September's Best Rookie In a Class by Himself
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In September,
Tomás Soto had an exceptional month at the plate and hit his way to the Continental League Rookie of the Month award.
Last month the 23-year-old
Oshawa shortstop played in 18 games and hit .419 with 3 doubles, no triples and 2 home runs.
Soto also scored 7 times and drove in 15 runs.
To date this season
Soto is hitting .324 with 5 home runs.
Best Republic League Newcomer Named
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During the month
Botol Laborinho socked and slapped the baseball all over Republic League ballparks to pull in a majority of the votes for the Rookie of the Month award.
In September the first baseman for
Portland collected 21 hits, 3 home runs, 7 RBIs and 10 runs scored. He batted .323 with a .389 OBP.
For the year
Laborinho has hit .276 with 13 home runs, 68 RBIs and scored 54 runs.