2009 Grads to have impact this season?

Sean Caron made the URI team and was told he will compete for playing time. Kyle Neverman is starting at short or third for Johns Hopkins. Crutcher seems to be looking at a red-shirt situation at this point, but he should be strong when he gets on the mound at SNHU.

Mike Fransoso from Portsmouth and Steve Perakslis from Abington (MA) should see some action for UMaine.

I first met Sean Caron when he was 9, I was coaching a local team and I had drafted this 9 year old hyper kid with an absolute boat load of talent. I coached him that entire year and what a great kid he was even at 9 year olds and man did he love playing baseball. For me it is great to see such a great and talented person achieve something as special as making a D1 Roster. I am really pulling for him I hope that he has 4 great years at URI.

A 2008 Grad that I expect to have an impact in 2008 is Larry Longo over at Keene.

Keep an eye out for Shane Bauchman (Memorial) at Plymouth, I am not familar with what they have returning in terms of pitching but a team with less than 10 wins probably doesn't have a ton of pitching. Bauchman should be one of their top two arms this spring.

Another 2008 Grad to keep an eye out for is Brad Zapenas at BC he had a great Freshman year and I look forward to seeing his progression in 2010.

Johns Hopkins was mentioned above. I looked at their roster and they have 50+ players listed? Seems a bit out of the norm. Any ideas?

2009 grads to watch :
Joe Charest(Swansea, MA) @ Fordham, Atlantic 10.
Kyle McKenzie (Boston, MA) @ Tulane, CUSA
Dan Langfield (Somerset, MA) @ Memphis, CUSA

If we're also talking 2008 grads too, then I expect AJ Bazdanes of Nashua North and Keith Bilodeau (Bourne, MA) to have big seasons on the mound for UMaine......as well as major contributions from Taylor Lewis (Montville, CT) and Kyle Stilphen (Gardiner, ME).

Should we move on to 2007s?

Coach Merc - Coach Babb is a legendary over-recruiter. Runs a JV to try to keep them all happy but they start to drop away quickly. 21 freshman this year. They are the only ones in the conference with 5,000 students on campus so they have the spots to use. Most of the schools in the conference are half that size.

Don't forget Dylan Clark (Trinity HS Manchester,
NH) he is a Freshman at Elon University this season.

Dan Feehan & Bill Ferriter are both out of Nashua South and play on the UConn squad.

Logan Gillis, Merrimack/Lawrence Academy & Sean Lyons, Bedford/Trinity, at this point both look to get playing time. The Coach will make decisions on Red-Shirting after their Florida trip in Feb/March. Logan should get time at 3B and some at SS. Sean should get time in the OF and some at P. Currently they have 34 Players on the roster.

Quests: Does Ferriter still play for UConn? I knew he tried the football route. Just curious if he made it back on the diamond. I'm hoping he did.

I heard that Sylvester- Franklin, transferred out of BC. True? Anyone know where.

Whoops....Logan and Sean are at Northeastern.

I heard Sylvester transfered to SNHU....

Billy Ferriter was down at Extra Innings during Winter break hitting with Brad Zappanes, Joe Breen, Ryan Gendron. He said he was back working out with UCONN. He's on the roster on the UCONN website. I'd like to see how well he does at the college level

I'm curious why would someone leave Boston College to go to SNHU. Just seems like everyones 1st choice would be to try and play in the ACC. Doesn't this kind of thing happen after you went to a school for a year and than transfer out because things just didn't work out as you expected??

There was an article a few weeks back in the Telegraph on Ferriter. He is on the roster and has a good shot at starting in the outfield. His injury precludes him from playing football again but not baseball.

I could see a kid like Sylvester trnasferring from BC to SNHU for a few reasons. Found BC too tough academically, found that playing time would be an issue there. Also he is from Franklin and used to being a big fish in a small pond and found himself a little fish in a big pond.....some kids can't handle the pressure. These are all guesses as I do not know the young man at all. Could be a totally non-baseball reason for all I know, just giving examples of why a kid would leave a D1 program.

Lots of kids are told before the winter break that they may be facing a redshirt situation and leave. Others get their 1st semester grades and find out that although they are eligible to play, the 2nd semester is gonna be real tough and opt out. Other times, they just see the writing on the wall for the first time and realize they may be in over their heads.

Logan Gillis played for me after meeting him here on the hsbaseballweb. What a great kid, awesome family. He accepted Coach McFee's offer that summer and will be a solid player at NE. He is one tough kid who plays hard every inning. He leaves it all on the field.

Checked the Elon update on another site and there was no mention of Clark for this season. Thats not to say when he gets a chance he doesn'tput himself in a good spot.

I have never met him, but the source who told me he is switching to SNHU is pretty rock-solid!

Sylvester did transfer to SNHU. The Penmen are stockpiling some good NH arms.

clark is on the 2010 Elon roster and in the 2010 media guide

Clark is on all the above. One of the Rivals sites has the projections for starters and their back ups. This is not always correct but it all the preseason stuff. It's just us baseball junkies looking for information. I have 2 players also on the Elon roster and they are not mentioned either. Oh well?

Clark is a freshman so not surprising that he isn't mentioned. Hard to project a freshman making an impact on a team before the season unless they were a high draft pick who passed on the big leagues at this time for school.

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Originally posted by EATMAN:
Billy Ferriter was down at Extra Innings during Winter break hitting with Brad Zappanes, Joe Breen, Ryan Gendron. He said he was back working out with UCONN. He's on the roster on the UCONN website. I'd like to see how well he does at the college level

He came in and worked with us almost every day he was home. The kid is a STUD athlete - MLB tools. The ball makes a different sound off his bat. If he can find consistency and rhythm at the plate, watch out. He is going to hit some balls very far, but the question will be if he can do it with any regularity. He's a great kid, great work ethic, attitude, etc. I wish him the best and will be checking UConn's page and keeping tabs on facebook.

Look for Zapenas at BC to put up bigger power numbers this year. He's learning how to drive the ball more and is getting more comfortable 2nd time through. Also another great athlete and great character kid. His pro stock with jump if he starts showing more power.

One kid I am disappointed to see left off of this list is Garrett Cole. He was always over looked at Trinity High because of Dylan Clark. I think he is a hard working kid with a tremendous amount of talent. Hopefully he will be given the chance to show it at UMass Lowell, but as some of you guys said earlier it is tough to get your shot as a freshman.

He's only left off the list because a guy like you is watching other people discuss players that they have personally seen play but doesn't say anything until its time to start complaining about who was "left off". This is a discussion board, none of us have seen everyone.

I thought Cole was the better pitcher of the two their senior year personally. It should be interesting to see how they both do over the next four years.

Ferriter is definitely playing for UCONN this season. He started one game and went 1-3 with a BB and a sb. He must have been in the OF as he only had 2 chances the whole game. Feehan has pitched in one game so far, 2 innings O hits O runs 0 BB's and 3K's. He did hit one batter..lol

Clark has started off slow for Elon getting knocked around a bit in his 2 appearances so far. Coles hasn't played yet in U Lowell's 1st 3 games.

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Originally posted by redsox8191:
Ferriter is definitely playing for UCONN this season. He started one game and went 1-3 with a BB and a sb. He must have been in the OF as he only had 2 chances the whole game.

I really hope Billy gets more time and more ABs. He is an absolute stud athletically and if he can find comfort in the batters box, he will be scary.


Also, not a 2009 grad but Zapenas is playing against the Sox tonight at 6 PM on NESN. Can somebody DVR it for me!?!

I saw a bit of the Sox / BC game last night. Zapenas helped turn a double play in the second...showed a nice strong arm and good foot work around the bag in turning it. His 1st at bat he took the first pitch he saw and sent a shot back up through the middle which hit Tazenawa (sp) who picked it up and threw out Brad. It was a hard hit ball..bet it left a mark!!

u maine was off to a tough start. starting to warmup though.

joe mercurio and mike fransoso starting to do well at the plate.

I wanted to expand the horizons a little bit and include some New Jersey college freshmen having an impact at the college level. We are part of the Northeast after all, aren't we:

Vanderbilt (SEC): 6 - 1
Anthony Gomez (Freshman) Don Bosco INF --- .500 ave. 2 - 4 AB , doubl

Rutgers (Big East) 1 - 5
Steve Nyisztor (Freshman ) Toms River North OF --- .366 ave. 6 - 22 AB , Double

North Carolina (ACC) 6 - 1
Brett Knief (Freshman) Don Bosco OF --- .250 ave. 1 - 4 AB , Triple

Villanova (Big East) 5 - 1
Kevin MacLachlan (Freshman) St. John Vianney RHP -- 0-0, 2.25 ERA, 7K's

St. John's (Big East) 6 - 0
Sean O'Hare (Freshman) Morristown INF --- .458 ave. 11 - 24 AB, 2 dbles

Virginia (ACC) 6 - 1
Stephen Bruno (Freshman) Gloucester Catholic INF --- .667 ave. 2 - 3 AB, 1 HR, 5 RBI


Wake Forest (ACC) 3 - 6
Niko Spezial (Freshman) Don Bosco LHP - 0-2, 3.86 ERA, 6 K's


St Peter's (MAAC ) 0-6
Brian Schroeder (Freshman) JFK-Iselin C DH RHP --- .333 ave. 8-24, 1 HR, 4 RBI


Fordham (A-10) 0-6
Rich Anastaci (Freshman) St. Joseph Montvale LHP --- 0-1 4.29 ERA 7 K's

Billy Ferriter went 2-4 today with 2 RBI against Cal Northridge today. Hopefully he'll keep getting playing time. He's battling with a senior for the last spot. The other kid is a lefty and since Billy is a righty, I have a feeling they might split time according to matchups unless one really steps up.

Ferriter continuing to do well, solid performance against Cal-Northridge. He is 8-14 to start the season. Always nice to have a quick start!

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sp...ecaps/030810aaa.html

Two Nashua players going against each other today - Brad Zapenas of BC at Billy Ferriter of UConn. Both have hits in the first inning... Wish I had a camera at the game!! Midweek starters off to a rough start with 7 total runs scored in the first.

Here is the gametracker:
http://www.uconnhuskies.com/ga...efrom=&startschool=&

Mike Fransoso (Portsmouth NH), UMaine's freshman starting 2nd Baseman, has been named America East Rookie of the Week twice already. He is batting .317 in 15 games and leads the team with 14 walks.

Also, Steve Perakslis (Abington MA) was named America East Pitcher of the Week this week. He was the winning pitcher in UMaine's 17-3 win over Georgetown He allowed 1 ER in 7 innings, struck out 11, had 1 walk and gave up only 2 hits.

Amazing start for Anthony Gomez:
This is a rather amazing story. Vanderbilt Freshman and former Don Bosco High School, Nutley, NJ, shortstop now has 23 hits in his first 37 college at-bats (as of Sunday night March 22, 2010).

This is in the SEC - arguably the best baseball conference in the country. Gomez was not an immediate starter. Vandy had a senior returning at SS but when he was injured for a few games, Gomez got a chance and has forced coach Corbin to find a spot for him. He has played both SS and 2B through their first 20 games.

After a weekend series against Alabama, the 18th ranked Commodores are now 16-4. Gomez went 3 for 5 on Sunday and LOWERED his batting average! He is now hitting .622.

I would call that an amazing start to the season for Mr. Gomez!!!!

I am a Garrett Cole fan, just looked at his stats 3.31 era and is currently 2-1 on the season. Not a bad start for the freshman.

Sylvester for SNHU looks to be a huge pick up. I really like the direction SNHU is heading.

Tucker White has been overlooked, I was just on USM's website the freshman former Showcaser is currently batting .292 and has started every game so far. He should have a very bright future in a very talented program.