2016 Mitchell Award candidates

The Kevin Mitchell Most Valuable Player Award, named for the great Maine and Waikiki outfielder, recognizes the DMBL's top hitter.

2016 McDonald Award candidates

There are any number of ways to go on your ballot for this year's Ben McDonald Pitching Excellence Award, recognizing the DMBL's finest pitcher and named for the first winner of the award, Larry Benard McDonald (a.k.a., The LBM).

2016 Listach Candidates: Batters

The Pat Listach Rookie of the Year Award is given to the top rookie in the DMBL. This week we take a look at the top candidates in 2016 among rookie batters.

2016 Listach Award Candidates: Pitchers

The Pat Listach Rookie of the Year Award is given to the top rookie in the DMBL. This week we take a look at the top candidates in 2016 among pitchers.

DMBL Divisional Realignment

It's been three years since DMBL last realigned its divisions. Of course that was the season when we had a mass exodus and five teams left at once. This year, we don't have any of that kind of excitement (fortunately!).

It was intended that every three years we would realign the divisions to keep competitive balance. A formula was used, averaging out each team's three-year win percentage and then assigning teams in a snake-like method to each division. This year, on the suggestion of Tucson Scorpions (now the Kingsnakes) owner Jason Malfait, the new divisions were determined by a quick draft. The four teams that would do the drafting were determined using the three-year win percentage method. The drafting teams were, in order, Tucson, San Francisco, Livingston, and Allentown. The results are as follows:

The Roberto Clemente Division
Tucson Kingsnakes
Empire City Trojans
Blue Ridge Bombers
Arkansas Golden Falcons

The Barry Bonds Division
The San Francisco Experience
Philadlephia Green Rage
Hoboken Cutters
Hopatcong Floating Fish

The Mike Piazza Division
Livingston Lords of the Swing
Matthew's Mighty Men of Marietta
Hillsborough Hired Hitmen
Sardine City Straphangers

The Keith Hernandez Division
Allentown Mules
Poovey Farms Dairy Cows
El Paso Chihuahuas
Vancouver Iron Fist

In memoriam: Yordano Ventura, Andy Marte

The baseball world, and by extension the DMBL world, lost two players last month to tragic car accidents in the Dominican Republic: Yordano Ventura, who was just 25, and 33-year-old Andy Marte, who was drafted as a budding prospect in the mid-2000s but never made the DMBL.

End Of The Line: A.J. Burnett

End Of The Line is an occasional offseason series that will take a closer look at the career of DMBL players leaving the league after the 2016 season. Today, we look at Allan James "A..J." Burnett, who leaves his mark on the league in a number of ways.

End Of The Line: Mark Buehrle

End Of The Line is an occasional offseason series that will take a closer look at the career of DMBL players leaving the league after the 2016 season. Today, we look at Mark Buehrle, who burst on the scene in 2002.

End Of The Line: Tim Hudson

End Of The Line is an occasional offseason series that will take a closer look at the career of DMBL players leaving the league after the 2016 season. Today, we look back at longtime Carolina Mudcat, Tim Hudson.

End Of The Line: Alex Rodriguez

End Of The Line is an occasional offseason series that will take a closer look at the career of DMBL players leaving the league after the 2016 season.