Today, Minor League Baseball (MiLB) announced its finalists for Best Starter in each of the different classifications. The NYPL, Northwest League, Appalachian League, Gulf Coast League, Pioneer League, and Arizona Summer League are grouped together in the Short Season category. Of the 5 nominated starters, 2 spent the entire season in the NYPL where each attained All-Star status, while one was promoted to the League at season's end.
Yohan Almonte and Angel Cuan represent the Brooklyn Cyclones (NY Mets), and Enny Romero played most of the season for the GCL Rays and had one start for the Hudson Valley Renegades in September.
Yohan Amonte (2007 Non-Drafted Free Agent, NY Mets, 20 years old):
After spending 2009 with the GCL Mets and Kingsport Mets (Appalachian League), Yohan was promoted to Brookly for 2010. He went 8-4 with a NYPL leading 1.91 ERA (19 ER/89.2 IP). He walked 15, stuckout 60, had a 1.34 GO/AO (ground-out/fly-out ratio), and held opponents to a .207 batting average.
Angel Cuan (2007 or 2008 Non-Drafted Free Agent, NY Mets, 21 years old):
Angel spent most of the 2009 season pitching for the Kingsport Mets. By the end of the season, he had earned a promotion up to Brooklyn for 2 late season starts. This year, after 3 early relief appearances with the St. Lucie Mets (Advanced A Florida State League), he returned to Brooklyn in time to start the NYPL season. Angel proceeded to go 5-1 in 14 starts and was second in the NYPL with a 2.03 (18 ER/79.2 IP) ERA. Angle also had 17 walks, 64 strikeouts, 0.92 GO/AO, and held hitters to a .230 average.
Enny Romero (2008 Non-Drafted Free Agent, Tampa Bay Rays, 19 years old):
After a 2009 campaign where Enny went 2-4 with a 4.81 with the GCL Rays, he started the season with the Princeton Rays of the Appalachian League. Over 13 starts for Princeton, he went 4-1 with a 1.95 ERA (15 ER/69.1 IP). He walked 14, struckout 72, had a 1.78 GO/AO ratio, and held batters to a .204 average. On September 1st, Enny was promoted to Hudson Valley, where he threw 5.0 innings of one-run ball to pick-up his first NYPL victory.
The voting can be found at the Minor League Baseball website and is open until Monday, October 11th.
Also, voting will be continuing until Wednesday morning for the first round of the 2010 Promotions of the Year. In the Best Giveaway category, the NYPL is represented by the Brooklyn Cyclones for their "Ike Davis Bobble Legs". Brooklyn also is a nominee in the Best Theme Night for its "Jersey? Sure! Night". The Lowell Spinners, the 2010 NYPL Leo Pinckney Award recipient for promotions, is nominated in this category for its "50 Years Of Bubble Wrap Event". The Vermont Lake Monsters are nominated for Best Celebrity Appearances for Bill "Spaceman" Lee and Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd. Fortunately or unfortunately, the NYPL did not have a nominee in the Miscellaneous Category.
The four category finalists will then go head-to-head-to-head-to-head (or legs) to determine the fans choice for Best of the Year.
Later this month, MiLB will be taking votes for Best Hitter, Best Reliever, Best Team, and Best Game.
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