It’s Postseason Award Season

August 30, 2012

Rather than wait until, say, after the regular season, multiple leagues have begun issue the press releases for the postseason awards, perhaps because Labor Day is so early this year.

Here’s a rundown of how the Nationals farmhands have been honored thus far…

GCL
Matt Foat was named to the GCL’s All-Star team at second base, the lone G-Nat to make the squad. The 22-year-old NDFA posted a line of .333/.404/.401 in 43 games. He signed on June 11, after a breakout season at USC in which he hit .323 with 3HR and 27RBI in 54 games.

SALLY LEAGUE
To no one’s surprise, Matt Skole was named the League’s MVP and starting 3B for his .286/.438/.574 marks over 101 games, which included 27HRs and will likely be good enough to earn him the HR title as well. He’s also the focus of John Sickels’s prospect report today.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
As noted a couple of days ago, Corey Brown and Carlos Rivero were named to the International League’s All-Star team at outfield and and third base, respectively. Both are acquisitions under Rizzo, with Brown coming in the December 2010 Washington-Oakland trade and Rivero getting claimed in December 2011 on waivers from Philadelphia.

The Carolina and Eastern Leagues have issued their postseason awards, but no Nationals were honored. The New York-Penn League has not yet announced its awards.

2 Commments

markfd says:

August 30, 2012 at 2:14 pm

What is the report on Stoat?

What position do you think Skole will be playing next season?
1. Luke Erickson says:
  
  August 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm
  
  — Foat:
  Like most everyone in the complexes, all I know is what I see in the boxes, cobbled together with the occasional line item from a collegiate SID or hometown newspaper.
  
  –Skole:
  I think he’s best suited to 1B and have thought that since the first time I saw him. I saw little in his time thus far at Potomac to change my mind.

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