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Luis Provolone Named EL's Best Player
Monday, September 29th , 2025
The manager of the Erie SeaWolves said he thinks Luis Provolone is only going to get better as he gets older.

He may only be 21, but it will be hard to top the right fielder's 2025 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the Eastern League Most Valuable Player Award.

His winning campaign featured a .312 batting average and a .371 on-base percentage this year. In 118 games he piled up 160 hits, 38 doubles, 7 triples, 15 home runs, 58 RBIs and 98 runs scored.

He received 10 first place votes out of a possible 12. Ben Page of the Erie SeaWolves finished second in voting, while Dany Rojas of the Trenton Thunder finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Luis Provolone - Erie SeaWolves - 10 - 158
Ben Page - Erie SeaWolves - 0 - 90
Dany Rojas - Trenton Thunder - 0 - 85
Brad Mason - New Britain Rock Cats - 1 - 70
Dave Blackburn - Reading Fightin Phils - 1 - 51
Amilcar Uribe - Erie SeaWolves - 0 - 47
Curt Watson - Trenton Thunder - 0 - 40
Micker Adolfo - New Hampshire Fisher Cats - 0 - 39
Luis Torrens - Trenton Thunder - 0 - 38
Tim Stevenson - New Britain Rock Cats - 0 - 34
Doug Murdock - Bowie Baysox - 0 - 18
Hugo Perales - New Hampshire Fisher Cats - 0 - 15
Steve Nelson - New Britain Rock Cats - 0 - 9
Bob Crouch - Binghamton Mets - 0 - 3
Jon Reed - Erie SeaWolves - 0 - 3
Mitch Galloway - New Britain Rock Cats - 0 - 2
Phil Norris - New Hampshire Fisher Cats - 0 - 2
Dave Steward - Reading Fightin Phils - 0 - 2
Orlando Sánchez - New Britain Rock Cats - 0 - 2
BNN Stats: Active Career Pitching Leaders
Monday, September 29th , 2025
Which active pitchers are leading the Eastern League in career fielding independent pitching (FIP)?

Cristian Quintin, -, 3.06
Mario Rodríguez, PAW, 3.30
Francellis Montas, -, 3.68
Tony Gómez, BOW, 3.93
Logan Taylor, -, 4.11
Best Pitcher Trophy Won by Fightin Phils Blackburn
Sunday, September 28th , 2025
The hottest hurler in the Eastern League this season was Dave Blackburn of the Reading Fightin Phils. He caught the attention of everybody in the league on his way to winning the 2025 EL Outstanding Pitcher Award.

Blackburn starred with an impressive 14-12 record in 31 starts. The Fightin Phils ace gave up 226 base hits and struck out 180 in 232.1 innings with a 2.98 ERA.

He received 6 first place votes out of a possible 12. Brad Mason of the New Britain Rock Cats finished second in voting with 3 first place votes, while Curt Watson of the Trenton Thunder finished third with 2 first place votes.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Dave Blackburn - Reading Fightin Phils - 6 - 59
Brad Mason - New Britain Rock Cats - 3 - 55
Curt Watson - Trenton Thunder - 2 - 49
Steve Nelson - New Britain Rock Cats - 1 - 18
Dave Steward - Reading Fightin Phils - 0 - 8
Mitch Galloway - New Britain Rock Cats - 0 - 5
Milo Sykes - New Britain Rock Cats - 0 - 4
Ron Barr - New Britain Rock Cats - 0 - 2
Josh Davis - Reading Fightin Phils - 0 - 2
Dave García - Richmond Flying Squirrels - 0 - 1
Raúl Sánchez - New Hampshire Fisher Cats - 0 - 1
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Ben Page - ERI
.339
2 Dany Rojas TRE .315
3 Jorge Morales SAC .312
3 Luis Provolone ERI .312
5 José Franco RCH .302
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Phil Norris - NHA
26
2 Amilcar Uribe ERI 25
3 Micker Adolfo NHA 20
4 Mike Bane NBR 18
4 Tim Stevenson NBR 18
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Phil Norris - NHA
91
2 Micker Adolfo NHA 86
3 Amilcar Uribe ERI 84
4 Yairo Munoz REA 76
5 Dany Rojas TRE 73
LEAGUE LEADERS W
Williams Mendoza - NHA
17
2 Joel Vallance NHA 16
3 Dave Blackburn REA 14
3 Dave Steward REA 14
5 4 tied with   13
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Ron Barr - ABQ
2.37
2 Curt Watson TRE 2.57
3 Mitch Galloway NBR 2.72
4 Brad Mason NBR 2.75
5 Bob Walters NBR 2.97
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Curt Watson - TRE
203
2 Augusto Díaz NYY 192
2 Brad Mason NBR 192
4 Joel Vallance NHA 187
5 Dave Steward REA 184
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STANDINGS
Northern Division W L PCT GB
New Britain Rock Cats 91 49 .650 -
New Hampshire Fisher Cats 82 58 .586 9.0
Trenton Thunder 68 72 .486 23.0
Binghamton Mets 68 72 .486 23.0
Portland Sea Dogs 64 76 .457 27.0
Richmond Flying Squirrels 63 77 .450 28.0
Southern Division W L PCT GB
Erie SeaWolves 83 57 .593 -
Reading Fightin Phils 81 59 .579 2.0
Bowie Baysox 70 70 .500 13.0
Altoona Curve 59 81 .421 24.0
Akron RubberDucks 57 83 .407 26.0
Harrisburg Senators 54 86 .386 29.0
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