Week 6 & 7: Player / PItcher of the Week

Player of the Week nominations are submitted by High School coaches across North Carolina each week.  Along with the nominations, Prep Baseball Report is diving into box scores, talking to coaches and scouts, and attending as many games as possible.

PBR's staff sifts through the information sent in and seen by our scouts to determine the PBR Player of the Week every Tuesday.  You can see a full list of players off to a hot start in Diamond Notes, a collection of notes, stats, and highlights from the past week, published every Wednesday during the season.

This week’s Player and Pitcher of the Week will cover Weeks 6 & & of the North Carolina High School season.  With Spring Break across much of the state over the past two weeks, many teams had some gaps in their schedule.  Plus PBR Scouts were on the road watching games and were not able to compile the information for week 6 until now.

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PITCHER OF THE WEEK - April 3 - 15, 2023

Colby Putnam, RHP, Burns HS, 2025
The Sophomore righty fired a perfect game on day 2 of the Shelby Easter Tournament, downing Piedmont HS by a 6-0 score.  Putnam worked the entire 7 innings, facing the minimum hitters in each inning, striking out 10.  In the effort Putnam threw 67 pitches, 55 of which were strikes (82%).  17 of the 21 hitters faced where thrown 1st pitch strikes (81%), and Putnam only had one hitter get to a 3 ball count in the entire outing.  For Putnam, this was his second consecutive shutout, having struckout 11 vs. Highland Tech the week prior.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK -  April 3 - 15, 2023

Bret Clements, OF, East Forsyth HS, 2023
An Appalachian State commit, Clements is sitting atop the Eagles lineup, setting the table for the No. 1 team in North Carolina, No. 1 team in PBR’s Mid-Atlantic Region Rankings, coming out this Wednesday, and No. 23 in the PBR National Rankings. posted on Tuesday.  During the week of April 3 - 9, the Eagles traveled to Myrtle Beach to take on 3 out-of-state opponents, posting three quality wins.  For the week, Clements posted 8 hits in 13 at-bats, including 2 triples, a double and 2 home runs.  Clements paced an offense that has been devastating to opponent pitching staffs, scoring 4 runs and knocking in 10.  The following week, Clements continued to thrive hitting .400 with another 2 RBI in a conference sweep of RJ Reynolds HS.