Whenever one of our players merits selection as South Atlantic League Player of the Week, you can bet that a SotW berth isn’t far behind if he hasn’t already received one.
Certainly Tyler Kolodny was deserving right out of the gate – even though he’s cooled off just a bit against Greensboro, Kolodny holds a number of league-leading ranks: home runs (6), triples (tied for first with 3), total bases (45), slugging percentage (.818), and OPS (1.215). His 13 runs scored rank 3rd in the loop and he’s ninth in RBI with 11.
Most avid Shorebird fans recall Tyler held down the third base position for the majority of the 2009 season, and his current .327 average is over 100 points better than the .226/9/42 numbers he posted last year in 107 games. This year he’s also worked a little bit at first base to improve his value down the line.
The 22-year-old Californian was picked in the 16th round of the 2007 draft out of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills and has slowly progressed up the organization during his prior 3 years, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine him in Frederick before season’s end if he maintains a reasonable facsimile of his efforts so far. Given the work ethic I see out of Tyler, I think it’s doable.
