MiLB Names Players of the Postseason

Today, Minor League Baseball (MiLB) named its "Players of the Postseason" for the recently concluded 2010 Minor League Playoffs.  In the New York-Penn League, Darrell Ceciliani of the Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets) was named Best Position Player and Andrew Moss of the Batavia Muckdogs (Cardinals) was named Best Pitcher. 

For Ceciliani, the Mets' 4th round pick in 2009, this award is added to his NYPL Batting Championship (.351) and All-Star start in Center Field.  As well as leading the league in average, Darrell was first in hits (95), at-bats (271), runs (56), and triples (12). 

Andrew Moss, the Cardinals' 35th round pick in 2009 and the 2009 Appalachian League ERA leader (1.32), adds this recognition to his earlier award as NYPL Pitcher of the Week for the period of June 28-July 4, 2010.  In that week, Moss threw 7 innings of no-hit ball against Mahoning Valley.

From Minor League Baseball:

Darrell Ceciliani, Brooklyn

          .474/.565/.579, 9-for-19, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 6 RS, 4 BB, 2 K, 4 SB, 1 CS

New York-Penn League batting champion Darrell Ceciliani, who was picked by the Mets in the fourth round of last year's Draft, had plenty of hits left in the tank for the postseason. He had two hits in each of the three games Brooklyn played against Jamestown in the first round of the playoffs. In the series vs. the Jammers, he stole a base in the first game, two in the second game and another in the third game. After he went 0-for-4 in Game 1 of the Finals, and he was 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored in decisive Game 2.

Andrew Moss, Batavia

          0-1, 1.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 1 CG, 9 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 BB, 5 K

Andrew Moss did what he could, but his Muckdogs were eliminated in his lone postseason start. Moss, a late-round pick by the Cardinals in last year's Draft, gave up one run on four hits while striking out five without walking anybody over the course of his complete game against the Tri-City ValleyCats, who went on to win the New York-Penn League championship. Moss was 8-2 with a 3.35 ERA in the regular season.