SCARBOROUGH, ME - The Eastern League is pleased to announce the winners of the Eastern League Player of the Week Award and Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award for the period of May 20th through May 26th.
SCARBOROUGH, ME - The Eastern League is pleased to announce the winners of the Eastern League Player of the Week Award and Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award for the period of May 20th through May 26th.
Akron RubberDucks outfielder Ka'ai Tom has been selected as the Eastern League Player of the Week for the period of May 20th-May 26th. The 24-year old batted .450 (9-for-20) with two doubles, two home runs, four RBIs, five runs scored, four walks, and a .850 slugging percentage in six games for the RubberDucks last week. Tom, who is a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, reached base at least once in all six games he played in last week and had a pair of multiple hit games, including going 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs in a 6-3 loss against the visiting Richmond Flying Squirrels on Saturday. The 5'9", 190 lb. slugger led all Eastern League hitters in slugging percentage (.850) and OPS (1.392) last week and tied for the league lead in batting average (.450), runs scored (5), hits (9), and total bases (17). He also ranked among the weekly league leaders in on-base percentage (.542-2nd), home runs (2-tied 2nd), doubles (2-tied 6th), walks (4-tied 8th), and RBIs (4-tied 10th). Ka'ai was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fifth round of the 2015 draft out of the University of Kentucky.
Ka'ai Tom's Batting Line for the period of May 20-May 26, 2019
Ka'ai Tom's Batting Line for the 2019 Season
Casey Mize, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Erie SeaWolves, has been selected as the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the period of May 20th-May 26th. The 6'3", 220 lb. hurler started two games for the SeaWolves last week and had a record of 2-0 with 12 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. Mize, who is a native of Springville, Alabama, made his first appearance of the week on Monday at Hartford and fired six shutout innings in Erie's 3-1 victory. He scattered three hits while striking out six batters and walking one to earn the win. Casey made his second start of the week on Sunday against the visiting Bowie Baysox and threw eight scoreless innings to lead the SeaWolves to a 3-0 win. He struck out six batters and walked two while giving up just four hits as he improved his record to 4-0 and lowered his ERA to 1.40 in six starts with the SeaWolves this season The 22-year old led all Eastern League pitchers in innings pitched (14.0) last week and tied for the lead in ERA (0.00) and wins (2). He also finished ranked among the weekly league leaders in strikeouts (12-tied 3rd), WHIP (0.71-7th), and batting average against (.152-9th). Casey, who is rated by MLB.com as the sixth best prospect in Minor League Baseball, was selected by the Detroit Tigers with the first overall pick of the 2018 draft out of Auburn University.
Casey Mize's Pitching Line for the period of May 20-May 26, 2019
Casey Mize's Pitching Line for the 2019 Season
