Two Major One Minor 042815

Here is my third Two Major One Minor segment of 2015. This is my fifth year of doing this series where I feature two Major League players and one minor league player each week. This week I am featuring Lorenzo Cain, Jake Marisnick and Roman Quinn. 

Lorenzo Cain is the center fielder for the Kansas City Royals who is continuing the break out he started in the 2014 play offs. His bat is starting to match his stellar glove as he leads one of the hottest offenses in the MLB. This season he is hitting .362/.438/.536 with 2 HR, 12 RBI, 14 R, 5 SB in 18 games. How well he continues that over the grind of the season will play a big part of the Royals keeping up with the Tigers. Although he has one error this season he does rank in the top four in both total chances and range factor. He is now in his sixth MLB season over which he has hit .283/.332/.399 with 19 HR, 156 RBI, 171 R, 64 SB in 376 games. He was originally drafted by the Brewers in the 17th round in 2004 and was traded to the Royals in 2011. Cain turned 29 on April 13. 

Jake Marisnick is the center fielder for the Houston Astros and appears to be a player ready to break out on a team ready to break out. This season he is hitting .362/.415/.574 with 2 HR, 8 RBI, 10 R, 6 SB in 16 games. He has helped his team of rising stars race out front to the top spot in the American League West. He is entering his third MLB season and what should be his first full one as he has hit .244/.284/.334 with 6 HR, 32 R, 37 R, 20 SB in 121 games. He was originally drafted by the Blue Jays in the third round in 2009 and was traded to the Marlins in 2012 and the Astros in 2014. Marisnick turned 24 on March 30.

Quinn is a young outfielder for Double A Reading of the Philadelphia Phillies. He spent his first two seasons in the minors at shortstop and started to transition to center field last year. It's way too early to pair the names but the name that comes to mind with those position combinations is Hall of Famer Robin Yount. Quinn is off to a hot start hitting .348/.394/.561 with 2 HR, 6 RBI, 18 R, 8 SB in 17 games. He had reached the 30 SB mark in each of his first three minor league seasons. The Phillies originally drafted him in the second round in 2011. Quinn will be 22 on May 14.