Well, here goes…
East Side Player of the Year: Dyelan Grace
Dyelan captures the “what if” theorem perfectly for this past season. Before his catastrophic injury, D-Grace had a .667 batting average, 1.133 contribution percentage and .733 total run production index. Despite missing seven games, D-Grace still led the team in home runs.
West Side Player of the Year: Jesus Espinoza
Jesus plays softball with the subtlety and gracefulness that embodies the West Side. Jesus batted .440 this season, with a .552 contribution percentage, and played well defensively in the outfield.
Comeback Player: Eric Grace
Eric won this award last year, as he came off of a debilitating arm injury. This season, with the gruesome pain of last season’s injury still an all-too-real nightmare, Grace continued his comeback with a .429 batting average, .629 contribution percentage and .514 total run production index. Grace graced the batting leader boards all season, and tied for the team high in runs scored (and tied his brother’s mark with two home runs).
Ironman: Mike Atiyeh
Playing every day is essential when it comes to success for the Red-Legged Superbas, and Mike’s strength and determination is a big part of that. Too bad we were hugely unsuccessful, although that had nothing to do with Mike’s play. Mike picked up his defensive play the second-half of the season and was third on the team in runs batted-in and tied for the team high in doubles.
Dyelan, Jesus, Eric and Mike… we salute you.