Oscar De La Cruz Midwest League PiOW 080816 to 081416

Oscar De La Cruz of the South Bend Cubs was selected the Midwest League Pitcher of the Week for the span of August 8, 2016 through August 14, 2016. For the week he was 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 5.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 1 BB, and 6 K. This season the RHP is 1-1, 3.47 ERA, 26 K, 0.96 WHIP, .200 BAA in 17.2 IP over 4 games at South Bend, 0-0, 1.08 ERA, 14 K, 0.84 WHIP, .167 BAA in 8.1 IP over 2 games at Class A Eugene and 0-1, 6.00 ERA, 2 K, 1.33 WHIP, .250 BAA in 3.0 IP in 1 game at Rookie Arizona. South Bend is the Class A team of the Chicago Cubs. He originally signed with the Cubs in 2012 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic. De La Cruz turned 21 on March 4th.