Twins Minor League Hitter Of The Month - May 2016

I don’t think there’ll be much argument when we reach the bottom of today’s article and see who was named this month’s Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Month. In fact, he had such a strong month, he was an easy choice to call back up to the Twins at the end of the month when there was an injury.

However, after a poor offensive month overall in the organization in April (blame the cold, right?), there were a lot of very strong hitting performances in the Twins organization in May at each of the affiliates. After struggling to find five hitter options in April, we have 13 players mentioned below between our Top 5 and eight honorable mentions.

Before we jump to the top five hitters of the month, here are some more hitters who are very deserving of recognition. These guys had strong May performances. Congratulations to all of the players mentioned below.

• IF James Beresford (Rochester) – .315/.403/.370 (.774). 34-108 with four doubles, one triple, no homers, 23 runs and seven RBIs.
  
• 3B Nelson Molina (Cedar Rapids) - .348/.450/.379 (.829). 23-66 with two doubles, 15 RBIs and eight runs scored.
  
• OF Max Murphy (Cedar Rapids/Ft. Myers) - .311/.361/.467 (.827) with two doubles, four homers, 12 runs and eight RBIs.
  
• OF LaMonte Wade (Cedar Rapids) - .280/.430/.398 (.828) with one triple, three home runs, 18 runs and 17 RBIs (24 BB, 13 K).
  
• OF Adam Brett Walker (Rochester) - .215/.315/.495 (.809) with two doubles, eight home runs, 12 runs and 13 RBIs.
  
• IF Ryan Walker (Ft. Myers/Chattanooga) - .320/.409/.373 (.792) with two triples, 15 runs and nine RBIs.
  
• 1B Zander Wiel (Cedar Rapids) - .298/.339/.490 (.830) with seven doubles, two triples, three homers, 13 runs and 22 RBIs.
  

THE TOP FIVE HITTERS

Number 5 - Chattanooga – 1B Dalton Hicks - .333/.411/.444 (.855). 33-99 with eight doubles, one homer, 15 runs and 17 RBIs.

Number 4 – Cedar Rapids – 2B Luis Arraez - .340/.398/.437 (.835). 35-103 with eight doubles, one triple, 15 runs and ten RBIs.

Number 3 – Rochester – 1B Kennys Vargas - .280/.392/.490 (.882). 28-100 with three doubles, six home runs, 12 runs and 22 RBIs.

Number 2 – Ft. Myers – OF Edgar Corcino - .321/.388/.514 (.902). 35-109 with five doubles, two triples, four homers, 20 runs and 19 RBIs.

And the Twins Minor League Hitter of the Month is:

Rochester – OF Byron Buxton - .370/.437/.674 (1.111). 34-92 with eight doubles, one triple, six home runs, 23 runs and 14 RBIs.

There weren’t a lot of great performances with the bat in April, but May was much better. There were several guys who didn’t get honorable mention who probably warranted discussion as well. Buxton was the easy choice at the top, and I think Corcino was pretty easy choice at number two, but after that, there were just a lot of very solid performances with the bat last month. Starting tomorrow, we’ll see if there were as many strong pitching performances as well.

Congratulations to the May Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Month for 2016, Byron Buxton.

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