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Old 06-18-2019, 05:16 AM   #38
Litty
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2048

Bristol took Tam Bastian out of Florida first overall. Iona Lukska, daughter of former Red Sox Farel Lukska, also entered the 2048 draft from Nauset Regional High School. She went 7th overall to Hamilton. Twin Fall’s 2047 no. 1 draft pick, Petra Turner, threw 7 pitches on August 29th in her only appearance for the season.

Asheville won the East with 97 wins, one win ahead of second place Charlotte. Richmond, 86-64, were the only other East Division side to make the playoffs. No Central division teams made the postseason, with Jasper finishing top of the division with 79 wins. It was a different story in the West. Lakewood won the division with 94 wins with Bakersfield, Provo, Seattle and Portland rounding out the playoffs.

However, despite this West Division dominance, all but one of the teams from the division were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Portland were swept by Asheville and Seattle suffered the same fate against Charlotte. Lakewood managed a win against Richmond but lost game three in extras. In the other first round series, Bakersfield swept Provo. Asheville and Richmond both won in four to set up a finals showdown. The Wolves looked burned out and easily succumbed to Richmond, losing the series 4-1.

With Elena Cortez out for two months with a variety of injuries, Dani Brito of Anchorage took the batting title with an average of .396. Hasting’s Millie Jonas took home the home run and RBI titles, with 55 and 163 respectively. Meg Sinatra had the league’s best ERA, pitching a 2.39 over the season. Sinatra also shared the wins title with Portland’s Tay Bates, each finishing with 18. However, Sinatra was denied with the triple crown by her teammate Jo Stein, who struck out 243 (Sinatra recorded 223 Ks during the season).

Iona Lukska won Rookie of the Year. She hit .286 with 19 home runs in 148 games for Hastings. Her father, Farel, won MLB Rookie of the Year with the Boston Red Sox in 2026. While she missed out on the triple crown, Meg Sinatra took home the third Madeeha Baqri Award of her career. With Cortez’s injury, she was unable to secure her 7th MVP award. Instead the 2048 DeWilliams Award went to Millie Jonas for her outstanding season.

The major retirement of the season was Bab White. The veteran left-fielder finished her career, which began in 2027, with a .321 batting average and 662 home runs. She was a four-time all-star with Huntington, Saskatoon and Salisbury.
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