Offensive Players of the Week

Here's a look at the top offensive performers in each league for the week ending June 28:

International League
Yorman Rodriguez, Louisville
(.444/.464/.704, 7 G, 12-for-27, 1 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 5 R, 1 BB, 4 K)
The Reds' No. 9 prospect was given his first taste of the Majors last September, and in the third month of the season, he played like a guy who wants to get his second call earlier this summer. After taking a .237/.267/.420 line into June, the 22-year-old outfielder has produced a .347/.402/.469 line with three homers (two of which came last week) and 19 RBIs in 26 games this month. Rodriguez, who signed for $2.5 million out of Venezuela back in 2008, hasn't been a big-time hitter for average (career .262 hitter) or power (career high for one season is 13 homers), but after taking a few years to get acclimated, it's looking more and more like he has a chance to reach what once seemed like a high ceiling. At the least, his 65-grade arm, which has got him five outfield assists this season, might help get him a job as fourth or fifth outfielder in the future.

Pacific Coast League
Anthony Recker, Las Vegas
(.421/.476/.947, 5 G, 8-for-19, 1 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R, 1 BB, 5 K)
The Mets' catching situation has been in flux this season with Kevin Plawecki, Travis d'Arnaud, Johnny Monell and Recker all setting up shop behind the plate at one time or another. Recker didn't do himself many favors by hitting .143 across 19 games with the big club and was optioned to Las Vegas on June 14. The 51s began reaping the rewards of the 31-year-old backstop in his last three games with the club, during which he's gone 8-for-10 with three homers and nine RBIs. Since Recker's first game with Vegas on June 17, he trails only teammate Kirk Nieuwenhuis (six) for most homers at the Triple-A level. Should the Mets decide Plawecki or Monell isn't cutting it before d'Arnaud (left elbow sprain) comes back from the disabled list, Recker's power will be waiting.

Eastern League
Brian Pointer, Reading
(.444/.524/1.000, 6 G, 8-for-18, 1 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 CS)
Up until Saturday, Pointer's season was perhaps most notable for his ability to reach base at an highly efficient clip. His .398 OBP would rank second in the Eastern League, behind only Yandy Diaz's .409 for Akron, had he enough plate appearances to qualify. Then, the 23-year-old outfielder showed he had some power in spurts as well. Pointer went deep three times Sunday for the Fightin Phils' first three-homer game since 2005. A 28th-round pick out of a Nevada high school in 2010, Pointer has slowly worked his way up the Phillies system. If he can maintain his OBP and .874 OPS and show that Sunday's power display wasn't an anomaly, his first trip to Triple-A Lehigh Valley wouldn't be unreasonable before the season is out. 

Southern League
Miguel Sano, Chattanooga
(.588/.632/1.235, 4 G, 10-for-17, 5 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K)
Sano must have looked at the Major League promotions of fellow top-three Twins prospects Byron Buxton and thought, "When will be my turn?" In just four games last week, the powerful No. 2 Twins prospect raised his season slash line from .248/.348/.500 to .273/.370/.546. His pair of homers, which pushed his total to a season-best six this month, give him 15 on the season, second-most in the Southern League behind teammate Adam Brett Walker II's 22. The Twins have relied on the services of veteran Trevor Plouffe (.250, 10 homers) at the hot corner through the first half of the season. So, as with Buxton, it might take an injury or suspension -- as well as a corresponding roster move to get him on the 40-man roster -- before we see Sano in the Majors. For now, the Twins must be elated by the way he's rebounded after missing all of 2014 due to Tommy John surgery.

Texas League
Drew Robinson, Frisco
(.409/.480/.818, 6 G, 9-for-22, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 7 R, 2 BB, 6 K)
With Joey Gallo in the Majors seemingly for good at this point, you'd think the RoughRiders would have a bit of a power vaccuum in their infield. Robinson is showing that's just not true. The 23-year-old middle infielder added a pair of homers last week to push his already career-high total to 15 this season, tied for most in the Texas League. After hitting .190/.273/.366 in 96 Double-A games a year ago, the left-handed slugger is still showing some issues making contact with a .232 average in 74 contests this season. However, his .373 OBP, .476 slugging percentage and 53 walks show that he's willing to take his free passes, and when he does make contact, it is loud contact indeed. 

California League
Mitch Haniger, Visalia
(.476/.476/1.000, 4 G, 10-for-21, 3 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 4 R, 0 BB, 2 K)
The D-backs picked up Haniger from the Brewers in the deadline deal involving Gerardo Parra last July, and the 2012 38th-round pick was sent to Double-A Mobile to start his first full season in the organization. He hit .281/.351/.379 with just one homer in 55 games for the BayBears before Arizona moved him back a level to Visalia last Thursday. It's a small sample and it could just be the fact he's only played in High Desert, but for now, it looks like Haniger's power is back. He went deep both Friday and Sunday, tripling his season total in the process. It might be a bit longer yet before the D-backs return their No. 21 prospect to the Southern League, but give credit to Haniger for immediately producing following his demotion.

Carolina League
Adrian Sanchez, Potomac
(.600/.600/1.000, 3 G, 6-for-10, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, 0 BB, 0 K)
Sanchez's story is similar to that of Recker and Haniger in that he's responded well to being moved down a level. The only difference is it took the Nationals prospect a little longer to settle into Potomac. The 24-year-old utilityman, who hit .198 with a .517 OPS for Double-A Harrisburg, went 3-for-21 (.143) in his first seven games with Potomac before exploding in a trio of games Thursday, Friday and Sunday. After notching only three multi-hit games in 28 attempts at Double-A, Sanchez collected a pair Thursday (3-for-4) and Friday (2-for-3). He has a .290/.353/.452 line with a homer and five RBIs in 10 games at the Class A Advanced level. 

Florida State League
Rowdy Tellez, Dunedin
(.500/.526/1.000, 4 G, 9-for-18, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R, 1 BB, 1 K)
Theme change! After two fellow Class A Advanced hitters won Player of the Week after moving down, here's one who has captured his league honor after moving up. Tellez, a 30th-round pick in 2013, was a Midwest League All-Star after putting together a .296/.351/.444 line with seven homers, 19 doubles and 49 RBIs at Lansing and received his first promotion to the Florida State League on Thursday. He did nothing but hit upon arrival, collecting two hits in each of his four games with Dunedin and hitting a homer in his last three games as well. The Blue Jays' No. 21 prospect's power should be tested in the FSL. So far, he's receiving an A on that test.

Midwest League
Hunter Lockwood, Bowling Green
(.455/.455/1.091, 3 G, 5-for-11, 1 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K)
Lockwood nabbed this award on the last day of the week when he went 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBIs against Dayton and may have nabbed the turn-around performance he's been seeking at the same time. A leg injury kept the 22-year-old outfielder, who had hit .266 with 13 homers and an .807 OPS for Class A Short Season Hudson Valley in 2014, out most of April, and he hasn't done much to find his form since he's still hitting just .200, even after last week's run of games. He is providing some pop, however, as Sunday showed, with a .267 ISO that would lead the Midwest League if he had enough at-bats to qualify. The Rays and Lockwood can only hope that, if his power is back, the rest of his hitting ability will return in short order as well.

South Atlantic League
Forrest Wall, Asheville
(.429/.579/.857, 4 G, 6-for-14, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, 5 BB, 1 K, 4 SB, 1 CS)
Wall has been tabbed for offensive excellence since the Rockies grabbed him with the 35th overall pick a year ago, so perhaps we should have seen a week like his last one coming. Over a dominant four-game stretch, MLB.com's No. 98 overall prospect raised his average 10 points to .256 through his first 69 games with Asheville. For what it's worth, Wall won't turn 20 until November, so perhaps no one should have expected his 60-grade hit tool to play immediately at a full-season level, and there's still the entire second half for the second baseman to improve offensively. With four steals last week (three of which came Saturday alone), Wall is up to 16 on the season -- a signal that his 70 speed is certainly playing in the Sally League.

(Note: The following Class A Short Season and Rookie-level stats also include part of the week that ended on June 21, when all but the Appalachian League began their seasons.)

New York-Penn League
Anthony Santander, Mahoning Valley
(.419/.486/.903, 8 G, 13-for-31, 6 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R, 4 BB, 8 K)
The 20-year-old Venezuelan outfielder skipped Mahoning Valley his first time up the Indians ladder, playing in the Arizona League in 2012 and Class A Lake County each of the last two seasons. He started the season with the Scrappers this time around and is already back in the Midwest League after a dominant opening eight-game stretch in the NYPL. Santander has a career .218/.284/.326 line with six homers in 105 games at Lake County, so this is a chance to improve on those numbers with the Captains after gaining momentum during his brief stay in short-season ball.

Northwest League
Luis Liberato, Everett
(.410/.452/.821, 10 G, 16-for-39, 3 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 15 R, 3 BB, 5 K, 2 SB, 1 CS)
Liberato has been nearly everywhere in the Mariners system so far this season. He played eight games for Class A Clinton in May (going just 4-for-30 along the way), made a three-game cameo at Double-A Jackson early in June and now seems to be settling in just fine at Class A Short Season Everett. The 19-year-old outfielder had a stretch from Wednesday to Saturday during which he went 10-for-18 with a homer, two triples, two doubles, an RBI and two steals. It's still early days, but Liberato already leads the Northwest League in average, slugging, OPS, homers, triples, hits and runs.

Appalachian League
Paul DeJong, Johnson City
(.500/.583/.850, 5 G, 10-for-20, 4 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, 3 BB, 4 K)
The first couple of weeks after getting Drafted can be a whirlwind for young players. At least DeJong, a fourth-round pick this year out of Illinois State, is enjoying the ride. The right-handed-hitting third baseman hit a double in his first four games with Johnson City and went 3-for-3 with a walk in his fifth. DeJong had a .333/.427/.605 line with 14 homers and 15 doubles in 51 games during his final collegiate season, so it appears he's picked up where he left off with the Redbirds.

Pioneer League
Kyle Survance Jr., Orem
(.457/.500/.739, 21-for-46, 5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 10 R, 4 BB, 3 K, 9 SB, 3 CS)
The Angels took Survance in the eighth round earlier this month out of the University of Houston, plugged him into the top of the Owlz lineup and haven't looked back since. The 21-year-old outfielder has fit the profile of a leadoff man perfectly from his favorable K/BB ratio to his propensity to swipe a bag and his .500 on-base percentage. That figure isn't sustainable going forward, but the former Cougar should be one to watch in the Angels system for his speed alone.