UConn Baseball Recruiting and Commitment Thread

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I never really expected this to happen, but Norwich Sea Unicorn games and events in the Futures Summer league have become a bit of a source of news on goings on with UConn baseball.

I was told at a Sea Unicorn get together (my wife and I are season ticket holders) that catcher Matt Malcom, a catcher with Eastern Connecticut State University baseball was due to join the Sea Unicorns later in the summer season sometime in July. I was also told that Matt Malcom was also going to be a Grad Transfer to UConn this fall.

Like Luke Broadhurst, who recently joined the Sea Unicorns as an Assistant Coach for this summer season, Matt Malcom was quite an offensive player at ECSU. Check out Matt Malcom's stats below.

Matt Malcom - 2023 - Baseball - Eastern Connecticut State University

Matt Malcom (7) Catcher - High school: played baseball four years… played soccer three years… played one year of football and basketball… all-conference junior

gowarriorathletics.com

Hitting Statistics

Season	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB
2019	.391	36	36	128	40	50	11	2	6	26	.648	14	4	19	0	.463	1	1	5
2020	.250	5	4	16	3	4	2	0	0	1	.375	3	0	3	0	.368	0	0	0
2021	.271	32	31	107	25	29	4	0	8	24	.533	13	6	28	0	.378	1	3	2
2022	.351	49	49	168	53	59	11	1	10	57	.607	40	4	41	2	.481	2	4	11
2023	.352	46	45	165	45	58	7	0	15	40	.667	30	5	41	2	.463	1	2	20
Total	.342	168	165	584	166	200	35	3	39	148	.613	100	19	132	4	.451	5	10	38

 

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I never really expected this to happen, but Norwich Sea Unicorn games and events in the Futures Summer league have become a bit of a source of news on goings on with UConn baseball.

I was told at a Sea Unicorn get together (my wife and I are season ticket holders) that catcher Matt Malcom, a catcher with Eastern Connecticut State University baseball was due to join the Sea Unicorns later in the summer season sometime in July. I was also told that Matt Malcom was also going to be a Grad Transfer to UConn this fall.

Like Luke Broadhurst, who recently joined the Sea Unicorns as an Assistant Coach for this summer season, Matt Malcom was quite an offensive player at ECSU. Check out Matt Malcom's stats below.

Matt Malcom - 2023 - Baseball - Eastern Connecticut State University

Matt Malcom (7) Catcher - High school: played baseball four years… played soccer three years… played one year of football and basketball… all-conference junior

gowarriorathletics.com

Hitting Statistics

Season	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB
2019	.391	36	36	128	40	50	11	2	6	26	.648	14	4	19	0	.463	1	1	5
2020	.250	5	4	16	3	4	2	0	0	1	.375	3	0	3	0	.368	0	0	0
2021	.271	32	31	107	25	29	4	0	8	24	.533	13	6	28	0	.378	1	3	2
2022	.351	49	49	168	53	59	11	1	10	57	.607	40	4	41	2	.481	2	4	11
2023	.352	46	45	165	45	58	7	0	15	40	.667	30	5	41	2	.463	1	2	20
Total	.342	168	165	584	166	200	35	3	39	148	.613	100	19	132	4	.451	5	10	38

looks like he runs well too. Nice addition

 

[Fairfield_1st]

looks like he runs well too. Nice addition

Stolen bases...for a catcher??? Sign me up.

 

[Steve UConn72]

Pretty good batting eye, too - 100 walks vs 132 K's. Not bad for a guy with some pop.

 

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Gabe Van Emon looks like a Grad Transfer, a LHP from Endicott College, a D3 school. He was a starting pitcher for Endicott last season.

Gabe Van Emon

Gabe Van Emon

www.ecgulls.com

Van Emon Named ABCA/Rawlings Division III National Pitcher Of The Year

BEVERLY, Mass. — Endicott senior lefty Gabe Van Emon (Lexington, Mass.) has been named the 2023 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings NCAA Division III National Pitcher of the Year.

www.ecgulls.com

 

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[CtBaseball]

Reference to UConn at the end of this interview

 

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Reference to UConn at the end of this interview

Nice to have independent conformation of what I had heard about Matt Malcom transferring to UConn baseball. Wondering if a player pipeline might be developing between ECSU and UConn, similar to the one that Avery Point and Storrs had for many years. The only difference is that the pipeline could very well run both ways, as a number of UConn baseball players have transferred to Eastern in recent years to get some playing time.

 

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Shpur, Van Emon To Continue Baseball Careers At UConn

BEVERLY, Mass. – Recent Endicott College graduates Caleb Shpur (East Canaan, Conn.) and Gabe Van Emon (Lexington, Mass.) will continue their academic and baseball careers at the University of Connecticut (UConn) next year.

www.ecgulls.com

 

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'It’s been a lot, but it’s been awesome': Worcester Academy's Mav Rizy delivers coast to coast in summer showcases

Fiskdale resident has been on road since end of school year, displaying his talent for college and pro scouts all over

www.telegram.com

Access <<

-> Back home in Fiskdale on Sunday afternoon, Rizy made the decision to decommit from UConn, which he verbally accepted a scholarship offer from following his freshman year.

Rizy, who didn’t rule out ending up with UConn, said he has a list of five schools he is keeping “pretty private for now” and will wait until the fall to make official visits.

“I committed at such a young age,” he said. “I wanted to have no regrets in a sense and make sure I found the right spot for me. I want to be able to call a place home and have no regrets in that sense.” <-

 

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'It’s been a lot, but it’s been awesome': Worcester Academy's Mav Rizy delivers coast to coast in summer showcases

Fiskdale resident has been on road since end of school year, displaying his talent for college and pro scouts all over

www.telegram.com

Access <<

-> Back home in Fiskdale on Sunday afternoon, Rizy made the decision to decommit from UConn, which he verbally accepted a scholarship offer from following his freshman year.

Rizy, who didn’t rule out ending up with UConn, said he has a list of five schools he is keeping “pretty private for now” and will wait until the fall to make official visits.

“I committed at such a young age,” he said. “I wanted to have no regrets in a sense and make sure I found the right spot for me. I want to be able to call a place home and have no regrets in that sense.” <-

Perfectgame.org has Mav Rizy rated at No. 100 in the High School Class of 2024.

 

[CtBaseball]

'It’s been a lot, but it’s been awesome': Worcester Academy's Mav Rizy delivers coast to coast in summer showcases

Fiskdale resident has been on road since end of school year, displaying his talent for college and pro scouts all over

www.telegram.com

Access <<

-> Back home in Fiskdale on Sunday afternoon, Rizy made the decision to decommit from UConn, which he verbally accepted a scholarship offer from following his freshman year.

Rizy, who didn’t rule out ending up with UConn, said he has a list of five schools he is keeping “pretty private for now” and will wait until the fall to make official visits.

“I committed at such a young age,” he said. “I wanted to have no regrets in a sense and make sure I found the right spot for me. I want to be able to call a place home and have no regrets in that sense.” <-

From this article:

"After the game, mlb.com reporter Jim Callis singled out Rizy along with four other pitchers in the low-scoring affair, noting he consistently reached 7½ feet with his extension before releasing the ball."

In case it takes some of the sting out of the decommitment, it sounds like this guy is gonna be a very high draft pick out of high school.

 

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It may just be my imagination, but it seems to have been a slow summer so far about hearing of recruiting commitments to UConn baseball. Perhaps things will heat up a bit as the summer and fall progresses. Of course, there could have been commitments, but they may not have been publicized.

 

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[YardProduct]

Man, Gaby Tirado was hitting nukes at Chase Field. Can’t wait to see him with a C on his cap.

 

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The summer baseball team Nashua of the Futures League has listed on their roster a player named George Welch, a senior LHP. The roster lists his college team UConn. From what I can tell Welch has been playing for Southern New Hampshire University, and Welch's twitter page says that he is in the transfer portal, so it would seem Welch has just transferred to UConn. The Nashua roster so far is the only place I have found this mention of Welch and UConn.

There have been occasions in the past where a collegiate summer baseball team has first listed a player as transferring to another school.

 

[huskymedic]

The summer baseball team Nashua of the Futures League has listed on their roster a player named George Welch, a senior LHP. The roster lists his college team UConn. From what I can tell Welch has been playing for Southern New Hampshire University, and Welch's twitter page says that he is in the transfer portal, so it would seem Welch has just transferred to UConn. The Nashua roster so far is the only place I have found this mention of Welch and UConn.

There have been occasions in the past where a collegiate summer baseball team has first listed a player as transferring to another school.

Some stats:

 

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Some stats:

Here is a link to George Welch's stat page with Nashua this summer. By the way, Welch is currently listed on the Nashua Disabled List on their roster, he hasn't pitched in a game since July 4, but he did very well on the mound for Nashua before that.

George Welch - Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England - player

Pointstreak Sports Technologies

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George Welch page on Southern New Hampshire website, including his stats:

George Welch - 2023 - Baseball - Southern New Hampshire University

George Welch (9) P

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