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Hunter Renfroe Named To Baseball America Top 100 Prospect List

02/28/2014 8:00 AM

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Hunter Renfroe is ranked the 4th best corner outfield prospect.

Former Big Train player Hunter Renfroe (BT ’11-12) was named to Baseball America’s Top 100 prospect list last week, coming in at 80th. Renfroe was selected by the Padres with the 13th overall pick in last June’s amateur draft, and Baseball America projects him to reach the major leagues at some point in the 2016 season.

After being drafted last year, Renfroe busted onto the scene with the Low-A Eugene Emeralds, hitting .308 with four home runs and 18 RBIs in 25 games. The success was good enough to earn Renfroe a promotion to the Fort Wayne TinCaps, where he hit two more home runs, nine doubles and seven RBIs in 18 games.

Renfroe was a fixture in the Big Train lineup from 2011-2012, and his jersey number 11 is now retired and sits high on the left field stadium light at Povich Field. Most recently, Renfroe played a key role in getting the Big Train to the 2012 League Championship, nearly doubling the CRCBL single-season home run record en route to being named the League MVP.

Joined by top outfield prospects Rymer Liriano and Yeison Asencio, Renfroe figures to be part of what should become very talented Padres outfield in future seasons.

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