In the end, the D-backs won out over the Wildcats.
After a lengthy decision-making process, IMG Baseball Academy alum Blake Perry this week signed a contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, receiving a $500,000 signing bonus. Perry chose the professional route over the University of Kentucky.
Said Tom Allison, Arizona’s Director of Scouting:
“We are delighted to have signed [...]
With another successful and competitive season in the books, check out some photos from IMG Wood Bat League’s Saturday championship.
As with the regular season and playoffs, the Marauders dominated the hardware when Commissioner Jason Elias handed out the season-ending awards this past weekend.
After posting a 20-3 regular season record and recording a dominant 10-2 IMG WBL championship game victory, Marauder players took home four of the major league-wide awards. Photos from championship Saturday and [...]
Today is the final day in the IMG Wood Bat League summer season. The championship game will be between the top seeded Marauders and the suprise team of the playoffs: the Conquistadors. The Conquistadors beat the Hurricanes 6-1 and followed their quarterfinal performance with a 5-2 victory over the second seeded Manatees. The Marauders won [...]
Seven weeks of hard work, sacrifice, and tenacity will all come down to one day. The IMG Wood Bat League will come to a close tomorrow with the championship game being played between the Conquistadors and the Marauders. Nobody is more prepared than catcher Eddie Herst of the Conquistadors. The Texas native played his way to [...]
The second seed Manatees have won in all of their meetings with the Conquistadors this summer. In an attempt to reverse this trend the Conquistadors send Austin Platt to the mound. Platt has compiled a 1.99 ERA so far this summer with a record of 3-1. In particular, he has had success against the Manatees [...]
The regular season is now over and today is the first day of the playoffs. The top two teams (Marauders and Manatees) have “byes” to the semi-finals where they will meet the winners of today’s quarterfinal matchups. The third seeded Lightning took on the sixth seeded Seadogs while the fifth seeded Hurricanes faced the fourth [...]
It has been an intense summer for the players competing in the IMG Wood Bat League. Playing 3-4 games a week while practicing and training physically, you must have superb mental concentration to keep yourself focused. For 17-year old Tony Rivera, his concentration has never been better as he is set on winning a championship. [...]
Player of the Week:
Tyler Helphenstine, .667 Batting Average, 2 Doubles, 4 RBIs, 4 Runs Scored, .889 Slug %, .700 OB%, 1.589 OPS.
Pitcher of the Week:
Austin Platt, 1 win, 8 strikeouts, 1.62 ERA.
Final regular standings and playoff seeding (Marauders and Manatees get first-round bye):
Marauders 20-3
Manatees 13-9
Lightning 10-12-1
Conquistadors 10-13
Hurricanes 9-14
Seadogs 5-16-1
Final regular season offensive and pitching leaders:
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The final game of the regular season has drawn to a close in the 2010 IMG Wood Bat League. The playoffs are this week and each team is entering with different scenarios; but the same goal of winning the IMG Wood Bat League championship. Each team is given a playoff berth and is at most [...]
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