Now that we’re about a third of the way through the college baseball season, D1baseball.com has released its power rankings at each position. I am rather pleased at how many former Valley Leaguers are performing well, so let’s tackle it bit by bit. Today we’ll look at the catchers and first basemen who made the lists- seven of them in all, along with their stats through Sunday’s games.

Catchers

  • #8- Cooper Ingle, Clemson (Charlottesville 2021): .392/.507/.569 in 102 at-bats, with 29 runs, six doubles, four home runs, 24 RBIs, and silly 26/13 BB/K
  • #18- Alonzo Rubalcaba, Kentucky (Waynesboro 2021): .264/.363/.437 in 87 at-bats, with four doubles, a triple, three home runs, 25 RBIs, and 14/22 BB/K
  • #19- BT Riopelle, Florida (Purcellville 2019): .318/.388/.545 in 88 at-bats, with two doubles, six home runs, and 17 RBIs

First Basemen

  • #2- Sonny DiChiara, Auburn (Strasburg 2019): .461/.616/.921 in 76 at-bats, with 25 runs, 11 doubles, eight home runs, 24 RBIs, and 28 walks against 12 K’s
  • #14- Joe Kinker, FGCU (Waynesboro 2019): .312/.457/.606 in 109 at-bats, with 37 runs, eight doubles, eight home runs, 27 RBIs, and 28/37 BB/K
  • #20- Bryce Hulett, Pitt (New Market 2019): .382/.491/.663 in 89 at-bats, with five doubles, a triple, six home runs, and 18 walks against 11 K’s
  • #23- Luc Lipcius, Tennessee (Front Royal 2017): .291/.454/.620 in 79 at-bats, with 29 runs, five doubles, seven home runs, 18 RBIs, and almost-even 25/26 BB/K
Sonny DiChiara
Luc Lipcius
BT Riopelle