UConn closer Caleb Wurster will pitch for the White team of the NCBL. (UConn Athletics)The Newport Collegiate Baseball League season is set to begin on July 10, and the 19-game season will provide regional baseball fans another opportunity to watch high level baseball. The four-team league will play … [Read more...]
Podcast alert: Northeastern coach Mike Glavine and BC star Sal Frelick
The New England Baseball Journal podcast returns for Episode 3 with Northeastern coach Mike Glavine and Boston College pro prospect Sal Frelick as guests. Glavine is a two-time Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2018. In 2018 he was also the NEIBA (New England) Coach of … [Read more...]
Baseball in Mass., R.I. on hold while other New England states resume
The NH Prospects have resumed play at Daniel Webster College in Nashua, N.H. (Courtesy photo)New England Baseball Complex Tournament Director Ted Novio prepared an email last Friday to coaches and players around the New England region, breaking the news that the facility would begin hosting … [Read more...]
Newport, R.I., Cardines Field to host four-team collegiate baseball league
Reigning A-10 All-Rookie Team member Justin Cherry of URI pitched with the Newport Gulls (NECBL) last summer. (URI Athletics)The Futures League may not be the only collegiate baseball league in town this summer. Michael Falcone, who previously served as the Director of Operations for the Newport … [Read more...]
Sox scout Ray Fagnant, NEB founder Scott Patterson highlight podcast
Red Sox regional scouting director Ray Fagnant is a guest on the NEBJ podcast. (Courtesy photo)Red Sox regional scouting director Ray Fagnant is in charge of scouring the New England region for talent. Due to a shortened five-round draft in 2020, no player in the New England scouting territory was … [Read more...]
Futures League season is on with Opening Day set for July 2
Merrimack shortstop Nick Shumski will play for the Nashua Silver Knights in the Futures League. (William Powell)High-level college baseball will be coming to a ballpark near year next week. The Futures Collegiate Baseball League today announced the dates and start times for its 2020 season. … [Read more...]
10 undrafted prospects who were hurt most by loss of spring season
Chris Lanzilli will return to Wake Forest for a repeat junior year. (Courtesy photo)Soon after the college, prep and high school baseball seasons were cancelled in March, we started to get a sense that cold-weather players would be hurt most by the loss of a spring season. Scouts didn't have much … [Read more...]
MLB Draft notes: Virginia Tech lefty Seymour earns second-round selection
Virginia Tech lefty Ian Seymour was selected in the second round by the Tampa Bay Rays. (Dave Knachel)Westborough, Mass., native Ian Seymour's selection by the Tampa Bay Rays in the second round of the MLB Draft capped a historically light haul of draft picks from the New England area. The grand … [Read more...]
2021 first-rounder? Dexter star Joshua Baez hits 97 mph on radar gun
Vanderbilt commit Joshua Baez, a rising senior at Dexter Southfield, is a top 2021 MLB Draft prospect. (Courtesy photo)Joshua Baez might be the only rising high school senior in the nation who wants to keep it quiet after hitting 97 mph on the radar gun. That's because the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Dexter … [Read more...]
2020 MLB Draft: Jared Shuster selected by Braves in first round
Wake Forest pitcher Jared Shuster was selected 25th overall in the 2020 MLB Draft. (Brian Westerholt/Four Seam Images)So much for the pandemic negatively impacting ALL New England baseball players. New Bedford, Mass., native Jared Shuster, a junior left-handed pitcher at Wake Forest University, … [Read more...]
2020/2021 MLB Draft: The top 20 prospects from New England
Wake Forest left-hander Jared Shuster is expected to be the first New Englander to come off the board. (Wake Forest Athletics)New England draft prospects received bad news when Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to a revised format for the 2020 MLB Draft. As part of the … [Read more...]
Futures Collegiate Baseball League: A sneak peek at the rosters
Mark Coley spent last summer with the Pittsfield Suns of the Futures League. (Bret Munson/URI Athletics)Futures Collegiate Baseball League Commissioner Joe Paolucci confirmed to New England Baseball Journal last week that the league owners are planning to push forward with a 40-game season starting … [Read more...]
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