UConn Baseball Recruiting and Commitment Thread

[huskymedic]

I think he transferred to IMG Academy.

 

[dbmill]

Joey Tonnotti Class of 2024 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Joey Tonnotti Class of 2024 Perfect Game Player Profile

www.perfectgame.org

<Joey Tonnotti is a 2024 RHP/OF with a 6-2 180 lb. frame from Southington, CT who attends St. Paul Catholic. Large, athletic frame with present strength to frame and additional room to fill throughout moving forward. Ran a 6.98 60-yard dash. Primary right-handed pitcher, quick and compact delivery, lands slightly open coming down the mound, short and quick arm action through the backside. Pounded the strike zone, fastball topped out at 89 mph with true flight and carry through the zone, shows comfort working north/south within the zone, solid life. Changeup at 79 mph and curveball up to 76 mph showed big horizontal break making for tough at-bats. Similar short arm action on throws from the outfield, short arm action through the back, extra step moving into release, effort out of hand, will continue to refine, shows accuracy to intended base. Left-handed hitter, begins with a spread lower half and does a nice job of staying short to the ball while showing quickness to hands. Gets inconsistent with timing on occasion, shows nice carry coming off when squared to all fields, best contact when getting extended out front and creating leverage, went the other way for standup double in live action. Good student.>

Perfectgame.org now has UConn recruit Joey Tonnotti at No. 310 in the Class of 2024 rankings.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Does anyone else think there had been a general uptick in the kids who are committing versus a few years ago?

 

[dbmill]

Does anyone else think there had been a general uptick in the kids who are committing versus a few years ago?

No question about it, there has been an uptick in recruiting, no doubt due to the success UConn baseball has had on the field, and the new baseball facilities the team has.

 

[huskymedic]

Commit Mavrick Rizy pitching for USA Baseball U18 National Team World Cup Americas Qualifier

 

[huskymedic]

Rizy game stats below:

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[huskymedic]

-> Mavrick Rizy, 2024 RHP, Massachusetts
Rizy was coming off a great outing in Jupiter, where he touched 93 mph and struck out five with one walk in three shutout innings. He wasn't as sharp here, giving up four hits, two walks, a hit batter and a run in two innings without any strikeouts. Rizy is built like Marlins 2005 first-round pick Chris Volstad at 6-foot-8, 235 pounds, and like Volstad, he throws without much effort in his delivery. Rizy's command of his fastball and curveball weren't as crisp as usual, leading to more balls in play against him, but the Connecticut commit looks like one of the top prep arms in the Northeast for 2024. <-

 

[UConnRock]

That is one of the better change-ups I have seen from a HS pitcher.

 

[dbmill]

In the Class of 2023, Anthony Belisario is ranked 308 by Perfectgame.org

Anthony Belisario is now being listed as being in the Class of 2024.

 

[dbmill]

 

[dbmill]

 

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[dbmill]

UConn recruit Thomas Galusha goes to Salisbury High School:

 

[dbmill]

 

[kris1]

UConn recruit Thomas Galusha goes to Salisbury High School:

Thomas Galusha second from the left. My son third from the left. Great group of kids all, class of 2023, from the same travel program.
Dean, UConn, NJIT, Seton Hall, Merrimack, Delaware, Endicott, Brandeis, St. Olaf, Alabama St.

 

[dbmill]

 

[dbmill]

Recruiting commitments usually slow down dramatically at this time of year, so figure it is good time to provide a current summery of recruits who have been reported in this thread as having committed to UConn baseball. Usually commitments will start to pick up again late next spring.

High school Class of 2023

Michael Oates - C/OF
Brett Davino - SS
Robert Rispoli - SS/2B
Anthony Belisario - OF
Tyler Minick - SS/RHP
Sean Finn - SS/RHP

Kyle Peters - RHP/Inf
Ben Schild - RHP
Tommy Turner - RHP
Thomas Galusha - RHP
Giovannni Conte - RHP
Charlie West - LHP
Devin Wolff - RHP
Frank Spirito - RHP

Caleb Shpur - OF - Grad Transfer from Endicott College

Ryan Birchard - RHP - JUCO Transfer from Niagara County Community College


High school Class of 2024

Gabriel Tirado - C
Jack LaRose - SS
Connor Lane - C/1B/3B
Cole Taylor - 3B/RHP

Joey Tonnotti - RHP/OF
Cayden Suchy - LHP/OF
Mavrick Rizy - RHP
Drew Smith - RHP


High school Class of 2025

Logan Charboneau - 1B
Matthew McDowell - SS
Camden Righi - C
Henry Jackson - SS

 

[ucjoet]

Recruiting commitments usually slow down dramatically at this time of year, so figure it is good time to provide a current summery of recruits who have been reported in this thread as having committed to UConn baseball. Usually commitments will start to pick up again late next spring.

High school Class of 2023

Michael Oates - C/OF
Brett Davino - SS
Robert Rispoli - SS/2B
Anthony Belisario - OF
Tyler Minick - SS/RHP
Sean Finn - SS/RHP

Kyle Peters - RHP/Inf
Ben Schild - RHP
Tommy Turner - RHP
Thomas Galusha - RHP
Giovannni Conte - RHP
Charlie West - LHP
Devin Wolff - RHP
Frank Spirito - RHP

Caleb Shpur - OF - Grad Transfer from Endicott College

Ryan Birchard - RHP - JUCO Transfer from Niagara County Community College


High school Class of 2024

Gabriel Tirado - C
Jack LaRose - SS
Connor Lane - C/1B/3B
Cole Taylor - 3B/RHP

Joey Tonnotti - RHP/OF
Cayden Suchy - LHP/OF
Mavrick Rizy - RHP
Drew Smith - RHP


High school Class of 2025

Logan Charboneau - 1B
Matthew McDowell - SS
Camden Righi - C
Henry Jackson - SS

Hey dbmill, thank you for all your work with recruiting updates. From what you know, which of the above recruits should we be most excited about.
Happy thanksgiving to all

 

[dbmill]

Hey dbmill, thank you for all your work with recruiting updates. From what you know, which of the above recruits should we be most excited about.
Happy thanksgiving to all

You're welcome. The following players are currently rated in the Top 500 of their respective high school classes by Perfectgame.org. There is a goodly number of them, so that is another reason for being excited about UConn baseball recruiting.

Class of 2023

Tommy Turner - 220
Ben Schild - 442
Sean Finn - 454

Class of 2024

Mavrick Rizy - 100
Gabriel Tirado - 121
Drew Smith - 275
Joey Tonnotti - 340

Class of 2025

Logan Charboneau - 247

 

[Skies17]

 

[Tmill15]

Zavien Watson has committed to UConn as a JUCO transfer. Not sure if he’s going to join the team in the spring but he was a former Arizona commit and had a 9.5 grade in the class of 2020. He posted big time numbers at Grossmont College Zavien Watson

 

[CtBaseball]

Zavien Watson has committed to UConn as a JUCO transfer. Not sure if he’s going to join the team in the spring but he was a former Arizona commit and had a 9.5 grade in the class of 2020. He posted big time numbers at Grossmont College Zavien Watson

Hell yeah. When his ETA ? When does he step foot on Eliot Field for game action?

 

[navery12]

 

[navery12]

Hell yeah. When his ETA ? When does he step foot on Eliot Field for game action?

His college mentioned him being a 2023 draft guy in their congratulations tweet so my guess is this spring

 

[dbmill]

His college mentioned him being a 2023 draft guy in their congratulations tweet so my guess is this spring

Just guessing, but I'm thinking that he will be with UConn baseball in the fall of 2023. That would be consistent with other JUCO players who make their commitment at this time of year in the past.