Patrice Briones (Pessac Panthers) is named WEP10. This is the second award for the left-handed pitcher. Against the Senart Templiers, a lineup full of powerful hitters, he was dominant again with 11 strikeouts, only 6 hits accorded and none free pass in a 9-inning complete game. He struck out the last batter with the potential tying run at first base for a 4-3 win (all three runs are unearned).
Briones is brilliant this season and is quite unbeatable with a 5-0 record, a 0.97 ERA and 46K in 46.1 innings pitched, “en route” to be named French Elite best pitcher?
The veteran, also a great coach and trainer, is in charge of a baseball development center for young boys and girls in Gironde, France.
Previous Winners:
- WEP 1: Mathieu Brelle-Andrade (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 2: Patrice Briones (Pessac Panthers)
- WEP 3: Frederic Hanvi (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 4: Ernesto Martinez (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 5: Eric Deblanc (Savigny Lions)
- WEP 6: Will Musson (Paris UC)
- WEP 7: Joris Bert (Rouen Huskies)
- WEP 8: Pierrick Lemestre (Savigny Lions)
- WEP 9: Anthony Cros (Montpellier Barracudas)
WEP
A committee composed by French Baseball fans Nicolas Millet, François Colombier (Rouen), Nicolas Chalhoub (writer for Honus), Sébastien Verger (umpire and statistician), Pascal Maitrot (statistician for the FFBS, in charge of Elite), Gaëtan Alibert (webmaster and player from the PUC) and Thomas Dormard vote each week for the Week-End-Player.