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It is time to start a new season for the WHAT? Men’s Softball Club and for the first time in a long time, expectations are sky high and for good reason.

This has fans excited, not just because softball is back after the Covid-19 and player holdouts had things looking bleak this past offseason, but also because the WHAT? Squad enters the 2022 season as one of the top teams in not just the Waukegan, but across the entire Lake County.

The Club finished 9 – 11. They went 2 – 1 during Saturday playoffs.

Summer League Standing

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Summer Roster

Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Utility Players
Aaron Archibald		Alex Rodgers		Alex Ahonen		Ben Hoyt		Bradley Daniel
Ralph Lozano				Connor Fitzgerald		Brad Callahan		Jake Munson
				Drake Larriuz		Jimmy Dubicki		Louie Torres
				Ryan Siembal		Kyle Risinger		Nick Krocker
						Tommy Dubicki		Warren Egan
						Mike Gould		Wyatt Gratz
						Tommy Dubicki

Summer Stats

	Gms	P.A	A.B	RUNS	O.B.	HITS	O.B.P	1H	2H	3H	4H	S.L.G	R.B.I	K.O	B.B	A.V.G	RE	RFC
Archibald, Aaron	26	95	87	40	55	46	.429	31	8	4	3	.816	39	1	8	.529	1	4
Callahan, Brad	21	82	77	28	47	40	.531	33	6	1	0	.623	28	1	5	.519	2	3
Dubicki, Tommy	10	32	30	10	17	15	.531	14	1	0	0	.533	14	1	2	.500	0	1
Dubicki, Jimmy	11	42	42	14	20	20	.476	18	1	1	0	.576	14	4	0	.476	0	4
Fitzgerald, Connor	29	109	103	41	65	58	.596	40	16	1	1	.767	33	2	6	.563	1	8
Gould, Mike	23	78	70	27	47	39	.603	33	4	1	1	.686	21	3	8	.557	0	7
Hoyt, Ben	5	18	17	5	8	7	.444	4	2	0	1	.706	9	1	1	.411	0	2
Krocker, Nick	25	84	69	23	39	24	.464	20	2	2	0	.435	18	3	15	.348	0	6
Larriuz, Drake	25	99	90	53	71	60	.717	32	12	3	13	1.300	52	3	9	.667	2	7
Risinger, Kyle	23	83	73	35	50	38	.602	25	7	6	0	.781	23	8	10	.521	2	7
Rodgers, Alex	27	82	74	24	39	29	.476	27	2	0	0	.419	24	2	8	.319	2	2
Siembal, Ryan	29	102	92	31	61	51	.598	37	12	1	1	.739	43	3	10	.554	0	4
Egan, Warren	14	51	51	15	26	23	.510	14	7	2	0	.667	20	0	0	.451	3	5
Torres, Louie	24	80	70	36	58	42	.725	36	3	2	1	.743	33	1	10	.600	6	5
Munson, Jake	2	9	9	5	6	4	.667	4	0	0	0	.444	3	0	0	.444	2	0
Daniel, Bradley	4	11	10	5	5	4	.455	4	0	0	0	.400	1	0	1	.400	0	2
Lozano, Ralph	4	11	11	8	9	9	.818	1	0	2	6	2.818	15	1	0	.818	0	0
Gratz, Wyatt	4	12	11	5	8	7	.667	6	1	0	0	.727	5	2	1	.636	0	1
Siembal, Darrin	2	9	9	4	7	6	.778	5	1	0	0	.778	7	0	0	.667	1	0
Vasquez, Jerry	1	3	0	1	3	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	3	.000	0	0

T O T A L S	29	1119	1018	423	659	534	.589	391	89	27	27	.745	409	36	103	.525	22	68

Season MVP 2021 01

Most Valuable Player

Infielder Drake Larriuz was named the 2021 Lake County League’s Most Valuable Player by the Softball Writers Associated of America. He received 19 of 30 first-place votes.

Larriuz, 27, was the Rookie of the Year two years ago and is now the MVP. In 2021, he hit .667 / 2.017 with 13 home runs, 52 RBI, 53 runs scored, and 9 base on balls. Among qualified position players in the Lake County, Larriuz and Connor Fitzgerald tied in Wins Above Replacement at 7.8, according to FanGraphs.

Chicago Tourny 2021 Champs

The Chicago Tournament was epic. WHAT? Sftbll defeated the Good Wood club, 11-8 in the Championship game on Saturday April 3rd. Pitcher Ralph Lozano batted .818 with 15 RBI’s. First basemen Connor Fitzgerald batted .900 with 5 Runs.

It’s tough to call outfield the “deepest” offensive position in softball because every team in your league has two or three OF slots to try to fill every week. However, it might be tougher not to call it the deepest when you see outfielders Tommy Dubicki and Wyatt Gratz dominated in the outfield. As is always the case, the sheer number of viable options seems overwhelming at first glance. But it was clear from the start that both outfielders Tommy Dubicki and Wyatt Gratz could run balls down in the outfield as good as anybody has ever known.

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Rookie of the Year

Right fielder Jimmy Dubicki was named the 2021 Rookie of the Year as voted on by the Softball Writers Association of America. He received 29 of 30 first-place votes.

Dubicki, 20, made the WHAT? Sftbll club debut on June 22nd, 2021 going ( 1 for 2, 2 Runs ) against the Big O’s Softball club. He finished the season with 20 base hits over an 11 game span while also knocking in 14 runs, scoring 14 runs, and batting .476 over 42 trips to the plate. FanGraphs listed Dubicki with 4.8 WAR, by far the most among rookies.

Team Memorabilia

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This is a 2021 authentic softball trading card of WHAT? outfielder’s Brad Callahan and Mike Gould. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

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