2025 Frontier League News

Tri-City’s Arlo Marynczak claims the Pitcher of the Week award after shutting down the Down East Bird Dawgs on Saturday at Grainger Stadium. The second-year right-hander went the distance for the ValleyCats, tossing a complete-game shutout behind 12 strikeouts to only one walk. He only allowed three hits in the 12-0 shutout victory, his third win of the season. Marynczak is in his second year with the ValleyCats. He sits atop the Tri-City pitching rotation after an impressive rookie campaign where he cumulated a 3.67 ERA in 22 appearances (10 starts). The Delmar, New York native has been even better in his sophomore season; his 2.13 ERA currently ranks first on the team and eighth-best in the Frontier League. This is his second time winning the Pitcher of the Week award, doing so previously in the last week of the 2024 regular season.

Slammers Infielder Ian Battipaglia wins Player of the Week after registering a ridiculous 15 hits across six games last week. He had multi-hit performances in all but one contest, two doubles, a triple, and eight stolen bases. He was an impressive 4-for-5 at the plate in the Tuesday night series opener against the Florence Y’alls, including two extra-base hits, three runs, one RBI, and a stolen base. His stat line for the week ended at .577 AVG/.593 OBP/.731 SLG. Ian joined the Joliet Slammers this season after playing at Franklin Pierce University from 2020-2024, hitting .369 across his five seasons. His .351 batting average in the Frontier League ranks in the top ten amongst all hitters and has earned him the everyday third base job for Manager Mike Pinto and the Joliet Slammers. The native of Cheshire, Connecticut is the second Slammer to take home a weekly award this season and is the first to earn Player of the Week honors since Matt McGary in May 2022.