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DE Conference's Best Pitcher is Díaz: 25-year-old Cristóbal Díaz of the Lewes Braves put together a good year in 2023 for such a young player. Díaz was named today as the winner of the Delaware Conference Golden Arm Award.

Díaz crafted an impressive 17-4 record and a 2.19 ERA. In 210 innings he allowed 158 hits, struck out 238, and walked 44.

Norfolk's Brown Nets MV Conference Golden Arm Award: The Norfolk clubhouse staff referred to him as "the kid" this season. Next year Paul Brown will have to have a new nickname. He earned it after winning the 2023 MarVa Conference Golden Arm Award.

Brown made 32 starts this year, winning 22 and losing 4. He threw 228.1 innings, fanned 250, allowed 152 hits and 40 walks, while holding opposing teams to a .185 average as he logged an impressive 2.33 ERA.

Notes:
Both of these guys deserved the award this season. Diaz could of made a case for it last year, but in 2023 they are both first time winners. Both players are young and could end up walking away with more hardware in the future. Technically, Paul Brown wasn't a rookie this year, but it was his first full season in the bigs, and all he did was walk away with the pitching triple crown. Diaz is know as the games brightest lefty starters, last season he posted a sub-2 ERA.

It will be fun watching these 2 kids mature, they both should have very bright futures ahead of them.