2023 Outstanding Pitcher Award Winner Announced
The <Modesto HS:team#136> clubhouse staff referred to him as "the kid" this season. Next year <Mike Dalton:player#4810> will have to have a new nickname. He earned it after winning the 2023 Pioneer League Outstanding Pitcher Award.

<Dalton:player#4810> made 11 starts this year, winning 6 and losing 2. He threw 64.2 innings, fanned 71, allowed 68 hits and 21 walks, while holding opposing teams to a .266 average as he logged an impressive 3.48 ERA.<Steve Aggett:player#6028> of the <New Orleans HS Locomotives:team#142> finished second in voting, while <José Méndez:player#5384> of the <Lackland AFB HS Bombers:team#140> finished third.