2017 S e a s o n

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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).

Summer League Standing

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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 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

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Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A.	A.B.	Runs	O.B.	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
Cooper Trodler	P	21	85	77	25	42	33	22	1	9	1	1.208	28	8	.429	1
Ralph Lozano	P	78	325	312	123	189	175	123	13	2	37	1.553	164	13	.561	1
Alex Rodgers	C	48	173	157	47	89	71	70	1	0	0	.973	46	16	.452	2
Cal Haley	C	26	106	101	45	74	68	43	10	2	13	1.896	58	5	.673	1
Neil Sankpal	C	33	125	107	35	61	42	38	3	1	0	.927	31	18	.393	1
Connor Fitzgerald	1B	53	200	186	53	98	78	76	1	1	0	.925	50	14	.419	6
Zack Pawlowski	1B	39	149	136	43	80	63	48	7	0	8	1.228	46	13	.463	4
Aaron Archibald	2B	85	265	232	109	176	135	113	12	7	3	1.397	79	33	.582	8
Nolan Sordyl	2B	9	34	31	11	16	13	7	4	2	0	1.148	10	3	.419	0
Evan Bierman	3B	10	42	41	25	30	29	16	4	3	6	2.104	25	1	.707	0
Ryan Siembal	3B	89	319	281	88	196	154	125	22	3	4	1.304	100	38	.548	4
Dakota Morand	SS	51	198	177	60	102	76	63	11	1	1	1.035	43	21	.429	5
Danny Morales	SS	21	92	90	54	60	55	21	16	3	15	2.008	57	2	.611	3
Adam Tagli	LF	44	184	181	80	108	101	70	21	5	5	1.528	69	3	.558	4
Chris DeRue	LF	23	87	85	42	52	50	41	7	0	2	1.339	31	2	.588	0
Dave Collins	LF	12	45	43	9	21	18	14	1	2	1	1.072	14	2	.419	1
Kevin Matesi	LC	36	143	142	54	91	90	65	13	3	9	1.594	56	1	.634	0
Tommy Dubicki	LC	37	134	119	43	68	53	43	5	4	1	1.087	22	15	.445	0
Brad Callahan	RC	46	164	150	45	87	69	51	14	4	0	1.137	39	14	.460	4
Tino Torres	RC	15	59	58	24	34	33	20	5	1	7	1.628	34	1	.569	0
Troy Bloom	RC	19	79	77	48	60	52	31	7	6	8	1.993	42	2	.675	6
Jonny Yarnall	RF	39	149	134	56	91	74	71	3	0	0	1.186	37	15	.552	2
Kyle Risinger	RF	21	80	67	30	49	34	25	4	4	1	1.344	17	13	.507	2
Nick Krocker	RF	19	66	56	15	33	21	19	2	0	0	.989	15	10	.375	2
Tim Matesi	RF	28	109	100	45	76	65	39	15	5	6	1.777	43	9	.650	2

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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.

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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.

Team Memorabilia

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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.

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