Jesus Sanchez Midwest League POW 060517 to 061117

Jesus Sanchez of the Bowling Green Hot Rods was selected the Midwest League Player of the Week for the span of June 5, 2017 through June 11, 2017. For the week he hit 12 for 23, .522/.520/.826 with 1 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R, 1 SB and 1 BB in 5 games. This season the outfielder is hitting 66 for 223, .296/.351/.502 with 9 HR, 41 RBI, 39 R, 4 SB in 53 games. Bowling Green is the Class A team of the Tampa Bay Rays. He originally signed with the Rays in 2014 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic. Sanchez turned 19 on October 7th.