Eastern League Player of the Week

Yurendell Decaster, a member of the Netherlands national team, is the Double-A Eastern League's player of the week:

YURENDELL DECASTER, a third baseman for the Altoona Curve, is the Eastern League's Player of the Week for the week ending June 20th. The Curacao, Netherlands native hit .455 (10-for-22) with one double, four homers, seven runs scored and a 1.045 slugging percentage in six games for the Curve last week. The 6'1", 200 lb. slugger hit safely in all six games he played in last week. Yurendell is currently batting .294 with nine homers, 24 RBI and 30 runs scored in 58 games with the Curve this season. DeCaster, who will be a member of the Dutch National Team for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the minor league phase of the Rule Five Draft on December 11, 2000.