Anthony Prato #49

Anthony Prato...X: @2realAP...Instagram: @2real_ap...Earned four varsity letters at Poly Prep under coach Matt Roventini...Helped his team win three Ivy League Championships (2013, 2014, 2016)...Member of 2014 WWBA National Championship All-Tourney Team...Won three straight Poly Prep Herbert Bonet MVP awards (2014-2016)...Selected to the 2015 IMG National Classic All-Tourney Team...Named to the 2015 and 2016 MSG All New York City Baseball First Team...Selected to the 2016 ABCA/Rowling High School All-Region team...Earned the 2016 ABCA/ Rowling Gold Glove Award.

2023

Spent Spring Training on Minor League side of Twins Fort Myers complex but came over occasionally to play in Minnesota exhibition games as depth player...Began season with Double-A Wichita...Played in 43 games for Wind Surge, hitting .171 (22-for-129) with 20 walks a .305 on-base percentage and a .553 OPS...Promoted to Triple-A St. Paul on June 10 and finished season with Saints...Hit safely in each of first 18 games for Saints from June 10-July 2, hitting .350 (21-for-60) with a .494 on-base percentage and a 1.110 OPS in that span...Drew four walks in five plate appearances on July 27 vs. Toledo. A Named International League Player of the Week on July 30, hitting .550 (11-20) with six doubles, one home run, six RBI and seven runs scored in six games for the Saints...He recorded multiple hits in five games and posted a .690 on-base percentage, a 1.000 slugging percentage and a 1.690 OPS...Posted a streak of reaching safely multiple times in a game in seven-straight from July 25-Aug. 1, posting a .647 on-base streak in that span (11 hits, 11 walks)...Named International League Player of the Week for second time of season on Aug. 20, hitting .333 (6-for-18) with one triple, one home run, four RBI and a 1.040 OPS in five games...Recorded first career multi-homer game in final game of season on Sept. 22 vs. Toledo...Finished second half with 50 walks, second-most in International League...At both levels defensively combined, played 43 games (41 starts) at second base, 36 games (34 starts) at third base, 17 games (15 starts) at shortstop, 12 games (11 starts) in left field, six games (four starts) in right field and two games (zero starts) at first base...Between Double-A Wichita and Triple-A St. Paul, hit .255 (92-for-361) with 25 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 60 RBI, 70 runs scored, 79 walks, 18 stolen bases and an .837 OPS in 115 games...Hit .351 (27-for-77) with a 1.107 OPS vs. left-handed pitching and .229 (65- for-284) with a .764 OPS vs. right-handed pitching.