American Association Daily provides insights, features, and recaps of the action from around the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions. In today’s edition, This Week in the Association and Minor League Sports Report name Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks outfielder John Silviano the American Association Player of the Week for Week 14.

Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Outfielder John Silviano Named Player of the Week

On Monday, This Week in the Association and the Minor League Sports Report named Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks outfielder John Silviano as the American Association Player of the Week for Week 14 of the 2022 season. Silviano hit .379 with three homers and 10 RBI during the week.

This was a very impressive week for John Silviano, as not only did he have four two-hit games, but helped his club go 6-1 to become the first American Association team to clinch a playoff spot.

The week began with a four-game series against Sioux Falls Canaries. Silviano was a combined 7-16 with four runs scored, two doubles, two homers, and seven RBI. He had at least one hit and one RBI in all four games. The week began with a 2-3 performance, driving in a run and drawing a walk in a 6-4 victory over the Canaries. In the second game, Silviano homered for the first time during the week, going 2-5, with both of his hits going for extra basis, a double and a homerun. He drove in three in the 9-4 victory.

In the third game, Silviano went 1-4, drilling a two-run homer in a 7-0 victory. He closed the series with a 2-4 performance, doubling, scoring two runs, and driving in his seventh run of the series.

Next, the RedHawks traveled to take on the Chicago Dogs. Fargo-Moorhead won the first two games of the series, extending their winning streak to nine straight games. In the opener, Silviano was held hitless in a 3-2 victory, but he went 2-5 in the second game, scoring twice, hitting his third homerun of the week, and driving in three in a 9-8 victory. He closed out the series with a 2-4 performance, going 4-13 overall, with two runs scored, a homerun, and three RBI.

Silviano finished the week 11-29 with six runs scored, five extra-base hits, and 10 RBI. His 10 runs driven in led the league and he was third in slugging (.759) and ninth in OPS (1.159).

John Silviano was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 13^th round of the 2012 draft. He spent three seasons in the Blue Jays organization before moving onto the Miami Marlins in 2016. Silviano spent four years in the Marlins organization, reaching AA-Jacksonville in both 2018 and 2019. In seven seasons in the minors, Silviano hit 46 homeruns and had a .211 batting average in 382 games.

In 2019 he joined the St. Paul Saints for the second half of the season, hitting .241 with 13 homeruns in 57 games. He returned to St. Paul in 2020, hitting .231 with 14 homers in 58 games. However, 2021 proved to be a breakout season for the slugger. Silviano hit 24 homeruns and batted .290 in 95 games. The batting average and homerun totals were single-season highs, as was his 71 RBI. Silviano is on pace to break his season high RBI mark, already recording 68 in 87 games this season. He is batting .279 with a .395 on-base percentage, hitting 19 homers.

Silviano is the fifth Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks player to receive Player of the Week honors this season. Drew Ward received the honor in Week 4, beginning a stretch of three straight weeks where a RedHawks player earn the award. Manuel Boscan followed in Week 5 and Leobaldo Pina was the winner in Week 6. Peter Maris won the honor in Week 12.

2022 American Association Players of the Week

Week 1 – Keon Barnum, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 2 – Jan Hernandez, Kansas City Monarchs
Week 3 – Dylan Kelly, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 4 – Drew Ward, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 5 – Manuel Boscan, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 6 – Leobaldo Pina, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 7 – Kacy Clemens, Cleburne Railroaders
Week 8 – Aaron Takacs, Sioux Falls Canaries
Week 9 – Kacy Clemens, Cleburne Railroaders
Week 10 – Keon Barnum, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 11 – Raul Navarro, Winnipeg Goldeyes
Week 12 – Peter Maris, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 13 – David Washington, Winnipeg Goldeyes

By Robert Pannier