{"id":12950,"date":"2022-02-01T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=12950"},"modified":"2022-02-01T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:05:22","slug":"pair-of-southpaws-headed-for-wisconsin-rapids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2022\/02\/01\/pair-of-southpaws-headed-for-wisconsin-rapids\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of Southpaws Headed for Wisconsin Rapids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. &#8211; The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are excited to welcome a pair of left-handed pitchers in Caden Favors and Cam Nolet.<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"lazyload size-thumbnail wp-image-12951 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Caden-Favors-1-150x150.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Caden-Favors-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Caden-Favors-1-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Caden-Favors-1-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Favors returns for his second season in Rafter&#8217;s uniform and is entering his sophomore campaign at Wichita State University.<\/p>\n<p>He enters his first season at Wichita State but spent his freshman season at Seminole State College in Oklahoma\u00a0where he pitched 31.1 innings and struck out 33 batters. He had a decorated high school career in which he was ranked by Perfect Game as the fourth-best left-handed pitcher in Oklahoma his senior year.\u00a0 Favors was a Class 5A All-Star his senior year and the varsity captain of his baseball team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe experience\u00a0in the Northwoods League is one that no other summer league can compare to,\u201d Favors said.\u00a0 \u201cI would like to thank the town of Wisconsin Rapids for welcoming me back with open arms, and I can\u2019t wait\u00a0to kick off the summer with them and put on a show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cam Nolet is a senior at Wilson College and comes off of an incredible junior campaign.\u00a0 Nolet pitched 56 innings tallying 85 strikeouts, a 2.89 ERA, and a 6-2 record.\u00a0 He spent the past two seasons at Wilson College, but he began his college career at USC Aiken.\u00a0 This will mark the third straight season in which Nolet has played in a collegiate summer league, but his first season in the Northwoods League with the Rafters.<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"lazyload size-thumbnail wp-image-12952 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Cam_Nolet-21-150x150.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Cam_Nolet-21-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Cam_Nolet-21-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/02\/Cam_Nolet-21-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m most looking forward to playing baseball in a highly competitive league and visiting new\u00a0states and cities I\u2019ve never been to before,\u201d said Nolet.\u00a0 \u201cMy experience in college and in past summer leagues has prepared me to face the tough competition\u00a0I will see this summer playing for the Rafters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League<\/em><em>\u00a0is the prov<\/em><em>en leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 27<sup>th<\/sup> season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing signifi<\/em><em>cantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training grou<\/em><em>nd for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, over 245 N<\/em><em>orthwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Se<\/em><em>ries Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB All-Star Jordan Zimmermann (DET). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.raftersbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. &#8211; The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are excited to welcome a pair of left-handed pitchers in Caden Favors  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":12953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[718,53,15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-player-signings","category-team-news","category-update-ticker-all-categories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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