On Monday, the Albuquerque Isotopes announced that Major League Baseball named outfielder Zac Veen the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week for July 28-August 2.
Notably, Veen (No. 9 PuRP) was the biggest contributor in the Isotopes six-game sweep at El Paso, as the club set franchise records by tallying 75 total runs and launching 19 home runs in a series. He started all six games and went 13-for-29 with four doubles, a triple, four home runs, and 14 RBI.
Over the last week, Veen led the PCL total
bases (31), RBI, runs scored (11), slugging (1.069) and OPS (1.584), while tying for the lead in doubles, homers (along with teammate Adael Amador) and placing second in hits (13).
On Thursday, Veen sparked a decisive five-run eighth inning rally with a solo homer and finished the inning by drawing a bases-loaded walk. In addition, he hit two doubles and a home run on Sunday, his fourth game with three extra-base hits this season – the first Isotopes player to accomplish the feat in a single campaign since John Lindsey in 2010.
On Sunday, Veen became the eighth Isotopes player in team history to record at least 20 home runs and 30 doubles in a season, and the first since Wynton Bernard in 2022 (Bernard had 21 homers and 31 doubles).
This marks Veen’s fourth weekly award of his pro career. Additionally, he was also named Pacific Coast League Player of the Month in June this year.
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