Greer named MVP

Players, coaches, and fans came together yesterday (March 12) to celebrate award winners from the 2022 season in the North Dufferin Baseball League.

Chris Greer of the New Lowell Knights was the big winner, picking up the best batter title with a .627 average, the best on base with a .716 percentage and was selected as the most valuable player for the season.

His teammate Steve Baldry won the top pitcher and coach Peter Kinghan won his fifth coach of the year award as voted by fellow coaches.

Carter Burnside of the Bolton Brewers was voted best catcher and his battery mate Chris Fafalios scored the most runs, crossing the plate 30 times.

Clearview Orioles slugger Tristan Cabral hit five home runs to top that category.

The most sportsmanlike award went to Ron Dipalma of the Bolton Dodgers. This was his third consecutive win of this award.

Junior division awards had Orillia Royals’ Wyatt Thompson winning the best pitcher and was named the most valuable player.

Cody Bryan from the Mansfield Cubs and Miya Waldron from the Georgina Bulldogs shared the most sportsmanlike title.

Andrew Foster of the Midland Twins was the top batter with a .567 average and the best on base with a .702 percentage.

Brayden Grech of the Caledon Nationals scored the most runs with 19 and tied with Lucas Watters of the Barrie Baycats with two home runs last season.

The awards event coincided with the annual general meeting for the 2023 season. The addition of Innisfil to the junior lineup brings the league to seven junior teams. Meanwhile, the senior division has 12 teams after the Bolton Dodgers requested a leave of absence for the upcoming season.

Vance White will serve as president after being the vice president last year, Jesse McIntyre assumes the past president position, and Chris Fafalios is the new vice president. Scott Anderson and Dan Gowan maintain their positions as secretary and treasurer respectively.

Regular season play gets underway in early May.