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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: CAL RALEIGH

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Modesto Nuts C Cal Raleigh was named Cal League Offensive Player of the Week as he batted .304/.433/.739 over seven games. The Mariners’ #13 prospect had a two-homer game against San Jose on June 26th and belted another one the following night against Visalia.

The 22-year old Raleigh was drafted out of Florida State in the third round of the 2018 draft and played 38 games at Everett of the short-season NorthWest League. He earned his promotion to Modesto by hitting .288/.367/.534 at Everett last year.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: MICKEY MCDONALD

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Stockton’s Mickey McDonald earned Cal League Offensive Player of the Week  honors with a line of .556/.600/.944 over five games. The Ports’ RF went 10-for-18 with three doubles and two triples against Visalia and San Jose. On Saturday he went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a triple and three runs scored as the Ports beat the Giants 4-3.

McDonald was drafted by the A’s in 2017 in the 18th round and split 36 games between the AZL and short-season Vermont. Last season he batted .284/.356/.353 at loA Beloit.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: AUSTIN BECK

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Stockton OF Austin Beck was named Cal League Offensive Player of the Week as he batted .478/.536/.783 over six games last week. In going 11-for-23, the big game was at Lancaster where Beck went 3-for-4 with a double and his sixth homerun while driving in three. He’s currently fifth in the league in RBIs with 29.

Drafted in the first round by the A’s in 2017, Beck started out in the AZL and played 123 games at loA Beloit last year. He’s playing in the Cal League for  the first time at age 20 and is Oakland’s #5 prospect per MLB Pipeline.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DEVIN MANN

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Rancho Cucamonga INF Devin Mann was named California League Offensive Player of the Week after posting a .423 average with 2 2B, a 3B and a homer last week. Man had a pair of 4-hit games against Lancaster and racked up 11 hits over three games at The Hangar.

Mann was a fifth-round draft pick out of Louisville in last year’s draft. He split 2018 between the AZL club and lo-A Great Lakes over 65 games. This season, Mann is slashing .275/.347/.490 and has 7 HR with 28 RBI.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: ESTEURY RUIZ

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Lake Elsinore Storm 2b Esteury Ruiz has been named California League Offensive Player of the Week after slashing .389/.450/.722 over six games. For the week Ruiz went 7-for-18 with two homers (4) and seven RBI (17).

On Sunday Ruiz went 2-for-3 against San Jose with a homer and three RBI. The 20-year old out of the Dominican Republic played at lo-A Ft. Wayne last year after a successful 2017 in the AZL.