March 2017 BSPN Award Winners
Baseball Sports Network Award winners:
MARCH 2017
Batter of the Month
Chris Greenwell, 23, 1B Austin Outlaws
77 PA | .507 AVG | .553 OBP | .910 SLG | 7 HR | 21 RBI
Chris “Cracker” Greenwell has been clearly the best hitter in the league through the opening month of the CBA’s Inaugural placement season. Greenwell leads the league in qualified AVG, OPB, SLG, HR, and is 2nd in almost as many categories
Starter of the Month
Ben Perez, 23, DC Eagles
4-0 W-L | 31.1 IP | 18 HA | 1 ER | 6 BB | 22 K | 0.29 ERA | 0.76 WHIP
After the injury to Mike Quinn, this award has opened up to a wide audience of pitchers, Ben Perez has taken the crown to begin with, and his stats speak for themselves. He leads the league in IP and ERA, leading the Eagles to 4 Wins. His WHIP is 0.77, which when factored with his league leading workload, his WHIP should be considered the best in the league as well.
Reliever of the Month
Shawn Martin, 30, Midwest Plainsmen
1-0 W-L | 4 SV | 0 BS | 9.1 IP | 1 HA | 2 BB | 16 K | 0.00 ERA | 0.36 WHIP
While he has only appeared in 5 games, he is 4-0 in save situations, and the time he got called in for relief, he retired all 8 batters he faced and struck out the last 6 batters in a row to win.
Rookie Batter of the Month*
Sal Baez, 22, 1B, Brooklyn Bulldogs
68 PA | .435 AVG | .485 OBP | .726 SLG | 4 HR | 13 RBI
Sal “Smooth” Baez had a very good March, with a statline that boasted a top 3 OPS+ rating. He showed his good all around game, hitting 4 HR, and 2 Doubles and Triples apiece, resulting in 13 RBIs and hes a big reason why Brooklyn is performing so well. At 22 years old, “Smooth” has a long career ahead of him
Rookie Pitcher of the Month*
Randy Steckel, 20, SP Detroit Motors
2-0 W-L | 14.2 IP | 13 HA | 5 ER | 2 BB | 11 K | 3.07 ERA | 1.02 WHIP
Steckel had the 2nd most IP of any rookie pitcher, with a W in both outings and lastied 7 IP in both outings. Showed very good control for a 20 year old in this league, best K/BB of rookies by more than double 2nd place, along with the best WHIP.
*for the first year Rookie of the month will be 22 year old or younger players
