Summer League play is now in full swing with the Cape Cod League getting kicked off. For the week of 6/8, we had 7 hitters and 3 hitters make appearances. Player(s) of the Week • Brady Elrod (Pulaski, Appalachian League) – After starting the summer going 1 for 15 in his first three games, he had a big week last week with both a 3-hit and 4-hit game that helped him post a slash line of .429 avg / .538 obp / .429 slg / .967 ops in 26 pa with also striking out just once and stealing 7 bases. Other Notes • Willie Hurt (Upper Valley, NECBL) – He got his summer underway with Upper Valley in the NECBL and is off to a solid start. Through 7 games, he has a slash line of .292 avg / .419 obp / .333 slg / .753 ops with 6 sb. Also of note is the defensive flexibility he has shown as he has started games at RF (2x), CF (2x), SS, 2B and DH. • Mycah Jordan (Waterloo, Northwoods League) – He got his summer underway with Waterloo in the Northwoods League. He only played in 3 games this past week and started off well in the first two games (2 for 8, 2 r, 1 2b, 3 rbi, 2 bb, 1 sb) but had an 0 for 3 with 3 strikeout game on Sunday that lowered his avg to .182 and his ops to .580. • Aiden Arnett (Madison, Northwoods League) – After hitting a homer in his second game of the summer, he had a quiet week last week, going just 1 for 8 in 11 pa across 3 games while striking out 5 times. He still has good obp, slg and ops numbers in his 5 games played but has struck out at a 43% rate in 21 pa so that will be something to watch. • JM Szefc (Pulaski, Appalachian League) – He had a really nice week last week, which featured a 3b, hr and 6 rbi in 28 pa and finished with a slash line of .261 avg / .357 obp / .478 slg / .835 ops. For the summer, he leads all VT hitters in slg (.452), ops (.846) and rbi (9) while also being tied for 1st in hr (1) and 3b (1). • Lucas Delacruz (Danville, Appalachian League) – He saw action in 4 games this past week and struggled by going hitless in 7 at-bats (11 plate appearances). He did manage to walk 4 times and steal 2 bases but for the summer, he has arguably gotten off to the slowest start amongst our hitters (VT hitter worst .154 avg, .154 slg and .470 ops). • Danny Lazaro (Upper Valley, NECBL) – He made his first appearance of the summer with a solid relief outing where he had a line of 2.0 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 3 so while throwing 70% strikes on his 30 pitches. • Tyler Stone (Danbury, NECBL) – He made his first two regular season appearances of the summer this past week. Across the two appearances, he logged 1.2 innings while allowing 1 earned run. On the positive side, he didn’t allow a hit in his 9 batters faced but he struggled with command as he walked 4 batters and only threw 54% of his pitches for strikes. • Jake Wise (Pulaski, Appalachian League) – He made his second appearance of the summer this past week in what was an uneven performance. In 2.0 innings, he managed to only allow 1 earned run and just 1 hit, but he walked 4, struck out 5 and allowed 2 unearned runs.