AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Minor League Baseball announced Sod Poodles’ centerfielder Ryan Waldschmidt as the Player of the Month for August on Thursday, Sept. 4.

Waldschmidt was a staple at the top of the Sod Poodles order, mostly batting second as the team’s center fielder, playing in 26 of Amarillo’s 27 games in August.

He batted .371 for the month, leading the Texas League with 36 hits, 28 runs and T-1st with 24 walks — the most from any Sod Poodle in a month in franchise history.

Waldschmidt also registered nine multi-hit games, driving in 17 runs with 13 extra base hits, six of which were home runs.

The center fielder joined elite company in Double-A baseball history as one of just two Double-A players to record a month with five or more home runs, five or more doubles, twenty or m

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