September 11, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Player of the Week, 9/1-7: Will Middlebrooks
Lowell 3B Will Middlebrooks, in the week that he turned 20 (Sept. 9), posted a .421/.500/.632 (1.132 OPS) line, with half of his eight hits going for doubles, and scored five runs while batting in four, and adding three stolen bases in route to being voted SoxProspects.com Player of the Week of September 1-7. In 204 ABs over 59 games with the Spinners in 2008, Middlebrooks batted .254/.298/.368 (.666 OPS), hitting one home run, 17 doubles and two triples, scoring and batting in 21 runs respectively and swiping 10 bases. He is currently the 14th ranked prospect in the organization by SoxProspects.com.