Only the GCL Pirates in action today.
Adalberto Santos continued with his rehab going 2 for 5 with a triple. In ten games with the GCL Pirates, he’s hitting .289/.386/.447. I have to think he’ll be back in Altoona after the Eastern League All-Star Break this week.
2nd round pick Wyatt Mathisen went 3 for 4 with two doubles. He’s now hitting .340/.421/.420 in his first 15 games as a pro.
The Stetson Allie experiment isn’t off to the best of starts. He went 0 for 4 today and is hitting .193/.313/.368 with 22 strikeouts in 57 at-bats so far. This really isn’t all that unexpected as it IS the first time he’s hit in three years, but it’s always something that people will be paying a lot of attention to in the coming years.
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