| Breaking News |  | Thursday, September 7th, 2017: Sub League 1 Best Pitcher Named
To be a young man playing professional baseball is enough for most 25-year-olds.
To play it well is even better.
Well, Alejandro Cobas of the Greensboro Travelers took it to an even higher level today, when the Sub League 1 named him the Outstanding Pitcher Award winner for the 2017 campaign.
He put together a 17-3 record in 26 starts with 104 strikeouts in 204 innings and a 2.38 ERA.
The SION Baseball Writers Association will present Cobas his trophy at the annual gathering this weekend.
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 | Friday, August 25th, 2017: Toledo Tops Greensboro
It was a storybook year for the Toledo Diamondcutters as they closed out a 3-0 series win over the Greensboro Travelers to claim the 2017 Round 1. They wrapped it up with a 10-4 victory to cap an incredible season and brought home their 1st championship.
The Diamondcutters manager gave his view of the series, "We had a lot of things going for us, offense and defense doing it at the right time. That's what it takes win a Round 1."
"We're disappointed we lost, but we're also very proud of what we did all year," said the Travelers manager. "They played better baseball than us and they beat us."
During the Sub League 2 regular season Toledo put up a 76-44 record and finished first.
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| Tuesday, August 15th, 2017: Travelers Cobas Silences Cincinnati
Greensboro's Alejandro Cobas breezed through the Mechanics lineup today, collecting a 5-hit shutout and a 5-0 victory along the way. Cobas fanned 4 as well.
"I didn't really feel like I had my game today," Cobas confessed, "but some days are like that -- you just gotta go with what you have."
Cobas has started 25 times this year, pitched 199 innings, fanned 101 batters and walked 64. His current record is 17 wins and 3 losses with a 2.35 ERA.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | SS Horace Sedlak | fractured hip | 2 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 75-45, .625 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 35-25, .583 PCT | | Record on the road | 40-20, .667 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-5, .583 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 20-14, .588 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 7-6, .538 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 68-39, .636 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 12-9, .571 PCT | | Record in May | 20-7, .741 PCT | | Record in June | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in July | 12-12, .500 PCT | | Record in August | 12-7, .632 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .272 - 2nd in SL1 | | On-Base Percentage | .343 - 1st in SL1 | | Slugging Percentage | .397 - 1st in SL1 | | On-Base + Slugging | .740 - 1st in SL1 | | Runs Scored | 617 - 1st in SL1 | | Hits | 1152 - 2nd in SL1 | | Extra-Base Hits | 362 - 1st in SL1 | | Home Runs | 72 - 1st in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 438 - 1st in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 441 - 1st in SL1 | | Stolen Bases | 58 - 5th in SL1 |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.59 - 4th in SL1 | | Starters' ERA | 3.73 - 5th in SL1 | | Bullpen ERA | 3.37 - 3rd in SL1 | | Runs allowed | 517 - 5th in SL1 | | Hits allowed | 1168 - 7th in SL1 | | Opponents AVG | .272 - 7th in SL1 | | BABIP | .301 - 7th in SL1 | | Home Runs allowed | 35 - 1st in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 428 - 7th in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 496 - 7th in SL1 |
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