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2107 Premier Player Selected By MID Wednesday, October 5th , 2107 He may have less experience than most of his Midwest League peers, but that didn't slow Kyle Long down at all in 2107. At the age of 24, the Lansing right fielder has been named the winner of the Midwest League Most Valuable Player Award. He had a .329 batting average and a .409 on-base percentage this year. In 118 games he piled up 152 hits, 40 doubles, 5 triples, 17 home runs, 77 RBIs and 86 runs scored. "I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year." He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 16. Travis Pass of the South Bend Cubs finished second in voting with 5 first place votes, while Brad Richardson of the South Bend Cubs finished third with 2 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Kyle Long - Lansing Lugnuts - 7 - 173 Travis Pass - South Bend Cubs - 5 - 161 Brad Richardson - South Bend Cubs - 2 - 131 Markevian Gravel - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - 0 - 106 Mario Llanez - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - 0 - 88 Miguel Leon - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 2 - 85 Kyle Adams - South Bend Cubs - 0 - 61 Jeremy Faucher - Lake County Captains - 0 - 47 Dave Steinhart - Lake County Captains - 0 - 31 Matt Paccione - Burlington Bees - 0 - 28 Kyle Archibeque - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - 0 - 25 John Wirth - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 6 Mike Paskewitz - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - 0 - 1 Jordan Villalpando - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - 0 - 1 |
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