Top CLW Hitters Honored with Platinum Stick Award
It's a trophy on the mantle and certainly bragging rights around Confederation League locker rooms. The West announced the winners of the Platinum Stick Award today, which goes to the top offensive performer at each position.

Here are the 2057 winners:

<Catcher:value_bold#0>
<Israel Garcia:player#8055> (<Grand Junction Lumberjacks:team#45>)
.327/.396/.508, 254 AB, 7 HR, 134 wRC+, 2.6 WAR

<First Baseman:value_bold#0>
<Bryant Lipps:player#9549> (<Cadiz Bat Hogs:team#54>)
.374/.427/.539, 519 AB, 7 HR, 31 SB, 152 wRC+, 3.7 WAR

<Second Baseman:value_bold#0>
<Vinny Mason:player#9875> (<Grand Junction Lumberjacks:team#45>)
.322/.387/.514, 366 AB, 10 HR, 19 SB, 131 wRC+, 3.4 WAR

<Third Baseman:value_bold#0>
<António Paz:player#1618> (<Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44>)
.289/.392/.609, 463 AB, 42 HR, 2 SB, 108 R, 113 RBI, 6.2 WAR

<Shortstop:value_bold#0>
<Claude James:player#8666> (<Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44>)
.265/.360/.584, 449 AB, 39 HR, 139 wRC+, 3.5 WAR

<Left Fielder:value_bold#0>
<Nelson Moran:player#10930> (<Corpus Christi Hooks:team#47>)
.343/.387/.515, 540 AB, 17 HR, 29 SB, 135 wRC+, 3.6 WAR

<Center Fielder:value_bold#0>
<Jesse Nash:player#9901> (<Cadiz Bat Hogs:team#54>)
.256/.416/.443, 476 AB, 17 HR, 39 SB, 130 wRC+, 3.8 WAR

<Right Fielder:value_bold#0>
<Kereje Akrama:player#12272> (<Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44>)
.325/.453/.622, 498 AB, 36 HR, 4 SB, 115 R, 120 RBI, 6.8 WAR

<Designated Hitter:value_bold#0>
<Ramon Rios:player#9478> (<Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44>)
.273/.406/.626, 374 AB, 39 HR, 1 SB, 160 wRC+, 3.8 WAR

