No doubt about it, the Colorado Rockies minor league system is one of the finest in all of baseball.
And the Albuquerque Isotopes players who are taking place in the AAA All-Star Game, and the festivities before, are really putting on a show.
First, it was Mike Tauchman, winning the outfield throwing competition on Monday:
Congrats to Mike Tauchman on winning the Triple-A All-Star Outfield Throwing Competition! pic.twitter.com/rN91tudYn1
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 10, 2018
Tauchman wasn’t done there.
Today, in the AAA All-Star game, first it was Josh Fuentes smashing a home run to get the PCL on the scoreboard:
Josh Fuentes puts the PCL on the board with an opposite field home run in his first AB in the @TripleABaseball All-Star Game! pic.twitter.com/BnkWFHINPO
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 11, 2018
Then, Tauchman came up and smashed a three-run bomb to put the PCL ahead of the International League 4-1:
In his second AB, Mike Tauchman knocks home a run to put the PCL up 4-1!
Dear International League,
This is what the PCL does – offense. pic.twitter.com/zFCoAcIvE5
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 11, 2018
Later in the same, second inning, Fuentes was able to bat again and knocked in an RBI with a single:
Josh Fuentes bats twice in the second inning:
1st AB: HR
2nd AB: RBI single. pic.twitter.com/3tMQIcwym9— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 11, 2018
Mike Tauchman comes through YET AGAIN for the PCL with an RBI single.
Isotopes – 4
International League All-Stars 1 pic.twitter.com/zV5p4F8CRE— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 12, 2018
By the end of the game, Fuentes played so magnificently, he was named MVP.
Josh Fuentes Named PCL All-Star Game MVP
➡ https://t.co/nI2bfKRBpv pic.twitter.com/cTPe0ikqnA
— Albuquerque Isotopes (@ABQTopes) July 12, 2018
He went 2-3 with a home run and two RBI to help lead the PCL to the 12-7 victory.
This year with Albuquerque, Tauchman is hitting at an incredible .337 clip, with 13 homers and 52 RBI. His batting average is the highest for anyone on the Isotopes.
Fuentes isn’t far behind, batting .328, and the third/first baseman also has nine home runs and 64 RBI this season in Albuquerque. The Isotopes are currently 44-45 overall, third in the Pacific Southern Division.
