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UConn Baseball Recruiting and Commitment Thread

@AmoreCourant: Easy Hampton's Marvin Gorgas, a #uconnbaseball committ, taken by Mariners in 13th round

@USABaseball18U: With the 381st overall pick in the 2014 #MLBDraft, the @Mariners select Marvin Gorgas. http://post original url/Hol7NUPamh
 
ATLDYKA said:
Risedorf just got selected in the 6th round # 177 by San Diego. Gorgas still hasn't been selected.
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huskymedic said:
@PetePaguaga: Risedorf who is committed to UConn said he has to talk to parents college coach and someone from the Padres before he make decision #ctbase
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Northwestern’s Zach Risedorf to sign with the San Diego Padres
http://www.gametimect.com/northwesterns-zach-risedorf-sign-san-diego-padres/

>>The decision wasn’t easy. “If I don’t sign, I go to a great school, play for great coaches and get a great education,” he said. “If I do sign, I get to play professional baseball. It’s a good problem to have.”

With the knowledge that he was going to get drafted, coming into the draft, Risedorf and his family had already discussed what he would do. “We had been talking about it for a couple of weeks, I knew I would get drafted, but I didn’t know when,” Risedorf said. “We weighed the pros and cons, my mom did a bunch of research into it.”

It also helped that he went in the top 200 players taken, 177th overall. “It’s a dream come true, the biggest reason is because I was drafted so high,” he added. “If I went in the 15th or the 16th round, I would have gone to UConn, but I went so high it felt too big to pass up.” As for his contract or the terms, he will find out when he flies out to Peoria, but according to Baseball America the slotted value of the 177th pick is $249,400, but that doesn’t mean he will get that amount, he could get more or less. You can view entire scale of the top 10 rounds here<<
 
According to Baseball America's website, Risedorf hasn't signed yet. Unfortunately, for UConn, Gorgas has signed for slot money. I'm a bit surprised someone would pass up on an education at UConn for a pre tax amount of $100,000. He will wallow in the low minors for 2-3 years. The chances of eventually making it for 13th round picks is slim.
Had he gone to UConn not only does he get an education, but in 3 years, if he does well enough, he could have signed for big bucks, a la Springer, Barnes, Olt, Ahmed etc. Sometimes these kids do not get great advice.
 
Yonick said:
According to Baseball America's website, Risedorf hasn't signed yet. Unfortunately, for UConn, Gorgas has signed for slot money. I'm a bit surprised someone would pass up on an education at UConn for a pre tax amount of $100,000. He will wallow in the low minors for 2-3 years. The chances of eventually making it for 13th round picks is slim.
Had he gone to UConn not only does he get an education, but in 3 years, if he does well enough, he could have signed for big bucks, a la Springer, Barnes, Olt, Ahmed etc. Sometimes these kids do not get great advice.
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The Waterbury RA had a story today. Risedorf graduates HS tonight, then flies out tomorrow to sign contract. They did not have the terms of the agreement.
 
Hey Oxford Bob. I hear the shortstop from Oxford HS is getting SEC looks. Can you tell us about him?
 
I'd be surprised. He's only about 5'9/5'10 about 160. Pretty good glove, hits CT pitchers ok ( he slumped towards the end of the year). He isn't fast nor does he hit for power, more of a gap hitter. His HS coach is UConn Asst coach Hourigans' brother and I think he plays AAU for Team CT, so he will get plenty of opportunity to show his stuff.
 
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With Risedorf and Gorgas officially not coming anymore, does anyone have the current list of incoming Freshmen for next year?
 
ATLDYKA said:
With Risedorf and Gorgas officially not coming anymore, does anyone have the current list of incoming Freshmen for next year?
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Go back through this thread for more detailed info, but, as far as I know:
Jack Riley 1b/p from MA
Dan Rajokowski 1b/p New Caanan
Nick Lamberti of E. Haven
Joe Riveria p Southington
Willy Yahn P/IF Housatonic Regional
Wm. Montgomerie P Salisbury prep
C.J. Dandreau P Rhode Island
 
Yonick said:
Go back through this thread for more detailed info, but, as far as I know:
Jack Riley 1b/p from MA
Dan Rajokowski 1b/p New Caanan
Nick Lamberti of E. Haven
Joe Riveria p Southington
Willy Yahn P/IF Housatonic Regional
Wm. Montgomerie P Salisbury prep
C.J. Dandreau P Rhode Island
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Thanks Yonick. Fairly small class and mostly pitchers but then again we don't really lose too many players. I'm guessing we will only lose Ward and Marzi for pitchers and Verdi for position players and we have Hill ready to step in.
 
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Yonick said:
All I could find on this guy is he's a 5"11" left hand hitting 1b from Philly who has power potential. He throws righty, lives in southern Jersey, attends Penn Charter HS in Philly.
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Nice. How many commits is that for 2015?
 
Dynasty said:
Nice. How many commits is that for 2015?
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As far as I know, we have Rossomando a RHP from Bunnell high who was the Gatorade POY as a junior, a LHP named Poulin from Tabor Academy in MA . John Toppa an outfielder, also POY in RI as a jr., and Susi a catcher from Southington.
We did have an early commit from a kid named Kesterson, a pitcher/ss from the Utica, NY area. He is a 1st team AA, but decommited and is now going to Duke.
 
Yonick said:
As far as I know, we have Rossomando a RHP from Bunnell high who was the Gatorade POY as a junior, a LHP named Poulin from Tabor Academy in MA . John Toppa an outfielder, also POY in RI as a jr., and Susi a catcher from Southington.
We did have an early commit from a kid named Kesterson, a pitcher/ss from the Utica, NY area. He is a 1st team AA, but decommited and is now going to Duke.
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Back in November, left hand pitcher Steven Heinrich was reported as a UConn commit for 2015. Did he back out of that commitment?
 
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dbmill said:
Back in November, left hand pitcher Steven Heinrich was reported as a UConn commit for 2015. Did he back out of that commitment?
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I forgot about him. Back in Nov. PG Crosschecker listed him as a UConn commit. Since then he was removed, leaving only Rossomando & Poulin as UConn commits for '15. This site also eliminated the ability to look up any particular individuals name, therefore it's hard to track him down.
 
huskymedic said:
Duplicate to Tom's post in the separate thread. 2016 Commit

West Springfield rising junior Conor Moriarty commits to University of Connecticut for baseball:
http://highschoolsports.masslive.co...y-of-connecticut-for-baseball/#incart_m-rpt-1

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Nice article. By the way, the article mentions Peter Faste, which is a misspelling for Peter Fatse, as being involved with Conor Moriarty. Fatse is of course a former UConn outfielder who played for Coach Penders, and a further web search shows that Fatse is listed as the owner of this Advanced Performance Player Development (AP), the organization that Moriarty played summer ball with.
 
dbmill said:
Nice article. By the way, the article mentions Peter Faste, which is a misspelling for Peter Fatse, as being involved with Conor Moriarty. Fatse is of course a former UConn outfielder who played for Coach Penders, and a further web search shows that Fatse is listed as the owner of this Advanced Performance Player Development (AP), the organization that Moriarty played summer ball with.
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@NickAhmed_: Congrats to @ConorM_24 on committing to play baseball at UConn! He is going to do big things down in Storrs! #FutureHusky
 
Hey guys, here is what I have found out for commits for 2015 and 2016. From researching these guys it looks like a very good haul so far.

2015
Tim Cate LHP Cheney Tech
Jack Lambrecht INF RI
John Toppa INF Bishop Hendricken RI
Dillon Malandro 1B Penn Charter NJ
Zach Susi C Southington HS
Liam Scafariello OF Southington HS
Alex Hintze LHP Oshkosh North
2016
Michael Schwartz LHP NY
 
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Great find. In addition, this list includes, Rossomando, RHP from Bunnell. P.J. Poulin a LHP from Tabor Acad., in MA. And. Connor Moriarity a ss from Springfield.
 
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Tim Cate had a spectacular soph season at Cheney Tech. Unfortunately , he had Tommy John surgery in Feb., and missed his junior season. Hopefully, he'll come back stronger than ever.
 
The image of Pender's is changing. Been talking to some travel coaches and how their former players have been treated. The word is spreading through to ther rest of the travel teams. Every year players are being told their scholarships are being cut so they can pursue and offer more to others. They are being told they haven't lived up to expectations. Promises are being broken to players. Current players have little or no respect for coaches. It's a shame. I realize they want to have the best team possible, but they are not North Carolina or Texas. They can't continue to treat their players that way. I guess the athletic department has been made aware of some issues. Assume they have been called on carpet to answer to those items. We will see. Interesting to see each year more and more players not returning who were highly touted. I wonder who will be missing from this year's team...
 
BASE2014 said:
The image of Pender's is changing. Been talking to some travel coaches and how their former players have been treated. The word is spreading through to ther rest of the travel teams. Every year players are being told their scholarships are being cut so they can pursue and offer more to others. They are being told they haven't lived up to expectations. Promises are being broken to players. Current players have little or no respect for coaches. It's a shame. I realize they want to have the best team possible, but they are not North Carolina or Texas. They can't continue to treat their players that way. I guess the athletic department has been made aware of some issues. Assume they have been called on carpet to answer to those items. We will see. sicallyInteresting to see each year more and more players not returning who were highly touted. I wonder who will be missing from this year's team...
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If Penders is guilty of anything, it's overestimating the talent/commitment of several players who failed at UConn. Most of those players who failed at UConn have been placed at schools where their talents are better served.
Basically, it's sour grapes for those who couldn't cut it at UConn.
 
Totally agree with Yonick. Some of those kids that were cut had terrible attitudes or made poor decisions on and off the field that cost them and the team.
 
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