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Devin Mann had six home runs and 12 RBI with the Drillers in three consecutive two-home run games on September 9, 10,11. How is he not a Player of the Week?

The 6’3”/180-lb. former second baseman has played six positions during the 2021 season – 1B ( 34), 2B (12), 3B (12), LF (20),CF (8), LF (11).

He was selected by the Dodgers in the 5th round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft. After a power surge with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 2019, he was slow off the mark with power during the current season. He now has 13 home runs with the Drillers.

Here is a 2019 Baseball America assessment of the now 24-year-old native of Columbus, Indiana.

“Mann emerged as one of the high-Class A…