Kyle Tucker Midwest League POW 080116 to 080716

Kyle Tucker of the Quad Cities River Bandits was selected the Midwest League Player of the Week for the span of August 1, 2016 through August 7, 2016. For the week he hit 12 for 29, .414/.485/.897 with 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 5 R, 0 SB and 3 BB in 7 games. This season the outfielder is hitting .280/.353/.410 with 6 HR, 54 RBI, 41 R, 31 SB in 96 games. Quad Cities is the Class A team of the Houston Astros. He was originally drafted by the Astros with the fifth pick of the first round in 2015. Tucker turned 19 on January 17.