Paints’ Will Rettig named Prospect League Pitcher of the Week

The Prospect League is proud to announce the Players of the Week for week six of the 2024 season from July 2 to July 8.

The Week 6 ArmCare.com Pitcher of the Week is Will Rettig from the Chillicothe Paints and Denison University.

In 2 games and 7.0 innings pitched this past week, Rettig recorded a 0.00 ERA with no runs, three hits, two walks, 10 strikeouts and a 2-0 win-loss record.

Rettig, of Perrysburg, pitched in 14 games this past spring for Denison, working 75.1 innings on the mound with a 9-1 record, 66 strikeouts and a 3.23 ERA.

The Week 6 Hitter of the Week is Merik Carter from the Jackson Rockabillys and Garner-Webb University.

In five games and 17 at-bats this past week, Carter hit .471 with eight hits, six runs scored, one double, two triples, two home runs and six runs batted in. He also grabbed a league-leading 19 total bases and put up a 1.727 on-base + slugging percentage.

Carter hit .413 in 44 games this spring for Alabama Huntsville with 64 hits, 48 runs and 42 RBIs.

The Prospect League is a premier Midwestern wood-bat collegiate summer baseball league with 18 teams across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. The League provides college players with a professional setting with excellent competition and high-quality facilities while delivering exciting baseball action and affordable all-ages entertainment to its communities. In 2023, the League achieved a new attendance record and led all collegiate summer baseball in growth.

Known as the Central Illinois Collegiate League from 1963-2008, the Prospect League has more than 60 years of proud tradition as one of the original and most recognizable summer leagues. The League's rich history includes Hall of Famers, NCAA and World Series Champions, nearly 200 alumni in Major League Baseball, and more than 800 professional players.

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