Nick Yorke on fire hitting .409, including a grand slam since promotion to Triple-A Worcester
Red Sox prospect Nick Yorke has been on fire since his promotion to Triple-A Worcester this week. Yorke joined the WooSox on June 5 and is hitting .409 with two homers, one double, six RBI, five walks, and one stolen base with a 1.215 OPS.
Yorke blasted a grand slam and went 1-for-3, batting out the cleanup spot in the WooSox’ 8-5 loss to Rochester on Sunday. His first career Triple-A slam went 396 feet to right-center field, coming off Yorke’s bat at 98.2 mph in the home half of the eighth inning.
Yorke has homered in back-to-back games over the weekend following his promotion from Double-A Portland.
In 45 games this season before coming to Worcester, Yorke is batting .251/.353/.366 with eight doubles, four homers, 27 RBI, 18 walks, eight steals, 36 strikeouts, and owns a .691 OPS.
Yorke has also cut down on his strikeout totals at the dish, lowering his strikeout rate from 24.1% last year to 18.2% this year.
“Yeah, for me, it was; a big one was my strikeout percentage,” said Yorke. “You know, I just think putting the ball in play, especially when I was batting fourth in Portland, I’d have Marcelo (Mayer), (Roman) Anthony, and (Kyle) Teel on base almost every time. Felt like you know, just putting the ball in play, trying to make stuff happen, scoring some runs, RBI's, all that stuff.”
Yorke has shown off his versatility playing second base while also in the outfield this season. He spent time in left field for the Sea Dogs prior to his promotion and will see time at both corner outfield spots with the WooSox.
