DAN DONATO ▪ Head coach | Dexter Southfield Experience: 17 years as head coach at Salisbury School and Dexter Donato is credited with building Salisbury into a baseball powerhouse in his six seasons at the school from 2002 to 2007. He has since made Dexter a prospect pipeline, and his 2011 team that … [Read more...]
The power of prep school baseball
Lawrence Academy coach Chris Margraf sat in a Braintree, Mass., sports bar in late October and reflected on the way his program has changed since his arrival in 1997. Mid-sentence, he grabbed a phone out of his pocket, pointed to the screen and said, "I’ve got to take this; it’s Stanford." Stanford … [Read more...]
Mike Glavine thrives by focusing on tough New England players
Northeastern baseball coach Mike Glavine went home to visit his parents in Billerica, Mass., in 2014, and his father, Fred, quickly found time to tell his son how to do his job. There was a local kid making headlines on the diamond playing at Mike’s alma mater, Billerica High. Fred wanted his son to … [Read more...]
North Andover High’s Sebastian Keane among top summer stars
Several of the top high school prospects around New England earned opportunities to play in showcase tournaments on a national stage this summer. The cream of the crop had an opportunity to play in the Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif., from Aug. 6 to 10. The New England players competed on a … [Read more...]
Pitchers dominate list of New England draft prospects
There’s a lot of baseball to be played between now and the 2019 MLB draft, but the next’s draft class looks like it will be dominated by college pitchers, who occupy the top five spots in our sneak peek at the top draft-eligible prospects. Here’s an early look at 10 players who have a chance to hear … [Read more...]
MLB Draft: Quiet year at the top end
Just a few months ago, the 2018 MLB draft class seemed laden with highend New England prospects — players capable of going in the top two rounds and earning upwards of seven-figure signing bonuses. Due to some poor timing and a lack of recent luck for several players, the first two rounds of the MLB … [Read more...]