Cole Figueroa, second basemen for the New York Yankees minor league affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, started off the season resembling how the Yankees second base situation was in the Bronx. Though turning a season around isn’t unheard of in the minors, for the 27 year old to make this big of a turn around as quickly as he has was something special.
He started off the season with a .184 batting average. Almost a month later and he is now at .271, and his slugging percentage went from .204 to .361. To get there, since May 12 he has batted .