Philadelphia Phillies first half awards: MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, top minor-leaguers
By John Town
Top minor-league hitter-Scott Kingery
The Phillies farm system has plenty of top hitters this season, but none have produced quite the same results as second-base prospect Scott Kingery. This award could have gone to so many different players that you could easily have made the case for several others players, but Kingery is the one that stands out to me the most.
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Kingery opened up the year in Double-A Reading and started off the season on fire. In April alone Kingery had six home runs, 19 hits overall, 17 runs batted in and four stolen bases. He exploded in May for ten more home runs, 30 runs scored, and eight stolen bases.
The club promoted Kingery to Triple-A by the end of June. He finished his 69-game stint in Reading with a .313/.379/.608 slash line with 18 home runs, 44 RBI, 19 stolen bases. In 12 games at Lehigh Valley so far, he has continued to dominate at the plate with 15 more hits and four more home runs as well as racking up four more steals.
Kingery, along with his IronPigs teammate Rhys Hoskins, was selected to represent the team in the MLB Futures Game Sunday in Miami. Baseball fans from across the country will get to see some of the top prospects from the Phillies as well as the rest of the league.
Honorable Mentions: Hoskins, Dylan Cozens, Andrew Pullin, Darick Hall