Hot Week & The Top 100: Alexis Hernandez (Blue Jays) & Enyervert Perez (Diamondbacks) Lead The Week

This week’s MiLB Top performers at the plate were spread evenly between Single-A, Double-A, and Triple-A. This was also the third week in a row where the young prospects stepped up, and we did not have players within MLB Pipeline’s Top-100 crack into the top-five hitters for the week. Some had notable performances, but it was some of the younger talent that took the limelight during the week of May 19 through May 23rd, as the top of the crop players could not break an OPS over 1.387. It was a rather quiet, soft week for the top of the league players.

Enyervert Perez, a righty shortstop with the Visalia Rawhide (Single-A, Arizona Diamondbacks); Cade Marlowe, a righty outfielder from the Las Vegas Aviators (Triple-A, The Athletics); George Wolkow, right-handed outfielder from the Winston-Salem Dash (High-A, White Sox); Cristofer Torin, right-handed shortstop with the Amarillo Sod Poodles (Double-A, Arizona Diamondbacks); and Alexis Hernandez, a righty left fielder with the Vancouver Canadians (High-A, Toronto Blue Jays) took home the honors of being the Top-five performers at the plate from throughout MiLB this week.

Enyervert Perez – SS, Visalia Rawhide (Single-A, Arizona Diamondbacks)

Perez shone at the plate this week as the Visalia Rawhide took on the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) at home in California. In the series in which Visalia took four out of six games, Perez went 7-for-17, hitting .412/.524/1.118, with a 1.642 OPS. Over the course of the series, three of his seven hits were doubles, he drove out three home runs, driving in seven RBIs and five runs scored. He walked three times in the series. He had three doubles on May 20 alone and had two home runs and four RBIs on May 22.

After splitting the 2025 season in the ROK and Single-A, in his first full season starting in Single-A in 2026, he is hitting a total of .226/.333/.462, with a .795 OPS. He has a total of seven doubles this season, with six home runs, 20 RBIs, and 16 runs scored. Those stats alone prove what a big series Visalia’s series against the Storm was. It was a breakout series for the 20-year-old from Venezuela.

Cade Marlowe – OF,  Las Vegas Aviators (Triple-A, The Athletics)

Marlowe is in his first season with the Athletics after being signed out of free agency on a minor league contract by the Athletics last Winter. He’s in his second season in Triple-A, but his first full season, as he played in just 46 Triple-A games in 2025 with the Tacoma Rainiers.

Now in his first season with the Aviators, he is proving what he’s made of. The Aviators this weekend were at home for a series against the Albuquerque Isotopes (Colorado Rockies) in which they split the series 3-3. 

During the six-game series, Marlowe went 14-for-26, hitting .538/.586/1.038, with a 1.624 OPS. He hit five doubles, one triple, two home runs, driving in 13 RBIs (He has 17 total RBIs in May), and nine runs scored. He walked three times and flashed his speed with two stolen bases during the series as well.

Marlowe’s May 21 performance was the top of his series. In that game, he went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a home run, and six RBIs.

Over the course of the season, the 28-year-old from Tifton, Georgia, in his first full Triple-A season, is batting .325/.389/.580, with a .969 OPS. He has 16 doubles, six triples, four home runs, 30 RBIs, and 32 runs scored. He has 17 walks and 12 stolen bases. Put him on a base, and he’s a threat to do damage.

George Wolkow – OF, Winston-Salem Dash (High-A, White Sox)

Wolkow, 20 years old from Downers Grove, IL, is in his first season at High-A. Drafted in 2023, he hopes this can be the year he starts climbing the ranks, and a continuous performance like he had this past week will help him do that.

Winston-Salem took on the Greensboro Grasshoppers (Pirates) in Greensboro this past week. They split the series 3-3. Over the course of the six games, Wolkow was 12-for-23, hitting .522/.577/1.043, with a 1.620 OPS. He hit two doubles, two triples, and two home runs, driving in 13 RBIS (four in the series opener and six in game two), and six runs scored. On May 20, he went 3-for-5, hitting two doubles, a triple, and driving in six of his 13 RBIs he drove in this last week.

In his first season with High-A, he is hitting .255/.339/.459, with a .798 OPS. He has seven doubles, two triples, and seven home runs, with 35 RBIs, 25 runs scored, 17 walks, and two stolen bases to add to the list.

Cristofer Torin – SS, Amarillo Sod Poodles (Double-A, Arizona Diamondbacks)

Torin was another prospect from the Diamondbacks’ farm system to have a big week this week, joining his club-mate Perez in the top-five hitters of the week. Torin, playing with Double-A Amarillo, helped the Sod Poodles split the series 3-3 with the NW Arkansas Naturals (Kansas City Royals).

Over the course of the six-game series (two of which ended up being doubleheaders due to weather), Torin went 12-for-22, hitting .545/.565/1.045, with a 1.610 OPS. He hit four doubles, two triples, and two home runs, driving in four RBIs, and had seven runs scored, with one walk and one stolen base. On May 21, he went 4-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBIs, and a run scored.
Over the course of the season, his first full season in Double-A, he is batting .265/.337/.449, with a .786 OPS. He has nine doubles, three triples, and four home runs, with 17 RBIs and 26 runs scored. He has walked 15 times this year, with four stolen bases.

Alexis Hernandez – LF, Vancouver Canadians (High-A, Toronto Blue Jays)

Hernandez, the 23-year-old righty from Venezuela, rounds out our top-five hitters for this week from Minor League Baseball. Though the Canadians only split the series with the Spokane Indians (Colorado Rockies), it was a strong series for the left fielder with Vancouver.

Over the course of their six-game series, Hernandez went 12-for-25, hitting .480/.517/.1.040, with a 1.557 OPS. He had five doubles, three home runs (including two on May 20), driving in 10 RBIs, and six runs scored. He walked three times in the series, along with one stolen base. His performances were strong this week, with his May 20 being the biggest of the week for him after hitting two home runs on the same night for the first time this year.

This is Hernandez’s second season in High-A, though he only spent part of a season with High-A in 2025. Over the course of the start of the 2026 season, he is hitting .292/.375/.511, with a .886 OPS. He’s already touching a batting average he had last year and has an OBP, SLG, and OPS greater than last year to start 2026 as well, all good signs for him as he tries to make a push toward Double-A. Throughout this season, the 6’1” righty has eight doubles, two triples, six home runs, 24 RBIs, and 26 runs scored. He has walked 17 times and has three stolen bases.

Top Hitters for the Week from the MLB Pipeline Top-100

As mentioned,  none of MLB Pipeline’s top hitters found a way to crack into the top five of hitters for the week; in fact, none even had an OPS over 1.387, with none averaging over .476.

Franklin Arias, shortstop with the Portland SeaDogs (Double-A, Red Sox), went 9-for-21, hitting .429/.435/.952, with a 1.387 OPS. He hit three home runs and drove in six RBIs this week. He is ranked No. 11 on MLB Pipeline’s Top-100.
Josue DePaula, ranked No. 9 by MLB Pipeline and an outfielder with the Tulsa Drillers (Double-A, Dodgers), was 10-for-21 on the week, hitting .476/.538/.810, with a 1.348 OPS. He had one home run and seven RBIs.

Steele Hall, MLB Pipeline’s No. 83 prospect and a shortstop for rookie-level ACL (Cincinnati Reds), went 7-for-16, hitting .438/.500/.813, with a 1.313 OPS. He drove in five RBIs.

Jhonny Level, shortstop for the San Jose Giants (Single-A, San Francisco Giants) is MLB Pipeline’s No. 64 prospect. This week, he hit just a small 9-for-26, hitting .346/.387/.846, with a 1.233 OPS. He had four home runs and 13 RBIs, his best stat of the week and one of the ones that matter most when it comes to winning games.

Alfredo Dunno is a name we’ve heard a couple of weeks in a row now. The No. 38 prospect on the MLB Pipeline Top-100 and big prospect for the Cincinnati Reds (currently playing for the Dayton Dragons, High-A), was 5-for-19 on the week. He batted just .263/.440/.789, with a 1.229 OPS.

Dunno is a player who shows a lot of discipline at the plate. His track record could land him in Double-A as soon as he finds ways to get on base and contribute to the team.

As the month of May winds down, teams are now just over a month & a half away from the All-Star break, which for minor league baseball means crowning first-half champions. The next four to five weeks will be crucial for some of these teams to clinch a spot in the postseason.