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Kevin Newman and Kevin Kramer Named International League Season All-Stars

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The International League named their season All-Stars on Tuesday afternoon and two players from the Indianapolis Indians made the team. The double play combo of Kevin Newman and Kevin Kramer were selected as the top players at their positions.

Newman, who is in the majors right now, hit .302/.350/.407 in 109 games, with 30 doubles, 74 runs scored and he was 28-for-39 in stolen bases. He also committed just six errors at 83 games at shortstop. Newman still leads the league in stolen bases.

Kramer is hitting .303/.359/.480 in 123 games, with 32 doubles, 14 homers and 13 stolen bases. He was named as the top second baseman, but he has also played a total of 34 games split between shortstop and third base.

The two of them currently rank 3/4 in the IL in batting average, while Kramer is fourth in OPS and third in slugging. They were also back-to-back in our updated top 50 prospect guide, with Kramer rated 7th and Newman 8th. They have both moved up one spot since that book was released due to the departure of Shane Baz.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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