Cade Marlowe earns Pacific Coast League Player of the Week honors

Cade Marlowe didn’t just win Pacific Coast League Player of the Week by piling up one huge night. He earned it with a six-game tear against Albuquerque at Las Vegas Ballpark, hitting .538 and going 14-for-26 with five doubles, a triple, two home runs, 13 RBI and nine runs scored. The one number that jumps off the page, and the easiest one to share, is the 13 RBI in a single series.

That kind of production makes the award feel bigger than a routine weekly nod. Marlowe opened the series with a 2-for-4 game on May 19 that included a double, a walk, a homer and three RBI, then followed with a 2-for-5 effort on May 20 with another double and an RBI. He broke the series open on May 21, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, a homer and six RBI, then added a 2-for-5 game on May 23 with a stolen base and an RBI before closing with a 4-for-4 finale on May 24. That last game featured a double, triple, walk, stolen base, two RBI and three runs scored, the kind of all-phase performance that can carry a lineup for a week.

For Las Vegas, the honor landed at a meaningful time. The Aviators entered their six-game road trip to Tacoma at 26-23, and Marlowe’s run gave them another high-end weapon as they headed into a Pacific Northwest series against the Rainiers. It also kept alive a broader question that follows a veteran outfielder who has already spent time in the majors: is this just a hot stretch, or the kind of surge that gets him back into real call-up conversation?

Marlowe has given the Aviators a lot more than a brief spike. He had played in 41 games for Las Vegas and was batting .325 with 16 doubles, six triples, four home runs, 30 RBI and 12 stolen bases, while leading the club with 26 extra-base hits. Las Vegas has now produced two PCL Player of the Week winners in 2026, with Henry Bolte taking the first one for May 4-10, and Marlowe’s week underscored why the defending 2025 Pacific Coast League champions still look dangerous when their lineup is clicking.

At 28, the left-handed hitter from Tifton, Georgia, has traveled a long road, from a 20th-round selection by Seattle in the 2019 MLB Draft out of the University of West Georgia to his MLB debut on July 20, 2023. He has 42 career major-league games on his record, including his first hit, first home run and a grand slam against Minnesota and the Angels. But right now, the most relevant version of Marlowe is the one punishing Triple-A pitching one gap hit at a time, and this week that version looked every bit like a player forcing the issue.