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 |
2024 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #18
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| WITT Jr.,Bobby | DET AL | .560 | 1.240 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | # | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 1.54 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| DAHL,David | SAC NL | .333 | .952 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| WICKS,Jordan | LBD NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |