Source: http://ift.tt/1xGgywO --- Thursday, November 09, 2017
By George Farelli Canadian Baseball Network This is sort of old hat for Tyler O’Neill. And it is no surprise for Vladimir Guerrero. Yet, it is new for the two to be linked in the same sentence ... as co-winners of Randy Echlin Memorial honour, emblematic of the Canadian Baseball Network’s top offensive Canadian minor leaguer for the 2017 season. O’Neill, 22, (Maple Ridge, BC) has won this award on his own the two previous years. So, in three seasons he has gone deep 87 times including before and after a mid-season deadline deal which saw him move from the Seattle Mariners to the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He spent the 2017 season between triple-A Tacoma and triple-A Memphis, combining to hit .245 with 31 homers, 95 RBIs and an OPS of .820. Guerrero, 18, (Montreal, Que.) was ESPN’s prospect of the year for 2017 and is currently No. 3 on Jim Callis’ top 100 Prospects on MLB.Pipeline. He may not be able to play the full season next year as he will probably have to take a few days to visit upstate New York in July as his father, also named Vladimir, will likely to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The former Montreal Expos slugger was 15 only votes shy last January. Our co-winner Guerrero was born March 16, 1999 in Montreal, 21 days before his father went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs as the Expos, behind Dustin Hermanson, thumped the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2 on opening day. The opener set the tone for a 42 ...
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