Luis Alexander Basabe South Atlantic League POW 071116 to 071716

Luis Alexander Basabe of the Greenville Drive was selected the South Atlantic League Player of the Week for the span of July 11, 2016 through July 17, 2016. For the week he hit 10 for 19, .526/.591/1.000 with 2 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R, 0 SB and 3 BB in 5 games. This season the outfielder is hitting .256/.326/.456 with 8 HR, 35 RBI, 45 R, 15 SB in 72 games. Greenville is the Class A  team of the Boston Red Sox. He originally signed with the Red Sox in 2012 as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela. Basabe will be 20 on August 26.