It’s going to be impossible to address the Ironballs coming into this tournament (runners up, by a 5-2 margin) without talking about loss. As most of you are aware, the Ironballs and the Wifflepalooza family lost one of our great young stars, Nito Figueroa, tragically earlier this summer. Nito was a tremendous kid and a great competitor, & to believe that can be “replaced” is foolish.
But the Ironballs family are very familiar with getting back off the mat when you’re down. Make no mistake, this is a really, really good team. The pitching aspect will be the question mark. Lead by long time palooza veteran Allen Cruz, behind him are some question marks. It is unclear at this point who will be the 2nd pitcher, although it is likely veteran Joey Rodriguez. But the lineup is stacked; top to bottom and will offer incredible challenges throughout.
Out are former all star T.J Suppi, Tim Suppi
and Nelson Ocasio, and in are highly touted prospects Izayah Quinones, O.J
Flores, Elijah Febus, Erv Bogan and Desi Cardona. If the Ironballs can field
the ball and get solid innings out of someone other than Cruz, they should be
considered one of the true favorites of this competition. “Chacho Papito”.
- DEPTH
CHART
- Batting
order
- Febus
- Cruz
- Flores
- Quinones
- Bogan
- Garcia
- BENCH: Cardona, Rodriguez
- Rotation
- Cruz
- Rodriguez
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