Canadian Baseball Network announces winners for 2022 awards

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Published 21.12.2022
Canadian Baseball Network announces winners for 2022 awards

Edouard Julien, Mitch Bratt, L.P. Pelletier and Miguel Cienfuegos have been named the winners of the Canadian Baseball Network‘s 2022 awards on Monday.

Julien, from Quebec City, claimed the Randy Echlin Award as the highest Canadian minor league hitter within the affiliated ranks. The 23-year-old infielder, who was drafted within the 18th spherical by Minnesota in 2019, hit .300 and posted a .441 on-base share in 113 video games with the Wichita Wind Surge, the Twins’ double-A affiliate.

Bratt took the Wayne Norton Award because the Canadian minor league pitcher of the yr. The southpaw from Newmarket, Ont., had a 2.45 ERA in 19 appearances (18 begins) with the Low-A Down East Wood Ducks with the Texas Rangers group. Bratt, 19, was drafted within the fifth spherical by Texas in 2021.

Pelletier and Cienfuegos captured their awards within the international or unbiased ball ranks. The Montreal native Pelletier earned the Murray Zuk Award as offensive participant of the yr and Cienfuegos, from Laval, Que., obtained the Claude Pelletier Award as the highest pitcher.

Pelletier, who performs with the Frontier League’s Trois-Rivieres Aigles, led all Canadians who performed within the unbiased or international professional ranks with 81 runs and was tied for first with 117 hits in 85 video games. He was additionally second amongst Canadians in batting common (.340), fourth in RBIs (58) and fifth in house runs (14).

Cienfuegos had a 10-2 report with a 1.79 ERA in 21 appearances for the Frontier League’s Quebec Capitales. Both his wins and ERA have been tops amongst all Canadians within the international or unbiased ranks, and he was second in strikeouts (106) and WHIP (1.029). The 25-year-old lefty signed with the San Diego Padres earlier this month.

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