Up and coming players

[EvanStriegel]

Who are the up and coming young baseball players

[Section5sportsguy]

I heard Evan Striegel is gonna be a superstar.

[Ramfan07]

Drew Seager from Bath

[Section5sportsguy]

Zach Leitten, Alexander.

[sirdunksalot07]

Zach Leitten, Alexander.

Does he count? He is rather HUGE and a senior

[kendallbench07]

Does he count? He is rather HUGE and a senior

haha true...Mark Driesel from Kendall is making a name for himself. He's being looked at by some big D-1 colleges.

[sectionvbaseball]

i know alexander has a few good sophomores and juniors coming up. Zach Burke and luke c are sophomores that should see some playing time, as well as jordan leitten and andy bittner.

[ref301]

haha true...Mark Driesel from Kendall is making a name for himself. He's being looked at by some big D-1 colleges.

That's interesting. Mark's a decent pitcher but must have made huge strides from last year to be getting D1 looks. Can you tell us which schools?

[ref301]

i know alexander has a few good sophomores and juniors coming up. Zach Burke and luke c are sophomores that should see some playing time, as well as jordan leitten and andy bittner.

Bittner played varsity for Alexander last year as a sophmore. Did a decent job at third and second, struggled at the plate a bit even though he has a great swing. Had a good summer hitting the ball and will likely hold down the hot corner this spring.

Burke, Czechowski and Little Leitten are solid hitters that will all see significant playing time on the varsity. Burke and Czechowski will get some time on the mound (both lefties) and Czechowski will probably be backing up Ben Antonucci behind the plate.

[kendallbench07]

That's interesting. Mark's a decent pitcher but must have made huge strides from last year to be getting D1 looks. Can you tell us which schools?

Well i know that he went to a lot of big camps over the summer, where d 1 recruiters were in attendence. He also plays for the East Coast Grays, which i dont know a lot of details about but i think it is in a superior league. He told me a few schools that wanted to look at him more but i cant remember, i will check with him and get back to you.

[ref301]

Well i know that he went to a lot of big camps over the summer, where d 1 recruiters were in attendence. He also plays for the East Coast Grays, which i dont know a lot of details about but i think it is in a superior league. He told me a few schools that wanted to look at him more but i cant remember, i will check with him and get back to you.

OK thanks. There are 2 versions of the East Coast Grays. One that played in the Northcoast Baseball League out of Rochester. They have not been very good. My team in that league, the Genesee Valley Velocity, has had the better of them. The other is one that did a little more regional travel baseball. More of a "who can you pick up to go to the next tournament" approach. Shayne Herold and Jim Sheflin from LeRoy were 2 players that played for me and traveled a couple of times with those Grays.

[Rams15]

Drew Seager from Bath

Drew is a big boy for a sophomore at 6' 2" AND 210 pounds. He was on the radar gun last year for us in Legion, as a 15 year old, at 81 mph. That was a max... he threw routinely in the upper 70's. He also has a nice breaking ball. Drew struggled a bit in Jv's with control. I think he felt like he needed to strike out every batter every time they came to the plate. When he throws strikes he has electric stuff. He lost to Oneonta this past summer on a five hitter, 3-2, while striking out 8 and only walking 2. He pitched well in Buffalo also against a Canadian All Star team. he won 2 games for us in American legion ball against stellar competition. Personally, I think he would be a solid # 2 or # 3 starter behind junior Michael Rossi and junior Montana Yastremski. The young man can also hit with power and slammed a monster three run home run against Victor in the district Legion play offs this summer.His talents should only add to a powerful & young ( two seniors ) Bath team again this spring.

[TurnTwo]

haha true...Mark Driesel from Kendall is making a name for himself. He's being looked at by some big D-1 colleges.

Never heard of this kid. Did he play varsity last year?

[Mustangs24]

Well i know that he went to a lot of big camps over the summer, where d 1 recruiters were in attendence. He also plays for the East Coast Grays, which i dont know a lot of details about but i think it is in a superior league. He told me a few schools that wanted to look at him more but i cant remember, i will check with him and get back to you.

East Coast Grays, wasn't he "discovered" for that at the Pavilion baseball clinic? The ECG's head coach (Chris Snusz - former pro catcher) is the instructor and found him there.

[Mustangs24]

Never heard of this kid. Did he play varsity last year?

Yea, he got some innings vs. Pavilion when they beat Kendall at Dwyer during Sectionals. I remember him batting and he took over for the starting pitcher - it was in the daily, the photo of Kevin Green sliding into home, the pitcher covering was Driesel - this pic I think.

http://mikejanesphotography.exposuremanager.com/p/green_kevin/greenkevin07pv-012janes57

[sirdunksalot07]

Ivan Madafferi for ND throws heat and he is a sophomore.

[NMD2108]

Nick dedman from batavia is a very good sophomore and he plays for team new era in buffalo. He is going to be starting at shortstop this year for batavia and he started at batavia last season at second with only 1 error and a .365 avg look for him to do it big.

[baseball11]

Cito culver from irondequoit

[duke20010]

Ivan Madafferi for ND throws heat and he is a sophomore.

also mike pratt from nd has a cannon for an arm

[TurnTwo]

Yea, he got some innings vs. Pavilion when they beat Kendall at Dwyer during Sectionals. I remember him batting and he took over for the starting pitcher - it was in the daily, the photo of Kevin Green sliding into home, the pitcher covering was Driesel - this pic I think.

http://mikejanesphotography.exposuremanager.com/p/green_kevin/greenkevin07pv-012janes57

Oh yeah. Now I recognize him. Couldn't put a face to the name.

[quesadilla]

also mike pratt from nd has a cannon for an arm


As long as he keeps himself in control and stays healthy.. he has a promising 4 seasons ahead of him.. he is only a freshman.

[ERocPitcher13]

there is kid from ER pretty good. 8th grade might be able to play varsity this year

Trey Pizcazi

[fisher22]

Eddie Bower from Holley is a pretty good player.

[ref301]

Lucas Czechowski - Alexander, sophmore. Look for him to get innings as the #2 or #3 behind Leitten and Lovria. Getting bigger and is hitting the ball hard in pre-season workouts.

[Snowboarder32]

Lucas Czechowski - Alexander, sophmore. Look for him to get innings as the #2 or #3 behind Leitten and Lovria. Getting bigger and is hitting the ball hard in pre-season workouts.

he's quite a good catcher as well

[grbball200]

Eddie Bower from Holley is a pretty good player.

thanks eddie

[grbball200]

i've played mith Mark Driesel. he's a good pitcher and only a junior.

only problem that he has is that if he's not doing well at all...it only gets worse. he gets in his own head too much

[fisher22]

thanks eddie

too bad this aint eddie. i graduated from holley last year. ive played with eddie since he was in 7th grade.

[grbball200]

alright my bad

[rhbaseball2008]

Watch out for two Juniors at Rush Henrietta this year Aaron Barley and Brandon Phillip. Last year Aaron batted over .500 on varsity as a sophomore and made the AGR team but not that many people know about him. Brandon hurt his shoulder last year just before the season snowboarding so he started off the season on jv. He was called up about half way through the season and became one of our top hitters with four or five homers and batting in the high three hundreds.

[bcherry8]

Zach Leitten, Alexander.
Is Leitten getting D-1 looks? Because if he isn't, there is no way that Driesel is.

[avonDynasty08]

corey uprights skipping college and going to the pros

[grbball200]

Is Leitten getting D-1 looks? Because if he isn't, there is no way that Driesel is.

yeah he is.when Kendall played in Alexnder last year there was a scout from UB there.

[sportsloverfanatic]

Is it true that Leitten is planning on going to Louisville for baseball? Or was that just a rumor circulating?

[quesadilla]

corey uprights skipping college and going to the pros

Oh, is that so?

[ref301]

Is it true that Leitten is planning on going to Louisville for baseball? Or was that just a rumor circulating?

Louisville is a new one! I don't think that Zach is going to Louisville but I'll ask him this week. True that he has interest from Buffalo.

[avonDynasty08]

he tell you that?

nope he didn't actually. But he could beat you guys single handedly

[catchaprospect]

mark driesel was on a list of 300 players nationwide that was sent out to every DI conference. he struggled over the summer a little with his command, but he did very well last fall vs the Florida Pokers and East Cobb at Perfect Games World Wood Bat Underclass Championships in Ft Myers. we changed his mechanics a little and dropped his arm angle. he is currently attending the East Coast Grays winter workout program in Rochester and will most certainly get some national exposure this summer and fall.

[catchaprospect]

here are some kids to watch this year who project at the DI level

09s

rhp mike kazley -mcquaid
lhp gavin black -hilton
of willie pantoja -athena
rhp brian hopkins -athena
rhp rob akel -gates chili
rhp mark driesel -pavillion
rhp david foos -webster
rhp chris doyle -webster
2b mike stark -athena
ss marc kadish -williamsville north
of royce consigli ----welland, ontario
of christian segar - mcquaid

010's

ss/rhp cito culver
ss ralph alloco -mcquaid
c brian dixon -st joes
rhp jake eldridge -williamsville north
2b danny jenkins - athena
lhp david dupra
rhp nate harris
rhp matt hollowell -sutherland
rhp nick wershing
lhp/of pat kazley -mcquaid

[gball2215]

every one of those kids comes from school with money. why not dig deeper in your scouting and find the kids who can't afford all those camps with just as much talent.

[catchaprospect]

in that case i believe that their is a SS at albion named Ward. i saw him when he was a freshman and from what i remember on him, he was a very solid looking prospect. i wish i could see all of the kids, so i could be aware of kids that could play (both in rochester and buffalo).... its tough to see everyone.... if you know of any then by all means let me know who they are

[fisher22]

driesel is from kendall. u said he was from pavilion. i played against that kid last year and hes not that good in my eyes. but hell, i guess playing against someone gives u a better perspective than watching.

[grbball200]

driesel has really good stuff and can throw some decent heat. his only problem is that he will let things get into his head too much and try to hard to be perfect every game. i think he is better that you are giving him credit fisher

[Mustangs24]

I've seen Mark over the last few years and he has a lot of potential and many attributes scouts look for. Watching and knowing what to look for is a lot better than playing against guys. Last year watching the loss to Pavilion in Sectionals he stood out more than anyone on that team, though as everyone knows Hackett took the show overall in that game.

[catchaprospect]

mark picked around the corners early last year... we dropped his arm angle to a mid 3/4 delivery and having him throw more across the body... now he throws the ball down the middle and lets it move, instead of trying to hit corners

[sucka.]

gavin black, jake coleman, and corey mcevoy from hilton all juniors played varsity as sophomores and started they all pitch and have solid bats

[jrabaseball]

yea right sucka. all three of those guys suck....seriously they are terrible

[sucka.]

hahaha gooood one. your terrible. your not even a good defensive catcher..

[jrabaseball]

yea ok Lloyd, whateva

[Sportsman]

I know that for a small school hornell as some real good athletes coming up. I heard that a few freshman are trying out and a few sophmores as well for the varsity team. There are also good players in the JV baseball program. From what I hear DJ Schwartz's little brother is on the JV team and throws hard and has a nice bat (freshman) and there is an 8th grader on the team who throws hard and has some potential with his big bat.

[jrabaseball]

hornell is strong every year....right? it seems to me that they are.

[TurnTwo]

I hear Hilton has a kid... Allen, I think. Supposedly one of the top catchers in Section V.





Hahaha, just kidding, he sucks.

[Double two]

I know that for a small school hornell as some real good athletes coming up. I heard that a few freshman are trying out and a few sophmores as well for the varsity team. There are also good players in the JV baseball program. From what I hear DJ Schwartz's little brother is on the JV team and throws hard and has a nice bat (freshman) and there is an 8th grader on the team who throws hard and has some potential with his big bat.
The 8th grader from Hornell that you are talking about is Dominic Scavo. He is as good a player as I have ever seen at his age. Hornell has a couple Freshmen who should do well also...Dylan Dunn, Pat McCormick, and Tom Rose.

[jrabaseball]

I think Cito Culver is the best up and coming young player in sectionv. pending good offensive stats, he is 100% eligable to contend for player of the year or at least AGR, considering 1st team all county last yr. plus, he will be the best on Ironqequoit for the 2nd year in a row AND he will definitely be the best in 2009 and 2010.

[ERocPitcher13]

Watch out for two Juniors at Rush Henrietta this year Aaron Barley and Brandon Phillip. Last year Aaron batted over .500 on varsity as a sophomore and made the AGR team but not that many people know about him. Brandon hurt his shoulder last year just before the season snowboarding so he started off the season on jv. He was called up about half way through the season and became one of our top hitters with four or five homers and batting in the high three hundreds.

Brandon Phillip is DI bound. I played with him over the summer. he was great. needs to not get in over his head tho. if he can do that he will be great. oh and perfect form

[jrabaseball]

is Brandon Phillip a first baseman or where does he play? ive been hearing so much about him yet ive never seen him play.

also how old is he, what year?

[devster5534]

is Brandon Phillip a first baseman or where does he play? ive been hearing so much about him yet ive never seen him play.

also how old is he, what year?

As quoted a few posts above, he is a junior.

[jrabaseball]

oh, sorry i must have missed it.

[rhbaseball2008]

Brandon will probably be our starting third baseman, he also plays outfield left or right not center though.

[rhbaseball2008]

yeah he did

[LRknights2008]

how can you not talk about fenstermaker... the kid hit 9 in our lineup last year with an average of .425... he is a great shortstop and has a cannon for an arm!!