2022 Prospect League season explained

2022 Prospect League season
League:Prospect League
Sport:Baseball
Duration:June 1  - August 6
(Playoffs: August 7  - August 14)
No Of Games:60 (480 games in total)
No Of Teams:16
Season2:Ohio River Valley Division
League Champs2:Chillicothe Paints
Season3:Wabash River Division
League Champs3:Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp
Season4:Great River Division
League Champs4:Quincy Gems
Season5:Prairie Land Division
League Champs5:Alton River Dragons
Finals:Prospect League Championship
Finals Champ:Chillicothe Paints
Finals Runner-Up:Alton River Dragons
Prevseason Link:2021 Prospect League season
Prevseason Year:2021
Nextseason Link:2023 Prospect League season
Nextseason Year:2023

The 2022 Prospect League season was the 13th season of collegiate summer baseball in the Prospect League, a collegiate summer baseball league in the Midwestern United States, since its creation in June 2009. There are 16 Prospect League teams, split evenly between Eastern and Western Conferences. These conferences are then split up between the Ohio River Valley, Wabash River, Great River, and Prairie Land divisions.

The Cape Catfish entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Lafayette Aviators, two games to one, in the league's 2021 championship series.[1]

Season schedule

Very little changed for the 2022 season, with the only difference in the team lineup being an ownership and name change for the Springfield, Ill. franchise as the Sliders became the Lucky Horseshoes. A new franchise for Jackson, Tennessee, was announced, which will take the field beginning with the 2023 season at the former home of the class Double-A Jackson Generals, The Ballpark at Jackson.[2]

The 16 teams in the league are split evenly between two conferences Eastern and Western. These two conferences are then split up into four divisions, Ohio River Valley, Wabash River, Great River, and Prairie Land.

The season will be played with a 60-game schedule, which is split between two halves, with the first-half ending on July 4 and second-half ending on August 6. The first-half winners in each division will host the second-half winners in a one-game divisional championship round. (If the same team wins both halves, the team with the next-best second-half record makes the playoffs).[3]

Regular season standings

First half standings

Eastern Conference

Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Chillicothe Paints312110--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2Johnstown Mill Rats3112199.0
3West Virginia Miners2911189.0
4Champion City Kings2992011.0
Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Danville Dans30219--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp3120111.5
3Terre Haute REX3019112.0
4Lafayette Aviators3014167.0

Western Conference

Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Quincy Gems321913--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2Clinton LumberKings3115163.5
3Normal CornBelters3014164.0
4Burlington Bees3111207.5
Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Alton River Dragons311813--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2O'Fallon Hoots3217151.5
3Springfield Lucky Horseshoes3112196.0
4Cape Catfish3112196.0

Second half standings

Eastern Conference

Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Chillicothe Paints291712--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2x – Johnstown Mill Rats291712--
3Champion City Kings2814142.5
4West Virginia Miners289197.5
Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Danville Dans27198--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2x – Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp2818101.5
3Terre Haute REX3018122.5
4Lafayette Aviators2911189.0

Western Conference

Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Normal CornBelters291712--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2Clinton LumberKings2913164.0
3Quincy Gems2812164.5
4Burlington Bees289197.5
Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Springfield Lucky Horseshoes291514--
- style="border-top:3px solid red;"2Cape Catfish2814140.5
3Alton River Dragons2914151.0
4O'Fallon Hoots2811173.5

Full season standings

Eastern Conference

Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Chillicothe Paints603822--
2x – Johnstown Mill Rats6029319.0
3Champion City Kings57233413.5
4West Virginia Miners57203716.5
Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1y – Danville Dans574017--
2x – Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp5938213.0
3Terre Haute REX6037234.5
4Lafayette Aviators59253416.0

Western Conference

Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1x – Normal CornBelters593128--
2x – Quincy Gems6031290.5
3Clinton LumberKings6028323.5
4Burlington Bees59203911.0
Pos!scope="col" width="25%"
TeamGWLGB
1x – Alton River Dragons603228--
2O'Fallon Hoots6028324.0
3x – Springfield Lucky Horseshoes6027335.0
4Cape Catfish5926335.5

[4]

Statistical leaders

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
HREddie King 15
AVGBlake Burris .361
HAlec Brunson 84
RBIsAlec Brunson 59
SBBlake Burris 47

[5]

Pitching

StatPlayerTeamTotal
WNick Lallathin, Connor Lockwood 6
ERAJake Curtis 2.86
SOConnor Lockwood 73
SVGarrett McClain 7

[6]

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Awards

All-star selections

Eastern Conference

+Hitters
PositionPlayerTeam
CMike SprockettPaints
1BTucker BougiePistol Shrimp
2BCarlos VasquezDans
3BKeenan TaylorDans
SSDrake DiGiornoDans
OFAlec BrunsonRex
OFZach LanePistol Shrimp
OFAaron BeckRex
DHTim OrrPaints
+Pitchers
PositionPlayerTeam
SPJosh LeerssenDans
SPParker CarlsonDans
SPGyeongju KimAviators
RPLandon TomkinsDans
RPHarrison BodendorfPistol Shrimp
RPNick LallathinPaints

Western Conference

+Hitters
PositionPlayerTeam
CCade MossLumberKings
1BZach StewartGems
2BDanny SperlingCatfish
3BKolton PoormanCatfish
SSJackson ChattertonCornBelters
OFEddie King Jr.River Dragons
OFBlake BurrisRiver Dragons
OFPatrick ClohisyHoots
DHKevin SantiagoBees
+Pitchers
PositionPlayerTeam
SPJake CurtisLucky Horseshoes
SPJackson KentLumberKings
SPAdam StiltsRiver Dragons
RPColin BryantCatfish
RPNoah BushRiver Dragons
RPAustin BrockCatfish

End of year awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Most Valuable Player Eddie King Jr. Alton River Dragons
Pro Prospect of the Year Khal Stephen Danville Dans
Starting Pitcher of the Year Josh Leerssen Danville Dans
Relief Pitcher of the Year Landon Tomkins Danville Dans
Manager of the Year Eric Coleman Danville Dans

Playoffs

Format

The Divisional Championship Round consists of one winner-take-all game between the winner of the first half in each division and the division's second-half winner (If the same team wins both halves, the team with the next-best second-half record makes the playoffs). Division Championship games will take place August 7.

The winners of the divisional games advance to the Conference Championship Round. Again, this is a one-game, winner-take-all game between the two winners of the division championship games in the Eastern Conference and the two-division championship game-winners in the Western Conference. These games will take place August 9.

The Eastern and Western Conference champions play each other in the best-of-three Prospect League Championship Series. Game one is August 11, hosted by the team with the lesser regular-season record. After a travel day, game two is August 13. If necessary, game three will take place August 14, at the same stadium as game two. The team with the best overall record gets to pick to either host game one or games two and three.[8]

Playoff bracket

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Cape Catfish ground Aviators, win Prospect League Championship at Loeb Stadium. wlfi.com . August 12, 2021 . May 26, 2022.
  2. News: History - Prospect League Baseball. prospectleague.com . January 7, 2022 . June 1, 2022.
  3. News: 2022 Schedule Announced. prospectleague.com . January 7, 2022 . May 26, 2022.
  4. News: 2022 Prospect League Standings. prospectleague.com . May 2022 . May 26, 2022.
  5. News: 2022 Prospect League Individual Hitting Stats. prospectleague.com . May 2022 . May 26, 2022.
  6. News: 2022 Prospect League Individual Pitching Stats. prospectleague.com . May 2022 . May 26, 2022.
  7. News: 2022 Prospect League League Leaders. prospectleague.com . May 2022 . May 26, 2022.
  8. News: About - Prospect League Baseball. prospectleague.com . November 2021 . May 26, 2022.

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