MATT YATES
WILD BOARS BASEBALL CLUB

Yates becomes the second Boars player to earn the league's ROY award (Colin Minner 2019), and first pitcher ever to be recognized for this honor. The Miamisburg high school and Cedarville University product started his rookie campaign with 10 scoreless innings of work en route to a league-leading 2.16 ERA. Yates finished with a 5-2 record and recorded one save. He led all rookie pitchers with 84 strikeouts.