Winnipeg Goldeyes outfielder Jacob Robson and Kansas Metropolis Monarchs starter Blake Goldsberry gained the American Affiliation’s Carbliss batter and pitcher of the week awards for the week ending 8/17, the league introduced Monday.
Robson was an on-base machine for Winnipeg, accumulating eight hits (.381) together with eight walks. These eight hits included two homers, two doubles and a triple together with 4 runs batted in.
He shined in opposition to the most effective workforce within the league on Friday night time, accumulating three hits together with a homer in Winnipeg’s 8-3 win over Sioux Metropolis.
That is yr three for Robson within the American Affiliation however first in Winnipeg after enjoying for Kansas Metropolis in 2022 and 2023. He spent six seasons within the Detroit Tigers group and performed within the Atlantic League final season as properly.
On the pitching facet, Blake Goldsberry takes the cake for finest efficiency of the week, pitching eight shutout innings on the highway in Milwaukee on Wednesday in a 5-0 win for the Monarchs. He allowed simply 4 hits and struck out six with out strolling a batter.
It was one more sturdy begin for the appropriate hander who began this season within the bullpen however has since rattled off a stretch of eight straight begins of no less than 5 innings of labor, permitting three runs or much less in all however one.
That is yr one for Goldsberry within the league after spending the final three seasons within the Colorado Rockies group, reaching as excessive as Triple-A.
Carbliss is the founding associate of the American Affiliation.
