2024 MWBL HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS
The 2024 Hall of Fame Voting was completed in January and today the 21st of July 2024 the Mid-West Baseball League is proud to add two more Hall of Fame Players to the hallowed halls of the Mid-West Baseball League Hall of Fame.
The Mid-West Baseball League Commissioner’s Office is proud to announce:
“The Mid-West Baseball League 2024 Hall of Fame Class of Players, Nomar Garciaparra & Mike Piazza to the Mid-West Baseball League Hall of Fame”.
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| NOMAR GARCIAPARRA HALL OF FAME | MIKE PIAZZA HALL OF FAME | |
| NOMAR GARCIAPARRA SPEECH | MIKE PIAZZA SPEECH |
2024 MWBL / MLB DRAFT NEWS
2024 Major League Baseball Draft: Mid-West Baseball League Stars Shine Bright
Mid-West Baseball League Commissioner’s Office – Report submitted by Chris Douglass – Tempe Tempers – July 16th, 2024
In an exciting turn of events, several players who were selected in the 2024 Mid-West Baseball League (MWBL) Draft this past February have now been picked in the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. The biggest winner in this scenario is undoubtedly the Bethesda Bandicoots, who had the top two players taken in the MLB Draft this past Sunday evening: Travis Bazzana and Chase Burns.
The question on everyone’s mind now is whether & if any of these talented players will make it to the major leagues (MLB) before the end of the 2026 MLB season. Notably, Travis Bazzana and Jac Caglianone have been given the Bonus Baby tag, granting them an extra year of eligibility through 2027.
Here’s a look at the players selected by MWBL teams and their corresponding MLB Draft picks:
| Pick | Player | POS | MWBL | MLB |
| 1 | Bazzana, Travis | 2B | BET | CLE |
| 2 | Burns, Chase | P | BET | CIN |
| 3 | Condon, Charlie | OF | YRR | COL |
| 4 | Kurtz, Nick | 1B | DAL | OAK |
| 5 | Smith, Hagen | P | DET | CWS |
| 6 | Caglianone, Jac | 1B | GST | KAN |
| 7 | Wetherholt, J.J. | 2B | FRE | STL |
| 9 | Griffin, Konnor | OF | DET | PIT |
| 10 | King, Seaver | OF | GST | WAS |
| 12 | Montgomery, Braden | OF | BET | BOS |
| 22 | Honeycutt, Vance | OF | TEM | BAL |
| 38 | Brecht, Brody | P | TIJ | COL |
| 40 | White, Tommy | 3B | DET | OAK |
| 46 | Santucci, Jonathan | P | BET | NYM |
| 83 | Hartle, Josh | P | BAL | PIT |
| 87 | Sirota, Mike | OF | FRE | CIN |
MWBL managers have once again demonstrated their keen eye for talent, often outshining their MLB counterparts in identifying future stars. As these players embark on their professional journeys, all eyes will be on their progress and potential impact on the major leagues as well as when & if they make it up as carded players in the Mid-West Baseball League.
2024 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #20
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| MULLINS,Cedric | TIJ AL | .550 | 1.500 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| KERSHAW,Clayton | HOL AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BELL,Josh E. | BAL NL | .357 | .821 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MIKOLAS,Miles | BAL NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2017 MWBL RE-DRAFT – (WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED)
Mid-West Baseball League Commissioner’s Office – Report submitted by Chris DeMecurio – Corktown Cycle. – July 14th, 2024
The rules are simple. I selected a player to draft with each pick in the 1st round of the 2017 MWBL Draft from the players that were selected somewhere in that draft. Minor league players had to make it up by the end of the 2019 season or it would be a waste of a pick no matter how good they were. Remember, it’s impossible to know what each owner would have done with a chance to re-draft, so I did my best to mix the player’s actual MLB career with their MWBL career and remaining potential. Let’s keep in mind this was for fun. With that said, go ahead and share your thoughts, and rip on some of my re-draft picks, but more importantly feel free to call out owners for their actual picks.
I like to start with players who were drafted but did not make it up in time. This draft didn’t have any real big names. A few big-time prospects that didn’t make it up in time nor develop into anything. These guys all had to make it up before COVID-19, so the end of the 2019 season. No bonus babies or extra COVID season yet. The toughest cut for me was P Mike Soroka. He is still 25 years old, and I was very scared of what I have watched in 2024. Unless I missed somebody else, there won’t be any controversy whatsoever.
Rd 2 #31 Braxton Garrett – P MIA – Southbend Lynx
Rd 2 #35 Leody Taveras – OF TEX – Corktown Cycle
Rd 6 #147 Joshua Lowe – OF TB – Corktown Cycle
Rd 7 #172 Hunter Greene – P CIN – Chicago Mobsters
2024 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #19
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| WALKER,Christian | CIN AL | .333 | .944 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| STRIDER,Spencer | TIJ AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| ROJAS,Johan | COL NL | .500 | 1.286 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| GREINKE,Zack | YRR NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |