2 0 2 2 Season

The Lake County Franchise improved greatly from 2021. Drake Larriuz regained his dominant form, Kyle Risinger and Brad Callahan broke out, Connor Fitzgerald improved greatly, and the veterans, Ralph Lozano, Aaron Archibald, and Ryan Siembal looked mature beyond their years.

The pitching was questionable heading into the season but after acquiring veteran James Creek, and the return of Ralph Lozano along with Aaron Archibald who still in the mixed, the rotation looked really scary. The defense was shaky but not terrible. The offense was scary and young. The entire lineup was a hard out and a big pain.

The depth of the WHAT? Squad system supplemented any small injuries that came up. The Club even saw some flashes from rookies James Creekmore Jr., Uli Hernandez and Jake Munson towards season end.

The WHAT? Men’s Softball Club were one of the more pleasant surprises around softball this year. The Club finished the regular season with a 10-10 record which put them fifth in the Tuesday Night League. Additionally, the team clinched the eighth seed in the All City Playoff Tournament.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers	Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Utility Players
James Creekmore Sr	Mike Gould	Connor Fitzgerald	Brad Callahan	Aaron Archibald
Ralph Lozano		Drake Larriuz	Kyle Risinger	Carlos Zamudio
		Ryan Siembal	Jake Munson	Darin Siembal
		Uli Hernandez	Junior Creekmore	Jason Sanchez
				David Rzewnick

There isn’t much in the way of futures value on the WHAT? Club. They’re really good and everybody knows it, at the beginning of the year, many people around the game – fans and analysts alike – had the WHAT? Club pegged as a team that could very well surprise, but most probably didn’t expect them to be a contender. While their stay in the postseason was short (they lose to the Tampa Bay Rays in Sunday's single-elimination Series), it is still a major accomplishment for a team that has a very bright future.

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	SS	ARCHIBALD	Aaron	23	87	74	38	58	44	.667	29	9	4	2	.905	15	30	2	13	.595	1.572	1	2	3	1	1.7	2.5	1.9	1.3
9	RC	CALLAHAN	Brad	25	93	88	33	59	53	.634	39	8	4	2	.852	14	41	2	5	.602	1.487	1	4	3	1	1.3	2.4	2.1	1.6
69	P	CREEK	James	28	100	86	37	52	37	.520	37	0	0	0	.430	0	22	1	14	.430	.950	1	6	1	3	1.3	1.9	1.3	0.8
17	C	CREEKMORE	Junior	28	101	90	41	64	52	.634	29	8	0	15	1.167	23	41	5	11	.578	1.800	1	6	1	1	1.5	2.3	1.9	1.5
3	1B	FITZGERALD	Connor	28	100	90	44	63	53	.630	45	7	1	0	.689	8	33	1	10	.589	1.319	0	8	0	1	1.6	2.3	1.9	1.2
34	MF	LARRIUZ	Drake	24	92	87	41	55	49	.598	29	11	0	9	1.000	20	40	0	5	.563	1.487	1	5	6	0	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.7
09	P	LOZANO	Ralph	17	62	57	19	34	28	.548	24	2	0	2	.632	4	14	2	5	.491	.950	1	1	1	2	1.1	2.0	1.6	0.8
27	LC	MUNSON	Jake	26	92	85	22	35	24	.380	21	3	0	0	.318	3	18	10	7	.282	.698	4	10	2	1	0.8	1.3	0.9	0.7
13	RF	RISINGER	Kyle	23	74	60	25	43	29	.581	19	7	3	0	.700	10	29	4	14	.483	1.281	0	8	2	0	1.1	1.9	1.3	1.3
28	3B	SIEMBAL	Ryan	28	105	81	38	71	47	.676	32	11	0	4	.864	15	42	0	24	.580	1.540	0	3	6	2	1.4	2.5	1.7	1.5
6	OF	GOULD	Mike	4	17	17	4	8	8	.471	5	2	1	0	.706	3	6	0	0	.471	1.176	0	2	2	0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.5
16	3B	HERNANDEZ	Uli	14	45	41	13	25	20	.556	13	4	0	3	.805	7	21	1	4	.488	1.360	1	3	0	2	0.9	1.8	1.4	1.5
21	UP	MATTHEWS	Eric	2	7	6	1	2	1	.286	1	0	0	0	.167	0	1	2	1	.167	.452	0	0	0	0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5
0	P	OLSON	Chunky	2	8	8	1	5	5	.625	4	1	0	0	.750	3	3	0	0	.625	1.176	0	0	0	1	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.5
11	OF	RZEWNICKI	David	4	14	12	6	9	7	.643	4	1	0	2	1.167	3	8	0	2	.583	1.810	0	0	1	0	1.5	2.3	1.8	2.0
5	OF	SANCHEZ	Jason	4	12	11	3	7	6	.583	4	2	0	0	.727	2	8	0	1	.545	1.311	0	2	0	0	0.8	1.8	1.5	2.0
0	C	SIEMBAL	Darrin	6	21	19	2	9	5	.429	5	0	0	0	.263	0	3	0	2	.263	.692	2	2	0	0	0.3	1.5	0.8	0.5
0	OF	WIEMANN	Kyle	3	8	6	3	6	4	.750	3	1	0	0	.833	1	5	0	2	.667	1.583	0	0	1	0	1.0	2.0	1.3	1.7
22	UP	ZAMUDIO	Carlos	6	18	16	5	10	8	.556	5	1	0	2	.938	3	7	1	2	.500	1.493	0	0	2	0	0.8	1.7	1.3	1.2

		Totals		28	1003	884	368	591	461	.589	333	75	12	41	.773	128	359	29	119	.521	1.362	11	58	29	14	13.1	21.1	16.5	12.8

		STARTERS		28	977	862	360	575	449	.589	325	73	12	39	.769	124	347	28	115	.521	1.358	11	58	26	14	12.9	20.5	16.0	12.4

This team is built to win now and has a prolonged contention window with a young, controlled core group of players that rose through the county league ranks as teammates. It will be interesting to see how normalcy feels for the WHAT? Sftbll Club. The 2022 team was a deep, supremely talented ballclub that can figure it out moving forward and withstand injuries in the lineup. Not every team can say that.

Most Valuable Player

27 Year Old Outfielder Brad Callahan took home his first career MVP award after one of his greatest offensive season. The August Player of the Month Award winner overall, belted a .602 Avg / .634 OBP / 1.487 OPS with 41 RBI, and 53 base hits.

The left center fielder MVP offensive production streak that started on August 14th and ended on September 16th, when he batted an amazing .792 Avg, while collecting 19 base hits with 24 plate appearance, ( 5 2B’s , 3B , HR , 4 Runs and 16 RBI’s ).

Rookie of the Year

Jake Munson, 17, responses formed the basis for a historic rookie campaign. That’s why a panel of his fellow Rec League players overwhelmingly made him 2022 Rookie of the Year and Gold Glove Award. Munson received 12 of 14 votes cast. Infielder Uli Hernandez finished second with two votes.

Made his team debut on May 11th vs. Wkgn Fire Squad at SportsPark Field B’ going ( 2 for 4 , 2 RBIs ). Of course, he also gained tons of admirers during his Rookie-Of-The-Year offensive production streak that started on September 13th, and ended on October 17th , when he batted an amazing .731 Avg while collecting 19 base hits with 26 plate appearance, ( 3 2B’s , 4 HR s , BB , 10 Runs and 16 RBI’s ).

In 2022, the WHAT? Men’s Softball Club celebrated its 10th year younger squad anniversary. Many, many talented ball players participated on those younger squads throughout years. Outfielder Kyle Risinger currently holds second longest-tenured on the club behind Ralph Lozano. Aaron Archibald, Ryan Siembal, Mike Gould and Bradley Daniel all came after Risinger.

While the WHAT? Sftbll postseason hopes fell short, that doesn’t mean the team is doomed. In fact, this is just the beginning of a new window for the WHAT? Sftbll and it was a positive step in the right direction. The Club has all of the pieces that are needed to be a true contender in the Lake County Leagues next season. With a few more improvements on the defensive side, the Club will be able to bolster their chances even more.

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	2B	ARCHIBALD	Aaron	12	53	49	27	32	27	.604	22	4	0	1	.694	5	10	3	4	.551	1.298	1	6	0	0	2.3	2.7	2.3	0.8
9	RC	CALLAHAN	Brad	11	48	45	12	17	12	.354	9	3	0	0	.333	3	11	4	3	.267	.688	2	5	1	2	1.1	1.5	1.1	1.0
69	P	CREEK	James	12	47	39	5	18	10	.383	10	0	0	0	.256	0	6	3	8	.256	.639	0	1	1	3	0.4	1.5	0.8	0.5
17	C	CREEKMORE	Junior	12	52	49	18	34	31	.654	17	7	1	6	1.184	14	33	1	3	.633	1.838	0	1	1	3	1.5	2.8	2.6	2.8
3	1B	FITZGERALD	Connor	12	49	45	13	28	24	.571	21	3	0	0	.600	3	10	4	4	.533	1.171	0	5	1	1	1.1	2.3	2.0	0.8
34	SS	LARRIUZ	Drake	10	45	41	15	30	26	.667	19	4	3	0	.878	7	6	1	4	.634	1.545	0	6	0	0	1.5	3.0	2.6	0.6
27	LC	MUNSON	Jake	12	48	44	13	28	24	.583	14	6	0	4	.955	10	20	1	4	.545	1.538	0	2	0	0	1.1	2.3	2.0	1.7
13	RF	RISINGER	Kyle	9	38	29	8	20	11	.526	7	2	2	0	.586	4	6	2	9	.379	1.113	0	2	3	0	0.9	2.2	1.2	0.7
5	OF	SANCHEZ	Jason	8	31	27	6	16	11	.516	8	2	1	0	.556	3	7	1	4	.407	1.072	1	3	1	1	0.8	2.0	1.4	0.9
28	3B	SIEMBAL	Ryan	12	49	41	12	26	18	.531	12	5	0	1	.634	6	12	1	8	.439	1.165	0	0	4	1	1.0	2.2	1.5	1.0
6	OF	GOULD	Mike	2	6	4	2	4	2	.667	2	0	0	0	.500	3	2	0	2	.500	1.176	0	0	0	1	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.5
0	UP	NORTON	Brandon	2	10	10	5	6	6	.600	3	2	1	0	1.000	3	2	0	0	.600	1.600	0	0	1	0	2.5	3.0	3.0	1.0
11	OF	RZEWNICKI	David	7	27	26	8	13	12	.481	7	2	0	3	.885	5	14	4	1	.462	1.366	0	1	1	0	1.1	1.9	1.7	2.0
0	UP	Player	Adam	2	7	6	1	3	2	.429	2	0	0	0	.333	0	4	1	1	.333	.762	0	1	0	0	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.0
0	UP	Player	Frank	1	3	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

		Totals		12	513	458	145	275	216	.536	153	40	8	15	.692	63	143	26	55	.472	1.228	4	34	14	12	12.1	22.9	18.0	11.9

The trading cards commemorate Outfielders Kyle Risinger and James Creekmore Jr. Risinger is the last remaining ball player from the original 2012 younger squad. Making his debut on February 18th, 2022 vs. InFamous Softball Club at Myrtle Beach S.C. going ( 1 for 3 , BB ). Creekmore Jr. becoming the first rookie ball player to hit over .600 during summer play. Player of the Month in May, Creekmore Jr. lead the squad in runs scored, RBI’s, HR’s and extra base hits.

WHAT?

2 0 2 2 Season

The WHAT? Men’s Softball Club were one of the more pleasant surprises around softball this year. The Club finished the regular season with a 10-10 record which put them fifth in the Tuesday Night League. Additionally, the team clinched the eighth seed in the All City Playoff Tournament.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Utility Players

Summer League Stats

Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Fall League Stats