| Miguel Angel Luna Negron... Was selected
by the Toronto Blue Jays in first round (18th overall) of the
2000 June draft... Signed his first professional contract on June
12, 2000... Attended Manuela Toro High School in Puerto Rico.
2005 Highlights:
Spent the entire season with New Hampshire of the Eastern League
(AA)... Batted .258 with 21 doubles, 12 home runs and 46 RBI in
124 games... TEAM LEADER: Led the team and set new career highs
with 124 games played, 489 at bats, 69 runs scored and 23 stolen
bases... Tied for the team lead with three triples... Finished
2nd on the team in RBI and hits (126)... Played 112 games in CF,
9 in LF and 3 in RF... Had 34 multi-hit games... In 61 homes games,
batted .238 with six home runs and 21 RBI, while in 63 road games
batted .275 with six home runs and 25 RBI... Suffered his worst
month in April, batting just .158 with two RBI in 16 games...
Batted .250 in 25 May games... From May 2-9 had a seven-game hit
streak, batting .434 over that span (10-23)... May 19 at Trenton
had a season high three stolen bases... HOT IN JUNE: Had his best
month in June, batting .326 with four home runs and 10 RBI...
June 7 at Akron, hit his first home run of the season (1-R)...
From June 7-16 batted .422 (19-45) over a 10-game span... Had
multiple hits in eight of those 10 games... June 16 at Binghamton
went 4-5 with three home runs and six RBI... Was the first three-homer
game of his career... In July batted .223 in 25 games... July
4 at Binghamton had a season high five hits, going 5-6 with a
double, triple, two runs scored and three RBI... Played 30 games
in August, batting .296 with five home runs and 19 RBI... From
August 13-24 had a 12-game hit streak, batting .372 (19-51) over
that span... Had at least one hit in 25 of his 30 games in August...
August 23 vs. Norwich had his 2nd multi-home run games of the
season, going 3-3 with a double, two home runs, three runs scored
and four RBI.
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