Atlantic League Names Red, White & Blue All-Defensive Team
October 3, 2023 - Atlantic League (AtL) News Release
(New York) - The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball today announced the members of the 2023 Red, White and Blue All-Defensive Team. As voted on by the league's managers, these players represent the best defensive players in the Atlantic League during the 2023 regular season.
2023 Red, White and Blue All-Defensive Team
C Beau Taylor, High Point Rockers
1B Drew Mendoza, York Revolution
2B (Tie) Shed Long, Jr., High Point Rockers and Melvin Mercedes, Lancaster Barnstormers
SS Ruben Tejada, Long Island Ducks
3B Trace Loehr, Lancaster Barnstormers
OF D.J. Burt, High Point /Rockers
OF Braxton Lee, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs
OF Tomo Otosaka, York Revolution
P Mickey Jannis, High Point Rockers
NOTES: Lancaster 2B Melvin Mercedes is one of two players to repeat on the Red, White and Blue All-Defensive Team... He committed just four errors in 75 games at 2B, fielding .988 for the season while having a hand in 36 double plays... Braxton Lee of Southern Maryland also earned his second straight mention on the All-Defensive Team... Lee had nine outfield assists and just three errors on the year... High Point's Mickey Jannis earns his first All-Defensive award... Jannis was fourth among all ALPB pitchers with 16 assists... Staten Island's Angel Aguilar was the turning point in 48 double plays on the season as the FerryHawks led the ALPB with 116 twin killings... York's Tomo Otosaka committed just one error on the season while fielding .995... High Point CF D.J. Burt accounted for 12 assists from center field in 2023... Lancaster's Trace Loehr made just four errors in 90 games.
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