Beimel was named the 2022 Empire 8 Baseball Championship Most Valuable Player after leading the Cardinals to their second straight league title on Friday. Beimel batted .500 (5-for-10) with four RBI and three runs scored, while catching all 18 innings, as the Cardinals swept the best-of-three championship series over Utica from Dugan Yard by scores of 14-3 and 9-2. Beimel saved his best for last in game two, going 4-for-5 with a double, run scored and four RBI. Defensively, Beimel had a picked off a base runner in the opener and had eight putouts.