Albuquerque's Smart Elbows His Way to ULW Award
The spotlight today is on <Johnny Smart:player#11535> of the <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27>. He was named the top pitcher in the West and will be honored with the 2056 Most Valuable Pitcher.

<Smart:player#11535> compiled an impressive 14-7 won-lost mark to capture this year's honor. In 155.2 innings of work and 27 starts, the Scorpion Kings star struck out 113, while giving up 165 hits and 37 walks. He limited opposing batters to a .276 average.

He received 6 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Jon Schultz:player#4886> of the <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> finished second in voting with 4 first place votes, while <Nazario Bruges:player#6735> of the <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> finished third with 4 first place votes.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Johnny Smart:player#11535> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 6 - 78
<Jon Schultz:player#4886> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 4 - 70
<Nazario Bruges:player#6735> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 4 - 49
<David Fernandez:player#8741> - <Paducah Tigers:team#38> - 5 - 47
<Dan Greene:player#942> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 1 - 42
<Pedro Rodriguez:player#4585> - <El Paso Express:team#29> - 0 - 22
<Iván Trevino:player#11422> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 0 - 17
<Jeff Bakken:player#2100> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 0 - 7
<Bo Grant:player#7165> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 0 - 6
<Edwin Hoekstra:player#6665> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 0 - 2
