Triple-A outfielder Scott Schebler was named the Pacific Coast League’s player of the week Monday. The 24-year-old hit a walk-off home run for Oklahoma City on Thursday, highlighting his strong week at the plate. Here’s more from a PCL press release:
Schebler hit safely in all six games he played this week, while accumulating league-highs in batting average (.579), on-base percentage (.640), and OPS (1.535). The outfielder collected 11 hits, three walks, and was hit-by-pitch twice. His three stolen bases were tied for the fifth-most in the PCL. Schebler also drove in at least one run in five games for an RBI total of eight for the week. Three of those RBIs came Thursday against Memphis, highlighted by a walk-off home run in the ninth inning. Schebler also recorded the game-tying hit that night in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single. Ranked as the Los Angeles Dodgers eighth-best prospect, he is batting .251 with nine home runs and 22 extra-base hits this season with Oklahoma City.
Schebler made his major league debut with Los Angeles on June 5, after spending the past five seasons in the Dodgers’ farm system. Los Angeles had picked him in the 26th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft from Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa. This is the second Player of the Week he has received in his career, with the previous occurring in 2013, while playing for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League.