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UConn Baseball Recruiting and Commitment Thread

The D1baseball.com transfer tracker is showing graduate transfer Ciaran Devenney, a catcher who played at UMass Lowell the last two seasons, as coming to UConn. That would seem to solve the need of a backup catcher to Pat Winkel. Before that, Devenney played at Delaware State as a freshman, and at Mercer CC as a sophomore.

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Ciaran Devenney - Baseball - UMass Lowell Athletics

Ciaran Devenney (6) Catcher - CAREER: Two-time America East Player of the Week (4.23, 5.20) ... named to 2019 America East All-Conference First Team…played in 63
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Great OBP and solid power numbers - could be a Dan Hurley candidate but the lineup is so stacked...
 
I would think UConn baseball will probably get at least a potential third catcher for next season's team. Maybe they will get another California JUCO guy who could potentially compete for the starting job in the 2022 season, or another freshman recruit. We'll see what happens.
 
According to the D1Baseball.com transfer tracker, UConn has picked up a player from Bowling Green, which just reinstated its recently snuffed out baseball program. LHP Mason Kolean was a freshman on this season's BG team, but he did not pitch, so I would think he would be a redshirt freshman next season. Kolean is 6'3'', and he is from Clarkson, Michigan.

I have to wonder if this transfer will stick now that Bowling Green has a baseball team again.

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dbmill said:
According to the D1Baseball.com transfer tracker, UConn has picked up a player from Bowling Green, which just reinstated its recently snuffed out baseball program. LHP Mason Kolean was a freshman on this season's BG team, but he did not pitch, so I would think he would be a redshirt freshman next season. Kolean is 6'3'', and he is from Clarkson, Michigan.

I have to wonder if this transfer will stick now that Bowling Green has a baseball team again.

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It's academic. He is a freshmen eligibility wise either way due to every spring sport athlete getting back this year if eligibility.
 
dbmill said:
According to the D1Baseball.com transfer tracker, UConn has picked up a player from Bowling Green, which just reinstated its recently snuffed out baseball program. LHP Mason Kolean was a freshman on this season's BG team, but he did not pitch, so I would think he would be a redshirt freshman next season. Kolean is 6'3'', and he is from Clarkson, Michigan.

I have to wonder if this transfer will stick now that Bowling Green has a baseball team again.

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Mason Kolean's twitter account now has a UConn Baseball tag on it. It appears his transfer will stick.

 
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As a FYI, if approved y the powers that be, Jersey is looking to put together a large, as in 156 teams, summer baseball tournament for high school age players to basically serve as a substitute for the lost 2020 High school baseball season. There will be some rule changes, possibly 10 to 11 in a batting line-up with almost unlimited substitutions and pitch-count caps to allow everyone to play along with safety rules, such as umpires behind the pitcher. If it happens, I'll try and catch a few games since the minors are DOA and MLB is doing its best to shoot the national pastime in foot.

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Mr. Conehead said:
As a FYI, if approved y the powers that be, Jersey is looking to put together a large, as in 156 teams, summer baseball tournament for high school age players to basically serve as a substitute for the lost 2020 High school baseball season. There will be some rule changes, possibly 10 to 11 in a batting line-up with almost unlimited substitutions and pitch-count caps to allow everyone to play along with safety rules, such as umpires behind the pitcher. If it happens, I'll try and catch a few games since the minors are DOA and MLB is doing its best to shoot the national pastime in foot.

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If you ask me, even before the pandemic hit, MLB was trying its best to kill off minor league baseball as well. The pandemic just gave them an assist.
 
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Tmill15 said:


According to Perfect Game, 2022 catcher Levi Mcallister is the #1 player in NH!! Plays for St. Marks in Mass. Listed at 5’9” 185
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I believe this is the first reported commitment from a high school player UConn baseball has gotten since the start of the pandemic.
 
With Levi Mcallister’s commitment, I believe that brings our number of 2022 commits to 3...

Niko Brini (OF)
Gavin Gregor (OF/1B/LHP)
Levi Mcallister (C/3B)
 
I've been away for a couple days taking a turn at taking care of my Dad in Pennsylvania, but while down there I found this in the Levi McAllister profile under the comments section of PrepBaseballReport.com:

>2/09/20
New England Procase
5-foot-9, 190-pound, thick, durable athletic frame. A right-handed hitting catcher, behind the plate, setup is wide based, hands are strong on the catch, secures the pitch. The arm action is short, whippy working from a higher slot, clocked at 75 mph, showing good carry down to second base. The pop time was 2.12- 2.16, all throws were on the bag and showed the ability to throw from knees, a weapon on back picking. At the plate, even feet, slightly wider than shoulder width, higher hand set, with a flat bat. The swing is short to contact, level to up path, finishing with two-hands at shoulder height. The approach was more line drive from field to field. Recorded a tee exit velocity of 87 mph and ran a 7.58 sixty-yard dash. Solid catch and throw guy, conditioning is a must.
Tee Exit Velocity: 87 mph
Arm Velocity: 75 mph
Sixty-Yard Dash: 7.58<

Levi McAllister

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Seems like a great player with still a good amount of time to develop before college!! The pop time and tee exit velo sticks out to me as great!! @dbmill I hope all is well with your father
 
Both PerfectGame.org and PrepBaseballReport.com are reporting another UConn commitment.

Brady Afthim, RHP/catcher, High School Class of 2021 from Windham High School in Maine.

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Brady Afthim Class of 2021 Perfect Game Player Profile
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Here is an almost two year old comment from his profile on PrepBaseballReport.com:

>9/16/18

5-foot-10, 155-pound right-handed hitting catcher and pitcher. Ran a 7.7 sixty at the event. Behind the plate he showed well, pop time of 2.1 and threw 78 mph down to second base. The transfer and feet can continue to improve behind the dish as he matures. The receiving is trending upward and he shows the ability to handle the glove. The bat has a tee exit velocity of 80 mph. The setup is even in base, the front foot takes a small step to the ball. The path is long, however, the hands work freely. The frame needs additional strength added to it to aid the development of the bat. On the mound, the the fastball sat 81-83 mph, minimal arm side run to the pitch. The spin pitch is 65-68 mph, good shape to it. The changeup is a developing pitch. The delivery is online with his feet, above ¾ in slot. The glove comes across the hitters face, adding deception. The lift is repeated, small head lean as the arm comes through. The arm is really quick and he showed very well at a young age.

Tee Exit Velocity- 80 mph
Catching Velocity- 78 mph
Pop Time- 2.1
60 Time- 7.7<

Brady Afthim

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Normally I would look for confirmation elsewhere as well since both these websites get these commitments wrong on occasion. Since both websites are reporting on this commitment, we'll take it.
 
Good pick up, plays 2 way in HS but projects as a RHP at the D1 level. His brother Bryce plays D3 at USM.
 
So the Huskies will have players from Mansfield, MA and Windham, ME coming to campus in the fall of 2021. Ironic.
 
dbmill said:
Both PerfectGame.org and PrepBaseballReport.com are reporting another UConn commitment.

Brady Afthim, RHP/catcher, High School Class of 2021 from Windham High School in Maine.

www.perfectgame.org

Brady Afthim Class of 2021 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

Brady Afthim Class of 2021 Perfect Game Player Profile
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Here is an almost two year old comment from his profile on PrepBaseballReport.com:

>9/16/18

5-foot-10, 155-pound right-handed hitting catcher and pitcher. Ran a 7.7 sixty at the event. Behind the plate he showed well, pop time of 2.1 and threw 78 mph down to second base. The transfer and feet can continue to improve behind the dish as he matures. The receiving is trending upward and he shows the ability to handle the glove. The bat has a tee exit velocity of 80 mph. The setup is even in base, the front foot takes a small step to the ball. The path is long, however, the hands work freely. The frame needs additional strength added to it to aid the development of the bat. On the mound, the the fastball sat 81-83 mph, minimal arm side run to the pitch. The spin pitch is 65-68 mph, good shape to it. The changeup is a developing pitch. The delivery is online with his feet, above ¾ in slot. The glove comes across the hitters face, adding deception. The lift is repeated, small head lean as the arm comes through. The arm is really quick and he showed very well at a young age.

Tee Exit Velocity- 80 mph
Catching Velocity- 78 mph
Pop Time- 2.1
60 Time- 7.7<

Brady Afthim

www.prepbaseballreport.com www.prepbaseballreport.com

Normally I would look for confirmation elsewhere as well since both these websites get these commitments wrong on occasion. Since both websites are reporting on this commitment, we'll take it.
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Windham High School is about 15 minutes from me. I'll have to check out this future Husky when and if there's a 2021 season. There is some talk about flipping the seasons, moving low contact sports (e.g. baseball) to the fall, and high contact sports (e.g., football) to the spring.
 
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PerfectGame.org rankings of recruits sometimes become visible to those who don't pay for the premium service. Here are their rankings for various UConn recruits that the website list for next season. Calvin Ziegler had been rated at 492 the last time these rankings were visible:

346 - Adrian Siravo - RHP
350 - Calvin Ziegler - RHP

Top 500, which seems to work out more to the 500 to 999 range:

Hector Alejandro - RHP
Phoenix Billings - 3B
Bobby McBride - RHP
Brendan O'Donnell - LHP
Bryan Padilla - SS
Leo Socci - RHP
Joe Wozny - RHP

Top 1000 - which seems to be over 1000:

Mitchell Pascarella - RHP

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Steve UConn72 said:
There is some talk about flipping the seasons, moving low contact sports (e.g. baseball) to the fall, and high contact sports (e.g., football) to the spring.
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Makes sense. Surprised I hadn't heard this here too.
 


From the Comments section of Noah Sorensen's profile on Prepbaseballreport.com

>6/25/19
An athletic lean build at 6-foot-0, 160 pounds. Ran a 7.31 in the 60 yard dash. Offensively- Stands in the box with a slight bend in the knees. Loose hands. Simple load actions. Takes a short stride towards the pitcher before attacking the baseball. Quick direct path to the baseball. Gets good full extension after the point of contact. Gets good use of the lower half. Top exit velocity was 82 MPH. Defensively- Showed active footwork. Showed above average funnel actions. Moves well side to side. Shows a smooth transition and throws from a high ¾ arm slot. Top throwing velocity was 75 MPH. The 2022 graduate is a must follow.<

Noah Sorensen

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