Sioux Falls Canaries outfielder Josh Rehwaldt and Chicago Canines starter Jeff Lindgren gained the American Affiliation’s Rawlings batter and pitcher of the month in June, the league introduced Tuesday.
Rehwaldt led the league in hitting in June, going 37-for-91 (.407) with 5 doubles, a league-high 10 residence runs, 20 walks and a league-high 30 runs batted in. He additionally scored 27 runs and stole three bases.
He’s definitely an early contender for participant of the 12 months, rating within the high two in batting common (.383), residence runs (14) and RBI (45) on the season, main his Sioux Falls staff to a resurgent June that noticed them get simply 2.5 again of first place within the West.
Rehwaldt is getting used to profitable awards, with two participant of the week awards already below his belt this season. That is his fourth season as a Canary and he’s on tempo to high his 2024 all-star season by which he hit .290 with 23 residence runs and 66 RBI.
On the pitching aspect, Lindgren led the Canines to some key wins in June, going 4-0 on the month in 5 begins with a 2.15 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 29.1 whole innings.
He was an innings eater, with two begins of seven innings and two others the place he pitched at the very least into the sixth. His spotlight begin was at first of the month when he went seven one-hit frames down south in Cleburne, quieting a robust offense with six strikeouts.
That is Lindgren’s first season of American Affiliation ball after spending 5 seasons within the Miami Marlins group, reaching the key leagues with Miami again in 2023.
Rawlings is the official baseball of the American Affiliation.
