Austin Meadows off to fast start with Pittsburgh Pirates

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Former New York-Penn League prospect Austin Meadows is off to a fast start after being recalled on May 18, by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the AAA Indianapolis Indians. In six games with the Pirates, Meadows is batting .440/.440/.880 and a 1.320 OPS.

Meadows was selected by the Pirates in the first round of the 2013 draft out of Grayson High School in Loganville, Georgia ($3,029,600 signing bonus). He played briefly for the Jamestown Jammers in 2013 and completed rehab assignments with the West Virginia Black Bears in 2016 and 2017.

Here are his game by game stats since being recalled by the Pirates.

DATE	OPP	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
05/18/2018	SD	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.500
05/19/2018	SD	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
05/20/2018	SD	4	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	.455
05/22/2018	@CIN	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	.400
05/23/2018	@CIN	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.381
05/24/2018	@CIN	4	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	.440
TOTALS		25	4	11	3	5	0	1	1	.440

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