Author: Vinny Messana

Photo Credit: James Escher Baseball can be a humbling game as we all know. The feeling of invincibility can quickly turn on you. Just one year ago, Adam Heidenfelder was on the mountain top. He was coming off his second straight Diamond Award, given to the top player in Nassau County. He compiled all the gaudy numbers–6-1 record, 0.42 ERA and 95 strikeouts. That followed up his junior campai...

Monday June 22 will be the Blue Chip Prospects Grand Slam Challenge which is a match up between the best high school seniors from Nassau verse Suffolk. It will be held at Farmingdale State College and will begin at 7 p.m. This is an event you will not want to miss, it’s the only time to truly see the best talent around on one field. We will have scouting reports of several players after the ...

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Our old friend Tyler Badamo, Dowling‘s All-American ace in 2014 when he compiled a 0.83 ERA over 108.1 IP, has been named the Opening Day starter for the Brooklyn Cyclones against the rival Staten Island Yankees. The 22-year-old right-hander, who dominated the Gulf Coast League last year in Florida to the tune of a 1.74 ERA over 31 innings with 26 K’s and a ...

It’s always a compelling arms race to see which school can land the best talent around. The great thing about the class of 2015 is that many of them chose to stay on Long Island. According to the top prospect list compiled by Blue Chip Prospects, numbers three, four, five, seven, eight, nine and 11 are all staying on Long Island. Several of the remaining players on the list will be as well. ...

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Photo Credit: Baseball Player Magazine The Minnesota Twins selected Maryland closer and Holy Trinity graduate, Alex Robinson, with their fifth round pick on Tuesday. Robinson had a decorated career at Maryland, highlighted by this season in which he compiled a 1.63 ERA and saved three games with 32 K’s in 27.2 IP. I had a chance to speak with him about the draft process and leading Maryland ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZJnCuejRM] There used to be a saying around the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse when Steve Carlton would start a game. They called it ‘win day’. Doesn’t matter the opponent or what happened the day before, the ace is on the mound now. It was very much like that for the Hauppauge Eagles this season when their ace, Nick Fanti, was on the hi...

Round 5 Pick 140 Alex Robinson…Holy Trinity HS, Maryland University (Minnesota) Round 15 Pick 449 Thomas Hackimer…Floral Park native, St. John’s University (NY Mets) Round 16 Pick 467 Ryan McCormick…Massapequa HS, St. John’s University  (Colorado) Round 16 Pick 491 Max Almonte…Holy Trinity HS, Villanova University (St. Louis)Round 22 Pick 651 Max Watt…Baby...

Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Most people love New York for their pizza and bagels but the Tampa Bay Rays love New York for their amateur baseball stars. They drafted Rob Finneran, in 2012, Jaime Schultz and Stephen Woods in 2013, then Alec Sole, Steve Ascher and Ryan Pennell in 2014. This time it was Old Westbury‘s ace Tim Ingram with their 31st round pick. Ingram had a spectacular senior sea...

Photo Credit: Dowling Athletics For the second consecutive year, Dowling has had a senior right handed pitcher selected in the MLB Draft. Last year was Tyler Badamo. For the second consecutive year the Oakland Athletics have selected a hard throwing right handed pitcher from Long Island. Last year was James Lomangino. This time it was Brendan Butler in the 30th round. “This has been a stress...