The race for Baseball Player of the Week is heating up! Following Chase Afonso's impressive win last week, a new slate of high school stars has stepped up with game-changing performances from April 6-12. This week's nominees delivered in the clutch, from walk-off hits to dominant pitching displays that left batters guessing.
Last week's winner, Dartmouth's Chase Afonso, captured the honor with over 11,000 votes after a stellar relief appearance and a two-hit game. The momentum from the preseason also continues, where Logan Stott was voted Preseason Player of the Year. Now, it's time to crown the next standout.
Your vote decides who earns this week's spotlight. Will it be a hitter who came through under pressure, or a pitcher who commanded the mound? The nominees have made their cases with standout stats.
Apponequet's Nate Bogdan delivered a clutch two-RBI single in the sixth inning to secure a comeback victory over Bishop Stang, adding four hits and two RBIs across two other wins. His teammate, Ryan Levesque, was equally formidable, pitching five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts against Old Rochester and contributing three hits and three RBIs at the plate.
GNB Voc-Tech's Ashton DeMedeiros, a preseason standout, showcased his arm with a complete-game four-hitter, fanning ten batters against Somerset Berkley. On the offensive side, Apponequet's Jack Lundrigan drove in six runs over two games, while New Bedford's Justin Cartagena was nearly unstoppable, going 6-for-9 with four RBIs and four runs scored in three contests.
Other notable performances include Old Rochester's Brady Zexter, who went 4-for-6 in two games; Wareham's Diego Diaz, who knocked in two runs; Dartmouth's Logan Stott, who launched a solo homer; and Old Colony's players making dual impacts—like Matt Lajoie with four hits and three steals, and the pitching-hitting combo of Ryan Lamontagne (9 strikeouts) and Jake Ponte (perfect at the plate and on the mound).
These athletes have laid it all on the field. Now it's your turn to make the call. Cast your vote to celebrate this week's top performance—polling closes at 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 19!