Rodriguez, Nieuwenhuis Hitters of the Week
ByMiLB.com released its players of the week for the week ending July 11th and two Mets cracked the hitters list although no pitchers were selected.
Eastern League
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Binghamton
.469/.472/.844, 15-for-32, 6 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 9 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 0 SB
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who was twice a Florida State League Player of the Week last year, successfully brought his act to Double-A this season. He enters the week of July 12 with an Eastern League-leading 44 extra-base hits, and his performance over the last seven games has been a shot in the arm to the B-Mets, who won four of those contests. Nieuwenhuis was 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs on Tuesday, doubled twice during a 3-for-5 Wednesday and homered on Thursday. He was 3-for-7 between Friday and Saturday, and he homered and doubled on Sunday.
Appalachian League
Aderlin Rodriguez, Kingsport
.429/.452/.929, 12-for-28, 5 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 9 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 SB
The second consecutive Mets prospects to take Appalachian League honors — Javier Rodriguez was Player of the Week last week — Aderlin Rodriguez (no relation) has busted out over his last eight games. Coming into the season, the 18-year-old Dominican had just 17 Gulf Coast League games worth of pro experience under his belt, and on Monday morning he woke up with a .208 batting average through his first 12 Appy League games. He homered for his second time in as many games that night, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. He doubled in each of his next three games, and he added two homers to Thursday’s game, driving in five runs with five trips to the plate. He doubled twice more, knocking in a run and scoring, on Sunday.
Congrats to the two of them they really deserved it they were insane this week. Rodriguez is having a season in Kingsport similar to that of Wilmer Flores (with more power) except that Flores was roughly two years younger at the time. i am still happy that the Mets are being more conservative with him and it appears to be paying off right now. Hopefully it continues to pay and this is a sign that the Mets have learned from their mistakes with Jefry Marte, Francisco Pena, among others.
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