EXL: Jaylyn Williams and Ethan Skuija players of the week five
Two more clubs saw their players take Player of the Week award for the first time this season in the fifth week of Extraliga. Fans picked duo Jaylyn Williams and Ethan Skuija via Instagram vote.
Třebíč Nuclears players played 4 games in the previous week, taking 3 wins. Thanks to a strong week, they moved to the third place in Extraliga standings, and their chances to TOP 6 are rising. And it was also thanks to twenty four year old American Jaylyn Williams, who had 9 hits and 5 RBI in the fifth week. He currently has .474 BA, which is second in the league. He’s also currently second in number of RBIs, only bested by Martin Červenka.
| Name | RBI | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Červenka Martin (EAG) | 24 |
| 2. | Williams Jaylyn (NUC) | 18 |
| Manzanero Pabel (DRA) | 18 | |
| 4. | Helder Eugene (DRA) | 16 |
| 5. | Pernička Martin (DRA) | 15 |
Ethan Skuija from Tempo Praha is another foreigner, who plays excellently this season, despite needing to wait for five weeks to get his first Pitcher of the Week award. In the previous week he played in two games, throwing 13.2 innings and striking 29 batters. Thanks to this, fans picked him over Lukáš Ercoli’s complete game. Skuiji’s importance for his team is also shown in pWAR statistics, where he takes the first spot.
| Name | pWAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Skuija Ethan (TEM) | 1.8 |
| 2. | Boyce James (HLU) | 1.6 |
| 3. | Ercoli Lukáš (HRO) | 1.4 |
| 4. | Duffek Tomáš (EAG) | 0.9 |
| 5. | Parsons William (HLU) | 0.8 |
Award winners
| Week | Batter of the Week | Team | Pitcher of the Week | Team | |
| 1. | Martin Červinka | Draci Brno | James Boyce | Sokol Hluboká | |
| 2. | Martin Červenka | Eagles Praha | Ondřej Satoria | Arrows Ostrava | |
| 3. | Martin Pernička | Draci Brno | Luis Rengel | Technika Brno | |
| 4. | Martin Mužík | Sokol Hluboká | James Boyce | Sokol Hluboká | |
| 5. | Jaylyn Williams | Třebíč Nuclears | Ethan Skuija | Tempo Praha |
