Minor League Players of the Month: May

ROCHESTER RED WINGS

Batter:  Jake Cave batted ,337/.382/.505 in 95 at-bats.  For the season he is batting .274/.358/.402 in 164 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Zack Littell was 1-1, 2.57, 1.07 WHIP with 30 strikeouts in 28 innings (5 games, 4 starts).  Those are also his season numbers in AAA.

CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS

Batter:  Nick Gordon batted .321/.384/.513 in 78 at-bats.  His season numbers in AA are .333/.381/.525 in 162 at-bats.  Since being promoted to AAA he is batting .302/.333/.395 in 43 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Randy LeBlanc was 3-0, 2.11, 1.17 WHIP with 18 strikeouts in 21.1 innings (4 starts).  For the season he is 6-1, 2.17, 1.27 WHIP with 40 strikeouts in 49.2 innings.

FORT MYERS MIRACLE

Batter:  Jaylin Davis batted .286/.355./.440 in 84 at-bats.  For the season he is batting .285/.376/.445 in 137 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Andrew Vasquez was 0-0, 0.00, 2 saves, 1,16 WHIP with 18 strikeouts in 14.2 innings.  For the season he is 0-1, 0.66, 1.06 WHIP with 30 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

Batter:  Alex Kirilloff batted .360/.421/.640 in 114 at-bats.  For the season he is batting .319/.374/.568 in 185 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Brusdar Graterol was 2-1, 1.66, 0.92 WHIP with 29 strikeouts in 21.2 innings.  For the season he is 2-1, 1.78, 0.91 WHIP with 36 strikeouts in 25.1 innings.

Honorable mention:  Calvin Faucher was 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 WHIP with 8 strikeouts in 12 innings.  His season numbers in low A are 1-0, 0.00, 1.00 WHIP with 14 strikeouts (and 11 walks) in 17 innings.  In high-A, his numbers were 0-0, 7.30, 1.78 with 7 strikeouts (and 3 walks) in 7.2 innings.