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Lee Ranked No. 1 Among Division I Shortstops by D1Baseball.com
3/24/2021 2:14:00 PM | Baseball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Perhaps it was the 10 RBIs in four games at CSUN last weekend.
Or the two home runs.
Whatever the case, Cal Poly redshirt freshman shortstop Brooks Lee has vaulted to the top of the power rankings at shortstop, according to D1Baseball.com.
Ranked 26th before the season, Lee leaped to No. 1 in the website's position power rankings five weeks into the 2021 college baseball season.
"Cal Poly's Brooks Lee, a premium talent playing at a high level, vaults into the No. 1 spot after a torrid first five weeks," said members of the D1 Baseball Staff.
Lee currently is hitting .412 after going 6-for-18 with a double, two home runs and 10 RBIs against the Matadors in a four-game series won by the Mustangs, three games to one.
For the season, Lee has seven doubles, one triple, six home runs and 28 RBIs in 16 games. At his current pace, Lee would shatter the school record for RBIs in a season when he plays his 42nd game of the season. Barring injury, that would occur in the CSU Bakersfield series in early May.
Monty Waltz holds the mark of 72 RBIs set in the 1985 season.
Only one third baseman in Division I has more home runs than Lee. Same for RBIs and his current .412 batting average also is No. 2. Oh, and his .809 slugging percentage? Yes, No. 2.
Lee has already earned a pair of Big West Conference player of the week awards and the San Luis Obispo High School graduate shares the team lead with 10 multiple-hit games, owns the most multiple-RBI games, also with 10, and had a team-longest nine-game hitting streak snapped at Northridge.
In his 15 starts this season, Cal Poly is 11-4. The Mustangs were 0-2 in the two games Lee did not start due to a shoulder injury suffered on a head-first slide at home plate in the season-opening Nevada series.
Earlier this month, D1Baseball.com ranked Lee as the No. 4 prospect for the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. Only second-year college players or those who graduated from high school in 2019 were considered.
Or the two home runs.
Whatever the case, Cal Poly redshirt freshman shortstop Brooks Lee has vaulted to the top of the power rankings at shortstop, according to D1Baseball.com.
Ranked 26th before the season, Lee leaped to No. 1 in the website's position power rankings five weeks into the 2021 college baseball season.
"Cal Poly's Brooks Lee, a premium talent playing at a high level, vaults into the No. 1 spot after a torrid first five weeks," said members of the D1 Baseball Staff.
Lee currently is hitting .412 after going 6-for-18 with a double, two home runs and 10 RBIs against the Matadors in a four-game series won by the Mustangs, three games to one.
For the season, Lee has seven doubles, one triple, six home runs and 28 RBIs in 16 games. At his current pace, Lee would shatter the school record for RBIs in a season when he plays his 42nd game of the season. Barring injury, that would occur in the CSU Bakersfield series in early May.
Monty Waltz holds the mark of 72 RBIs set in the 1985 season.
Only one third baseman in Division I has more home runs than Lee. Same for RBIs and his current .412 batting average also is No. 2. Oh, and his .809 slugging percentage? Yes, No. 2.
Lee has already earned a pair of Big West Conference player of the week awards and the San Luis Obispo High School graduate shares the team lead with 10 multiple-hit games, owns the most multiple-RBI games, also with 10, and had a team-longest nine-game hitting streak snapped at Northridge.
In his 15 starts this season, Cal Poly is 11-4. The Mustangs were 0-2 in the two games Lee did not start due to a shoulder injury suffered on a head-first slide at home plate in the season-opening Nevada series.
Earlier this month, D1Baseball.com ranked Lee as the No. 4 prospect for the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. Only second-year college players or those who graduated from high school in 2019 were considered.
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