Mussels’ McDaniel named FSL Player of The Week
The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels’ Quinn McDaniel has been named the Florida State League Player of the Week for the week of May 11-17, as announced by the offices of Minor League Baseball.
McDaniel was signed by the Minnesota Twins as a MiLB free agent on May 12 and joined the Mighty Mussels for the start of their series in Bradenton.
The outfielder torched Marauders pitching to the tune of a .538/.519/.062/.1.481 slash line.
He recorded five extra base hits and eight RBI, while scoring nine times across his six games played.
McDaniel led the FSL with 25 total bases while also pacing the league in average, slugging, and OPS. His nine runs scored tied for the league lead.
He struck out just three times in 27 plate appearances.
The 23-year-old was signed out of the independent leagues, where he began his season with the Southern Maryland Blue Claws of the Atlantic League. He was originally selected in the fifth round of the 2023 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants and played 254 games in their organization before being released earlier this spring.
Interestingly, McDaniel did not record a walk on the week, but did have a sacrifice fly, making his OBP slightly lower than his average for the series.
McDaniel is the second Mussel to earn a Player of The Week honor this season, joining Damuery Pena who did so on April 13. He is also the 10th Fort Myers’ hitter to earn a weekly FSL honor since 2022.
Weekend wrap-up of the series with Bradenton.
The Mighty Mussels continued their 12-game road trip with a new series against the Dunedin Blue Jays Tuesday, May 19.