For the second consecutive year, and only the fifth time in league history, one franchise has swept the awards honoring the DMBL's top pitcher and batter.
Marietta thrashed Vancouver 14-1 in the regular season finale
in a game that didn't matter all of that much because the Mighty Men
had already locked up the No. 5 seed and the Iron Fist had all but sewn
up the No. 3 seed.
Here
are 12 candidates, and then some, who could be worthy of your support
on the ballot for the annual Kevin Mitchell Award honoring the league's
most valuable batter.
Pitching for his third team this season, Jeff Samardzjia very nearly wrote himself into the Sardine City record books, coming within two outs of tossing the franchise's first complete-game no-hitter last night.
The games that count started on Monday but could spring training results offer a glimpse into what the 2017 season will be? Were those 30 games just a hot stretch for some players or will they carryover into the regular season? Let's have a look anyway.