2014 POTW

Hitter of the Week

Ben Mauseth- Oneonta Outlaws

Grand Canyon University

Ben Mauseth has been named the NYCBL Player of the Week for the (6/1-6/8) week. Mauseth (Grand Canyon University) is third in batting average, tied for second in OBP, first in RBI, and tied for first in home runs all while only playing in just four games, tied for the least amount of games played by a team in the NYCBL

Pitcher of the Week

Zach Uher- Genesee Rapids

Baruch College

Zach Uher has been named the NYCBL Pitcher of the Week for the (6/1-6/8) week. Uher has thrown in three games, making two starts with a relief appearance in between. Uher is tied for the league lead in wins with a 2-0 record. During the week he pitched 15.1 innings to go along with a 2.34 earned run average. He struck out ten batters while walking just four.

Hitter of the Week

Jimmy Latona- Hornell Dodgers

Monroe Community College

Jimmy Latona has been named the NYCBL Player of the Week for the (6/9-6/15) week. Latona produced 13 runs this past week going 9-13 from the plate with eight walks for a .692 batting average and On-Base Percentage of .833. The Chili, N.Y. native rapped four doubles, scored 10 runs, drove in three and stole a base as Hornell went 6-1 for the week.

Pitcher of the Week

Jordan Accetta - Hornell Dodgers

Wofford College

Jordan Accetta has been named the NYCBL Pitcher of the Week for the (6/9-6/15) week. Accetta hurled 13.1 innings going 2-0 on the week. The right-hander struck out 12, walked five and allowed three runs on 10 hits for a WHIP of 1.13. Accetta is now tied for the league lead in wins with three and boasts a solid BABIP (batting average on balls in play) of .259.

Hitter of the Week

Jimmy Latona- Hornell Dodgers

Monroe Community College

Jimmy Latona has been named the NYCBL Player of the Week for the (6/16-6/22) week. Last week’s hitter of the week followed with a .476 average this week and a .621 On Base Percentage. Latona leads the league with a .487 average, runs with 26, and OBP with a mark of .677. He scored 14 times this past week while driving in eight, up from last week totals of 10 and three respectively. He’s currently second in the league with a runs created mark of 19.3, and a secondary average of .692 (a metric measures a player’s offensive value independent of batting average, but rather collects the sum of extra base hits, walks and stolen bases, per at bat).

Pitcher of the Week

Adam Journic - Genesee Rapids

Capital Univeristy

Adam Journic has been named the NYCBL Pitcher of the Week for the (6/16-6/22) week. Journic was the NYCBL’s only two-game winner this past week, including a win over the Eastern-division leading Silversmiths. The Akron, Ohio native has seen marked improvement in his performance. After losing his first two starts of the season-surrendering 24 hits and 13 runs in 10 innings-the lefty hurler has bounced back impressively. His ERA has dropped 4.91, opponents’ average has dropped .120, opponent OBP by .083, and his WHIP by 0.45. Journic’s efforts have been a large part of Genesee’s resurgence these past four games, as the team has gone 3-1 since Monday.

Hitter of the Week

Anthony Massicci - Syracuse Salt Cats

Canisius College

Massicci recorded at least one hit in all five games he played this week, and helped pace the Salt Cats to a 4-1 record on the week. The Ithaca, N.Y. native tripled (one of his three three-baggers on the week) in a big run to tie the game in the sixth in a 10-8 win over Sherrill. On Saturday the shortstop drove in the first Salt Cat run in the bottom of the first and later scored in the third in a 5-4 win over the Junior Chiefs. After hitting .533 for the week, Massicci is now fifth in the NYCBL in batting average and hits with .365 and 31 respectively. His five triples lead the league.

Pitcher of the Week

Connor Hamilton - Rochester Ridgemen

Cedarville University

Hamilton went 1-0 in two starts striking out six and walking just one in 17 innings of work.  The right-hander allowed three runs in his two outings. Hamilton has made five starts this season. Hidden within a 2-2 record and 1.50 ERA is just how good Hamilton, who’s currently tied for the league lead in shutouts, has been. The Rochester righty has tossed at least eight innings in all of his five starts, twice going the distance. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Hamilton leads the league in innings pitched with 42.

Week 5 (6/30-7/6)

Hitter of the Week

Sam Kim - Geneva Red Wings

Hawaii Hilo

Kim continued his dominance of the league this week, helping propel the Red Wings to a 6-1 record. He hit .538 (14-26) with seven doubles, two home runs, a triple, six walks, nine runs scored and seven RBI.  He extended his hitting streak to ten games, nearing the territory of some of the league’s best since 2011. He had multiple hits in five of those seven games, and produced one or more runs in all seven of those games. Kim thrived as a run-producer, which is supported by his runs created metric of 32.151, the best in the league. He also leads qualified batters with a secondary average of .524.

Pitcher of the Week

Joe Gnacinski - Hornell Dodgers

Mercyhurst

Gnacinski, the NYCBL’s strikeout leader with 46, went 2-0 dropping his ERA from 4.31 to 3.13 in the past week. He allowed one earned run over 14.2 innings of work striking out 12 and walking five. In that same period, the righty was efficient, spreading 100 pitches over 30 batters in 6.2 innings Tuesday, and 92 to 29 batters in eight innings Sunday, putting his weekly averages at 7.1 innings, 29.5 batters faced, and 96 pitches. That breaks down to an average of 13.1 pitches per inning and 3.3 pitches per batter faced. Of the 192 pitches thrown, 128 were strikes, posting a solid strike percentage of 67. In a 10-0 triumph over Rochester Gnacinski retired the first 17 he faced and did not surrender a run over eight innings.

Week 6 (7/7-7/13)

Hitter of the Week

Kevin Brice - Sherrill Silversmiths

Pomona-Pitzer

Brice had a major hand in the Silversmiths going 4-0 in an All-Star shortened week. The Tucson, AZ native  went 8-14 including a pair of doubles with five runs scored and two RBI. He also walked twice and stole a base. He has consistently been among the best hitters in the NYCBL this year, and currently leads the league in batting average and hits, and is second in home runs and sacrifice flies. Looking at sabermetrics, Brice leads the league with a runs created mark of 33.256. His performance Sunday now extends his hitting streak to four games.

Pitcher of the Week

Jackson Sigman - Rochester Ridgemen

Glendale CC

Sigman entered the week without a win in twelve appearances (one start). The righty reliever made up for it earning all three of Rochester’s in three consecutive days. Sigman never threw less than 2.0 innings and surrendered just four base runners over 26 batters faced. He struck out six without surrendering a walk. Even more impressive, Sigman hasn’t allowed a run in the month of July (six appearances) and the run he allowed on June 25th is his only earned run allowed all season (four unearned total).

Week 8 (7/21-7/27)

Hitter of the Week

Hank Morrison - Hornell Dodgers

Mercyhurst

Morrison (Mercyhurst) finished the year on an absolute tear, recording multiple hits in each of his five games played this week. He scored in four of five of those games, and drove in two runs in four of the five. His two homers represent 66 percent of his season total, as the righty is heading into the postseason as the league’s hottest bat.  

Pitcher of the Week

Austin Bizzle - Olean Oilers

Gulf Coast CC

Bizzle (Gulf Coast CC) was fantastic in his lone start this week, dazzling over nine innings against Wellsville. The righty from Lynn Haven, Florida closed out the year on a high note, going the full nine in two of his final three starts, allowing only one unearned run in each. Bizzle finished the year as the NYCBL leader in strikeouts, tied for fifth in innings pitched, and eighth in ERA.