Men UConn Summer Baseball 2022
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Alejandro pitched a fair amount of innings early on this season for UConn before the coaching staff pretty much stopped using him. From this early usage, it would seem the UConn coaching staff sees some talent in him, even if he didn't produce the results they were looking for. Because of this, it makes me particularly interested to see how Alejandro performs this summer with the Mystic Schooners.
Considering the Schooners are now using Dodd Stadium in Norwich as their home field, I'm hoping that Alejandro will appear in some of the Schooners games that I hope to go to over the summer season.
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Same problem as McBride. After a decent start, he started walking way too many. The one thing the coaching staff didn’t have patience with. He had good stuff. Hopefully he can find the strike zone again.
Yes, Alejandro had control problems, as did McBride. However, the coaching staff gave a lot more innings to Alejandro early on in the season then they did with McBride. Safe to say that the coaching staff showed some game confidence in Alejandro that they never really showed with McBride this season. Of course, McBride also got hurt in a game in the middle of the season, and never pitched again in a game.
If you ask me, a player may enter the transfer portal, but until he signs up with another school, I don't have a problem with them referring to the last school that he was at or played for in a tweet. Players may enter the portal, but that does not necessarily mean they are gone. Sometimes they do come back. To give an example, Todd Petersen was in the transfer portal last summer, but was back with UConn for fall ball. Of course, he was gone from the team after his UConn fall ball stint.
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Just got back from the Norwich Sea Unicorns game tonight. Unlike last season, the Sea Unicorns are not putting out in game tweets this season. I mentioned that in a complaint to the team's general manager during a game recently.
However, UConn baseball put out this tweet on Ryan Hyde who has joined the Sea Unicorns, and started at catcher tonight:
However, UConn baseball put out this tweet on Ryan Hyde who has joined the Sea Unicorns, and started at catcher tonight:
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Huh? McBride was unacceptably wild in 2021 and came out the same way in 2022. Alejandro pitched effectively for a few appearances before his control started to decline.
McBride never got regular pitching time on the mound due to his wildness during his time at UConn, no problem with that even with his potential. Alejandro got fairly regular pitching time through March, until the April game disasters against St. John's and UMass pretty much did him in for the season. But before those games Alejandro was doing okay and looked like he had a chance of breaking through to possibly a bigger pitching role before he lost the confidence of the coaching staff for this season.
The NECBL Player Search function is now showing Brendan O'Donnell with the Bristol Blues. O'Donnell is not yet listed on the current Bristol Blues roster, so it is possible that it might just be a matter of time before it happens.
O'Donnell had been showing up in the Player Search function for the the Cape Cod League as had been previously reported in this thread, but he is no longer listed there.
O'Donnell had been showing up in the Player Search function for the the Cape Cod League as had been previously reported in this thread, but he is no longer listed there.
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Is McBride the player who nuked Penders on social media?
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Alejandro started to give up bombs and then his control became shaky. I wondered if he was injured at any point.
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Unless I missed something I think you are thinking of Will Lucas. In which case, my metaphor of choice would be closer to self-immolated, considering he’s not playing anywhere while Penders on the other hand got to a Super Regional and just got a huge raise.
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Norwich Sea Unicorn update.
Kolby Pascarelli is no longer on the roster. He pitched in 3 or 4 games, and got roughed up each time.
Ryan Hyde now has 5 walks in 3 games played. Shows a good eye so far.
Drew Kron continues to impress with his defense in center field. He is doing okay on offense, but he does strike out too much for my taste, in over a third of his at at bats. He has only about 34 at bats, so hoping he will improve as he gets more playing time.
Jackson Ferrigno doesn't have any homers, but he does have 6 doubles and 3 triples in about 80 at bats, so he is getting his fair share of extra base hits so far.
Kolby Pascarelli is no longer on the roster. He pitched in 3 or 4 games, and got roughed up each time.
Ryan Hyde now has 5 walks in 3 games played. Shows a good eye so far.
Drew Kron continues to impress with his defense in center field. He is doing okay on offense, but he does strike out too much for my taste, in over a third of his at at bats. He has only about 34 at bats, so hoping he will improve as he gets more playing time.
Jackson Ferrigno doesn't have any homers, but he does have 6 doubles and 3 triples in about 80 at bats, so he is getting his fair share of extra base hits so far.
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Afthim pitched the last 5 innings of this game. He has gotten off to quite a good run in Sanford this summer, that's for sure.
If I remember correctly, Chris Jones said during game broadcasts this season that the UConn coaching staff figured that in the coming seasons Afthim could end up possibly being either a weekend starter or the closer out the bullpen.
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Bummer, I thought his dad mentioned that he was supposed to be headed to Wareham when I talked to him during the regional.
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His college eligibility is up for us, right?
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No…
… it was reported that he has eligibility left and will see what happens w/ MLB Draft.
From what I understand, when a team makes a deep run into the NCAA tournament like UConn did this season, it can mess up summer ball assignments, especially with the the Cape League. Ben Huber is not the only guy who was initially reported as going to the Cape who is now in a different summer league or team.
I'm taking the fact that Ben Huber is playing summer ball as a sign that it is more likely that he will be back in Storrs in the fall. It seems that players who are likely to be taken in the MLB draft often don't take part in summer ball. Anyway, we'll see what happens with Huber.
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Got it. Let’s hope he gets drafted, and if he doesn’t, great for the Huskies. (His defensive prowess at 1B might have been just as big as his bat this year.)
I've said this before on these threads, just want to mention that I never "root" for a UConn player with left over eligibility not to be taken in the MLB draft, or for that matter, a recruit that has committed to UConn who makes the decision to go pro instead of going to Storrs. That is something I refuse to moan and groan about. At this level, players leaving to go pro early or never arriving to college at all is really part of the game, and it is something that is to be expected. In reality is a big positive for the program, as it is a sign that recruiting efforts have definitely gone in the right direction.
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Absolutely and well said. The dramatic decrease in MiLB teams and draft rounds may lead to more of these type of guys staying. Either way, we are happy for the guys.
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