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2019 CRCBL All Star Game Roster: Team Maryland

Date:  Source: Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League

By Matt Cohen

With no divisions in the 2019 season, the Cal Ripken League All Star Game will take on a new format this year. Instead of North vs South, the All State Game team will be the three teams from Maryland versus the three teams from DC/Virginia. 

The Bethesda Big Train lead the Maryland roster with 14 players selected. It’s a group highlighted by pitchers Dalton Ponce, Ryan Okuda and Chase Lee as well as Jacob Southern and Kobe Kato offensively. Gio Diaz has been a Big Train record setter this summer with his 31 stolen bases. At the midway point Southern was the CRCBL MVP leader and Ponce the Pitcher of the Year leader. 

The Gaithersburg Giants have eight players going, second most of the three teams despite having the worst record of the group. The Giants contingent is led by Cade Doughty, second in the MVP race at the midway point. Five of the eight Giants going to the All Star Game are pitchers, including Matt Watters, Mike Matter and Jack Ropelewski who have all been strong for the Giants in the back end of the bullpen. 

Silver Spring is second in the Ripken League, and has seven players going, six of which are hitters. Anthony Gallo and Luke Trainer have been at the heart of the T-Bolts order while Brady Pearre has produced on both the mound and plate. Luke Rettig has been a bright spot on a pitching staff that has the worst ERA in the CRCBL. 

The All Star Game will be played at 7 p.m. on July 10 at Shirley Povich Field. The full Maryland roster is posted below. 

POS

NAME

TEAM

SCHOOL

P

DALTON PONCE

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF CA

3B

KOBE KATO

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

P

CHASE LEE

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

OF

MATT THOMAS

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

P

JACOB MCCARVEL

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIV.

INF

GIO DIAZ

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF CA

P

JACK WEEKS

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

P

RYAN OKUDA

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY

OF

CHRISTIAN JAYNE

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

C

JACOB SOUTHERN

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY

OF

TATE SODERSTROM

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

P

LOGAN BARKER

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

P

ELLIOT ZOELLNER

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

P

MIKE BECHTOLD

BETHESDA BIG TRAIN

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY

OF

DAVONN GRIFFIN

SST THUNDERBOLTS

JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY

C

LUKE TRAINER

SST THUNDERBOLTS

MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY

OF

BRADY PEARRE

SST THUNDERBOLTS

HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY

INF

IAN MCMILLIAN

SST THUNDERBOLTS

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

3B

LUCAS DONLON

SST THUNDERBOLTS

VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY

1B

ANTHONY GALLO

SST THUNDERBOLTS

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

P

LUKE RETTIG

SST THUNDERBOLTS

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

INF

BRANDON GREIM

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

INF

CADE DOUGHTY

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

P

JACK ROPELEWSKI

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

OF

HARRIS WILLIAMS

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

P

MATT WATTERS

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

TOWSON UNIVERSITY

P

MIKE MATTER

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

BELMONT UNIVERSITY

P

BEN JORDAN

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

P

NICK PARKER

GAITHERSBURG GIANTS

COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY