A few South Bay baseball players ended up in the New York-Pennsylvania League this summer, and a pair currently are still going in the playoffs.
The NYPL is a Single-A short-season league, which is where Palos Verdes High's Bryce Ortega, Torrance High's Angelo Gumbs and South Torrance High's Vance Albitz all landed.
Ortega, drafted this year in the 41st round by the Washington Nationals out of the University of Arizona, is batting .314 with 23 stolen bases and an OBP of .410 for the Auburn Doubledays, which dropped the first game of a three-game series against Vermont on Tuesday night. They were rained out tonight and will try to resume play on Thursday.
Gumbs, drafted in the second round last year by the New York Yankees out of Torrance High, is batting .264 with three home runs and 29 RBIs with 11 stolen bases and 32 runs in 197 at-bats for Staten Island, which has had its playoff opener rained out two nights in a row. They will try again on Thursday.
Albitz signed with an independent minor league team, the Lincoln Saltdogs, out of UC San Diego last year. He played most of this season with the Saltdogs, before being picked up by the NYPL's Batavia Muckdogs, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Albitz hit .283 and scored nine runs in 46 at-bats with the Muckdogs, who did not make the playoffs.
The NYPL is a Single-A short-season league, which is where Palos Verdes High's Bryce Ortega, Torrance High's Angelo Gumbs and South Torrance High's Vance Albitz all landed.
Ortega, drafted this year in the 41st round by the Washington Nationals out of the University of Arizona, is batting .314 with 23 stolen bases and an OBP of .410 for the Auburn Doubledays, which dropped the first game of a three-game series against Vermont on Tuesday night. They were rained out tonight and will try to resume play on Thursday.
Gumbs, drafted in the second round last year by the New York Yankees out of Torrance High, is batting .264 with three home runs and 29 RBIs with 11 stolen bases and 32 runs in 197 at-bats for Staten Island, which has had its playoff opener rained out two nights in a row. They will try again on Thursday.
Albitz signed with an independent minor league team, the Lincoln Saltdogs, out of UC San Diego last year. He played most of this season with the Saltdogs, before being picked up by the NYPL's Batavia Muckdogs, an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Albitz hit .283 and scored nine runs in 46 at-bats with the Muckdogs, who did not make the playoffs.
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