We’re ready for the latest installment of the Valley League record book from 2004-2017! Cue up the list of most bases in one season….
| 1 | Jimmy Yezzo | Winchester | 2012 | 148 |
| 2 | Joseph Odom | Winchester | 2012 | 139 |
| 3 | Jon Love | Front Royal | 2004 | 125 |
| Tyler Kuhn | Luray | 2006 | 125 | |
| 5 | Zach Sterry | Waynesboro | 2016 | 123 |
| 6 | Michael Wielansky | Charlottesville | 2017 | 122 |
| 7 | Steve McQuail | Front Royal | 2009 | 119 |
| Bradley Picha | Winchester | 2012 | 119 | |
| 9 | Jonathan Griffin | Luray | 2010 | 117 |
| 10 | Collin Cowgill | Covington | 2005 | 116 |
| 11 | Leo Rojas | Winchester | 2012 | 115 |
You know what it means, Dear Reader, when we have 11 on a list- someone from 2017 broke the seal! There he is, Charlottesville’s Michael Wielansky, with 122 total bases… just about breaking the top 5.
Major Leagues: Collin Cowgill
Current Minor Leagues: Joseph Odom, Zach Sterry
Previous Minor Leagues: Jimmy Yezzo, Tyler Kuhn, Steve McQuail, Jonathan Griffin
No Minor Leagues: Jon Love, Bradley Picha, Leo Rojas
Still in College: Michael Wielansky
All Things Valley League 
We’ve seen Jimmy Yezzo at/near the top in so many of these offensive categories, begs the question – what happened to him after Hagerstown? Also, with 4 out these 10, all in 2012, did Winchester at least make it to the VBL Champ series?
Dennis, Yezzo was released in 2015 after 49 games for High-A Potomac. He was signed by the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League, and put up 248/272/431 in 28 games in ’15, and 220/255/383 in 80 games in 2016. He is not playing pro ball in 2017. Winchester went 31-13 in 2012, winning the North Division by 10 games. They swept Strasburg in the first round, 2-0, and Woodstock, 2-0, in the second. They lost in the finals to the Harrisonburg Turks, 3 games to 1. (Oddly, Yezzo was NOT named MVP in 2012- nor any other Royal. The honor went to Waynesboro’s Julian Ridings.)