Yency Almonte Eastern League PiOW 041717 to 042317

Yency Almonte of the Hartford Yard Goats was selected the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the span of April 17, 2017 through April 23, 2017. For the week he was 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 BB and 10 K. This season the RHP is 1-0, 1.53 ERA, 21 K, 0.91 WHIP, .172 BAA in 17.2 IP over 3 games. Hartford is the Double A team of the Colorado Rockies. He was originally drafted by the Angels in the 17th round in 2012, was traded to the White Sox in February 2015 and traded to the Rockies in November 2015. Almonte will be 23 on June 4th.