2026 Summer League action got underway in the last two weeks with a total of 6 hitters and 3 pitchers having garnered playing time in the first two weeks of summer league action. The table below shows a summary of stats thus far along with a few notes of analysis. Player(s) of the Week • Aiden Arnett (Madison, Northwoods League) – He only played in two games the week of 5/25 but in 10 plate appearances, he managed to go 2-for-7 (.286 avg) with a hr, 3 rbi and 3 bb which translated to a .500 obp / .714 slg / 1.214 ops slash line while playing CF. Given how he performed last summer in the Northwoods League and his age (will be 20 in mid-March next spring), another good summer could suggest him competing for a prominent role next season in the outfield. Other Notes • Connor Guy (Bismarck, Northwoods League) – He has logged a lot of playing time for Bismarck, starting 11 games in CF and primarily hitting leadoff. So far, his play has been a bit mixed as he has scored 8 runs and has 3 sb and 5 rbi, but he only has a slash line of .231 avg / .367 obp / .231 slg / .598 ops and hasn’t shown any power (no xbh) and has been caught stealing twice. • We had 3 pitchers make appearances in the Appalachian League with decent results. Ryan Walsh (Pulaski) made an appearance on 6/4 and logged 1.2 ip, giving up 1 er on 1 hit but did strike out 3 and walked none. Jake Wise (Pulaski) appeared on 6/6 and posted 2.0 scoreless and hitless innings while walking 2 and striking out 4. Austin Dean (Burlington) also had a solid outing as he went 2.0 innings giving up 1 er and didn’t allow any hits while striking out 2. The main issue he had was with command as he walked one, hit another batter and also had 2 wild pitches. • We had four incoming freshmen hitters make their Appalachian League debuts. Justin Munoz (Burlington) played in 3 games and managed a .500 obp with 2 hits, 3 bb and 2 hbp but struggled defensively in his one game at catcher (1 error, 2 passed balls, 3 sb allowed with no caught stealing). Lucas Delacruz (Danville) played in 3 games splitting time between 2B and SS and had mixed results in 8 plate appearances. He was able to go 2-for-6 (.333 avg) and drove in 4 runs with 2 sf and 2 stolen bases but had just a .583 ops and 1 error in the field. JM Szefc (Pulaski) started two games at 2B and batted 2nd in the lineup and went 3-for-8 (.375 avg) with 3 rbi and a .500 obp. Brady Elrod (Pulaski) started 3 games in RF and managed to hit a triple but otherwise struggled mightily as he went just 1-for-15 (.067 avg) at the plate with no walks. • Tyler Stone made an appearance in a team scrimmage on 5/30 and struggled considerably as he gave up 5 hits, 5 runs, 3 earned runs and had a wild pitch in 1.0 innings and threw just 50% of his 26 pitches for strikes.