
Along with all graduating seniors continuing their playing careers at institutions of higher learning, the 2018 New York Nine Scout Team highlighted their summer season with a national final four finish at the NABF World Series.
Freddy Rojas, Jr. hit all summer long with solid power and a sound approach. He finished hitting a very strong .424/.545/.610. Catcher Teo Estevez just consistently got on base all season, leading to a .515 OBP with a .396 batting average. Jesse Spellman came on strong the second half of the season with an 18 game on base streak and hit .303/.538/.515 over that span. On the season he finished with a .487 OBP and 21 walks. John Garcia showed off the power potential in his bat this summer with 10 doubles. In an inauspicious way to climb the Nine leaderboard, JP Compres led the way with 10 HBP. John Garcia was hit by 7 pitches and Jesse Spellman was hit 6. In only 37 plate appearances, Jeissy De La Cruz wore it 5 times.
Once again, the Nine boasted a deep pitching staff that always gave the team a chance to win. Alejandro Soler was astoundingly consistent posting a 0.58 ERA in 24.1 innings. He was poised to reach the required 25 inning mark, standing on the mound at Beach Channel HS in the 8th inning as the skies opened up, halting the game. We have chosen to recognize this amazing accomplishment, however marking it with an *.
Five Nine hurlers struck out over a batter per inning, Dimitri Papazoglou struck out 35 guys in 25 innings, Bryce Martino struck out 33 guys in 26 innings (with a strong 1.89 ERA), Joe Wozny struck out 31 in 29.2 innings, DJ Flug struck out 30 in 25.1 and Olvis Genao struck out 30 in 17 innings for a 39% strikeout rate.
HITTING RECORDS (minimum 50 PAs)
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Slugging Percentage
| Walks
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Hits
| Home Runs
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Doubles
| Triples
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Stolen Bases
| Runs
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HBP
| Runs Batted In
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PITCHING RECORDS (minimum 25 IP)
ERA
| Strikeouts
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Innings Pitched
| Wins
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Complete Games
| Saves
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