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BaseballDog said:
I am told Birchard is no longer committed UConn. I have not seen this reported here.
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Well, I looked a little more, and found this article that reports that Ryan Birchard is not joining UConn baseball this fall. This article was published last week.

www.niagara-gazette.com

Ryan Birchard’s NCCC success leads to choice between D-I scholarship or MLB draft

SANBORN — Ryan Birchard has made plenty of decisions over the course of his career. Yet, it hasn’t always been as easy as deciding how to strike out an opposing
www.niagara-gazette.com www.niagara-gazette.com


<After decommitting from UConn earlier this month, Birchard must balance within the next couple weeks the pros and cons between pursuing Division I baseball next spring or entering the MLB draft on July 9, a childhood dream.>
 
With the UConn baseball season now over, figure it is good time to provide the annual current summery of recruits who have been reported in this thread as having committed to UConn baseball. In the past, summer and fall have been a time when many such commitments are reported. There will probably be a number of transfers who will join UConn baseball for fall ball this September in addition to the recruits already listed.


High school Class of 2023

Anthony Belisario - OF
Michael Oates - C/OF
Brett Davino - SS
Robert Rispoli - SS/2B/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

Zavien Watson - 1B/3B - JUCO Transfer from Grossmont College
Caleb Shpur - OF - Grad Transfer from Endicott College

Alex Mach - RHP - JUCO Transfer from Avery Point


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


High school Class of 2026

Vincent Lombardo - OF
Amato Civitello - SS/RHP

Shaun Flannery - RHP
 
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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 gowarriorathletics.com

Hitting Statistics
SeasonAVGGPGSABRH2B3BHRRBISLG%BBHBPSOGDPOB%SFSHSB
2019.39136361284050112626.648144190.463115
2020.2505416342001.3753030.368000
2021.2713231107252940824.533136280.378132
2022.351494916853591111057.607404412.4812411
2023.35246451654558701540.667305412.4631220
Total.34216816558416620035339148.613100191324.45151038
 
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dbmill said:
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 gowarriorathletics.com

Hitting Statistics
SeasonAVGGPGSABRH2B3BHRRBISLG%BBHBPSOGDPOB%SFSHSB
2019.39136361284050112626.648144190.463115
2020.2505416342001.3753030.368000
2021.2713231107252940824.533136280.378132
2022.351494916853591111057.607404412.4812411
2023.35246451654558701540.667305412.4631220
Total.34216816558416620035339148.613100191324.45151038
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looks like he runs well too. Nice addition
 
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CtBaseball said:
Reference to UConn at the end of this interview

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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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www.telegram.com

'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

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-> 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.” <-
 
huskymedic said:
www.telegram.com

'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

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-> 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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Perfectgame.org has Mav Rizy rated at No. 100 in the High School Class of 2024.
 
huskymedic said:
www.telegram.com

'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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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.
 
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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