Dodgers infielder Gavin Lux has been named Baseball America’s 2019 Minor League Player of the Year.

The 21-year-old Kenosha, WI native and Dodgers first-round selection in the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Indian Trail High School in Kenosha, is the third Dodger to win the award since its inception in 1981, joining Mike Marshall (1981) and Paul Konerko (1997).

Lux was called up to the Dodgers on September 2 and made his Major League debut that night going 2-for-4 game with three runs scored, becoming the first Dodger in franchise history to score three runs in his Major League debut.

Prior to his call-up, Lux hit .347 (159-for-458) with 26 home runs and 76 RBI in 113 combined games between Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City. In 49 games at the Triple-A level, he hit 13 home runs and drove in 39 while slashing .392/.478/.719. He was named Pacific Coast League Player of the Month for the month of July after hitting .435 (40-for-92) with eight doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 26 RBI. Lux led the Pacific Coast League in batting average (.435), on-base percentage (.519), and OPS (1.356) while also tying for the league lead in runs scored (29) and triples (four) during the month of July. He was selected to the Texas League All-Star Game and appeared in the 2019 Sirius XM MLB Futures Game.

In his combined four minor league seasons – all with the Dodgers organization – Lux amassed 79 doubles, 29 triples, 48 home runs while driving in 193. His combined minor league slash line was an alien-like .305/.383/.483 in the 296 minor league games in which he played.

(Article courtesy of LA Dodgers)

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