With plenty more signings expected before the snow melts and the blades of grass turn green again, let's take a closer look at a few 2010 highlights from the returning players announced thus far.
Make sure to stay tuned to raftersbaseball.com throughout the offseason for the enveiling of the entire 2011 squad!
Returning Players Announced:
Brad Douthit-LHP (USC)
2010 with Rafters: Appeared in 23 games and posted a team best 2.44 ERA in relief...Limited opponents to a .244 batting average while striking out 31 batters spanning 48 innings of work...Finished 9 of the Rafters games last season while recording 2 saves.
Tommy Organ-LHP (North Florida)
2010 with Rafters: Appeared in 16 games while making 8 starts...Posted a 1-3 record to go along with a 4.39 ERA and struck out a team-high 54 batters in 53.1 innings of work...On July 23rd vs. Wisconsin he struck out a season-high 11 batters in 6.1 innings.
Justin Jirschele-2B (UW-Stevens Point)
2010 with Rafters: Appeared in 28 games for the Rafters last summer...batted .203 with 5 RBI before a shoulder injury forced him to be shut down for the remainder of the summer...Was part of some early Fourth of July fireworks last year by scoring the game-winning run in a thrilling 4-3 walk-off win over the La Crosse Loggers on Sunday, July 4th.
Make sure to follow these returning Rafters and all of the future Rafters during their spring seasons at their respective colleges.
Happy Holidays!
-John