Scattered across the country, 17 Memphis baseball players have started their summer seasons and the traveling Tigers have had a strong start.
Infielder Trent Turner has unquestionably had the hottest start, batting .350 in 10 games for the Brockton Rox of the Futures League. He started the season with a seven-game hitting and had multiple-hits in the first six contests. He has three doubles, two home runs, 13 runs scored and eight driven in.
Turner's teammate with the Rox, James Muse, has started twice on the mound and has a 2.00 ERA in nine innings pitched.