Charles Leblanc… « Joueur de la semaine » de Canadian Baseball Network!

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By George Farelli, Canadian Baseball Network

How many hits could a Wood Duck knock.
If a Wood Duck could knock hits?
As many hits as a Wood Duck could knock,
If a Wood Duck could knock hits.

Well, Wood Duck Charles Leblanc of the class-A Down East Wood Ducks led all Canuck hitters with 11 knocks on the week hitting .478 (11-for-23) with a homer and two RBIs.

Leblanc earned Canadian Baseball Network Canadian minor league Player of the Week honours for Week XXII. Only Bruce Yari (Waterloo, Ont.) had a higher average batting .500 (7-for-14). Yari also hit a solo homer.

How the week was went for Leblanc (Laval, Que.), drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 draft from the Pitt University Panthers by the Texas Rangers. At Pitt, he won the Atlantic Coast conference batting title. The Down East Wood Ducks play home games at historic Grainger Stadium in Kinston, NC, a former Toronto Blue Jays out post.

Photo ci-dessus : Former Pitt University Panther Charles Leblanc earned Canadian Baseball Network player of the week. (Photo : Jeff Drouin)

How the week that was went for Leblanc:

_ Batting fifth and playing second base, he had two hits and drove in a run facing Alec Bettinger in a 10-9 loss to the Carolina Mudcats before 949 fans at Five County Stadium. Leblanc had a run-scoring single to centre in the first and singled to right in the third. CF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) hit a game-winning two-run homer in the eighth against reliever Christian Torres.

_ Playing second and hitting fifth, he had three hits and knocked in three in a 10-4 loss to Carolina in front of 1,002 fans at Five County Stadium. Leblanc hit a two-run single to centre in the first and reached on an infield single in the sixth against Bowden Francis. He also had a run-scoring single to centre against Cody Beckman in the seventh. Orimoloye hit a solo homer facing Justin Topa, his seventh, and singled.

_ Batting fifth and playing second base, he had three hits, including a double and drove in a run, as Winston-Salem Dash knocked off Down East 7-4 in front of 2,066 fans at Grainger Stadium. Leblanc singled to right in the second, singled to right in the fourth and doubled to left in the fifth -- each time facing Kyle Kubat -- knocking in a run.

_ Playing second and hitting fifth, he was hitless in a 3-0 loss to Winston-Salem in front of 1,663 fans at Grainger Stadium.

_ Batting third and playing second, he had a pair of hits in a 6-2 win over Winston-Salem in front of 1,485 at Grainger Stadium. Leblanc singled in the first against Alec Hansen and singled to left in the seventh facing Hunter Schryver.

_ DHing and batting third, he singled in a 5-3 loss to Winston-Salem in front of 1,611 at Grainger Stadium. Leblanc singled to right in the first against John Parke.

That game ended the season for Down East, managed by former Montreal Expo Spike Owen, who finished 59-81, 26 games behind the Winston-Salem. Leblanc finishhed the season with a .274 average with 27 doubles, four triples, 10 homers and 72 RBIs in 131 games. He had a .761 OPS, 13th in the class-A Carolina League.

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Minor League Players of the Week

Week 1 _ OF Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) Memphis (Cards) and Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) San Antonio (Padres).
Week II _ RHP Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) New Hampshire (Blue Jays).
Week III _ RHP Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) Gwinett (Braves).
Week IV _ RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.) Corpus Christi (Astros).
Week V _ 3B Vladimir Guerrero (Montreal, Que.) New Hampshire (Jays).

Week VI _ RP Phillippe Aumont (Hull, Que.) Toledo (Tigers)
Week VII _ 3B Vladimir Guerrero (Montreal, Que.) New Hampshire (Jays).
Week VIII _ RHP Curtis Taylor (Coquitlam, BC) Montgomery (Rays)
Week IX _ RHP Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.) San Antonio (Padres)
Week X _ 3B Abraham Toro-Hernandez (Longueuil, Que,) Buise Creek (Astros) and 2B Charles Leblanc (Lavall, Que.) Down East (Rangers).

Week XI _ C Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, Ont.) Hillsboro (Diamondbacks).
Week XII _ LHP Evan Grills (Whitby, Ont.) Hartford (Rockies).
Week XIII _ OF Ben Pelletier (Varennes, Que.) Williamsport (Philies)
Week XIV _ OF Tanner Kirwer (Sherwood Park, Alta.) Vancouver (Blue Jays)
Week XV _ INF Daniel Pinero (Toronto, Ont.) Lakeland (Tigers)

Week XVI _ OF Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) Memphis (Cards)
Week XVII _ OF Tristan Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) Greensboro (Marlins)
Week XVIII _ RHP RJ Freure (Burlington, Ont.) Tri Cities (Astros)
Week XIX _ 3B Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que,) Corpus Christi (Astros).
Week XX _ INF Adam Hall (London, Ont.) Abderdeen (Orioles).

Week XXI _ INF Adam Hall (London, Ont.) Abderdeen (Orioles).
Week XXII _ INF Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) Down East (Rangers).