2010 S e a s o n

Coming into 2010, there was slim optimism that if everything swung right, the Rebel club could continue on from their successful season last year and possibly contend for a third straight League Night championship. Instead a dead arms, dead legs, freak injuries, and months of anemic batting lines gave us an up and down season.

However, the wild unpredictability of softball blessed us with some unbelievable moments this year, and we should choose to remember those while we place the rest of the season deep into the same memory bank the 2004 and 2007 seasons are stored in our brains.

It's always a good sign when a young player gets better as the season progresses. When they do so in their first taste of full-season ball while playing a premium position, you might have something special. That's what happened for Noah Sullivan and Justin Yonke in the Lake County summer league in 2010. They followed that up by double-jumping to Fall League and excelling there as well.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers	Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Utility Players
Scott Sinclair	Chris Minor	Izzy Solis	Brandon Wedyck	Clinton Baker
Steve Fisher	Omar Vela	James Yonke	Chris Olson	Rafi Santiago
Ralph Lozano		Justin Yonke	Joe Yonke	Ray Quinones
		Matt Mitchell	Kevin Simmons	Seth Smole
		Mike Peavey	Nestor Toro	Todd Sorensen
		Noah Sullivan	Rick Garza	Zach Smole
		Saul Molina	Tyler Shepard

A plus defender across the board, Sullivan is also a very good baserunner and started showing some legitimate extra-base pop at the plate. Yonke has a very good approach at the plate from the right side that should allow him to hit for average. It isn't clear how much power he'll have, but it has started showing up in games more and there could be more in the tank. His speed makes him an extra base threat and a solid outfielder, where he's worked hard to improve his game. Both were called up for the playoff run in 010'.

Summer League Stats

#	Poss	TEAM		Gm	PA	AB	Runs	OB	Hits	O.B.P	1H	2H	3H	4H	S.L.G	X.B.	RBIs	KO	BB	A.V.G	O.P.S	RE	RFC	SF	DP	R / G	OB / G	H / G	BI / G
3	P	FISHER	Steve	31	102	100	23	45	41	.441	33	3	3	2	.560	8	21	0	2	.410	1.001	2	3	0	0	0.7	1.5	1.3	0.7
23	LC	GARZA	Rick	22	64	63	24	39	36	.609	24	6	3	3	.905	12	33	0	1	.571	1.514	2	6	0	0	1.1	1.8	1.6	1.5
09	1B	LOZANO	Ralph	31	103	91	42	59	44	.573	22	11	0	11	.967	22	38	6	12	.484	1.540	3	4	0	0	1.4	1.9	1.4	1.2
13	SS	MITCHELL	Matt	26	94	88	26	45	37	.479	28	9	0	0	.523	9	26	5	6	.420	1.001	2	7	0	0	1.0	1.7	1.4	1.0
20	P	MINOR	Chris	26	88	78	36	54	41	.614	30	5	3	3	.782	11	22	3	10	.526	1.396	3	2	0	0	1.4	2.1	1.6	0.8
34	1B	MOLINA	Saul	17	52	51	16	31	25	.596	20	2	3	0	.647	5	18	3	1	.490	1.243	5	3	0	0	0.9	1.8	1.5	1.1
11	UP	OLSON	Chris	31	111	108	38	62	57	.559	30	15	7	5	.935	27	37	5	3	.528	1.494	2	1	0	0	1.2	2.0	1.8	1.2
7	3B	QUINONES	Ray	15	50	48	24	30	25	.600	19	3	1	2	.750	6	9	2	2	.521	1.350	3	3	0	0	1.6	2.0	1.7	0.6
10	OF	SIMMONS	Kevin	24	93	79	32	60	42	.645	35	6	1	0	.633	7	23	2	14	.532	1.278	4	3	0	0	1.3	2.5	1.8	1.0
12	2B	SOLIS	Izzy	13	45	43	18	26	24	.578	17	6	0	1	.767	7	9	2	2	.558	1.345	0	0	0	0	1.4	2.0	1.8	0.7
30	UP	YONKE	James	27	112	98	38	56	39	.500	26	9	1	3	.602	13	21	2	14	.398	1.102	3	2	0	0	1.4	2.1	1.4	0.8
11	RC	YONKE	Justin	16	45	40	11	22	17	.489	14	2	1	0	.525	3	10	2	5	.425	1.014	0	5	0	0	0.7	1.4	1.1	0.6
0	OF	AGAAYO	Chuy	6	18	16	4	10	8	.556	6	2	0	0	.625	2	11	1	2	.500	1.181	0	2	0	0	0.7	1.7	1.3	1.8
0	UP	BAKER	Clinton	5	15	14	1	6	5	.400	4	1	0	0	.429	1	2	0	1	.357	.829	0	0	0	0	0.2	1.2	1.0	0.4
0	OF	EVANSON	Drew	5	14	13	2	5	4	.357	3	1	0	0	.385	1	3	0	1	.308	.742	0	0	0	0	0.4	1.0	0.8	0.6
0	C	SANTIAGO	Rafi	2	6	6	2	2	1	.333	1	0	0	0	.167	0	1	1	0	.167	.500	1	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5
20	OF	SHEPARD	Tyler	5	15	14	2	4	3	.267	3	0	0	0	.214	0	1	0	1	.214	.481	0	1	0	0	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.2
0	UP	SORENSEN	Todd	7	26	26	9	18	17	.692	8	5	3	1	1.192	9	9	0	0	.654	1.885	1	0	0	0	1.3	2.6	2.4	1.3
21	OF	TORO	Nestor	2	5	4	0	1	0	.200	0	0	0	0	.000	0	1	0	1	.000	.200	0	2	0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	3	4	3	2	3	2	.750	2	0	0	0	.667	0	1	1	1	.667	1.417	0	0	0	0	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3
18	OF	WEDYCK	Brandon	5	17	15	3	11	6	.647	4	2	0	0	.533	2	3	0	2	.400	1.180	3	2	0	0	0.6	2.2	1.2	0.6
21	OF	TORO	Nestor	7	18	15	6	11	8	.611	5	2	0	1	.867	3	5	0	3	.533	1.478	0	3	0	0	0.9	1.6	1.1	0.7

		STARTERS		22	959	887	328	529	428	.552	298	77	23	30	.723	130	267	32	72	.483	1.274	29	39	0	0	14.9	24.0	19.5	12.1

		T O T A L S		31	1157	1068	368	630	504	.545	355	91	26	32	.696	149	317	39	89	.472	1.240	37	49	0	0	11.9	20.3	16.3	10.2

Most Valuable Player

Ralph Lozano, 31, hit .484 with 11 home runs, 38 RBIs and 22 extra base hits. He finished with a sky-high .573 on-base percentage and a 10.6 WAR, putting him a full win ahead of runner-ups. The Rebel Club finished second in the Monday Night League with 16 wins, which didn’t hurt his individual case in the end. Lozano was arguably the best overall offensive player on the best team in the game and showed exceptional defensive versatility by playing in both the first base and pitch. Ralph Lozano a Gold Glover’ also won the Cy Young Award, Silver Slugger, Utility Player of the Year and was Player of the Month Award winner for July and August.

Rookie of the Year

The 2010 season saw an influx of stellar young players around Lake County. There’s no better place to start than with the Rebels’ best rookie of the last 10 years. Chris Olson wanted to be the Rebels starting first basemen from the time he was a kid and with some luck, it came true. By the time he graduated Carmel High School in 2003, he was one of the top players in the country. However, the Rebels had an opportunity to pick him in that year’s amateur draft, a major impediment to making Olson their pick.

He was Player of the Month Award winner in June 2010 and batted ( .528 Avg / .559 OBP/ .935 SLG – 27 XB, 5 HR, 37 RBIs, 38 Runs ). Olson made his team debut on September 9th, 2009 against J’s Bally Muck Squad at Belvidere South going ( 3 for 3, 2B, RBI / Run ).

Fall League Stats

#	Poss	TEAM		Gm	PA	AB	Runs	OB	Hits	O.B.P	1H	2H	3H	4H	S.L.G	X.B.	RBIs	KO	BB	A.V.G	O.P.S	RE	RFC	SF	DP	R / G	OB / G	H / G	BI / G
23	LF	GARZA	Rick	18	65	62	27	45	41	.692	26	8	1	6	1.113	15	28	0	3	.661	1.805	1	3	0	0	1.5	2.5	2.3	1.6
09	P	LOZANO	Ralph	13	49	44	24	38	33	.776	18	4	1	10	1.568	15	33	0	5	.750	2.344	0	1	0	0	1.8	2.9	2.5	2.5
5	SS	PEAVEY	Mike	17	61	60	18	33	28	.541	22	6	0	0	.567	6	13	1	1	.467	1.108	4	3	0	0	1.1	1.9	1.6	0.8
0	C	SANTIAGO	Rafi	18	52	46	19	27	18	.519	11	5	1	1	.609	7	16	1	6	.391	1.128	3	4	0	0	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.9
20	OF	SHEPARD	Tyler	18	58	44	19	34	19	.586	13	2	1	3	.727	6	17	2	14	.432	1.313	1	2	0	0	1.1	1.9	1.1	0.9
11	2B	SULLIVAN	Noah	12	38	37	11	20	19	.526	18	1	0	0	.541	1	4	1	1	.514	1.067	0	0	0	0	0.9	1.7	1.6	0.3
21	RC	TORO	Nestor	11	46	41	22	29	22	.630	12	7	2	1	.878	10	19	0	5	.537	1.508	2	1	0	0	2.0	2.6	2.0	1.7
0	3B	VELA	Omar	10	33	33	10	14	11	.424	6	3	2	0	.545	5	11	3	0	.333	.970	3	1	0	0	1.0	1.4	1.1	1.1
18	LC	WEDYCK	Brandon	12	44	40	21	27	20	.614	10	8	0	2	.850	10	19	0	4	.500	1.464	3	1	0	0	1.8	2.3	1.7	1.6
30	3B	YONKE	James	21	78	68	29	39	28	.500	16	8	2	2	.676	12	10	5	10	.412	1.176	1	1	0	0	1.4	1.9	1.3	0.5
15	UP	YONKE	Joe	8	29	22	15	17	10	.586	6	2	1	1	.773	4	6	1	7	.455	1.359	0	3	0	0	1.9	2.1	1.3	0.8
11	1B	YONKE	Justin	21	71	53	26	45	24	.634	16	7	1	0	.623	8	11	3	18	.453	1.256	3	2	0	0	1.2	2.1	1.1	0.5
17	UP	ARCHIBALD	Ryan	3	9	9	2	4	4	.444	4	0	0	0	.444	0	2	0	0	.444	.889	0	1	0	0	0.7	1.3	1.3	0.7
0	UP	BAKER	Clinton	4	16	16	1	6	6	.375	5	1	0	0	.438	1	4	0	0	.375	.813	0	3	0	0	0.3	1.5	1.5	1.0
1	2B	KILLEN	Geoff	2	7	7	3	4	4	.571	2	1	0	1	1.143	2	5	0	0	.571	1.714	0	1	0	0	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.5
13	SS	MITCHELL	Matt	2	6	6	3	3	3	.500	2	0	1	0	.833	1	2	0	0	.500	1.333	0	1	0	0	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.0
0	P	SINCLAIR	Scott	8	18	18	1	4	4	.222	4	0	0	0	.222	0	3	2	0	.222	.444	0	1	0	0	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.4
20	UP	SMOLE	Seth	6	17	17	2	7	6	.412	4	1	1	0	.529	2	2	0	0	.353	.941	1	0	0	0	0.3	1.2	1.0	0.3
0	C	SULLIVAN	Jerry	5	11	10	4	6	3	.545	2	1	0	0	.400	1	1	1	1	.300	.945	2	1	0	0	0.8	1.2	0.6	0.2
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	4	13	10	8	7	4	.538	4	0	0	0	.400	0	3	1	3	.400	.938	0	2	0	0	2.0	1.8	1.0	0.8

		Totals		21	735	655	268	415	310	.565	204	65	14	27	.739	106	203	22	80	.473	1.304	25	32	0	0	12.8	19.8	14.8	9.7

This is a 2010 authentic softball trading card of the Rebels' Third Basemen James Yonke and Rookie Second Basemen Noah Sullivan. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

WHAT?

2010 S e a s o n

Summer League Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Utility Players

Summer League Stats

Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Fall League Stats

This is a 2010 authentic softball trading card of the Rebels' Third Basemen James Yonke and Rookie Second Basemen Noah Sullivan. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.