2, 2015

Our weekly honors, a few days late.

ROCHESTER

Batter:  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 10-for-26 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs, and a stolen base.  For the season he is hitting .265/.310/.454 in 388 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Pat Dean pitched two complete games, pitching seventeen innings.  He gave up two runs on thirteen hits and four walks with eleven strikeouts.  For the season he is 8-9, 2.92, 1.20 WHIP with 31 walks and 82 strikeouts in 135.2 innings (21 starts).

CHATTANOOGA

Batter:  Shannon Wilkerson was 11-for-23 with three doubles, two walks, and two stolen bases.  For the season he is hitting .324/.383/.378 and is 4-for-5 in stolen bases in 74 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Jason Wheeler made one start, pitching eight innings.  He gave up no runs on five hits and no walks with six strikeouts.  For the season he is 2-2, 3.38, 1.21 WHIP with 6 walks and 33 strikeouts in 37.1 innings (6 starts).

FORT MYERS

Batter:  Nobody, really.  We'll give it to Zach Granite, who was 6-for-23 with a triple, two walks, and three stolen bases.  For the season he is hitting .252/.326/.301 and is 15-for-23 in stolen bases in 306 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Ryan Eades made two starts, pitching eleven innings.  He gave up two runs on eight hits and six walks with six strikeouts.  For the season he is 6-3, 3.24, 1.24 WHIP with 32 walks and 74 strikeouts in 108.1 innings (18 starts).

CEDAR RAPIDS

Batter:  Brett Doe was 7-for-21 with a double and a walk.  For the season he is hitting .289/.337/.389 in 190 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Sam Gibbons made one start, pitching nine innings.  He gave up no runs on four hits and one walk with nine strikeouts.  For the season he is 5-2, 3.14, 1.24 WHIP with 17 walks and 41 strikeouts in 57.1 innings (10 starts).

ELIZABETHTON

Batter:  Jermaine Palacios was just promoted from the GCL Twins, but is off to a good start.  He was 7-for-14 with a double and two home runs.  This means his season numbers are .500/.467/1.000 in 14 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Andro Cutura made one start, pitching seven innings.  He gave up one run on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.  For the season he is 2-1, 1.03, 0.83 WHIP with 8 walks and 27 strikeouts in 35 innings (6 starts).

GCL TWINS

Batter:  Luis Arraez was 7-for-18 with a double, two walks, and two stolen bases.  For the season he is hitting .312/.377/.385 and is 5-for-11 in stolen bases in 109 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Jose Martinez made two starts, pitching seven innings.  He gave up no runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts.  For the season he is 1-3, 3.00, 1.23 WHIP with 10 walks and 17 strikeouts in 30 innings (7 starts).

DSL TWINS

Batter:  Yeltsin Encarnacion was 7-for-19 with five walks.  For the season he is hitting .271/.386/.306 in 85 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Juan Herrera made one start, pitching six innings.  He gave up one run on four hits and no walks with seven strikeouts.  For the season he is 3-1, 3.25, 1.05 WHIP with 19 walks (and 10 hit batsmen) and 46 strikeouts in 55.1 innings (10 starts, 1 relief appearance).