Vote: Central Jersey Area Readers’ Choice Baseball Player of the Week poll for Week 6
Welcome to the MyCentralJersey.com Readers’ Choice Baseball Player of the Week poll after Week 6.
Area teams include squads from the Greater Middlesex Conference, Skyland and area Union counties.
Please note that the votes don't always show up immediately. There are lags for the votes to register and a winner isn't declared until hours after the poll closes.
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The poll closes Thursday at noon.
JAYDEN ALVAREZ
South Plainfield
Senior
Third Base
The Tigers’ hot bats have scored 29 runs in their three GMCT wins and the senior slugger has been a big part of that offensive outburst. He went a combined 5-for-8 with four RBIs, four runs scored and a home run. He is also a top fielder at the hot corner.
KYLE ANDERSON
North Brunswick
Senior
Pitcher
One good way to get nominated — throw a no-hitter in a key game. The righthander didn’t allow a hit in the Raiders’ 2-1 upset over Monroe in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament first round. Anderson gave up five walks with six strikeouts as the 11th-seed advanced to the quarterfinals.
CHRIS KOZAK
Middlesex
Sophomore
Pitcher
The righthander slowed down Spotswood’s hot-hitting offense by firing a one-hitter with three walks and four strikeouts as the No. 13th-seeded Blue Jays scored the upset in the GMCT first round.
BEN LINZER
North Hunterdon
Senior
Pitcher
He got the win with four innings of scoreless relief in Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Hunterdon Central in a Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament quarterfinal. He allowed two hits and two walks and struck out two.
JACK MARKOVICH
Gill St. Bernards
Sophomore
Shortstop
He hit a leadoff homer, tripled and was 3-for-4 with three runs scored, two RBIs and a stolen base to spark the Knights’ 7-3 win over Montclair Kimberley in the State Prep B final. The crown was Gill’s first since 2015.
JT MEYER
Old Bridge
Senior
Pitcher
The right-hander earned two wins in the GMCT and also went a combined 4-for-8 with three RBIs and two runs scored. In the 6-4 win over St. Joseph in the first round, Meyer allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts. In the 10-0 win over Sayreville in the semifinals, he threw the full five innings allowing five hits and striking out seven.
JOSHUA THIERO
Timothy Christian
Senior
Pitcher
The veteran threw a gem as 11th-seeded Timothy Christian upset sixth-seeded Highland Park in the GMC Invitational first round Thiero allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings with 12 strikeouts in the 5-1 win. He also went 2-for-4.
MAX TREONZE
Rutgers Prep
Senior
Pitcher
He pitched a complete game, six-hitter with five strikeouts and two walks to lead the No. 13 seed Argonauts to a 9-2 victory over 12-seed Gill St. Bernards in a Somerset County tournament first round game.
DYLAN WAYNE
Phillipsburg
Junior
Infielder
He went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the Stateliners’ 10-9 comeback win over Sparta in the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament semifinals. He also went 3-for-3 with a run scored in Thursday’s 4-2 win at Delaware Valley that gave Pburg the Skyland Valley Division title.
This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ Baseball: Player of the Week for GMC, Skyland and area Union
