So far things are going pretty well for former Clemson standout Steven Duggar. Recently, the outfielder made the jump from high single-A baseball to AA in just his first year of professional baseball.

Last week, Duggar, who now plays for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, was named the Eastern League Player of the Week on Monday after recording 13 hits in 23 at-bats with four stolen bases.

“It has been exciting,” Duggar told The Clemson Insider. “Being in an organization like the Giants, it has been an honor to put on the uniform every day.”

Duggar was drafted by the Giants in the 2015 Major League Amateur Draft, and started his professional career in Oregon where he had a solid short season playing for the Salem Patrick team. After spring training this year, he was assigned to San Jose, California before being called up to AA Richmond on June 30.

“After I left Clemson I really did not know what to expect. I came in and I wanted to get off to a good start in short-season ball. I had a good first year,” Duggar said.

Before being called up, Duggar was hitting .284 with nine home runs and 30 RBIs and six stolen bases for San Jose. Since joining the Flying Squirrels, the South Carolina native is batting .309 with three triples and five doubles. He has driven in 14 runs and has five stolen bases.

“It has been a good first whole season that’s for sure,” Duggar said.

Since being drafted, Duggar is batting .292 in the minors with 10 home runs and 71 RBIs. He has 17 stolen bases and an on base percentage of .805 with a slugging percentage of .419.

“I feel like I’m on the right path. I just have to keep working and improving,” the former Clemson star said. “I have to stay with the process and not get too caught up in the moment or in the next level or anything like that.

“I have to stay within myself and trust the process and those things will take care of themselves.”

Duggar says the thing he had to adjust to the most in the minors is pitching, especially in the AA ranks.

“Obviously, as you move up you run into better pitching. That’s biggest thing I have noticed so far, especially in AA,” he said. “Guys can locate and throw their off-speed pitches at any time and at any count. The back half of the bullpen, you will see your 95-plus guys so I would say that is the biggest difference.”