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Old 03-09-2023, 07:17 AM   #169
FuzzyRussianHat
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For the sixth straight season, La Paz won the Bolivar League South Division. The top four records in the league were in the division with the Pump Jacks first at 104-58, seven ahead of Guayaquil and 11 up on Cali. The North Division was weak but competitive with Medellin and Maracaibo battling. The Mutiny took the title at 83-79, one ahead of the Mariners. It’s Medellin’s first playoff berth since winning Copa Sudamerica in 1937.

In his first full season at age 22, Medellin 2B Jayden Simon won the MVP. From French Guiana, Simon led the Bolivar League in WAR (9.0) and doubles (37). La Paz’s Mohamed Ramos won his seventh and ultimately final Pitcher of the Year. Now age 35, Ramos led in strikeouts again at 411 and WHIP (0.73) while posting 8.8 WAR and a 1.79 ERA. Ramos has led in strikeouts 13 different seasons. He passed 6500 career Ks in late September; no one else has gotten to 4000 yet.



Sao Paolo and Buenos Aires for the third straight season are the two division winners in the Southern Cone League. The Padres rolled to the Brazil Division title at 109-53. The Atlantics took the South Division at 102-60, seven games ahead of Cordoba. Buenos Aires has now taken four straight division titles.

Sao Paolo 2B Leudy Perales won the MVP at age 34, leading the league in hits (181), and runs (102) while posting 10.4 WAR and a .305 average. Rio de Janeiro’s Timoteo Caruso grabbed his fourth Pitcher of the Year. The 30-year old ace didn’t lead the league in any stats, but still had a stellar year with a 1.38 ERA, 327 strikeouts, and 10.2 WAR.

The Bolivar League final went to La Paz in six games of Medellin, giving the Pump Jacks their third straight league title and fifth in six seasons. In the third Southern Cone final meeting between Sao Paolo and Buenos Aires, the Padres took it in six. Sao Paolo now has back-to-back titles. In a Copa Sudamerica rematch, the Padres got revenge and defeated the Pump Jacks in six games. With that, Sao Paolo claims their first overall title.





Other notes: On July 1, Caracas’s Domingo Ojeda threw a perfect game with nine strikeouts against Bogota. Danilo Patricio, Ivo Sovereira, and Cato Arias became the third, fourth, and fifth pitchers to 200 career wins. Cali’s Saul Vargas became the second BSA hitter to 2000 hits. Vargas also became the first nine-time Silver Slugger winner at CF. Callao’s Barry Huaman became the second to 400 home runs.

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