“There were just so many moments in college where he fired up the team with a big hit or a big home run.”
The No. 74 prospect in MLB led off for the Red Wings, attacked the third pitch he saw from Yankees rehabbing left-hander Carlos Rodón and sent it a Statcast-projected 403 feet to center field for a home run. King reached base four times in Rochester’s 9-0 victory over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at PNC Field. He singled, walked twice and scored three times.
The home run was King’s first since returning from a left oblique strain that sidelined him for nearly all of July. In his first seven games after the injury, King has seven hits (three for extra bases) in 26 at-bats (.269 average), eight runs scored and an equal number of strikeouts and walks (six).
COMPLETE NATIONALS PROSPECT COVERAGE
For the season, the No. 10 pick in the 2024 Draft owns a .303/.389/.500 slash line across 75 games split almost evenly between Double-A and Triple-A. King has 11 homers, 32 extra-base hits and nine stolen bases. His .889 OPS ranks third among all Nats prospects.
