Vote! Who is the Midseason Baseball Breakout Player for Palm Beach County?
That was fast. The halfway point of Palm Beach County's high school baseball season is already upon us.
Just four weeks ago, we asked local baseball fans who they felt warranted Preseason Most Valuable Player recognition, and the community responded by selecting Dalton Needle of King's Academy, who edged out Spanish River's Roman Zabala and Park Vista's Anthony Espinoza in the voting.
Needle has responded by a .545 batting average with 18 hits and 10 RBIs, pacing the team in all three categories.
Now that we're at the halfway point, The Palm Beach Post is asking the community to vote once again, but this time, we're taking a look at the breakout candidates — players that were not included in the preseason watch-list, but that have impressed in the first half of the baseball season.
Voting will close on Friday, Mar. 28, at noon.
Here are The Post's breakout candidates for the first half of the 2025 season.
Ryan Senecal, Sr. Jupiter
First-half stats: .391 average, 18 hits, 18 RBIs, two HRs
Blake Anderson, Sr., Cardinal Newman
First-half stats: .327 average, 18 hits, 14 RBIs; 2.07 ERA, four wins
Lincoln Dorland, Sr., St. John Paul II
First-half stats: .450 average, 17 runs, 18 hits, 20 runs, two HRs
Alec Cabrera, Fr., King's Academy
First-half stats: .394 average, 11 runs, 13 hits, 10 RBIs, two triples
Luke Taplett, So., Benjamin
First-half stats: .457 average, 16 hits, eight RBIs; 1.17 ERA
Aaron Orozco, Sr., St. Andrew's
First-half stats: .258 average, nine runs, eight hits, 14 RBIs, five HRs
Aidan Hock, Jr., Park Vista
First-half stats: .061 ERA, four wins, 27 Ks
Camden McFadden, So., Palm Beach Central
First-half stats: .389 average, 14 hits; 0.74 ERA, 28 Ks
Lucas Bratten, Jr., Wellington
First-half stats: .400 average, 18 hits, 11 RBIs; 0.00 ERA across 12.1 innings, .156 batting average allowed
Grady Endemann, Jr., Seminole Ridge
First-half stats: .488 average, 10 runs, 21 hits, 12 RBIs, one HR
Alex Peterman covers high school sports for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at apeterman@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Baseball: Vote on The Post's Midseason Breakout Player
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