MiLB Player of the Day: Joshua Báez

THE CARDINAL CHRONICLE
MiLB Player of the Day: Joshua Báez Again
St. Louis, MO
By Ray Mileur

Joshua Báez continues to put together one of the loudest power seasons in the Cardinals’ minor league system.

Báez is the Cardinal Chronicle Player of the Day after going 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, four RBIs and two runs scored in Memphis’ 11-4 win over Jacksonville in the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader.

His final line: 3-for-4, HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R

The home run was his 32nd of the season, and the four RBIs pushed him to 81 on the year.

The Redbirds scored four runs in the first inning and two more in the second, and Báez was right in the middle of the early push. Memphis finished with 11 runs on 11 hits, but Báez supplied the biggest offensive performance of the game.

He had help. Nolan Gorman homered and drove in two. Thomas Saggese doubled and scored twice. Leo Bernal tripled, drove in a run and scored twice. Chase Davis doubled and drove in a run. César Prieto and Ramon Mendoza also added RBIs.

But the day belonged to Báez.

For a player whose power has been one of the defining stories of the Cardinals’ farm system this season, Thursday was another reminder of what he can do when he is locked in. The ball jumps. The extra-base impact is real. And when he is driving in runs at this pace, every box score deserves a closer look.

Memphis split the doubleheader, winning the opener before dropping the nightcap in extra innings. Báez added a walk and a stolen base in the second game, giving him another way to impact the day beyond the power.

Still, the headline was the opener.

Three hits.
Three extra-base hits.
Four RBIs.
Home run No. 32.
RBI No. 81.

That is a big-league kind of production line from a Triple-A bat trying to make it to the Show this season.

Cardinal Chronicle Player of the Day:
Joshua Báez, OF, Memphis Redbirds
Final Line: 3-for-4, HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R

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Photo Credit: Joshua Báez, Memphis Redbirds | MLB