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Kaden Echeman becomes our 6th alum to get drafted after being selected in the 12th round by the St Louis Cardinals.
We began in 2013. Had our 1st in 2018.
2018 Cam Alldred - Univ of Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Pirates - 24th Round
2019 Jeremy Randolph - U of Alabama
St. Louis Cardinals - 26th Round
2022 Ben Ross - Notre Dame College
Minnesota Twins - 5th Round
2024 Nick Wissman - Univ of Dayton
San Diego Padres - 8th Round
2024 Sebastian Gongora - U of Louisville
Baltimore Orioles - 11th Round
2025 Kaden Echeman - Northern Kentucky
St. Louis Cardinals - 12th Round
We still stand alone in Dayton summer programs with 6 selections since 2018.
Who’s next?
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Wiss & Seabass became our #4 and #5 alums drafted after this year’s MLB Draft.
We began in 2013. Had our 1st in 2018.
2018 Cam Alldred - Univ of Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Pirates - 24th Round
2019 Jeremy Randolph - U of Alabama
St. Louis Cardinals - 26th Round
2022 Ben Ross - Notre Dame College
Minnesota Twins - 5th Round
2024 Nick Wissman - Univ of Dayton
San Diego Padres - 8th Round
2024 Sebastian Gongora - U of Louisville
Baltimore Orioles - 11th Round
We now stand alone in Dayton summer programs with 5 selections since 2018.
Who’s next?
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We are excited to announce HIMMY IS BACK! After spending time as a full time recruiting coordinator and currently now an Associate MLB Scout. @coachhimmy is returning to take over the organization after the end of this summer season. Please join us in welcoming him back!
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Just a scrappy little group of kids from up north....Hats off to these guys, couldn’t be more proud of the effort all weekend. Saw some great baseball! Dropped 6-3 in the championship game. 17/18 takes 2nd place out of 36 teams 🤙🏽
Thank you @LakePointSports @PBRGeorgia
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Congratulations to ‘21 Zachary Monnin who has chosen to make the ultimate commitment - he will be going to serve in the United States Army 🇺🇸
Zach will catch for our 18u team this summer before heading out to basic training. Thank you Zach 👍 #MoonDawg
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Congrats to former Miami Valley Prospect Ben Ross on being selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the MLB draft! Congrats @benross1512
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Senior RHP Will Sowder from Tecumseh HS has committed to furthering his 📚 and ⚾️ career at Urbana University! He tossed 31.2 innings on the mound while posting a 2.65 ERA for us last summer. He has a good 3 pitch mix with heavy AS run. Good fit for the Blue Knights! Congrats!!!!
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End of an era!
18u drops their semifinal game.
Proud of each and every one of these guys. Played the game hard & well. True joy to watch.
Seniors: wishing you the very best as you move on.
Thank you players, families, & coaches. Heck of a ride!
30-6 during the 2020 summer.
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18U wins the Miami Valley Veterans Appreciation Tourney!!! 🏆
Sebastian Gongora goes the distance with 5 K’s on the mound.
Kyle Lane 1-3 2B, RBI
Jake Cox 1-2 RBI
Gongora 2-3
Cody Borchers 1-2
Clay Jacobs 1-3
They move to 10-1 on the summer!
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16U coming home with some hardware! 🏆
Going 5-1 on the weekend & playing at some great college venues up in the Great Lakes area, 16U takes home the ship beating the Midwest Marlins National 4-2 in the title game of the PBR Great Lakes Underclass! 🔥
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🚨 2020 Commitment 🚨
This guy has one of the highest ceilings of anyone we’ve had. Coming off a dominant summer/fall. +++ command 3 pitch mix, loose arm, long build and has been 82-85 as of late. Congrats to 6’4 RHP Jaren Slusher and his family on his commitment to @SinclairBB
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Alum:
Jack Olberding made debut tonight on the mound for Toledo University vs Wofford. Coming off a gruesome ankle injury.
Scoreless inning of relief for Jackie O!
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15U wins the Ohio Summer Blast Championship in Cincy courtesy of a Hayden Frey 4 hit CG, 6 Ks 🎲
Mitchell Davis gave us a shutout in semis w/ 11 K’s 🧀
Mickey Anderson 2-3, 2 RBIs
Bryce Harris 2-3
Christian Gongora 1-2, 2 RBIs
Mitchell Strehle 2B
Connor Apple 2B
Great job boys!
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18u wins Gold Bracket with a 10-4 W!
Sebastian Gongora CG, 3 ER, 7 K’s & 4-4 @ plate w/ a 3B, 2 RBIs
Logan Case 3-4, 2 2B, RBI
Kyle Lane 2-4, 2B
Cooper Cole 2-4 RBI
Kyle Evans 1-3, 2B, RBI
Clay Jacobs 1-2, 2B, RBI
Kevin Bellamy 1-3, 2B, RBI
Jordan Wolfe 1-1
Now 17-3 this summer
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Meet our 18u staff!
Assistant Coach - Cale Jacobs
Cale was a starting pitcher for Kent State University in the early 90’s. He is from Indian Lake
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Happy to announce we have hired @skipMeyers17 as our full time Pitching Coordinator
- coaches at & is an alum of @reddevilbball
- former HC at Franklin-Monroe
- former 17U coach for MVP
- former RHP at @SinclairBB
Glad to have Ed on staff! Great coach but an even better person
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🚨 NO HITTER ALERT!!!🚨 18U wins their opener over CBC 6-1. @DiamondChargers commit Cody Borchers throws a complete game no hitter! 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 Ks. Congrats! @codyborchers4 @PrepBaseballOH
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15U Champs of the PBR Cincy Flames Queen City Classic!
8-7 win in the 8th!
Connor Apple 2 IP, Tim Moore (W) 5 IP, 1 R, Mitchell Davis (SV) K’s side in bottom of 8th.
Joel Rasor 2-4, RBI
Mickey Anderson 2-4
Mitchell Strehle & Braden Burgbacher 1-4
Bryce Harris & Davis 2 RBIs each
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Congrats to ‘21 CIF/OF Alex Daugherty from Northmont HS on his commitment to the University of Northwestern Ohio! The Racers are getting a versatile player with some pop in his bat! Effort never a concern and will do anything to win! Congrats to Alex and his family! #UNOH
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15u finished last weekend 23-10 overall, 3 titles, and a whole lot of growth!
Top AVG
Connor Apple .322
Hayden Frey .308
Luke Hamaker .306
Mickey Anderson .305
Sam Mitchell .295
Top ERA
Caleb Akins 0.99
Mickey Anderson 1.35
Hayden Frey 1.62
Mitchell Davis 3.04
Tim Moore Jr 3.09
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Senior Will Sowder being a great teammate per usual...even after the presurgery meds kick in!!! Heal up soon Willie!
📹 credit: @Dad2136
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We’ll tweet out stuff later...walk-off win earlier, Fiegly just threw a no-no in the semis. 17/18 to the championship game #Lakepoint
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18U picks up a 7-0 win over the Warren County Bulls
Sebastian Gongora 1-2 3B, BB, SB
Clay Jacobs 1-1, 2B 2 BB
Kyle Evans 1-3
Jordan Wolfe 2 BBs, SB
Jaren Slusher - 5 IP, 14Ks, 1 BB, 1 H
Kyle Lane - 2 IP, 5 Ks
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16U Champs of the PBR Cincy Flames Queen City Classic 8-0 W
Evan Ables was electric 5 IP, 2 H, 4 Ks
Connor Hutchinson 3-3, RBI, 2 SBs
Luke Ehlinger 2-2, SB
Ables 1-1, 3B, 2 RBIs
Owen Harlamert 1-2, 2B, RBI
Josh Morris 1-1
Jax Byrd RBI, SB
Jayden Watkins & Cayden Borchers RBI
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🚨 2020 Commitment 🚨
This guy has to be the most improved player I’ve been around in a 3 year span. Testament to his great work ethic.
Congratulations to INF @KyleAndrewLane1 and his family on the commitment to Sinclair Community College! #TartanPride
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‘24 alum Alex Schmitmeyer made his college debut for Wright State - Lake vs Alice Lloyd!
Schmitty tossed 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB
Great job and go Lakers!
#SchmitanisBack
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2 texts from our college guys within a half hour today. This is the reason we do what we do! Good things happen to good people!
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Congrats to ‘21 UTIL Kyle Evans on his commitment to Wright State-Lake! He has worked tirelessly since walking thru our doors, plays the game hard, & has proven to be one of our toughest outs at the top of the order. Lakers getting a good one! Congrats to the Evans family 📚⚾️
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Hard work pays off!
Uncommitted 2021 RHP Steven Jones made it the PBR list of ‘Biggest Risers’ in the state.
Jumped to being the 70th (was 149th) ranked overall player in Ohio and the 21st (was 39th) ranked pitcher.
This guy has worked his tail off day in and day out.
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Meet our 15u staff!
Head Coach - Darren Himsworth
Darren is in his 5th year as the Director of Player Development at MVP. He played at Notre Dame College and hails from @butler_baseball. Darren is currently the infield coach at Wittenberg University.
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🚨 2020 Commitment Alert 🚨
One of the better all around athletes we’ve had come through here. Plays a + infield and swings with some pop from the left side. Congratulation to Clay Jacobs and his family on his commitment to @SinclairBB #tartanpride
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Didn’t take long for these coaches to try to start sniping our guys mid season from the PBR event tonight 😂…one even acknowledged that he’s already with us 😂 these guys lucky I cropped their names out…almost to the point of publicly calling em out though. Never once done this
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Several years ago I remember saying Jack was the best defensive player I’d seen at 15. Battled through injury, worked hard. Now he’s also 1 of the best hitters in the area and was up to 89 on the mound at Toledo yesterday. Special 5 tool player. Congrats to Jack and his family!!!
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Congrats to SR Andrew Yeary on his commitment to @DiamondChargers another guy who never misses a workout! Competes every day! He led the team in IP last year at 30.2 & bolstered a 5-2 record w/ a 3.42 ERA & 28 Ks and a staggering 81.2% GO/FO ratio! Hit .333 @ the dish too! ⚡️⚾️📚
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This weekend marks the end of an era for MVP, we’ve been fortunate to have 2 great coaches at the 17u level and as our hitting & pitching coordinators for the whole program. Thank you @BronMarlett & @skipMeyers17 for a great 3 years #youwillbemissed
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MVP veteran Blais Hale goes deep to tie the game on his senior day. The kid has been thru the trenches bouncing back from surgery on both shoulders, deserves the moment! Next stop: Cedarville U
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Echeman a Norse! Dude is an absolute grinder💪🏼 Big things ahead for him! Congrats, Kaden! 🔥
I am extremely excited to announce I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Northern Kentucky university. I would like to thank my coaches and the NKU coaching staff for helping with this decision
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Gordy has a thick wall of defense for his signs!
@TheKL27 @jwolfy35 @kyleeva64005596 @Kindredcd23
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Bittersweet day as winter workouts have finished! Can’t wait to see our guys go be DUDES in the spring! They’ve worked their tails off this winter. Happy 1st day tomorrow everyone....posting top exit velos tonight per team after today’s test day!
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1st 2019 guy off the board! 17U INF/OF Blais Hale has accepted an offer from Cedarville University to continue his academic and baseball career! He fought hard to get back from labrum surgery this fall to have a great summer season. Well deserved. Congrats to Blais & his family!
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PBR released list of remaining sleepers in the ‘20 class & at the top of list is @20jackolberding
Legit 2 way prospect. Under radar after missing summer w/ back problems. Velo has jumped every year and turned into 1 of more dangerous hitters in SW OH
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.@willsowderrr made his college debut last weekend on the mound for Urbana U vs Lee University. Tossed a scoreless frame in his first outing in over a year after surgery
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Randy making his first appearance post TJ! Congrats to @J_Randolph13 and @WSUBaseball on the great start! #190lbs?
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Two former Prospects' brothers, Ben Hughes & Aaron Hughes take on each other in a fall friendly tomorrow night as the University of Dayton visits Ohio State University!
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Pitchers = lights out. Lots of FB PRs. Trip Velos ⬇️
‘21 Steven Jones 91
‘23 Connor Hutchinson 86
‘21 Kaden Echeman 85
‘21 Andrew Yeary 84
‘23 Brian Allen 82
‘23 Jax Byrd 80
‘21 Jake Sanders 80
‘23 Josh Morris 78
‘21 Connor Fiegly 78
‘23 Nathan Teller 77
‘21 Cameron Hendricks 76
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Echeman casually dicing up the the #1 team on Ohio
AVIATORS WIN! Butler (25-2) beats Orange (23-3) 3-2 under the lights. Kaden Echeman (8-0) went the distance punching out 7 with just 4 hits allowed. Carson Clark & the defense was clutch all night for Butler. Mike Masters & Kaden Echeman had key RBI's, Boston Smith had 2 runs.
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2024 17u Roster 🔥🔥🔥
Excited to add 5 new pieces to an already extremely talented roster! This group is full of athletes! 👀
Head Coach: Darren Himsworth
- Former RC at Wittenberg University
- Current AS for the Texas Rangers
- Director of Development for MVP
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Best of luck to our guys in state semifinals today!!
Nick Wissman
Sebastian Gongora
Jake Hieatt
Dylan Snyder
Jack Huffman
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Jack Olberding
Represent the area proud!
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Alum Alert 🚨: RHP Jaykob Cave-Stevens got his feet wet in his first collegiate appearance for #9 Johns Hopkins vs #1 ranked Wooster. Kob tossed a scoreless frame in relief, struck out 1. Atta boy Kob! @KobKoberson
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16u has been doing something special, 3rd tournament championship. 22-3-1 overall record #MVP
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18u boys - RUNNER UP at The Marucci Championships in Johnson City, TN. Congrats fellas. Always a tall task when we go south! Final day was at ETSU which was one of the many beautiful venues our guys got to play at this weekend.
On to next week’s tourney at Wright State 👊 ⚾️ 🔥
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2019 MIF Ben Ross from Springfield Shawnee has committed to Notre Dame College (OH)...one of most sure handed infielders we’ve had. Falcons getting a good one @NdcBaseball @PBR_Ohio
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Good luck to our guy @jwolfy35 as he is getting ready to go under the 🔪 this morning for TJ. Get well soon buddy! You’ll be back stronger than ever
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Ryan Mollette signing his NLI today! Heading to Purdue-Fort Wayne! Congrats to him and his family!
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Slush was on 🔥 10 K’s thru 5 IP, 4 H, 0 BB.
.@DiamondChargers commit 6’4 RHP Jaren Slusher from @MVPROSPECTS showing great command of 3 pitch mix. Slider has been devastating.
FB 84-86
SL 75-77
CH 72-75
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🚨 2020 Commitment 🚨
One of the top players in Ohio in the 2020 class. 2x state champ. A 6’4 LHP/1B, been 83-87 on the mound and a force at the plate. Congrats to Sebastian Gongora and his family on his commitment to @SinclairBB #TartanPride
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Happy to announce @CoachCam05 as our Player Development Coordinator. Very knowledgeable young coach who played at @cjeaglesBB ...loyalty/dependability is sometimes tough to find and Cam has fit the bill. In his 4th year as coach of our 16u & currently coaches at @LCCavsBaseball
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Congratulations to ‘21 OF Cameron Hendricks on his commitment to the @DiamondChargers
“Bitty” has been one of our all-time most consistent players at the plate, hitting above .300 each season for a career .311 AVG in 211 plate appearances. Congrats to him and family! ⚡️⚾️ 📚
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15u takes 1st overall place out of 38 teams in Grand Park’s Freedom Classic
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These guys dominated in every facet of the game. Scoring 43 runs and only giving up 4.
Final game of the weekend was a 12-2 victory over the Indiana Nitro.
Great outing from Cayden Brown
5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 5 Ks
Offensive notables
Jack Hamaker 3-4, 2B, 2 RBIs, 2 SBs
Brairen Denson 2-3, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs
Lincoln Littlejohn 2-3, 3 RBIs
Cole Oswalt 2-3, RBI
KJ Gustin 2-3, RBI
Brandon Radford 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs, SB
Chilly Jasenski 2-3, SB
Brody Hoke 1-3, RBI
Dylan Brabston 1-3
Great weekend fellas!
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The final out from Connor Fiegly’s CG no hitter to push us to the title game. @skipMeyers17 called a gem & a half, @cfieg24 tossed it! Defense was phenomenal, @bittyhen06 with a Willy Mays style catch in deep CF to keep it in tact!
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Last night marked our final night of off-season training. Thanks to the players & parents for another great fall/winter. Spring ball starts today! Best of luck to our guys and their programs! 😎 ✌️
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Congratulations to 2024 UTIL/RHP Caleb Akins on his commitment to Millikin University (IL)! The Big Blue land not only a terrific athlete but a great person and teammate. Congratulations to @akins10_caleb and his family 📚 ⚾️
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18u finishes 21-10-1
Top AVG:
.403 Kaden Echeman
.373 Bitty Hendricks
.364 Seth Hale
.353 Jake Nichols
.333 Matt D’Amico
.321 Kyle Evans
.302 Alex Daugherty
.300 Andrew Yeary
Top ERA:
1.08 Jaren Slusher
1.47 Andrew Yeary
1.86 Kaden Echeman
1.88 Steven Jones
2.86 Bitty Hendricks
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Junior INF Clay Jacobs hit 2 💣💣’s tonight to help lift Indian Lake take down Tecumseh. On base all 5 times with 3 RBIs
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2021 Cooper Cole hits a monster jack earlier today for 18u in their big 18-0 win. His 3rd 💣 of the summer
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Congrats to @KeatonKesling on hitting a 💣 in his 1st career varsity game for Northmont #nukesonly
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🚨 ‘21 RHP Steven Jones has committed to the University of Indianapolis to further his education and baseball careers! 1 of the more live arms we’ve had, has worked extremely hard to get where he’s at. The Greyhounds are getting a good one! Congrats to Stevie & his family!
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Last week Cole Weaver made his first start on the mound for @wittbaseball
He threw - 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K’s
to help Witt beat Rockford University 11-0
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Next 2020 off the board!
INF Jacob Cox from Northmont HS has committed to Edison State CC @DiamondChargers
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Congrats to ‘24 alum Mitchell Davis on making the travel roster at U of Toledo. Good luck to the Rockets as they travel to Eugene, Oregon this weekend to take on the Ducks
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Some notable fastball PRs for some guys on the mound using @rapsodo
‘21 Kaden Echeman 88
‘21 Andrew Yeary 86
‘24 Mitchell Davis 86
It’s January......some scary springs/summers ahead
@butler_baseball
@FairbornBSBL
@SidneyBaseball7
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What a game! Capped off by a Kaden Echeman 2 RBI wall-off double! Brendan Hosler with a great start on the mound kept us in it. Hunter Warner wedged the gap in relief. Cameron Hendricks picks up the W.
Jake Nichols with the big 💣 in the 1st to get the offense rolling
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Class of ‘27 PBR Rankings have been updated to the Top 50
S/o to our guy @BrodyHoke on his recognition. Rankings don’t mean everything but it’s nice to be rewarded for hard work.
31st overall in OH
4th catcher in OH
Brody’s work ethic is top tier and he’s coming off a summer where he slashed
.382/.472/.528
He also led the team in RBIs (33) and line drive % (36.3)
Was behind the dish for 169 innings and was 13-28 on throwing runners out for an impressive 49.4 CS rate
Congrats and well deserved!
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17u takes down Louisville Elite 7-1 to start the hometown weekend off at WSU
Hunter Steinke was masterful
6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 13 Ks
FB was 85-87, 88 twice, T89
James Niemeyer closed the door down
1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 Ks
FB was 84-87, hit 88, T89
Aiden Keller 2-3, HR 🏃♂️, 3 RBIs, SB
Russ Stratman 2-2, 2 SBs
Owen Haak 1-3, 2 RBIs
Tyler Jay 1-4, 2 RBIs
Liam Evilsizor 1-2, SB
Dylan Heitkamp 1-2, SB
Joey Ross 1-4, SB
Christian Barker 2 BBs, 2 SBs
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S/O to our guy @Mitchelld3254 checking into the @PrepBaseballOH Top 25 rankings in 2024 class! 25th Overall, 8th RHP! Keep working 🔥💪🏼
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Hunter Warner from @FairbornBSBL broke our 16U all-time Exit Velo last night with a 93! (previous 90) 🔥
Jack Olberding from @MinsterBaseball took the season 17U lead with a 95 🔥
Big bats throughout the program 🍿 🎥
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Best of luck to our high school guys and coaching friends as OHSAA baseball begins today! Some begin their journeys today, some in the middle, and some this is the last hoorah! Enjoy the ride!
A lot of sleepless nights last night I’m sure!
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Alum Kyle Lane stopped over for a bullpen on Sunday. Just finished his 1st semester at Edison St.
A testament to where hard work will get you....was topping at 65 in August of 2017. Was low 80s last year. I’ll put his full numbers from then in a reply.
@TheKL27 @DiamondChargers
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Top 10 guys who’ve made substantial jumps in exit velo since being in the program:
Kyle Lane 72—>92
Logan Case 67—>84
Jordan Wolfe 70—>86
Nate Cory 68—>81
Cooper Cole 80—>92
Sam Smith 58—>69
Connor Hutchinson 68—>79
Jack Mullenix 57—>68
Matthew Stark 67—>77
Jack Olberding 83—>93
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