{"id":6178,"date":"2017-08-29T19:59:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/?p=6178"},"modified":"2017-08-29T19:59:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T19:59:42","slug":"prospect-team-week-features-express-alumni-daulton-varsho-casey-gillaspie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/2017\/08\/29\/prospect-team-week-features-express-alumni-daulton-varsho-casey-gillaspie\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospect Team of Week features two Express Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<em><a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/news\/prospects\/index.jsp\">MLBPipeline.com<\/a>&#039;s Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances in the Minor Leagues from the previous seven days.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe latest addition of Prospect Team of the Week, for the week of August 21-27 includes two former Eau Claire Express players. Daulton Varsho of the Hillsboro Hops (Arizona Diamondbacks Class A Short Season Affiliate)&nbsp;played two seasons&nbsp;with the Express in 2015 and 2016. The second Exporess alumni recognized was Casey Gillaspie of the Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox Triple-A Affiliate) who played in Eau Claire for the 2012 season.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>C: Daulton Varsho, Hillsboro Hops (Short-season)<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/prospects\/2017?list=ari\">D-backs&#039; No. 16 prospect<\/a><br \/>\n\t5 G, .500\/.500\/1.25, 7 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 1 BB, 3 SO<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGary&#039;s son was taken in the Competitive Balance Round B of this year&#039;s Draft, and he is off to a very good start to his pro career. Varsho has a six-game hitting streak going and started this past week off with a pair of three-hit performances, the first of which was a two-homer game for the catcher. He leads the Northwest League in OPS (.913) and is fourth in batting average (.320).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>1B:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/player\/656459\/casey-gillaspie\">Casey Gillaspie<\/a>, Charlotte Knights (Triple-A)<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/prospects\/2017?list=cws\">White Sox No. 13 prospect<\/a><br \/>\n\t7 G, .348\/.407\/.739, 6 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 6 SO<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGillaspie had solid bookends to his week, homering in two of his first three games, then going 5-for-9 to close out the weekend. It helped him improve his August line to .241\/.330\/.456 with four homers and 15 RBIs in 22 games since joining the White Sox organization via the Dan Jennings trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLBPipeline.com&#039;s Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances in the Minor Leagues from the previous seven days. 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