Miguel Mercedes New York-Penn League POW 062016 to 062616

Miguel Mercedes of the Vermont Lake Monsters was selected the New York-Penn League Player of the Week for the span of June 20, 2016 through June 26, 2016. For the week he hit 11 for 26, .423/.467/.692 with 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R, 0 SB and 2 BB in 7 games. This season the first baseman is hitting .349/.408/.558 with 2 HR, 8 RBI, 6 R, 0 SB in 11 games. Vermont is the Class A short season team of the Oakland Athletics. He originally signed with the Athletics in 2013 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic. Mercedes will be 21 on September 12.