JULY BELONGS TO DALIS, GRIZZLIES INFIELDER NAMED CALIFORNIA LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH

JULY BELONGS TO DALIS, GRIZZLIES INFIELDER NAMED CALIFORNIA LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH

FRESNO, Calif. – Minor League Baseball announced today that Fresno Grizzlies infielder Wilder Dalis has been named the California League Player of the Month for July, an honor recognizing the top individual performance in the league over the course of the month.

Over 24 games in July, Dalis batted .374/.443/.727, a combined 1.170 OPS, while collecting 37 hits, including nine doubles, a triple and eight home runs, 24 runs scored and 35 RBI.

He led the California League in hits, RBI and total bases (72) for the month, and finished second in the league in runs, doubles, home runs, stolen bases (10) and slugging percentage. He ranked third in the league in OPS and fourth in batting average. Dalis's 35 RBI also led all of Minor League Baseball for July, and his 72 total bases ranked second.

Dalis's path to the award ran through the injured list. After playing in 18 games in April and three more to open May, he was sidelined for the remainder of the month and did not return to Fresno's lineup until June 16. He wasted little time finding his stroke, hitting .341 with six doubles over his final 13 games of June before putting together one of the most productive months by any hitter in the California League this season.

Dalis reached base multiple times in 11 different games during July. He set a career high with four hits on July 8 against Stockton and matched it on July 26 against Rancho Cucamonga, when he went 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs scored and four RBI. He also went 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBI on July 10 against Stockton and delivered a 3-for-4 day with a double, a home run and four RBI on July 23 against Rancho Cucamonga. He punctuated the month with a key three-run homer on his 20^th birthday, July 30, and drove in four to key a blowout win for Fresno.

Dalis produced the numbers while manning multiple spots on the infield. He started at third base, second base and shortstop over the course of July, giving Fresno's lineup flexibility as he carried an everyday workload just weeks removed from the injured list.

Since returning to the lineup on June 16, Dalis has hit .370 with 11 home runs, 50 RBI and 17 stolen bases over his last 37 games, posting a .466 on-base percentage, a .705 slugging percentage and a 1.171 OPS in that stretch.

For the season, Dalis is hitting .310 with 15 home runs, 64 RBI and 21 stolen bases across 61 games. Entering August, he ranked seventh in the California League in batting average, tied for fourth in home runs, eighth in RBI, fourth in on-base percentage, second in slugging percentage and third in OPS.

Dalis has shown no signs of slowing down since the calendar turned to August, going 6-for-11 with two home runs and eight RBI over his first three games of the month.

Dalis, 20, was signed by the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent out of Maracay, Venezuela, on May 12, 2023.

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The Fresno Grizzlies are a proud affiliate of the Colorado Rockies organization. The club advanced to the California League playoffs in 2025 and continues to post some of Minor League Baseball's highest attended games. The 2026 season marks the Grizzlies' 25th year in Downtown Fresno.