West Virginia's Chase Illig earned MVP honors of the CCL Prospect Game.
Rewind: Cal Collegiate League Showcase
Summer BaseballCOMPTON, Calif. — Coming into the California Collegiate League Prospect game, West Virginia’s Chase Illig was already considered the top hitting prospect in the league by the scouts who have been evaluating talent out West this summer. He started the season by getting 33 hits in his 111 at-bats (.371) for the Santa Barbara Foresters. But on Wednesday night at the Urban Youth Academy in Compton, Illig proved to live up to that billing, earning MVP honors for the night.
On the fourth pitch of his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, Illig sent an arching screamer well[…]
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