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Litty · 09-24-2019, 04:37 AM

College

2021 saw three colleges retain their conference titles- Manhattan College (MAAC), Air Force (Mountain West), BYU (West Coast). This was BYU’s third consecutive conference title as they dominated their ten-team conference. The full conference champions were as follows:
Hartford, Tulane, Liberty, UMass Amherst, Virginia Tech, Baylor, Georgetown, UNC Asheville, Rutgers, UC Santa Barbara, Toledo, UAB, UIC, Yale, Manhattan College, North Carolina Central, Kent State, Valparaiso, Air Force, Bryant, Eastern Kentucky, UCLA, Navy, Ole Miss, Samford, Incarnate Word, Oral Roberts, Arkansas State, Jackson State (#1), BYU, CSU Bakersfield

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1st seed Jackson State suffered a shock loss in the first round to Saint Louis. Meanwhile, defending champions TCU suffered a third round exit to Boston College.

For the first time in this league, a conference winner won the National Championship as it was secured by UNC Asheville. After going 41-15 and winning the Big South, they began their championship run with a sweep against Rider. They followed that up with another sweep over Saint Louis, who were coming off their victory over 1st seed Jackson State. Their third sweep came against Furman as Greenwood Baseball Field began to see record attendance numbers. The Bulldogs’ first loss came in the Quarterfinals as they dropped the first game to Purdue before rallying to take the series. They cruised through the Semifinals, sweeping North Carolina Central to reach their first National Championship. For the first time in the postseason, Asheville were the visiting team, albeit it at the neutral venue of the National Championship. Their opponents were the UIC Flames, who had also gone 41-15 and who had won the Horizon League. The series went the distance, with Asheville taking the championship 5-4 in the final game to secure a 3-2 series victory.

Juan Ibarra of Navy won rookie of the year. The junior catcher hit .321 and 7 home runs with an OPS of .985. Pitcher of the Year went to Jimmy Nelson of Southern. He went 11-0 with a 0.62 ERA and 104 Ks across 72.2 innings. However, the Player of Year was the Erik Fern of Kansas. The third baseman hit .364 with 21 home runs and a 1.152 OPS in a staggering year for the junior.

There were eleven no-hitters across the season, with two perfect games. Ibarra’s Navy teammate Joe McQuerry pitched the first against Fresno State with Pitt’s Juan Nava pitching one against George Mason later in the season.

MLB

After four years of AL dominance, the majors saw an NL champion as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Red Sox 4-1 in the World Series. This marked the Braves’ first title since 1995.

Jesus Armando Sanchez (Tampa Bay- .282, 25 HR) and Teruo Kada (Atlanta- .296, 51 HR) were named Rookie of the Year for their respective league. Kada was a 28-year-old Japanese free agent who had signed an 8-year contract with the Braves. Chris Sale (Boston- 10-8, 3.02 ERA, 211 Ks) retained his Cy Young title, leading the AL in Ks and K/9, having done the latter every year since 2019. In the NL, Walker Buehler (Los Angeles- 14-3, 1.76 ERA, 226 Ks) claimed his first Cy Young award, topping off an excellent first few years in the league. When it came to the league’s top award, Mike Trout (Los Angeles- .250, 50 HR) claimed his third MVP and his first since 2016. In the NL, Atlanta’s Teruo Kada claimed the MVP award, becoming the third player to win both Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year. In fact, Kada was named MVP, Rookie of the Year, All-Star, Silver Slugger at right-fielder and World Series MVP all in his first season. Along with Mike Trout, he also hit the first 50-home run season since 2017 (Sorry Pete Alonso, the game only had you hit 31 in your rookie year, but hey! You still got Rookie of the Year).

The league saw two no-hitters, with Kyle Wright throwing one against Philadelphia on July 3rd and Yonny Chirinos notching the season’s second against Detroit 26 days later on July 29th. In terms of career milestones, Paul Goldschmidt, Ryan Zimmerman, Khris Davis, JD Martinez all reached 300 home runs while Giancarlo Stanton passed 400. Both David Price and Madison Bumgarner passed 2000 career strikeouts.

HOF: There were three new members of the Hall of Fame- Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds and David Ortiz.

First Overall Watch

2019 first overall pick Adley Rutschman joined Baltimore’s MLB roster, playing 105 games behind the plate. He managed a .270 average with 14 home runs, as well as a 1.128 defensive efficiency. Meanwhile, Josh Saliba remains in the minors. This season, he played 29 games at A- level, going 2-4 with a 3.88 ERA and 42 Ks across 46.1 innings.

Now for the wild twist. 2020 first overall Liam Morris has just straight up disappeared from the game. He does not appear when you search for him and there is no record that he was ever in the game. The only thing that I can think happened is that the Marlins released Morris and he just retired? Anyway, the fact of the matter is that Morris no longer exists. Geoandry Montilla did a year at the game’s UCLA but went undrafted in 2021, meaning that he is without a team.

2021’s first overall was left-fielder Nick Bitsko, taken out of high school by the Orioles. In 28 games at rookie level, Bitsko hit .231 and two home runs. The first player taken from our college league was first baseman Danny Contreras, taken by the Rays 500th overall from NC State. Having hit .265 in his senior year, he hit .231 in fourteen games for the Rays’ rookie league team.

The 2022 season will be published on September 25th.

09-24-2019, 04:37 AM	#5
Litty Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 138	2021 College 2021 saw three colleges retain their conference titles- Manhattan College (MAAC), Air Force (Mountain West), BYU (West Coast). This was BYU’s third consecutive conference title as they dominated their ten-team conference. The full conference champions were as follows: Hartford, Tulane, Liberty, UMass Amherst, Virginia Tech, Baylor, Georgetown, UNC Asheville, Rutgers, UC Santa Barbara, Toledo, UAB, UIC, Yale, Manhattan College, North Carolina Central, Kent State, Valparaiso, Air Force, Bryant, Eastern Kentucky, UCLA, Navy, Ole Miss, Samford, Incarnate Word, Oral Roberts, Arkansas State, Jackson State (#1), BYU, CSU Bakersfield 1st seed Jackson State suffered a shock loss in the first round to Saint Louis. Meanwhile, defending champions TCU suffered a third round exit to Boston College. For the first time in this league, a conference winner won the National Championship as it was secured by UNC Asheville. After going 41-15 and winning the Big South, they began their championship run with a sweep against Rider. They followed that up with another sweep over Saint Louis, who were coming off their victory over 1st seed Jackson State. Their third sweep came against Furman as Greenwood Baseball Field began to see record attendance numbers. The Bulldogs’ first loss came in the Quarterfinals as they dropped the first game to Purdue before rallying to take the series. They cruised through the Semifinals, sweeping North Carolina Central to reach their first National Championship. For the first time in the postseason, Asheville were the visiting team, albeit it at the neutral venue of the National Championship. Their opponents were the UIC Flames, who had also gone 41-15 and who had won the Horizon League. The series went the distance, with Asheville taking the championship 5-4 in the final game to secure a 3-2 series victory. Juan Ibarra of Navy won rookie of the year. The junior catcher hit .321 and 7 home runs with an OPS of .985. Pitcher of the Year went to Jimmy Nelson of Southern. He went 11-0 with a 0.62 ERA and 104 Ks across 72.2 innings. However, the Player of Year was the Erik Fern of Kansas. The third baseman hit .364 with 21 home runs and a 1.152 OPS in a staggering year for the junior. There were eleven no-hitters across the season, with two perfect games. Ibarra’s Navy teammate Joe McQuerry pitched the first against Fresno State with Pitt’s Juan Nava pitching one against George Mason later in the season. MLB After four years of AL dominance, the majors saw an NL champion as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Red Sox 4-1 in the World Series. This marked the Braves’ first title since 1995. Jesus Armando Sanchez (Tampa Bay- .282, 25 HR) and Teruo Kada (Atlanta- .296, 51 HR) were named Rookie of the Year for their respective league. Kada was a 28-year-old Japanese free agent who had signed an 8-year contract with the Braves. Chris Sale (Boston- 10-8, 3.02 ERA, 211 Ks) retained his Cy Young title, leading the AL in Ks and K/9, having done the latter every year since 2019. In the NL, Walker Buehler (Los Angeles- 14-3, 1.76 ERA, 226 Ks) claimed his first Cy Young award, topping off an excellent first few years in the league. When it came to the league’s top award, Mike Trout (Los Angeles- .250, 50 HR) claimed his third MVP and his first since 2016. In the NL, Atlanta’s Teruo Kada claimed the MVP award, becoming the third player to win both Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year. In fact, Kada was named MVP, Rookie of the Year, All-Star, Silver Slugger at right-fielder and World Series MVP all in his first season. Along with Mike Trout, he also hit the first 50-home run season since 2017 (Sorry Pete Alonso, the game only had you hit 31 in your rookie year, but hey! You still got Rookie of the Year). The league saw two no-hitters, with Kyle Wright throwing one against Philadelphia on July 3rd and Yonny Chirinos notching the season’s second against Detroit 26 days later on July 29th. In terms of career milestones, Paul Goldschmidt, Ryan Zimmerman, Khris Davis, JD Martinez all reached 300 home runs while Giancarlo Stanton passed 400. Both David Price and Madison Bumgarner passed 2000 career strikeouts. HOF: There were three new members of the Hall of Fame- Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds and David Ortiz. First Overall Watch 2019 first overall pick Adley Rutschman joined Baltimore’s MLB roster, playing 105 games behind the plate. He managed a .270 average with 14 home runs, as well as a 1.128 defensive efficiency. Meanwhile, Josh Saliba remains in the minors. This season, he played 29 games at A- level, going 2-4 with a 3.88 ERA and 42 Ks across 46.1 innings. Now for the wild twist. 2020 first overall Liam Morris has just straight up disappeared from the game. He does not appear when you search for him and there is no record that he was ever in the game. The only thing that I can think happened is that the Marlins released Morris and he just retired? Anyway, the fact of the matter is that Morris no longer exists. Geoandry Montilla did a year at the game’s UCLA but went undrafted in 2021, meaning that he is without a team. 2021’s first overall was left-fielder Nick Bitsko, taken out of high school by the Orioles. In 28 games at rookie level, Bitsko hit .231 and two home runs. The first player taken from our college league was first baseman Danny Contreras, taken by the Rays 500th overall from NC State. Having hit .265 in his senior year, he hit .231 in fourteen games for the Rays’ rookie league team. The 2022 season will be published on September 25th. __________________ Good times, good vibes going forwards.