The Los Angeles Dodgers announced shortstop Gavin Lux was named their 2018 Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year, while right-hander Tony Gonsolin took home Minor League Pitcher of the Year honors.
The Dodgers drafted Lux in the first round in 2016 out of Indian Trails High School in Kenosha, Wis. He struggled a bit with the bat in each of his first two professional seasons but really made his mark in 2018.
Lux began and spent most of the year with High-A Rancho Cucamonga, where he hit .324/.396/.520 with 11 home runs, 64 runs, 48 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 88 games.