Coby Morales Named Eastern League Player of the Week 4/20 - 4/26
Bridgewater, New Jersey – Minor League Baseball has named Somerset Patriots INF Coby Morales as their Eastern League Player of the Week for games played between April 20-26.
Bridgewater, New Jersey – Minor League Baseball has named Somerset Patriots INF Coby Morales as their Eastern League Player of the Week for games played between April 20-26.
In 6 games against Richmond (SF) last week, Coby Morales slashed .389/.476/.944 with 3 HR and 5 RBI. That included hitting home runs in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. pic.twitter.com/nmrPYoTvrP
— Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) April 27, 2026
In six games against the Richmond Flying Squirrels (San Francisco Giants) last week, Morales slashed .389/.476/.944 with three home runs and five RBI. That included hitting home runs in back-to-back games for the first time in his career.
Through 19 games, Morales is hitting .324/.405/.632 with five home runs and 18 RBI and has reached safely in all 18 starts this season. Morales’ 18 RBI rank second-most while his 22 hits rank third-most among Patriots all-time through Somerset’s first 20 games to start a season.
The 24-year-old leads the Yankees farm system in SLG and OPS and ranks second in RBI. Among Eastern League leaders, Morales is third in RBI, tied for fifth in home runs and tied for seventh with 11 XBH.
Selected in the 18th round by the Yankees in the 2023 MLB Draft out of Washington, Morales has hit .255 (233-for-912) with 137 R, 17 HR, 132 RBI, 55 SB and a .718 OPS across 258 minor league games (2023-present) for the Yankees.
Morales becomes the first Patriot to receive a MiLB weekly award this season and the first since Elmer Rodriguez was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week on September 8, 2025.
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The Somerset Patriots are the New York Yankees Double-A Affiliate and develop today’s top minor league talent into the pinstriped superstars of tomorrow for MLB’s winningest team. The Patriots were named Double-A Organization of the Year by Minor League Baseball (2025) and Baseball America (2024). Home games are played at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ, where fans of all ages and levels of baseball fandom get to enjoy the unique experience that is minor league baseball. To learn more, visit: somersetpatriots.com.