Strasburg, bullpen lead Fish to Game 1 win

Stephen Strasburg and three Hopatcong relievers combined to retire 12 of the final 13 Vancouver batters to lead the No. 2 Floating Fish to a 5-3 win on Monday night.

2017 Mitchell Award winner: Miguel Cabrera

In one of the closest votes in recent memory, Miguel Cabrera picked up the first Kevin Mitchell Award of his 14-year career, edging Gary Sanchez, playing in his first DMBL season, by just three points.

2017 Listach Award winner: Gary Sanchez

Hopatcong's Gary Sanchez blasted a league-high in home runs, a consistent power display that has earned him the Pat Listach Award as the DMBL's top rookie in 2017, outdistancing four other first-year players in official balloting.

2017 Listach Award candidates

There were some historically good rookie seasons on display in 2017 amid others that were remarkable yet pedestrian by comparison, that in any other season could warrant hardware like the Pat Listach Award.

2017 Mitchell Award candidates

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.

Hoboken comes back to beat Hopatcong 5 in games

Can a 1st-round series be epic even if it's not a Best-of-7? Third-seeded Hoboken and No. 6 Hopatcong tried to find out in the opening round.

2017 batting leaders

Two rookies polished off historically good years in 2017 amid the usual stalwarts in the league's batting leaders while the batting race saw a dark horse take over down the stretch.

Relievers rise to the occasion

After all the offense in the early weeks of the season, relievers were bound to get noticed sooner rather than later.

This Week In DMBL

Week 2 of the 2017 season (games of April 14-19 on the DMBL calendar) had plenty of two-homer games, more grand slams and a few pitching gems.

Stars of spring training

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.