Southern Illinois Miners Sign Four From California Winter League

Southern Illinois Miners Sign Four From California Winter League

Source: Frontier League News

Marion, IL (March 6, 2018) – The Southern Illinois Miners announce that they have signed four players from the California Winter League to their 2018 roster, welcoming infielders Jake Willsey and Cletis Avery along with pitchers Kyle Brown and Noe Arteaga to the club. Willsey is coming off a four-year collegiate career at Tulane University in New Orleans, where he was an outstanding defender and reliable hitter at second base. He clubbed nine homers as a senior in 2017 and put up a .983 fielding percentage, making just five errors in over 300 chances in the field while also turning 53 double plays in just 58 games. As a junior, he made Second Team All-American Athletic Conference for the Green Wave, batting .265 with 10 homers and 31 RBIs in 2016 while committing just six errors in over 250 chances defensively. For his career, the Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts native batted .256 with 19 homers and 70 RBIs in 204 games, and turned 139 double plays to rank second in program history. While playing for the Palm Springs Power in the CWL, Willsey batted .375 in 40 at-bats while leading the team with 15 runs scored and tying for the team-best…

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