Y-D Red Sox

The Y-D Red Sox won the Cape League title again last year. Can anybody stop them in 2017?

Five to Watch
1. Drew Mendoza
2. Kris Bubic
3. Sean Hjelle
4. Alfonso Rivas
5. Carlos Cortes

Pitchers
Tim Brennan – St. Joseph’s – Cemented spot as one of top pitchers in Atlantic 10 with 2.85 ERA, 60 K in 75.2 IP
Michael Hendrickson – Michigan – No. 2 starter behind former Y-D pitcher Oliver Jaskie had 4.06 ERA, 70 K
Tommy Henry – Michigan – Struck out 39 in 31 innings of relief with 3.19 ERA
Sean Hjelle – Towering righty (6-11) went from closer to ace this year, striking out 94 in 100 IP with 3.87 ERA
Karl Kauffmann – Michigan – Posted 2.03 ERA in limited relief action
Riley McCauley – Michigan State – Saved nine games and struck out 41 in just 21.2 innings
Shane McClanahan – South Florida – Had big debut after redshirt year, posting 3.20 ERA, 104 Ks in 76 IP
Josh McMinn – Oral Roberts – Went 9-3 with 2.47 ERA in weekend rotation, striking out 75
Hunter Parsons – Maryland – Cal Ripken League Pitcher of the Year last summer struggled to 12.05 ERA this spring
John Rooney – Hofstra – Had ERA over five but struck out 86 in 82.1 innings in weekend rotation
Zane Strand – Arizona State – Highly touted freshman missed all but .2 innings of season with injury
Spencer Van Scoyoc – Arizona State – More walks than strikeouts in up-and-down freshman year but managed 3.86 ERA
Kris Bubic – Stanford – Top starter for Cardinal had 2.79 ERA, 96 K in 90.1 IP

CATCHERS
Domenic DeRenzo – Oklahoma – Hit eight home runs as a freshman but struggled to .183 AVG this year
Nick Meyer – Cal Poly – Batted .255 with two homers as everyday catcher

INFIELDERS
Kyle Isbel – UNLV – Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Year in 2016 hit .290 with 6 HR this year
Connor Kaiser – Vanderbilt – Shortstop for the Commodores hit .219 with one HR this spring
Christian Koss – UC Irvine – Scuffled at the plate with .180 average in 40 games this season
Drew Mendoza – Florida State – Top 2016 HS prospect to attend college hitting .270 with 8 HR
Carter Pharis – UAB – After strong freshman year, hit .305 with three HR this spring
Nicholas Quintana – Arizona – Red Sox’ 11th-round pick in 2016 hit .293 with 6 HR in freshman campaign
Alfonso Rivas – Arizona – Had breakout sophomore year with .371 AVG, 7 HR, 63 RBI
Jake Slaughter – LSU – Earning regular duty as frosh with Tigers and hitting .258
Nico Hoerner – Stanford – Has started all but one game in two years, hitting .307 this season

OUTFIELDERS
Carlos Cortes – South Carolina – 20th-round pick last year hit .286 with team-best 12 homers in first season
Jonah Davis – California – Hit .275 with two homers and stole 10 bases in second season with Bears
Alex McKenna – Cal Poly – Broke out for big sophomore season, hitting .356 with five HR, 13 SB
Luke Miller – Indiana – Followed up strong freshman season by hitting .272 with 10 home runs

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