Hitting machine Brooks Lee is tapping into some power

Wherever Brooks Lee goes, he hits. Loads. And now he is hitting them far too.

MLB’s No. 18 prospect went 4-for-6 with a homer, a double, 4 RBIs and two runs out of the leadoff spot in Double-A Wichita’s 13-12 win over Springfield on Sunday at Riverfront Stadium. The lengthy ball was his third up to now 4 video games.

Wind Surge bench coach Takashi Miyoshi raved about Lee’s strategy on the plate after the sport.

“He is aware of precisely what he must work on within the cages and in addition within the recreation too,” Miyoshi stated. “He’s mature sufficient as a 22-year-old to deal with the Double-A pitching, and as we speak was undoubtedly a testomony that he’s going to be one of many nice Main League Baseball gamers sooner or later.”

The Twins’ No. 1 prospect obtained his first hit of the sport within the fifth, a first-pitch RBI double (his Texas League-leading twenty ninth of the season) to heart subject off right-handed Cardinals starter Edgar Escobar. Wichita batted round, and on his second plate look of the body, Lee roped a first-pitch RBI single to proper off right-hander Bryan Pope.

When Lee stepped to the plate within the seventh in opposition to righty Brandon Komar, he smoked a 3-2 pitch to proper for a two-run homer — his ninth of the season — to tie the ballgame, 11-11. The leadoff hitter stands sixth within the Texas League with 53 RBIs in 75 video games.

In his ultimate at-bat of the sport, Lee lined a single to heart off righty Andre Granillo, the No. 26 Cardinals prospect.

Over a five-game hitting streak, the eighth total decide within the 2022 Draft has gone 10-for-20. Getting into Sunday with a 111 wRC+, he raised his OPS to .826 on the 12 months by the top of the competition. The 22-year-old is ranked seventh amongst a loaded crop of shortstop prospects and has continued to reaffirm that standing throughout a promising 2023 marketing campaign.

“He is aware of that he can hit at any degree,” Miyoshi stated. “I don’t see him having a difficulty with anyone this season. He at all times comes on the market with confidence. It doesn’t matter what end result he will get, he’s at all times attempting to remain constructive. … We simply don’t see 22-year-olds which are complete professionals like he’s.”