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Howard High’s Delgado captures this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honor

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We had an interesting vote this week for our ‘Prep Ballplayer’ award.

For the first time in recent memory, all three candidates led at one point during the week. That probably speaks to how even the three outstanding performances were. All three excelled on the mound and two helped their causes at the plate.

Ultimately, though, Howard junior right-hander Gabe Delgado outpaced the competition, receiving 54 percent of nearly 9,000 votes cast. Delgado’s 12-strikeout performance in a five-inning game was that impressive.

The other two finalists, Severna Park senior Cameron Clark (32 percent) and Archbishop Curley senior Paul Nixon (14 percent), also turned in strong performances.

We’ll have three new standouts to highlight on Monday afternoon.

Then you’ll get to vote – early and often – for the finalist you believe should be our winner. Voting ends every Thursday night and the winner is announced each Friday.

If you’re interested in submitting candidates for our consideration, please send the player’s name, key statistics from the previous week and your contact information by Sunday afternoon to sean@baltimorebaseball.com. We welcome suggestions and your feedback.

Dan Connolly

Dan Connolly has spent more than two decades as a print journalist in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Baltimore native and Calvert Hall graduate first covered the Orioles as a beat writer for the York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record in 2001 before becoming The Baltimore Sun’s national baseball writer/Orioles reporter in 2005. He has won multiple state and national writing awards, including several from the Associated Press Sports Editors. In 2013 he was named Maryland Co-Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. And in 2015, he authored his first book, "100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die." He lives in York, with his wife, Karen, and three children, Alex, Annie, and Grace.

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    • Looks like Nixon is going to join the powerhouse JuCo squad at Harford Community College initially. Don’t know on Clark.

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