2024 Ben McDonald Award: Cole Ragans

In the closest ballot in five years, Cole Ragans of Poovey Farms became the first rookie in a generation to win the Ben McDonald Award as the DMBL's top pitcher.

2024 Ben McDonald Award contenders

The field of candidates for the Ben McDonald Award, which goes to the DMBL's best pitcher, might mark a shift in in 2024, away from power pitchers and innings eaters to a more SABRmetric model.

Livingston loses no-hitter in 9th

Gerrit Cole pitched 8 hitless innings but couldn't finish the job and neither could the Livingston bullpen, giving up a single in the 9th to spoil a potential no-hitter.

2023 Ben McDonald Award winner: Justin Verlander

In the long and storied history of the franchise, Marietta had never had a player win the Kevin Mitchell Award or Ben McDonald Award, despite three titles on its shelves. In its 28th and final season in the DMBL, that changes.

2023 Ben McDonald Award candidates

There was no 20-game winner during the 2023 season but there are three previous Ben McDonald Award winners among this year's contenders, including the reigning award winner.

Cole garners postseason MVP honors

The Livingston Lords of Swing claimed their 3rd DMBL title, becoming the first team in 15 years to win go back-to-back, Gerrit Cole added to his trophy case, and after a lengthy, stellar career Albert Pujols finally got his DMBL ring.

2022 Ben McDonald Award contenders

As Hot Stove League heats up, it's time for DMBL owners to vote on the 2022 player awards. Let's start with a look at contenders for the Ben McDonald Award, recognizing the league's top pitcher.

A look at the 2011 draft, Part 2

Now that we've taken our trip down memory lane through the 1st Round of the 2011 DMBL draft, let's have a laugh and cry about some of the other studs and quirky picks a decade later.

2020 Ben McDonald Award winner: Lance Lynn

Before this past season, Lance Lynn had registered double-digit losses in five of his six DMBL seasons, including a brutal 15-43 record over three years. The four-time draftee broke out in 2020 after latching on with Sardine City, going 24-6 to help the Straphangers to a 104-win campaign and the commissioner's cup.

2020 McDonald Award candidates

The 2020 Ben McDonald Award could become more of a coronation than last year's close race after a season that saw the second-highest win total by a starting pitcher in DMBL history. 

2019 Ben McDonald Award winner

Ballots were all over the place in the wide open race for the Ben McDonald Award, with a clear top 3 that separated from the field in the final result.

2019 Ben McDonald candidates

There was no 20-game winner in 2019. There was no historic season by a relief pitcher. It seems like the race for the Ben McDonald Award is much more wide open than in years past.

2019 pitching leaders

There was no lack of solid campaigns by pitchers in the DMBL in 2019 but nothing quite spectacular.
No 20-game winners. The ERA king approached 3.00. Even the saves leader finished with a ho-hum total.

Batting title comes down to final series

The 2019 batting crown will come down to the final series of the season with two players almost identically tied.

Ramirez ties record with 4 HRs

Jose Ramirez became the sixth player to club four home runs and Philly blasted 10 homers in all, tying a league record, in a 17-2 thrashing at Livingston Stadium (Citi Field 2016) on Thursday night.

Iwakuma pitches Allentown to 6-1 win

Allentown evened their opening round series against Sardine City with a 6-1 win behind a strong outing from Hisashi Iwakuma.

Warren, Price reach 20 wins

Third-seeded San Francisco (88-74) will face sixth-seeded Vancouver (89-73) and fourth-seeded Sardine City (87-75) will take on fifth-seeded Allentown (91-71) in the first round of the 2015 playoffs, which open on Thursday.

Big series sweeps impact playoff races

A series of key matchups last week ended up in one-sided affairs that swung the balance of power in key division races.