Miami Reliever Elbows His Way to LLW Award
"Turn out the lights, the party's over" was <Alex Gaitan:player#12156>'s favorite saying this year as he strolled in from the bullpen to a deafening roar from the crowd.

The West made official today what the <Miami Aces:team#67> and their fans have known all year: He's not just the best closer in the league -- he's the 2056 West Most Valuable Pitcher winner.

<Gaitan:player#12156> converted 10 saves this year with a 7-2 won-lost record and 2.71 ERA. He appeared in 31 games and struck out 118 in 93 innings.

He received 17 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Mustafa Abdul-Haqq:player#1644> of the <Miami Aces:team#67> finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while <Brendon Leiner:player#9556> of the <Orlando Oceanics:team#57> finished third with 1 first place vote.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Alex Gaitan:player#12156> - <Miami Aces:team#67> - 17 - 131
<Mustafa Abdul-Haqq:player#1644> - <Miami Aces:team#67> - 2 - 84
<Brendon Leiner:player#9556> - <Orlando Oceanics:team#57> - 1 - 53
<Shinya Hirano:player#4580> - <Miami Aces:team#67> - 0 - 48
<Dan Miller:player#6635> - <Ocala Pippins:team#98> - 0 - 11
<Vinny Vera:player#12718> - <Orlando Oceanics:team#57> - 0 - 5
<Octávio Lugo:player#2145> - <Tallahassee Raccoons:team#62> - 0 - 3
<Ruben Varela:player#9927> - <Sanford Swamp Things:team#58> - 0 - 3
<Jody Bowers:player#10306> - <Sanford Swamp Things:team#58> - 0 - 1
<Gerjan Ramaekers:player#1974> - <Tallahassee Raccoons:team#62> - 0 - 1
