Almonte Voted Best Starter, Vaughn Nominated For Best Hitter

Minor League Baseball (MiLB) announced the results of its fan voting for Best Starter on Monday, and Brooklyn Cyclone Yohan Amonte was the winner for Short Season:

Class A Short-Season: Yohan Almonte (8-1, 1.91 ERA)
The Cyclones compiled the best winning percentage in all of short-season baseball in 2010, and Almonte was a big reason why. The 20-year-old, signed as an undrafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2007, led the league with a 1.91 ERA while pacing the Cyclones with eight victories. Almonte racked up four times as many strikeouts (60) as he did walks (15), and didn't allow an earned run in seven of his 15 starts. The ultra-lanky righty (listed as 6'1", 150 pounds) posted the only nine-inning complete game shutout in the New York-Penn League, scattering six hits in a dominating win over Connecticut on August 28. Almonte got 44 percent of the overall vote, triumphing in a close race over Bristol's Spencer Arroyo (37 percent) and handily beating rotation-mate Angel Cuan (14 percent).

This week's MiLBy Award category is best hitter.  Cyclone Cory Vaughn is the lone representative from the NYPL.  Cory was selected by the NY Mets' in the fourth round of the 2010 Draft out of San Diego State University.  In his 72 game season, he hit .307 with 14 doubles, 5 triples, 14 home runs, 56 RBI, and an OPS of .953.  You can follow this link to vote for Cory and make it back-to-back victories for the Cyclones and the NYPL.