Awards Banquet
Summer Ball is Over – What’s Next?
It’s been another thrilling year of baseball and that’s not just limited to the high school and college season. The good times have continued right through summer ball where we covered the Hamptons League, Boys of Summer, Blue Chip Collegiate League and several Blue Chip tournaments – not to mention the annual Axcess Invitational. So what’s next? In less than two weeks we will have coverage of the East Coast Youth Labor Day Bash (September 2-5th). The following weekend we will be hosting the first annual Axcess World Series which will feature 12 teams from around Long Island at the Charles Wang Athletic Complex. We will also cover the LI Boys of Summer Fall League as well as a pair of Town of Brookhaven Fall tournaments, Blue Chip Prospect tournaments and, of course...
James Varela To Receive 2018 Axcess Baseball Cy Young Award
James Varela will receive the 2018 Axcess Baseball Cy Young Award for his outstanding performance this season. As a junior, he broke several program records. He finished with a record of 11-1, ERA of 2.40, 116 strikeouts over 101.1 IP. He also fired seven complete games (six consecutive) and three shutouts. He held the opposition to a batting average of .185. There were several criteria considered for this award: ERA Record Innings Pitched Strikeouts Level of Competition Historical Significance Conference Statistics For those who follow me on Twitter, you know that I am a proponent of disregarding win-loss record for starting pitchers in the Major Leagues. That does not apply to the amateur level because the elite pitchers typically go deeper into games than in the big leagues. Varela comp...
Axcess Rookie of the Year Finalists Announced
We will be hosting our third annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 6 at Villa Lombardi’s. Among the several awards we will be handing out will be the Axcess Rookie of the Year Award to the top freshman college player on Long Island. The four finalists are: Brian Herrmann (Stony Brook): 4-3 record, 3.46 ERA, 80.2 IP, 54 K, .234 AVG Noah Lorenzo (LIU Post): 7-2 record, 3.99 ERA, 2 CG, 79.0 IP, 49 K, .275 AVG Vinny Rice (Farmingdale): .413 AVG, .488 OBP, .541 SLG, 45 H, 23 R, 15 RBI Phil Russo (Maritime): .359 AVG, .388 OBP, .394 SLG, 51 H, 14 R, 25 RBI If you would like to purchase tickets to the Awards Banquet, you can do so by clicking here!
Cy Young Finalists Announced
We will be hosting our third annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 6 at Villa Lombardi’s. Among the several awards we will be handing out will be the Cy Young Award for college pitchers. The four finalists are: T.J. Santiago (Adelphi): 8-3 record, 1.51 ERA, 77.2 IP, 56 H, 81 K, 7 BB, 3 CG Matt Seelinger (Farmingdale): 4-1 record, 1 Save, 1.39 ERA, 51.2 IP, 28 H, 69 K, 16 BB, 1 CG Jake DeCarli (LIU Post): 9-1 record, 2.22 ERA, 101.1 IP, 91 H, 78 K, 21 BB, 6 CG Josh Outsen (St. Joseph’s): 7-0 record, 1.99 ERA, 54.1 IP, 40 H, 54 K, 11 BB, 5 CG We will announce the winner at the podium on the evening of the event. **Tickets available by clicking here **
