Vlad Guerrero Jr. Wins Second Player of the Week Award
Manchester, N.H. - For the second time this season, Fisher Cats 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been named Eastern League Player of the Week.
Manchester, N.H. - For the second time this season, Fisher Cats 3B
In five games from April 30 to May 5, Guerrero hit .500 (9-for-18) with two doubles, a triple, a home run, five RBIs and seven runs scored. Guerrero enters this week on an 11-game hitting streak, the longest in the Eastern League this year.
The 19-year-old has produced multiple hits in five of his last six games, and made social media waves with a blistering home run in Binghamton on Thursday.
Guerrero leads the Eastern League with a .398 batting average and 30 RBIs, while ranking second in doubles (10) and third in OPS (1.079).
2018 Player of the Week Award Winners:
April 5 - 15:
April 16 - 22:
April 23 - 29: Peter Alonso, Binghamton
April 30 - May 6: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., New Hampshire
Following the best April in team history (14-7), the first-place Fisher Cats (17-9) have continued their winning ways in the month of May, and will host a three-game series with the Sea Dogs from Monday - Wednesday at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium.