'Caps Send Pair to All-Star Game
COMSTOCK PARK, MI - The West Michigan Whitecaps will send infielder Cole Peterson and pitcher Brandyn Sittinger as team representatives to the 2018 Midwest League All-Star Game at Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing, Michigan on June 19. The nominations are the first for the current 'Caps. The Midwest League unveiled
COMSTOCK PARK, MI - The West Michigan Whitecaps will send infielder
The nominations are the first for the current 'Caps. The Midwest League unveiled the rosters on Wednesday based on a vote of league managers. Bowling Green led all Midwest League Eastern Division teams with six All-Star selections.
Peterson has been one of the standout players among Whitecaps position players this season - especially on defense. His catch on a fly ball during the May 22 'Caps victory over Fort Wayne ranked as that night's No. 3 play on the ESPN Sportscenter Top 10. The 22-year-old has made numerous highlight-reel plays this season but has been just as effective at the plate. Peterson enters Wednesday hitting .276 with 15 RBI and ten stolen bases in 54 games - ranking second in the Midwest League in games played.
Sittinger, a right-hander from La Grange, OH, makes the team in his second year in West Michigan after finishing the 2017 campaign with the club. Sittinger is 2-0 in 11 games this season and has struck out 31 batters in 24 innings of work. The 23-year-old was named the 2016 GLIAC Pitcher of the Year after his final season at Ashland University, and pitched well in his 2017 stint in West Michigan, going 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA in seven games.
The Whitecaps enter play on Wednesday a 29-28 record - placing fourth in the Midwest League. Last season, the Whitecaps sent seven players to the Mid-Summer Classic in infielders
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