2017 S e a s o n

In the long history of the WHAT? Men’s Softball franchise, which goes back to 2000 when they were called the Rebels, the 2017 team won the third-most regular season games in franchise history. Only the 2014 and 2013 team of Joe Yonke, Clark Collins and Ralph Lozano won more.

Shortstop Danny Morales was the most impressive offensive player on the team. Morales was neck and neck down the stretch pitcher Ralph Lozano for the squad lead in home runs. Morales set a career-high in hits (55) homers (15), slugging percentage (1.356) and OPS (.652).

The 2017 WHAT? season was the team's 18th season in the Lake County leagues. They finished with a record 60–33, good enough to win the Wheeling Spring League, Wheeling Summer League championship and the Chicago Spring Tune-Up Tournament.

The Chicago Tournament was epic. WHAT? Sftbll defeated The Bagels club, 12-10 in the Championship game on Saturday April 23rd. On the following day, Sunday April 24th, they defeated Try Not to Suck squad, 14-13 in the Wheeling Sunday Night Spring League Championship. On Sunday night August 6th, the WHAT? Sftbll took their third Championship title when they defeated Generations club, 24-20 in 8-innings.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers	Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Utility Players
Cooper Trodler	Alex Rodgers	Aaron Archibald	Adam Tagli	Eric Matthews
Ralph Lozano	Cal Haley	Connor Fitzgerald	Brad Callahan	Jonny Yarnall
	Neil Sankpal	Dakota Morand	Chris DeRue	Louie Torres
		Danny Morales	Dave Collins	Mike Gould
		Evan Bierman	Kevin Matesi	Nick Krocker
		Ryan Siembal	Kyle Risinger	Nolan Sordyl
		Zack Pawlowski	Tommy Dubicki	Tim Matesi
			Troy Bloom	Tino Torres

Upper 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
8	2B	ARCHIBALD	Aaron	85	265	232	109	176	135	.664	113	12	7	3	.733	22	79	6	33	.582	1.397	8	13	3	1	1.3	2.1	1.6	0.9
11	RC	BLOOM	Troy	19	79	77	48	60	52	.759	31	7	6	8	1.234	21	42	0	2	.675	1.993	6	6	1	0	2.5	3.2	2.7	2.2
26	3B	BIERMAN	Evan	10	42	41	25	30	29	.714	16	4	3	6	1.390	13	25	0	1	.707	2.105	0	0	1	0	2.5	3.0	2.9	2.5
88	LF	DERUE	Chris	34	124	119	50	80	74	.645	59	9	3	3	.824	15	45	8	5	.622	1.469	1	7	3	0	1.5	2.4	2.2	1.3
45	C	HALEY	Cal	26	106	101	45	74	68	.698	43	10	2	13	1.198	25	58	1	5	.673	1.896	1	1	4	0	1.7	2.8	2.6	2.2
09	P	LOZANO	Ralph	78	325	312	123	189	175	.582	123	13	2	37	.971	52	164	4	13	.561	1.553	1	11	18	8	1.6	2.4	2.2	2.1
5	LC	MATESI	Kevin	36	143	142	54	91	90	.636	65	13	3	9	.958	25	56	2	1	.634	1.594	0	8	2	1	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.6
25	RF	MATESI	Tim	28	109	100	45	76	65	.697	39	15	5	6	1.080	26	43	0	9	.650	1.777	2	2	4	0	1.6	2.7	2.3	1.5
12	SS	MORALES	Danny	21	92	90	54	60	55	.652	21	16	3	15	1.356	34	57	0	2	.611	2.008	3	5	3	0	2.6	2.9	2.6	2.7
24	1B	PAWLOWSKI	Zack	39	149	136	43	80	63	.537	48	7	0	8	.691	15	46	8	13	.463	1.228	4	8	2	2	1.1	2.1	1.6	1.2
28	3B	SIEMBAL	Ryan	89	319	281	88	196	154	.614	125	22	3	4	.690	29	100	4	38	.548	1.305	4	19	12	6	1.0	2.2	1.7	1.1
10	LF	TAGLI	Adam	44	184	181	80	108	101	.587	70	21	5	5	.812	31	69	2	3	.558	1.399	4	10	6	2	1.8	2.5	2.3	1.6
33	OF	DANIEL	Bradley	2	8	8	5	4	4	.500	4	0	0	0	.500	0	2	1	0	.500	1.000	0	1	0	0	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.0
6	OF	GOULD	Mike	4	13	13	6	8	7	.615	4	1	2	0	.923	3	8	0	0	.538	1.538	1	1	0	1	1.5	2.0	1.8	2.0
18	OF	OLSON	Andy	4	9	7	1	3	1	.333	1	0	0	0	.143	0	1	0	2	.143	.476	0	2	0	2	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.3
81	SS	SHIPPEE	Brad	3	12	12	4	7	7	.583	6	1	0	0	.667	1	2	0	0	.583	1.250	0	0	0	0	1.3	2.3	2.3	0.7
20	2B	SORDYI	Nolan	8	19	16	7	9	6	.474	5	0	1	0	.500	1	4	2	3	.375	.974	0	3	0	0	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.5
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	6	15	14	3	5	4	.333	4	0	0	0	.286	0	3	1	1	.286	.619	0	0	1	1	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.5
23	OF	WARD	Austin	1	4	4	2	1	1	.250	0	1	0	0	.500	1	1	0	0	.250	.750	0	1	0	0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

		STARTERS		89	1892	1768	742	1178	1021	.623	726	147	38	110	.890	295	755	28	124	.577	1.513	33	99	58	20	8.3	13.2	11.5	8.5

Lower 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
9	RC	CALLAHAN	Brad	46	164	150	45	87	69	.530	51	14	4	0	.607	18	39	4	14	.460	1.137	4	11	9	0	1.0	1.9	1.5	0.8
1	LF	COLLINS	Dave	12	45	43	9	21	18	.467	14	1	2	1	.605	4	14	0	2	.419	1.071	1	2	2	0	0.8	1.8	1.5	1.2
21	LC	DUBICKI	Tommy	37	134	119	43	68	53	.507	43	5	4	1	.580	10	22	5	15	.445	1.087	0	14	0	1	1.2	1.8	1.4	0.6
3	1B	FITZGERALD	Connor	53	200	186	53	98	78	.490	76	1	1	0	.435	2	50	3	14	.419	.925	6	27	5	2	1.0	1.8	1.5	0.9
14	OF	KROCKER	Nick	19	66	56	15	33	21	.500	19	2	0	0	.411	2	15	6	10	.375	.911	2	5	2	1	0.8	1.7	1.1	0.8
12	SS	MORAND	Dakota	51	198	177	60	102	76	.515	63	11	1	1	.520	13	43	5	21	.429	1.035	5	13	3	3	1.2	2.0	1.5	0.8
13	RF	RISINGER	Kyle	21	80	67	30	49	34	.613	25	4	4	1	.731	9	17	9	13	.507	1.344	2	9	0	2	1.4	2.3	1.6	0.8
22	C	RODGERS	Alex	48	173	157	47	89	71	.514	70	1	0	0	.459	1	46	5	16	.452	.973	2	5	8	11	1.0	1.9	1.5	1.0
2	2B	SANKPAL	Neil	33	125	107	35	61	42	.488	38	3	1	0	.439	4	31	4	18	.393	.927	1	11	3	0	1.1	1.8	1.3	0.9
47	P	TRODLER	Cooper	21	85	77	25	42	33	.494	22	1	9	1	.714	11	28	3	8	.429	1.208	1	6	4	1	1.2	2.0	1.6	1.3
27	SS	TORRES	Tino	15	59	58	24	34	33	.576	20	5	1	7	1.052	13	34	0	1	.569	1.628	0	5	2	1	1.6	2.3	2.2	2.3
17	OF	YARNALL	Jonny	39	149	134	56	91	74	.611	71	3	0	0	.575	3	37	0	15	.552	1.185	2	21	0	0	1.4	2.3	1.9	0.9
0	OF	Ayello	Joey	1	3	3	1	1	1	.333	0	0	0	1	1.333	1	4	0	0	.333	1.667	0	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.0
23	OF	CARTWRIGHT	Dylan	9	31	28	10	12	9	.387	8	1	0	0	.357	1	9	1	3	.321	.744	0	4	1	0	1.1	1.3	1.0	1.0
0	UP	DONES	Ryan	2	10	10	2	5	5	.500	4	1	0	0	.600	1	4	0	0	.500	1.100	0	1	0	0	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.0
0	2B	GORSKI	Tyler	3	12	12	6	11	11	.917	7	2	0	2	1.583	4	13	0	0	.917	2.500	0	0	0	0	2.0	3.7	3.7	4.3
0	UP	HORTON	Joe	2	4	4	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	2B	MAPES	Matt	5	18	17	7	9	7	.500	3	3	0	1	.765	4	9	1	1	.412	1.265	1	2	0	1	1.4	1.8	1.4	1.8
0	UP	Noal	Tim	7	24	19	8	15	9	.625	6	3	0	0	.632	3	6	0	5	.474	1.257	1	0	2	0	1.1	2.1	1.3	0.9
34	OF	SMALLEY	Steven	4	16	12	2	7	2	.438	2	0	0	0	.167	0	0	0	4	.167	.604	1	2	0	1	0.5	1.8	0.5	0.0
27	C	RATLIFF	Jake	2	5	5	2	4	3	.800	2	1	0	0	.800	1	2	0	0	.600	1.600	1	0	0	0	1.0	2.0	1.5	1.0
0	OF	SMALLEY	Steven	3	11	6	3	6	1	.545	1	0	0	0	.167	0	3	0	5	.167	.712	0	1	1	1	1.0	2.0	0.3	1.0
17	OF	Others		12	45	43	10	23	21	.511	13	7	0	1	.721	8	20	0	2	.488	1.232	0	0	2	1	0.8	1.9	1.8	1.7

		STARTERS		55	1478	1331	442	775	602	.524	512	51	27	12	.558	90	376	44	147	.452	1.083	26	129	38	22	8.0	14.1	10.9	6.8

Most Valuable Player

Aaron Archibald earned the MVP award thanks to a brilliant stretch run. He was fine before the mid-season break with a solid 1.623 OPS but found a different gear with a .582 / .664 / .733 slash line and 22 extra base hits in 85 games.

In a deep year for MVP candidates in Lake County, Archibald was the clear standout. His individual performances led to a big season for both Squads, and he earned the right to have his name etched alongside those of the greatest players in Club history.

Rookie of the Year

In 39 league games, Jonny Yarnall collected 74 base hits, along with 15 base on balls. Scoring 56 runs and 37 RBI’s he produced a .611 / .575 / .552 slash line, for an impressive 1.127 OPS.

Made his team debut on May 22nd. against Fighting Aardvarks Club at SportsPark Field, D.. going ( 3 for 5, 3 Runs / RBI ).. Collected his first extra base hit on Monday June 10th. against Bolke Men’s Softball Squad, Gm. 1 at SportsPark Field, C.

Yarnall was third among all position players in WAR (5.1 by Softball-Reference’s formula, 4.3 by FanGraphs’ calculation).

And without Yarnall cementing himself as a up and coming hitter in the lineup by the end of his first half of the season, the WHAT? Softball almost certainly wouldn’t have gone through the playoffs.

“I think he was able to show everybody what he can do,” Coach said. “And he's obviously only going to improve.”

The skill-set is there, and it’s spectacular. And it’s intoxicating for softball fans, who salivate when thinking about how good this guy can be.

His best was pretty darn good in 2017.

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
8	SS	ARCHIBALD	Aaron	9	40	37	25	31	28	.775	21	6	0	1	1.000	7	8	0	3	.757	1.775	0	2	2	0	2.8	3.4	3.1	0.9
9	RC	CALLAHAN	Brad	8	32	29	11	15	10	.469	7	1	1	1	.552	3	8	0	3	.345	1.020	2	4	0	1	1.4	1.9	1.3	1.0
88	LF	DERUE	Chris	9	40	39	20	26	23	.650	16	4	1	2	.897	7	18	1	1	.590	1.547	2	2	1	1	2.2	2.9	2.6	2.0
45	C	HALEY	Cal	6	26	26	14	18	18	.692	12	2	0	4	1.231	6	18	0	0	.692	1.923	0	1	0	0	2.3	3.0	3.0	3.0
09	P	LOZANO	Ralph	9	38	35	12	23	20	.605	11	0	0	9	1.343	9	31	1	3	.571	1.948	0	1	0	0	1.3	2.6	2.2	3.4
12	SS	MORAND	Dakota	6	21	21	5	11	10	.524	7	3	0	0	.619	3	6	1	0	.476	1.143	1	2	0	0	0.8	1.8	1.7	1.0
13	RF	RISINGER	Kyle	9	36	31	12	21	16	.583	15	1	0	0	.548	1	4	5	5	.516	1.132	0	5	0	0	1.3	2.3	1.8	0.4
24	1B	PAWLOWSKI	Zack	9	34	33	11	22	21	.647	16	4	0	1	.848	5	12	1	1	.636	1.496	0	3	1	0	1.2	2.4	2.3	1.3
28	3B	SIEMBAL	Ryan	9	35	32	7	22	18	.629	15	1	0	2	.781	3	16	2	3	.563	1.410	1	2	2	0	0.8	2.4	2.0	1.8
17	OF	YARNALL	Jonny	9	32	31	12	15	14	.469	14	0	0	0	.452	0	4	1	1	.452	.920	0	6	1	1	1.3	1.7	1.6	0.4
5	LC	MATESI	Kevin	2	9	9	6	6	6	.667	2	4	0	0	1.111	4	2	0	0	.667	1.778	0	0	0	0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
22	C	RODGERS	Alex	2	7	5	3	4	2	.571	2	0	0	0	.400	0	0	0	2	.400	.971	0	0	0	0	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.0
10	LF	TAGLI	Adam	2	7	7	1	3	3	.429	3	0	0	0	.429	0	1	0	0	.429	.857	0	1	0	0	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.5
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	2	7	7	0	2	2	.286	2	0	0	0	.286	0	0	1	0	.286	.571	0	2	0	0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0

		Totals		9	372	350	143	224	196	.602	146	28	2	20	.823	50	133	13	22	.560	1.425	6	33	7	3	15.9	24.9	21.8	14.8

This is a 2017 authentic softball trading card of Gold Glover’s from WHAT? Left Centerfielder’s Kevin Matesi and Tommy Dubicki. SP Chirography Card represents Kevin Matesi and Tommy Dubicki. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

WHAT?

2017 S e a s o n

The 2017 WHAT? season was the team's 18th season in the Lake County leagues. They finished with a record 60–33, good enough to win the Wheeling Spring League, Wheeling Summer League championship and the Chicago Spring Tune-Up Tournament.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Utility Players

Upper Summer League Stats

Lower Summer League Stats

Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Fall League Stats

This is a 2017 authentic softball trading card of Gold Glover’s from WHAT? Left Centerfielder’s Kevin Matesi and Tommy Dubicki. SP Chirography Card represents Kevin Matesi and Tommy Dubicki. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.