Astros minor leaguer Osvaldo Duarte continued his hot hitting this week, leading the otherwise weak hitting River Bandits. The shortstop is batting .370, with ten hits, three triples, and an on-base percentage of .393. The River Bandits had a difficult week, going 2-5, and 2-8 to open the season.
One of last year’s best minor league teams, so far the Bandits are in last place in the Midwest League Western Division. They are hitting only .181 as a team, good for last place, while Bandits hitters lead the league in strikeouts, whiffing 102 times in the first ten games.