The best time of the summer in New England baseball is here. On Thursday, the Cape League Playoffs begin with four best-of-three divisional semifinal series, while the second NECBL finalist will be decided in a clash of Northern Division rivals. The NECBL champion could be crowned as early as … [Read more...]
NECBL Watch List: Top performers coming out of All-Star weekend
With the month of August near, the New England Collegiate Baseball League will be the region’s first circuit to hit the end of its regular season schedule. The NECBL All-Star Game was held last Sunday in Oak Bluffs, Mass., and the home stretch of each team’s 44-game slate included almost exclusively … [Read more...]
Summer collegiate ball: All-Stars in Cape, Futures League, NECBL
It’s a big week in New England summer collegiate baseball. The All-Star Games for all three of the region’s premier leagues will take place over the next week, marking the most prominent showcase opportunities of the summer for the top players in front of a plethora of MLB scouts. A full weekend of … [Read more...]
Futures League Watch List: New England’s top 9 rising freshmen
One unique aspect of the Futures League is the inclusion of some of the top high school graduates in New England and beyond on all eight of its team rosters. Former Boston College slugger Chris Shaw (Lexington, Mass.), Vanderbilt outfielder Rhett Wiseman (Mansfield, Mass.) were among the first … [Read more...]
NCAA transfers: Northeastern lands a pair of pitchers
As preparations for another college season continue to heat up this summer, so does New England Baseball Journal’s look at transfers across all NCAA levels. The return of our local “transfer tracker” posts includes two newcomers to Northeastern, a reliever leaving UConn, an Ivy League captain on the … [Read more...]
NECBL: Salve Regina ace Dominic Perachi dominates for Newport Gulls
Who could blame Dominic Perachi for not wanting to venture far from his college home at Salve Regina University this summer? There aren’t many better summer destinations in New England than Newport, R.I. But, the Washington Depot, Conn., native isn’t staying in “The City by the Sea” for warm days at … [Read more...]