Four Maple Leafs Voted All-Stars by League Broadcasters
TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leaf Baseball Club is excited to announce that first basemen Jordan Castaldo, third basemen Johnathan Solazzo, left-handed pitcher Zach Sloan, and catcher Justin Marra have been voted as IBL All-Stars by IBL Broadcasters.
This is separate from the league vote which will be unveiled on Friday, September 16th.
All eight cities participated in the vote among broadcasters to who they felt deserved these honours. Teams could not vote for players or managers from their team, First team votes were worth 10 points and second team was worth 5.
1st Team
First Base Jordan Castaldo - Toronto
Second Base Jakob Newton - London*
Shortstop James Smibert - Welland
Third Base Malik Collymore & Johnathan Solazzo - TIED
Outfield Justin Gideon - Hamilton/Welland *
Outfield Dalton Pompey - Guelph
Outfield Starling Joseph - London
Catcher Robert Mullen - London *
Right-Handed Pitcher - Claudio Custodio Guelph*
Left-Handed Pitcher - Zach Sloan Toronto
Designated Hitter - Cleveland Brownlee London *
Manager - Brian Essery - Welland
2nd Team
First Base Liam Wilson - Kitchener
Second Base Owen Jansen - Barrie
Shortstop Keith Kandel - London
Outfield Andy Leader - Kitchener
Outfield Blake Jacklin - Kitchener
Outfield Noel McGarry - Doyle Barrie & Gio Morello Welland TIED
Catcher Justin Marra - Toronto
Right-Handed Pitcher - Jose Arias - London
Left-Handed Pitcher - Chris Boatto - Welland
Designated Hitter - Matt Hilderbrandt - Welland
Manager - Dino Roumel - Guelph
*unanimous