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Brinson, Diaz on MLB Pipeline’s Prospect Team of the Week
- Updated: August 8, 2016
MLBPipeline.com’s Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances from the previous seven days. Any player currently on an organization Top 30 Prospects list on our Prospect Watch is eligible, including big leaguers.
There two players making their second appearance on a PTOW, and another making his third. There’s a major prospect who changed organizations on Trade Deadline day making a very loud introduction. There’s even a member of the first round of the Draft Class of 2016.
C: Dom Nunez, Modesto Nuts (Class A Advanced)Rockies’ No. 14 prospect 6 G, .400/.500/.900, 7 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB, 2 SO
It’s been an up-and-down year for Nunez in the California League, but he’s trying to finish things off on a very high note. The backstop began the week with his fifth home run of the season, adding No. 6 on Friday and finishing off the week with No. 7. He continues to have good on-base skills and has been outstanding at controlling the running game all year (43 percent caught-stealing rate).
1B: Rowdy Tellez, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Double-A)Blue Jays’ No. 9 prospect 6 G, .478/.520/.957, 7 R, 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 SB
This is the third PTOW appearance for the big first baseman in the Jays’ system. He had four multihit games, finishing off the week with a two-homer performance. Tellez’s average has climbed to .299, sixth in the Eastern League. He’s third in both SLG and OPS, and his .515 SLG leads the Blue Jays organization.
2B: Isan Diaz, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Class A)Brewers’ No. 10 prospect 7 G, .400/.500/.840, 7 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB, 6 SO, 1 SB
Diaz earned PTOW honors at shortstop earlier in the season, but this week, he’s on the right side of second base and he continues to get work at both infield positions. Diaz’s week, during which he hit in all seven games, including homers on Tuesday and Sunday, is just a continuation of what he’s been doing in the Midwest League after a slow start. Diaz now has a .345/.432/.679 line in 43 second-half games.
3B: Nick Senzel, Dayton Dragons (Class …
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