A sharp eye and patience at the plate and ability to put bat on ball has continued to make Yankees third baseman Yangervis Solarte one of the premier rookies in the sport this season.
Solarte has emerged from a mini-slump with five hits in his last four games. More impressive is a .387 on-base percentage fueled by 19 walks in 145 at-bats and helped by having just 19 strikeouts. Solarte is batting .310 and slugging .483 with five home runs and 24 RBI.