Minor League Players of the Month: June

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ROCHESTER

Position player:  Clete Thomas hit .255/.307/.500 in 94 at-bats.  Honorable mentionDanny Valencia hit .240/.301/.440 in 104 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Samuel Deduno went 1-0, 1.42, 1.11 WHIP with 28 strikeouts in 19 innings.  Honorable mentionKyle Waldrop went 0-0, 1.26, 1.12 WHIP with 2 saves in 14.1 innings

NEW BRITAIN

Position player:  Evan Bigley hit .337/.356/.624 in 101 at-bats.  He hit 9 doubles and 6 home runs.  Honorable mentionChris Colabello hit .296/.321/.510 in 98 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Bruce Pugh went 1-0, 0.00, 0.97 WHIP with 3 saves in 12.1 innings, striking out 18.  Honorable mentionDaniel Turpen was 0-0, 1.56, 1.04 WHIP with 1 save in 17.1 innings, striking out 16.

FORT MYERS

Position player:  Daniel Ortiz hit .312/.369/.532 in 77 at-bats.  Honorable mentionLevi Michael hit .288/.358/.370 in 73 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Matthew Hauser went 1-0, 1.59, 0.76 WHIP with 1 save in 17 innings, striking out 15.  Honorable mentionNelvin Fuentes went 1-0, 2.92 with 12 strikeouts in 12.2 innings

BELOIT

Position player:  Nate Roberts hit .375/.437/.563 in 64 at-bats.  Honorable mentionDrew Leachman hit .287/.321/.406 with 4 triples in 101 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Tim Atherton went 1-0, 0.61, 1.02 WHIP with 24 strikeouts in 14.2 innings.  Honorable mentionDavid Hurlbut went 1-1, 1.61, 1.14 WHIP with 26 strikeouts in 28 innings.

ELIZABETHTON

Position player:  Rory Rhodes hit .467/.519/.778 with 3 homers in 45 at-bats.  Honorable mentionNiko Goodrum hi .333/.444/.810 with 6 triples in 42 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Taylor Rogers went 1-0, 1.00, 0.78 WHIP with 14 strikeouts in 9 innings.  Honorable mentionJoshua Burris went 2-0, 1.04, 0.69 WHIP with 9 strikeouts in 8.2 innings.

GCL TWINS

Position player:  Dereck Rodriguez hi .458/.594/.708 in 24 at-bats.  Honorable mentionAderlin Mejia hit .367/.394/.533 in 30 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Austin Malinowski went 1-0, 0.00, 1.14 in 7 innings.  Honorable mentionSam Gibbons went 1-0, 0.00, 1.00 with 7 strikeouts in 5 innings.

DSL TWINS

Position player:  Adonis Pacheco hit .329/.391/.544 with 6 triples in 79 at-bats.  Honorable mentionEngelb Vielma hit .304/.391/.339 in 45 at-bats.

Pitcher:  Junior Subero went 2-0, 0.56, 0.56 WHIP in 16 innings.  He walked 1 and struck out 12.  Honorable mentionJavier Vargas went 2-2, 1.33, 0.84 WHIP in 20.1 innings.