The St. Paul Saints, the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, have called up former Poly Prep Country Day School (Brooklyn, N.Y.) shortstop and Staten Island native Anthony Prato.
Prato, 25, is getting his first taste of Triple-A after playing 43 games with the Wichita Wind Surge (Double-A) this season, where he slashed .171/.305/.248 with two home runs and 15 runs batted it. He has been successful in eight of his 10 stolen base attempts.
Prato, a Twins’ seventh round pick of the 2019 MLB Amateur Draft out of the University of Connecticut, posted career numbers in 2022, earning MiLB.com organizational All-Star honors. He hit .285 between High-A Cedar Rapids (46 games) and Wichita (87 games). Prato laced .294 in his time at Double-A. He set new career-highs in homers (10), RBI (64), steals (22) and triples (8) in his time between the two clubs.
In his first campaign as a professional, Prato batted .268 in 47 contests between Rookie-level Elizabethton and Cedar Rapids, hitting two home runs and driving in 17 runs in 2019. Also, he drew 19 walks while striking out 24 times.
— Jerry Del Priore
Photo: Wichita Wind Surge.
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