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MID Announces Best Player Award Thursday, October 5th , 2023 The manager of the Fort Wayne TinCaps said he thinks Darrel Nijland is only going to get better as he gets older. He may only be 22, but it will be hard to top the center fielder's 2023 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the Midwest League Most Valuable Player Award. His winning campaign featured a .286 batting average and a .394 on-base percentage this year. In 129 games he piled up 116 hits, 26 doubles, 4 triples, 14 home runs, 53 RBIs and 62 runs scored. He received 12 first place votes out of a possible 16. Chris Allen of the South Bend Cubs finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Tony López of the Beloit Snappers finished third with 3 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Darrel Nijland - Fort Wayne TinCaps - 12 - 201 Chris Allen - South Bend Cubs - 1 - 130 Tony López - Beloit Snappers - 3 - 126 Bo Hale - Kane County Cougars - 0 - 96 Toby Clendennon - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 88 Jon Reed - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 82 Luis Provolone - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 55 Jody Johns - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - 0 - 44 Chad Bennett - Beloit Snappers - 0 - 24 José Castillo - Burlington Bees - 0 - 21 Jonathan Wells - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 16 Jim Huff - Fort Wayne TinCaps - 0 - 15 Randy Gordon - Clinton LumberKings - 0 - 14 Chris Whittemore - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 9 Don Scott - Quad Cities River Bandits - 0 - 6 José Medina - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 5 Mike Briddon - Clinton LumberKings - 0 - 4 Jeremiah Osborne - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 4 Juan Fuentes - Quad Cities River Bandits - 0 - 3 Steve Ford - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 1 |
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