Fernando Tatis Jr. named Texas League Player of the Month

Shortstop batted .336 with seven homers and 16 RBI in May

June 5, 2018

San Antonio -Earlier today, the Minor League Baseball communications office announced that Missions shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was named Texas League Player of the Month for May.In his 29 games last month, Tatis Jr. batted .336 (41-for-122) with 12 doubles, two triples, seven homers, 16 RBI, five steals and 30

San Antonio -Earlier today, the Minor League Baseball communications office announced that Missions shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was named Texas League Player of the Month for May.
In his 29 games last month, Tatis Jr. batted .336 (41-for-122) with 12 doubles, two triples, seven homers, 16 RBI, five steals and 30 runs scored. For the month, Tatis Jr. led the TL in runs, extra-base hits (21) and total bases (78), in addition to tying for the league lead in doubles. The San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic native also finished second in slugging (.639), third in both hits and OPS (1.054) and tied for third in homers.
The 19-year-old infielder enters Tuesday leading the Texas Leage in runs scored (48), while tied with teammate (and April Player of the Month) Austin Allen in extra-base hits (29).
The Chicago White Sox originally signed Tatis Jr. as an international free agent on July 2, 2015. San Diego acquired Tatis Jr. along with current Missions teammate RHP Erik Johnson from the White Sox in exchange for RHP James Shields on June 4, 2016.
San Antonio (35-21) begins a four-game series with Midland (28-28) tonight at Wolff Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM. The Missions enter play with a two-game lead over the Corpus Christi Hooks (33-23) with 14 left in the first half.