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Cape Cod League Notes Week Seven

Cape Cod League Notes Week Seven

The Cape Cod League regular season came to a close earlier this week, which means the waning days of the summer season are upon us. The race in each division came down to the final game as Bourne defeated Cotuit in a winner-take-all game for the President’s Trophy, awarded to the team with the best regular season record, and the West Division crown. A late season slump saw Yarmouth-Dennis finish 0-7-1 over its final two weeks of the season and yield the East Division to the defending league champions Brewster.

With the closing of the regular season schedule the league announced its award winners with Cotuit’s Tommy Troy (Stanford) winning best pro prospect while Matt Shaw (Maryland) of Bourne took home the Pat Sorenti Award which is given to the league’s most valuable player. Shaw, detailed in the last edition of Cape Cod League Notes, finished the season as the league’s batting champion with a .360 batting average.

After last week’s article detailed a group of standout hitters, this week we discuss some of the standout pitching prospects from this summer. Below are 10 pitchers who stood out for their performance over the course of the Cape Cod League season.

Jackson Baumeister, RHP, Florida State (Hyannis—2023 Eligible) 

One of the top pitching recruits to get to campus this spring, Baumeister headed to Hyannis after a mediocre season with Florida State. He made six starts on the Cape with the Harbor Hawks, though his debut heavily tarnished his overall line, as he gave up four earned runs against Wareham on June 16 without recording an out. In his remaining five starts Baumeister allowed just six earned runs over 21 innings—good for a 2.57 ERA. Baumeister mixes four pitches in a fastball with two-seam and four-seam variations, a curveball, slider and changeup.

In his final Cape Cod League start of the summer Baumesiter went four innings, allowing three runs, four hits, two walks and five strikeouts as he faced 18 batters on the day. All of Baumeister’s trouble came in the second inning where he allowed a double, two singles and two walks as Falmouth scored all three of its runs against Baumeister during the frame. The other three innings Baumesiter was perfect, setting down the side in order in the first, third and fourth innings, striking out three of the final five batters he faced. Baumeister showed the depth of his arsenal, attacking hitters with five different pitch shapes in and around the zone.

Baumeister’s arsenal is quality but…

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