#1 Pitcher Picked for 2055
The <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> have a rising superstar or maybe even a budding Hall-of-Famer in the making.
It's <Luigi Paquet:player#6424>, this year's West Most Valuable Pitcher selection. This blossoming hurler wowed fans, peers and sportswriters with a fabulous performance.

Paquet compiled a 10-1 record in 24 starts, tallied 124 strikeouts in 138.2 innings and recorded a 3.05 ERA. Other clubs managed only a .214 batting average against him.

He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Juan Gutiérrez:player#1058> of the <Fort Collins North Stars:team#31> finished second in voting with 5 first place votes, while <Rubén Sánchez:player#6498> of the <El Paso Express:team#29> finished third with 5 first place votes.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Luigi Paquet:player#6424> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 7 - 99
<Juan Gutiérrez:player#1058> - <Fort Collins North Stars:team#31> - 5 - 70
<Rubén Sánchez:player#6498> - <El Paso Express:team#29> - 5 - 55
<Wilson Ortíz:player#11797> - <Paducah Tigers:team#38> - 1 - 48
<Mauro Sánchez:player#9638> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 2 - 32
<Jorge Fontanillas:player#141> - <Paducah Tigers:team#38> - 0 - 18
<Arkady Wajoff:player#9869> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 0 - 18
