Greensboro's Nick Gonzales and Bradenton's Jack Herman take home Minor League Player of the Month honors

Greensboro’s Nick Gonzales was named the High-A East League Player-of-the-Month for August today while Bradenton’s Jack Herman also took home Player-of-the-Month honors for the Low-A Southeast League. The announcement was made by Minor League Baseball.

The 22-year-old Gonzales led the High-A East League last month in hits (39), runs (24), total bases (81), doubles (10), home runs (10) and slugging percentage (.757) while finishing second in RBI (28). Gonzales also ranked third among all High-A East League hitters in batting average (.364), on-base percentage (.419) and OPS (1.176) while recording 11 multihit games, including three four-hit games and three three-hit games.

Gonzales, who is currently rated as Pittsburgh’s fourth-best prospect according to MLB Pipeline, enters today ranked second in the High-A East League in slugging percentage (.570) and OPS (.938), third in batting (.303), tied for fourth in extra base hits (40), seventh in OBP (.367) and ninth in total bases (162). Since August 1, he also leads all of MILB in total bases (86) and is tied for fourth in both home runs (10) and RBI (30).

Herman led all all Low-A Southeast League hitters last month in runs (18) and RBI (23) while finishing second in both batting (.326) and hits (31). He also finished third in the league in home runs (five), slugging percentage (.547) and OPS (.928). The 21-year-old Herman also recorded nine multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games last month.

This is the first time since April of 2016 that two Pirates minor leaguers have taken home accolades during the same month (Brandon Waddell in the Florida State League and Mitch Keller in the South Atlantic League). This is the first year Minor League Baseball has selected both a pitcher- and player-of-the-month. Previously, one player/pitcher was selected for each league.