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Bluefield's Rene Aqueron

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  POSITION PLAYER: Bluefield's Rene Aqueron is too old for the league at age 23, but for purposes of "Position Player of the Year" that's not totally relevant, since this is to recognize pure performance more than prospect status. And Aqueron's performance was unassailable: he led the league by hitting .405 in 56 games, led the league with a .468 OBP, and was third in slugging at .583.
  STARTING PITCHER: Elizabethton's Adam Hawes led the league with a 1.53 ERA, went 4-0 in nine starts, and posted a strong 68/16 K/BB in 59 innings, allowing only 38 hits. Danville's Jairo Cuevas was second with a 1.95 ERA and second with six wins. Hawes was a bit more dominating so I'll go with him.
  CLOSER: Princeton's Robert Findlay led the circuit with 15 saves while posting a 1.88 ERA and a 34/7 K/BB in 25 innings. Honorable mention goes to Elizabethton reliever Alexander Smit, who picked up just three saves in 21 games, but went 6-1, 1.97, with an incredible 86 strikeouts in just 46 innings.

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I saw him pitch and he was a level or two above the guys he was facing.  

Anyone from the Greeneville Astro's that caught your eye?  Flores, Mitchell, Iorg, Clemens & Florintino were my top five off that team.

by Duman on Sep 26, 2005 2:52 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Where's the love for Campbell
Eric Campbell would have been my pick. Of Course I am biased.

.313/.383/.634

Led The League in HR, DB, RBI, Total Bases, and also stole 15 bases.

Marte Francouer McCann Davies Any Questions?

by Hud Giles on Sep 26, 2005 3:10 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Campbell
Reading the argument for Aqueron it is hard not think about bias.  I agree that Campbell should have been MVP.  I cannot see why it would have hurt to mention Max Ramirez either.  While playing catcher for the first time his numbers were .347/424/527. Finally, while I recognize that the choice of Aqueron was based on the year's performance, it seems likely that many 23 year olds could have put up impressive numbers.

by hisslk on Sep 28, 2005 6:46 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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