Matthew Thomas Staunton 2018Moving up the top ten list, today we have Matthew Thomas, the 8th best reliever in the 2018 Valley League season!

Matthew, a senior at Trinity, in San Antonio, Texas, stayed all season for the Staunton Braves and put up these numbers:

Stan ERA W L G SV IP H R ER BB K BAVG WHIP BB/9 K/9
2018 2.49 0 2 19 0 21.7 15 7 6 4 29 0.181 0.876 1.7 12.0

Of pithers on this list, Matthew finished 8th in batting average against, 5th in WHIP, 5th in BB/9, and tied for 8th in K/9. He gave up only 6 hits in his last 12 1/3 innings for the Braves.

Here is what the junior has done in college:

Trin ERA W L G SV IP H R ER BB K WIP BB/9 K/9
2017 10.32 1 2 6 0 11.3 14 13 13 6 11 1.770 4.8 8.8
2018 6.17 1 0 6 0 11.7 16 9 8 8 14 2.051 6.2 10.8

Watch for Matthew to play a larger role for Trinity this spring!

Congrats on your excellent summer!

Matthew Thomas Trinity pitching