2026 Players of the Week

By LV Developer July 6, 2026
AVON, OH – The Washington Wild Things earned another weekly award in Week 9, their seventh o f the season. Infielder Cole Fowler slashed .524/.593/.917 with a pair of home runs to claim the honor. Infielder Cole Fowler began his week with one of his best performances of the season, going 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run and five RBIs in Washington’s 23-10 win over the Evansville Otters on Tuesday. He picked up hits in each of the series’ final two games as well, as the Wild Things dropped both contests. Fowler opened Washington’s series against the Schaumburg Boomers on Friday with a home run, a double, and two more RBIs in a Wild Things win. On Sunday, he went 6-for-8 in a doubleheader, recording three hits in each game as Washington swept the series. Fowler doubled and drove in two runs in game one and doubled again in game two. He finished the week going 13-for-24 at the plate with two home runs, two doubles, two walks, and seven RBIs.  Fowler originally signed with Washington last season after playing collegiately at Lynn University, and re-upped with the Wild Things in January. The New York Mets purchased Fowler’s contract in March, returning him to the Wild Things ahead of the season. Fowler joins Jeff Liquori (Week 1), Andrew Herbert (Week 2), Hector Garcia (Week 3), Kobe Foster (Weeks 5 and 6), and Anthony Brocato (Week 6) as Wild Things to earn weekly awards this season.
By LV Developer July 6, 2026
AVON, OH – Ottawa Titans right-handed pitcher Eric Pardinho, meanwhile, fired eight perfect innings on Tuesday during his award-winning week. Ottawa Titans right-handed pitcher Eric Pardinho was dominant on Tuesday against the Tri-City ValleyCats, throwing eight perfect innings before rain halted the game and Pardinho’s chance at a perfect game. The performance went in the books as a no-hitter, the league’s third this season. Pardinho struck out eight in the 4-0 win. Pardinho made another start on Sunday, taking a loss after allowing four runs over 6.1 innings against the Sussex County Miners. Across his two starts, Pardinho tallied a 2.51 ERA over 14.1 innings, allowing five hits and two walks while striking out 11. The Titans signed Pardinho this June. He’d pitched in the Toronto Blue Jays organization from 2018 to 2025, reaching as high as Triple-A in 2024 and 2025. He was named a Top-100 prospect by Major League Baseball ahead of the 2019 season. Pardinho most recently pitched for Team Brazil in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, working three innings in the team’s loss to Mexico.
By LV Developer June 29, 2026
AVON, OH – Outfielder Brayland Skinner became the first player in Mississippi Mud Monsters' franchise history to earn Player of the Week honors after posting a .609 batting average and stealing eight bases this week. Brayland Skinner ended his week with a pinch-hit, go-ahead grand slam in Sunday’s game against the Lake Erie Crushers. He started Mississippi’s other five games, collecting at least two hits in each of them. Skinner opened the week going 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs, and two stolen bases against Lake Erie on Tuesday. He added another two hits in losses on Wednesday and Thursday, and helped Mississippi get back in the win column on Friday with two hits, a walk, and four stolen bases at the top of the batting order. Skinner collected five of the Mud Monsters’ 20 hits on Saturday, going 5-for-6 at the plate with a double and a stolen base. Skinner finished the week with 14 hits in 23 at-bats (.609 batting average), one home run, and one double. He also stole eight bases in six games, recorded seven RBI, and carried a 1.449 OPS. Skinner, a Mississippi native, was the first player signed by the Mud Monsters ahead of their inaugural 2025 season. He spent the 2024 season with the Pioneer League’s Yolo High Wheelers and played collegiately at the University of Memphis in 2023 and at Mississippi State University in 2021 and 2022. Skinner is the second player in Mississippi franchise history to earn a weekly award, joining pitcher Brian Williams, who won Pitcher of the Week in Week 8 of 2025.
By LV Developer June 29, 2026
AVON, OH – New Jersey Jackals right-handed pitcher Leonardo Rodríguez tallied ten strikeouts across four scoreless appearances to take home Pitcher of the Week honors. New Jersey Jackals right-handed relief pitcher Leonardo Rodríguez made four scoreless appearances this week. Rodríguez struck out two while firing a perfect ninth inning in the Jackals’ 12-2 loss to the Ottawa Titans on Tuesday. He also appeared in Thursday’s 17-4 win, striking out four over two innings. Rodríguez twirled a perfect inning on Saturday against the Gateway Grizzlies, picking up a strikeout in the Jackals’ 8-3 win. He concluded his week with another two-inning outing, adding three strikeouts in Sunday’s 5-4 win. Rodríguez is the first relief pitcher to earn Pitcher of the Week honors this season, and just the second since 2023. The other pitcher was none other than Rodríguez himself, who also earned the award in Week 12 of 2025. Rodríguez joined the Jackals in 2022, making 15 starts for the team. He spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons with the Lake Erie Crushers, where he made the transition to the bullpen. The Jackals re-acquired Rodríguez in a December 2025 trade. He was activated from the visa inactive list on June 11 of this year. Before joining the Frontier League, Rodríguez spent parts of four seasons with the Baltimore Orioles organization.
By LV Developer June 22, 2026
AVON, OH – New Jersey Jackals right-handed pitcher Leonardo Rodríguez tallied ten strikeouts across four scoreless appearances to take home Pitcher of the Week honors. New Jersey Jackals right-handed relief pitcher Leonardo Rodríguez made four scoreless appearances this week. Rodríguez struck out two while firing a perfect ninth inning in the Jackals’ 12-2 loss to the Ottawa Titans on Tuesday. He also appeared in Thursday’s 17-4 win, striking out four over two innings. Rodríguez twirled a perfect inning on Saturday against the Gateway Grizzlies, picking up a strikeout in the Jackals’ 8-3 win. He concluded his week with another two-inning outing, adding three strikeouts in Sunday’s 5-4 win. Rodríguez is the first relief pitcher to earn Pitcher of the Week honors this season, and just the second since 2023. The other pitcher was none other than Rodríguez himself, who also earned the award in Week 12 of 2025. Rodríguez joined the Jackals in 2022, making 15 starts for the team. He spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons with the Lake Erie Crushers, where he made the transition to the bullpen. The Jackals re-acquired Rodríguez in a December 2025 trade. He was activated from the visa inactive list on June 11 of this year. Before joining the Frontier League, Rodríguez spent parts of four seasons with the Baltimore Orioles organization.
By LV Developer June 22, 2026
AVON, OH – The Down East Bird Dawgs earned their first weekly award of the season, with utility player Christian Adams taking home Player of the Week with 16 hits and 16 RBI in six games. Down East Bird Dawgs utility player Christian Adams recorded at least two hits in five of the six games that he played this week. Adams homered and drove in all three of Down East’s runs in a 6-3 loss to the New York Boulders on Tuesday. He drove in another three runs and picked up three hits the next day in a 16-1 win. Adams wrapped up the series with a 4-for-4 day at the plate on Thursday, notching a home run and double in an 11-7 loss. Adams stayed hot against the Sussex County Miners, continuing his hit and RBI streaks across all three games of the series. He added another home run and double on Saturday amid a 3-for-6, 5 RBI day, and tallied three more hits on Sunday. Overall, Adams slashed .552/.567/1.000 with three home runs and four doubles on the week. He’s the first player in franchise history to earn Player of the Week honors. Adams is in his second season with the Bird Dawgs. He joined the team in August and played 14 games for Down East in 2025. He spent his final collegiate season a Georgia after playing two years at Florida Atlantic and one at Indian River State College. This season, his .397 batting average leads the League.
By LV Developer June 15, 2026
AVON, OH – The Washington Wild Things earned two more weekly awards in Week 6, with outfielder Anthony Brocato claiming Player of the Week after hitting five home runs in four games, and Kobe Foster taking home his second-straight Pitcher of the Week award after firing a no-hitter. Washington Wild Things outfielder Anthony Brocato started his week with a three-homer game on Wednesday against the Windy City Thunderbolts. He went deep twice in the sixth inning and again in the eighth and ended the day 4-for-5 at the plate. It was the first three-home run game in franchise history for Washington. Brocato struck twice more over the weekend, drilling a three-run home run against the New Jersey Jackals on Saturday, and notching a two-run shot on Sunday. He slashed .526/.526/1.421 on the week and recorded five home runs, two doubles, and 14 RBIs. Brocato is in his sixth season with the league, and his third with the Wild Things. He signed with the Southern Illinois Miners in 2019 after playing collegiately at St John’s University and played there again in 2021. The outfielder joined Washington for the 2022 and 2023 seasons and re-signed with the Wild Things in December. His 98 Frontier League home runs rank third-most in league history, and he’s just two away from moving into a tie for second place.
By LV Developer June 15, 2026
AVON, OH – For the third time in five weeks, the Washington Wild Things claimed the Pitcher of the Week award thanks to Kobe Foster’s dominant outing. Washington Wild Things left-handed pitcher Kobe Foster fired a complete game shutout over the Florence Y’alls on Friday. The southpaw went the distance, allowing just three hits while striking out eight and walking one. Friday’s outing represented Foster’s third scoreless start this season, and the Wild Things are now 5-0 in games that he’s started this year. Foster leads the Frontier League in both ERA (0.78) and WHIP (0.750) and is second in innings pitched (34.2). Foster is in his fifth season with Washington and is the franchise leader in wins (34), innings pitched (388.3), and strikeouts (346). The southpaw earned an all-star nod in 2024 and was the League’s Rookie of the Year in 2022. He joined the Wild Things after graduating from Tennessee-Wesleyan University in 2022 and re-signed with Washington ahead of this season.
By LV Developer June 8, 2026
AVON, OH – For the third time in five weeks, the Washington Wild Things claimed the Pitcher of the Week award thanks to Kobe Foster’s dominant outing. Washington Wild Things left-handed pitcher Kobe Foster fired a complete game shutout over the Florence Y’alls on Friday. The southpaw went the distance, allowing just three hits while striking out eight and walking one. Friday’s outing represented Foster’s third scoreless start this season, and the Wild Things are now 5-0 in games that he’s started this year. Foster leads the Frontier League in both ERA (0.78) and WHIP (0.750) and is second in innings pitched (34.2). Foster is in his fifth season with Washington and is the franchise leader in wins (34), innings pitched (388.3), and strikeouts (346). The southpaw earned an all-star nod in 2024 and was the League’s Rookie of the Year in 2022. He joined the Wild Things after graduating from Tennessee-Wesleyan University in 2022 and re-signed with Washington ahead of this season.

2024 Players of the Week

September 2, 2024
John Cristino becomes the first player in New England Knockouts history to win a weekly award.
September 2, 2024
Arlo Marynczak brings home Tri-City’s second weekly award of the season.
August 26, 2024
Senger is this week's Pitcher of the Week after tossing a complete-game shutout against the New England Knockouts.
August 26, 2024
For the second time this season, Zimmermann is the Frontier League Player of the Week!
August 19, 2024
AVOH, OH - Peter Zimmermann of the Gateway Grizzlies has been named the Frontier League Player of the Week. Infielder Peter Zimmermann had a busy week, beginning with tying a Frontier League record on Tuesday. In the series opener against the Florence Y'alls, the Grizzlies' first baseman homered three times to tie the league single-game record and drove in all five Gateway runs. Zimmermann continued to torch Florence, homering again on Wednesday while driving in two. He stayed hot in the series against Evansville, picking up four hits in a series win that punched Gateway's ticket to the playoffs. Zimmermann finished his week with four homers, nine RBIs, and three stolen bases while slashing .476 AVG/.538 OBP/1.048 SLG. Zimmermann, a St. Louis native, is the second Grizzly this season to win multiple weekly awards, joining Deylen Miley as a two-time winner. In his third season with Gateway, the 27-year-old has set career-highs in stolen bases and games played and has notched his second straight 20-home run season.
August 19, 2024
AVOH, OH - Peter Zimmermann of the Gateway Grizzlies has been named the Frontier League Player of the Week. Infielder Peter Zimmermann had a busy week, beginning with tying a Frontier League record on Tuesday. In the series opener against the Florence Y'alls, the Grizzlies' first baseman homered three times to tie the league single-game record and drove in all five Gateway runs. Zimmermann continued to torch Florence, homering again on Wednesday while driving in two. He stayed hot in the series against Evansville, picking up four hits in a series win that punched Gateway's ticket to the playoffs. Zimmermann finished his week with four homers, nine RBIs, and three stolen bases while slashing .476 AVG/.538 OBP/1.048 SLG. Zimmermann, a St. Louis native, is the second Grizzly this season to win multiple weekly awards, joining Deylen Miley as a two-time winner. In his third season with Gateway, the 27-year-old has set career-highs in stolen bases and games played and has notched his second straight 20-home run season.
August 12, 2024
AVON, OH – Bryan Pena of the Ottawa Titans has been named the Frontier League Pitcher of the Week. Right-hander Bryan Pena started the first game of a doubleheader for the Ottawa Titans against the Sussex County Miners on Saturday and went the full seven innings without allowing a run to grab his fifth victory of the season. Pena was in elite form, surrendering only three hits and one walk while collecting 10 strikeouts. Pena is the third member of the Titans to win a weekly award and the second pitcher, following Grant Larson from the week of June 10th. His second season in Ottawa is proving to be the best of his professional career, collecting 82 strikeouts in 63 innings and a career-best 4.57 ERA. The former Washington farmhand currently leads the Titans in strikeouts and is tied for second in wins with five.
August 12, 2024
AVON, OH – Marc-Antoine Lebreux of the Québec Capitales has been named the Frontier League Player of the Week. Marc-Antoine Lebreux is one part of a trio of outstanding players that patrol the outfield for Québec. He has been honored as Player of the Week after leading the league with 14 hits over the past week, including multi-hit performances in five of the six games he started. In the series finale against the New England Knockouts on Sunday, Lebreux collected three hits in five at-bats with a double and two RBIs. He finished a 5-1 week going 14-for-27 at the plate with a home run, a double, and two stolen bases. His weekly splits came out to .519 AVG/.581 OBP/.667 SLG. Lebreux is the first member of the Capitales to win a weekly award in 2024 and the first since Steven Fuentes in June of 2023. In his third season with Québec, the Montreal native has blasted a career-high 11 home runs to go along with career lines in on-base percentage (.423) and slugging (.468). He also leads the Capitales in batting average (.289) and ranks third in stolen bases (17).
August 5, 2024
Jordan DiValerio from the Washington Wild Things has been named Player of the Week.
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2023 Players of the Week


August 28, 2023
Becomes the second Boulders pitcher to win the award this season, joining July Sosa.
August 28, 2023
He becomes the 4th Jackal to win the award this season, after Keon Barnum, James Nelson and Rusber Estrada.
August 21, 2023
Both awards stay in America's heartland this week.
August 14, 2023
This season's 14th player of the week award belongs to Scout Knotts of the Lake Erie Crushers. The 14th pitcher of the week award goes to John Baker of the New Jersey Jackals.
August 7, 2023
The Frontier League player of the week for the first week of August is Chris Kwitzer of the New York Boulders. The Frontier League pitcher of the week for the first week of August is Dariel Fregio of the Washington Wild Things.
July 31, 2023
Five home run week for Price, one complete game for Tavarez.
July 24, 2023
Schmitt joins Henry Omana as the second Bolts pitcher to win the award this season.
July 10, 2023
Easterwood is first relief pitcher to win this season.
July 3, 2023
Peterson led the league in RBI, Sosa had a nine strikeout complete game.
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