2017 Season in Review
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MISSION VIEJO MAULERS
Roger Dorn League Champions
Led by GM Chris Ferrero, the Maulers became the first Wild Card team in RDBL History to take hom the League Title with a white-hot Playoff run.
JASON WATSON, DEVILS
Executive of the Year
Watson completed a worst to first overhaul to become the first General Manager to capture the Executive of the Year Award twice.
MAX SCHERZER, GOUTFISH
Pitcher of the Year
Scherzer fired 160 1/3 innings with a 2.25 ERA, 0.85 WHIP and 220 strikeouts while pacing all pitching with 560.0 points.
MT. DIABLO DEVILS
Regular Season Champions
The Stacks rode a dominant offense to the top spot in the standings in the 2018 Regular Season before coming up short of the Fish in the Playoffs.
CHARLIE BLACKMON, DUCKS
Hitter of the Year
Blackmon was dealt 3 times, finishing the season with the Ducks and leading all hitters in points with 513.5 and a .337/.400/.621 slash line.
AARON JUDGE, HOPS
Activation of the Year
Judge led all AL rookies in homers, RBIs, OPS (1.049) and WAR (8.2) while also finishing second in the American League MVP Voting.
Season Recap
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The 2017 season was the deepest race in League History as eight teams fought until the final week for Playoff spots with the Mt. Diablo Devils upending the favorite South Bay Fightin' Fish for the RDBL Regular Season Title by just 4.5 points. The Devils rode a series of off-season trades led by the acquisitions of National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton and a resurgent Gio Gonzalez to upend the Fish from repeating as Champions. GM Jason Watson's off-season and in-season work earned him his second Executive of the Year Award.
Unfortunately things didn't go as smoothly for the Devils in the RDBL Playoffs as the Mission Viejo Maulers took control almost immediately, riding a white-hot roster over the season's final five weeks to earn their first RDBL Championship. The Maulers offense, which hit .258/.331/.437 in the Regular Season, slashed .293/.359/.507 in the RDBL Playoffs while Pitching Staff raised their level as well, posting a RDBL-best 3.02 ERA compared to their 3.71 over the first 21 weeks of the season. While things got interesting in the final week of the season with the Burlingame Blue Ducks closing the lead to just 55.0 points, the Maulers closed strong led by Playoff MVP Jose Ramirez how set an RDBL-record for Playoffs points.
The season was defined by a new "live-ball era" as a record number of home runs were hit while pitchers posted the lowest total of points in RDBL History. 2017 also marked the fifth different RDBL Champion in five seasons.
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Season Awards
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Regular Season Awards
RDBL Champions: Mission Viejo Maulers
Regular Season Champion: Mt. Diablo Devils
East Bay Division Champion: Mt. Diablo Devils
Masters Division Champion: Honolulu Wave Riders
Peninsula Division Champion: Burlingame Blue Ducks
Wild Card Winners: South Bay Fightin' Fish, Lake Merced Goutfish, Mission Viejo Maulers
Top Offense: South Bay Fightin' Fish
Top Pitching Staff: Lake Merced Goutfish
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2017 League Awards
Executive of the Year: Jason Watson, Mt. Diablo Devils
Playoff MVP (Pitcher): Justin Verlander, Burlingame Blue Ducks
Playoff MVP (Hitter): Jose Ramirez, Mission Viejo Maulers
Pitcher of the Year: Max Scherzer, Lake Merced Goutfish
Hitter of the Year: Charlie Blackmon, Burlingame Blue Ducks
Reliever of the Year: Kenley Jansen, Mt. Diablo Devils
Trade of the Year: Mt. Diablo Devils, Gio Gonzalez
Rookie Activation of the Year: Aaron Judge, Meinert Hops
Free Agent Claim of the Year: Alex Wood, Lake Merced Goutfish
Farm System of the Year: Cloverdale Clovers
Hitting Prospect of the Year: Cody Bellinger (Fringe) & Ronald Acuna (Goutfish)
Pitching Prospect of the Year: Jack Flaherty, Cloverdale Clovers
2017 Records Breaking Statistics
Most Team Points (Playoffs): Mission Viejo Maulers (1,881.5 Points)
Most Division Titles: Mt. Diablo Devils (3)
Most Team Hitting Points (Full Season): South Bay Fightin' Fish (5,995.5 Points)
Most Team Hitting Points (Reg. Season): South Bay Fightin' Fish (4,864.0 Points)
Most Team Hitting Points (Playoffs): South Bay Fightin' Fish (1,131.5 Points)
Most Ind. Hitting Points (Reg. Season): Charlie Blackmon, Ducks (513.5 Points)
Most Ind. Hitting Points (Playoffs): Jose Ramirez, Maulers (148.5 Points)
Most Doubles by Team (Full Season): South Bay Fightin' Fish (475)
Most Home Runs by Team (Full Season): South Bay Fightin' Fish (351)
2017 All-RDBL Teams
Regular Season
Catchers
Buster Posey, Goutfish (337.0)
Gary Sanchez, Grapes (284.5)
Infield
Joey Votto, Waves (502.0)
Jose Altuve, Ducks (489.5)
Nolan Arenado, Fish (425.5)
Corey Seager, Fish (381.5)
Paul Goldschmidt, Falcons (491.5)
Anthony Rizzo, Jokers (418.0)
Outfielders
Charlie Blackmon, Ducks (513.5)
Giancarlo Stanton, Devils (474.0)
Aaron Judge, Hops (443.0)
Bryce Harper, AMC (411.0)
Kris Bryant, Fish (409.5)
Utility
Marcell Ozuna, Grapes (409.5)
Starting Pitchers
Max Scherzer, Goutfish (560.0)
Chris Sale, Waves (539.0)
Gio Gonzalez, Devils (513.0)
Clayton Kershaw, Devils (494.0)
Corey Kluber, Hops (486.0)
Zack Greinke, Devils (445.0)
Relievers
Kenley Jansen, Devils (347.0)
Craig Kimbrel, AMC (321.0)
Corey Knebal, Goutfish (313.0)
2017 Playoffs
Catcher
Jonathan Lucroy, Devils (82.0)
Mike Zunino, Maulers (79.0)
Infield
Joey Votto, Waves (120.0)
Jose Ramirez, Maulers (148.5)
Kris Bryant, Fish (107.5)
Francisco Lindor, Fish (119.5)
Nolan Arenado, Fish (104.5)
Brian Dozier, Maulers (115.0)
Outfield
Tommy Pham, Fish (109.5)
Carlos Gonzalez, Fish (106.0)
Mike Trout, Fish (102.5)
Charlie Blackmon, Ducks (100.5)
Ender Inciarte, Waves (94.0)
Utility
Dee Gordon, Maulers (111.5)
Starting Rotation
Justin Verlander, Ducks (173.0)
Carlos Carrasco, Goutfish (149.0)
Daniel Mengden, Ducks (134.0)
Luis Severino, Goutfish (133.0)
Chase Anderson, Maulers (128.0)
Robbie Ray, Ducks (126.0)
Bullpen
Brad Hand, Waves (69.0)
Sean Doolittle, Ducks (69.0)
Ken Giles, Goutfish (68.0)