Men UConn Summer Baseball 2022

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A bunch of UConn's freshmen and redshirt freshmen pitchers from the team this spring either had noteworthy freshmen seasons with UConn this spring, or have been doing fine playing summer ball. I'm inclined to think it is quite possible that about six of these players could form the core of the UConn pitching staff next spring. That would include Cooke, Sullivan, Afthim, Quinn, Pascarella, and Ellisen (of course, the last two still have to throw their first pitch for UConn in a spring game). We'll have to see what the various freshmen and transfer pitchers can add to the UConn mound staff in addition to this basic core. Of course, we shouldn't forget about returning upper classmen Justin Willis, Devin Kirby, and Garrett Coe and what they have already shown what they can do on the pitching mound for the Huskies.

People may have noticed that in this core group of six freshmen/redshirt freshmen mentioned above, I did not include Hector Alejandro. His summer with the Mystic Schooners kind of mirrored his spring season with UConn, he was both good and bad at times. Alejandro pitched in 7 games, and started 5 games. In two of the starts plus his 2 relief appearances (1 inning in each of those appearances, he was quite good, throwing a combined 12 innings where he gave up only 1 run. However, in the other 3 starts, he threw a combined 11 innings and gave up 13 earned runs (I was at his last start, and it was not a pretty sight to witness, as his control certainly was not sharp). Overall Alejandro had a 5.47 ERA in 23 innings for his summer with Mystic.

Mystic lost their NECBL playoff game last night against Martha's Vineyard, so their season is now over.

 

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The Healdsburg Prune Packers has been something of a west coast summer baseball home for various UConn players. It seems that for a number of years now they often have a Husky or two on their summer roster. Often these UConn players are Cal JUCO's, but on occasion UConn players from the east coast show up for the summer as well. Did not know that former Husky Cole Brodnansky was on the coaching staff, but it is certainly good to know another member of the Husky family gets to celebrate this championship.

 

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The Futures League summer season is over for Ryan Hyde, Drew Kron, Curren Larson and and their summer league team the Norwich Sea Unicorns. They finished in a tie for the last playoff spot, but lost out in the tie breaker to Westfield.

 

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Incoming UConn recruit RHP Ryan Vandewater had a solid summer season playing for the Beekman Gamers of the Hudson Valley Collegiate Baseball League. During the regular season he appeared in 8 games, 17.2 innings, and had an ERA of 1.18, with 25 strikeouts and 14 walks.

 

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UConn baseball has had various brother tandems playing together on the team in the past. However, when the brother tandems show up on the team, they usually both don’t transfer from other schools into the UConn baseball program at the same time. Well as has been previously reported in these threads, Michael Quigley (UMass Lowell) and Stephen Quigley (Wheaton), brothers who are both RHP's, are joining UConn baseball this fall. The other interesting thing is that both players played summer ball, and both were named to play in the All Star Game for their respective summer leagues, Michael Quigley in the Futures League, and Stephen Quigley in the NECBL. Hope these honors serve as some sort of an indicator of what they might provide UConn baseball next spring season, as UConn baseball could certainly use some solid contributions from incoming freshmen and transfers to go along with the the returning pitchers on the team.

 

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D1 Baseball Prospect Wrap-up for Wareham Gateman

-> UConn’s Jack Sullivan (2024) achieved success in the Cape, posting a 2.89 ERA in 18.2 innings. The 5-foot-11 right-hander sat 89-90 mph with his fastball, while mixing a mid-80s changeup and a low-80s slider. <-

 

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D1 Baseball Prospect Wrap-up for Wareham Gateman

-> UConn’s Jack Sullivan (2024) achieved success in the Cape, posting a 2.89 ERA in 18.2 innings. The 5-foot-11 right-hander sat 89-90 mph with his fastball, while mixing a mid-80s changeup and a low-80s slider. <-

Jack Sullivan pitched in 9 games, all in relief. In his 18.2 innings Sullivan gave up 4 walks, showing good control in one of the best summer college leagues. He also had 15 strikeouts. He also went 4 innings in games twice. Certainly a good summer for him.

 

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Summer collegiate baseball offers opportunities to people involved in college baseball even if they are not players. Hunter Broadbent is UConn baseball's Director of Baseball Development/Analytics, and he is scheduled to graduate UConn in 2023.

 

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Also, Erin Gillooly is Bourne's team housing director per the website. She is a grad of UConn and worked a bit with the baseball team during her undergrad years as an athletic trainer.

 

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Not a subscriber anymore but looks like there's some info on David Smith in here

 

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Not a subscriber anymore but looks like there's some info on David Smith in here

-> David Smith (Connecticut/2022) started his collegiate career at La Salle and had to sit out the 2021 season after transferring to UConn. He became a major impact player for the Huskies this spring, hitting .307/.405/.496 with nine homers, 11 doubles and 23 stolen bases, giving an indication of his well-rounded skill set. He has a sturdy, athletic frame at 5-10, 190 pounds, and he’s a switch-hitter with sneaky pop. He runs well and picks his spots adeptly on the basepaths, and his feet play well at second base, where he has smooth actions and sure hands. Smith is a hard-nosed player whose work ethic should endear himself to scouts. <-

 

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Before the pandemic and before MLB cut back on the number of minor league teams and leagues, the MLB draft was 40 rounds instead of the 20 rounds it is now. It is quite possible that players like Erik Stock, David Smith and others might have been picked in a 40 round draft, but that's the way things go.

 

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Cape Cod League Reports: Analyzing Falmouth's Standout Prospects • D1Baseball

Alabama's Andrew Pinckney headlines our look at the standout players and prospects for the Falmouth Commodores this summer.

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Garrett Coe gets a brief mention in this article on college players who played for Falmouth this past summer:

Left-hander Garrett Coe(Connecticut/2023) has an XL frame at 6-foot-6, 253 pounds and worked at 87-89 from an over-the-top slot. His fastball showed some bore and his best pitch was a 79-80 mph changeup with good deception and wiggle, but his 77 mph breaking ball was below-average in our brief look.