Minor League Baseball announced today Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals) right- hander Tommy Parsons was named Midwest League April Player of the Month.
Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals) right-hander Tommy Parsons went 3-0 with a 0.30 ERA (30.0 IP, 1 ER) in four starts to claim Midwest League Player of the Month honors. Parsons held opponents to a league-best .106 batting average against as he allowed just 11 hits in his league-best 30.0 innings of work. He threw a nine inning, two-hit shutout on April 22 against Quad Cities, the only complete game in the Midwest League in April. Parsons, 23, was signed by St. Louis as a free agent out of Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan, on June 12, 2018.
Parsons, as Player of the Month, joins the following Midwest League April award winners named weekly.
| Week | Batter/Team | Pitcher/Team |
| 4/4-4/14 | Nolan Gorman, Peoria (STL) | Tommy Parsons, Peoria (STL) |
| (.395/.442/.868, 10 G, 15-for-38, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 10 R, 3 BB, 11 K) | (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 13 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K) | |
| 4/15-4/21 | Will Benson, Lake County (CLE) | Shawn Dubin, Quad Cities (HOU) |
| (.444/.500/1.333, 5 G, 8-for-18, 1 2B, 5 HR, 12 RBI, 7 R, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 SB) | (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K) | |
| 4/22-4/28 | Wander Franco, Bowling Green (TB) | Tommy Parsons, Peoria (STL) |
| (.429/.500/1.000, 6 G, 9-for-21, 3 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 SB, 2 CS) | (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 1 SHO, 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K) |
