With just 11 days until the Mavericks open up their season with a home game vs Ellsworth CC, the Mavs are excited to get things rolling. Last season the Mavs finished 42-15 and reached a National Poll ranking of #3 (a new school record). Looking back on the year the Mavericks had an astounding offensive year following close behind the 2016 team who finished a 43-19. With a lot of the production from last years lineup returning this year, they have their eyes set on a bigger picture.
Offensively the Mavericks are returning 5 of their 9 offensive guys and 5 of their pitchers from last year.
Noteable offensive returners include:
Joey Pena - .405 BA/ 17 Doubles/ 4 Triples/ 11 Homeruns/ 64 RBI's/ 14 Stolen Bases
Cacy Harper - .356 BA/ 10 Doubles/ 16 Homeruns/ 58 RBI's
Kade Marlatt - .345 BA/ 10 Doubles/ 4 Triples/ 11 Homeruns/ 42 RBI's/ 17 Stolen Bases
Dominick Trevino- .369 BA/ 14 Doubles/ 2 Triples/ 1 Homerun/ 40 RBI's/ 15 Stolen Bases
Eric Gutierrez - .329 BA 8 Doubles 3 Triples 2 Homeruns 30 RBI's and a combined 32 Free Bases (Walks + Hit by Pitches)
Other noteable returners and freshman include:
As for the pitching staff the Mavericks are returning some key guys on the mound as well as some freshman that will contribute to a large part of the Mavericks future success
Noteable pitchers returning:
Trevin Michael - 68.2 ip/ 67 K/ 33 BB/ 5.37 ERA
Tyler Kisner - 40.2 ip/ 34 K/ 16 BB/ 1.11 ERA
Chase Bridges - 50.1 ip/ 49 K/ 26 BB/ 3.58 ERA
Other noteable retuners and freshman include:
The 2018-2019 Mavericks open up February 2nd at Maverick Field first pitch is scheduled for 12:00 pm.