Webster's Savage Signs with Minor League Team

ST. LOUIS - Will Savage, coming off the finest pitching season in Gorlok baseball annals, has signed with the Milledgeville Capitals of the Peach State League in Georgia. The 2010 graduate made his debut for the Capitals on June 24, starting the game and leaving his team with a 3-1 lead after pitching six strong innings. He did not figure in the decision as the Capitals bullpen couldn't hold the lead.

Savage allowed four hits and one run, in his six innings, while striking out four. Of the 84 pitches he threw in his inaugural professional outing, 54 were for strikes. He starts the season with a 1.50 ERA, picking up where his senior year as a Gorlok left off. Savage set numerous records for Webster baseball in 2010, including his season ERA of 1.52 and for victories in a season as he compiled a 9-0 record.

Post-season honors piled up for Savage as he was named a 2010 Rawlings/ABCA First Team All-American, 2010 Rawlings/ABCA All-Central First Team, All-Tournament Team for the NCAA III Central Region, and SLIAC First Team All-Conference.

The Peach State is a rookie league made up of undrafted players, specifically college seniors who have no eligibility remaining. Rookie players released by a major league team during spring training or by a minor league team during its season are also eligible. Players are only eligible to play in the league for one season. Teams will play a 42-game schedule.

Milledgeville is a city of 18,000 in central Georgia, northeast of Macon. The city served as Georgia's state capital before being burned by Gen. William Sherman's Union troops in the Civil War. The state capital was moved to Atlanta after the War.