August 27, 2008 at 11:58 PM
Player of the Week, 8/18-24: Kris Negron
Lancaster 2B Kris Negron was as hot as the California Desert sun last week, hitting four home runs, one double and a triple en route to posting a .533/.531/1.033 (1.564 OPS) line in 30 ABs (16 hits) and dominating the voting for SoxProspects.com (position) Player of the Week of August 18-24. He also batted in and scored eight runs and stole two bases. Negron, 22, is batting .343/.381/.676 (1.057 OPS) in 102 ABs (35 hits) in 28 games with the JetHawks, hitting seven home runs, seven doubles and three triples, with 21 runs scored and 18 RBI, five stolen bases. He has also seen action with Greenville (92 games) and Portland (four games) this season.