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Scouting Report: Vito Friscia

Player Name: Vito Friscia School: Hofstra Position: C Vito is a 2015 graduate of Valley Stream Central HS. He was regarded as top prospect in the class and was a two-time All-Long Island member. At 6’3″ 225 lbs, he has the build of a prototypical power hitter. Offensively: He is a power hitter in every sense of the word. He has an exit velocity that approaches 100 MPH. He bats with a c...

Scouting Report: Steven Foster

Player Name: Steven Foster School: Hofstra Position: CF Steven is a 5’11” 170 lb CF for Hofstra and was one of the top prospects in the 2014 graduating class. He had a tremendous 2015 season for the Pride and was named to Baseball on the Island’s All-Long Island team. Offensively: He is a left-handed batter that employs a bat wag, with a slightly bent knees and a high back elbow....

Scouting Report: Mat Anunziata

Player Name: Mat Anunziata School: Hofstra Position: LF Offensively: Mat is a power hitter that happens to hit leadoff due to the composition of the lineup. He is a rhythmic hitter that bats with an open stance, a high back elbow and slightly bent knees. He has quite a bit of movement with his hands and sways to lock himself into hitting position. None of this has any effect on his swing, he is ab...

Scouting Report: Alec Eisenberg

Player Name: Alec Eisenberg School: Hofstra Position: RHP Alec is a senior at Hofstra University. He stands at 6’5″ 195 lbs, ideal build for a pitcher. He transferred there in 2015 after dominating at Westchester Community College and being named Region XV Pitcher of the Year as reward for positing 1.06 ERA. He struggled in 2015, posting a 5.83 ERA over 54 IP but winning five games. Th...

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Scouting Report: Vito Friscia

Player Name: Vito Friscia School: Hofstra Position: C Vito is a 2015 graduate of Valley Stream Central HS. He was regarded as top prospect in the class and was a two-time All-Long Island member. At 6’3″ 225 lbs, he has the build of a prototypical power hitter. Offensively: He is a power hitter in every sense of the word. He has an exit velocity that approaches 100 MPH. He bats with a c...

Top College Players Axcess

This is a list of the best college players we’ve seen on the island. The limitations are that a) we have not seen every player and b) we have not seen every player multiple times. Nevertheless, this is based on our best resources and unbiased opinions. February 1, 2018 John Rooney-Junior, Hofstra Rooney is just a freshman but is already the most pro-ready player on Long Island. He is a lefty...

Home Run Derby: Who Would Win a Long Island Showdown?

by Vinny Messana With the 2016 MLB Home Run Derby set to take place tomorrow night in San Diego–it got me thinking: who would win if only current Long Island players took place? Assuming the game took place on a typical college field with dimensions of 330 ft down the lines and 400 ft to center with 375 in the gaps, here are a few names of participants (with their schools and their next acad...

Assessing Each Recruiting Class

by Vinny Messana Div-I: NYIT- Brendan Dowd Brandon Fanizza Ryan Kuskowski Ben McNeill DJ Masuck Kevin Tabares Nick Vitale Zach White Analysis: This is another example of how the program is moving in the right direction. Dowd is a terrific backstop that can completely negate the running game and their opponents will find that out immediately. Vitale is a winning player out of Ward Melville–he...

2016 College All-Long Island Team

We are pleased to announce the 2016 College All-Long Island team. Also, in this week’s edition of Baseball on the Island Weekly, we had special guest Kyle Young, St. Dominic HS grad and 22nd round draft pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in studio. Stony Brook: Chad Lee-6-4 record, 1.97 ERA, 82.1 IP, .225 AVG, 7.45 H/9, 2.3 BB/9 Casey Baker-.314 AVG, 59 H, 28 R, 31 RBI, 25 BB, 27 K, .392 OBP,...

Recapping the 2016 Season

by Vinny Messana With Wantagh winning the Class A NYS title on Saturday, the 2016 season is officially complete. This was an especially busy season for us at Baseball on the Island, as we expanded our game coverage to Nassau CC, Suffolk CC, Nassau HS and the Catholic League in addition to our customary NCAA-affiliated colleges. To start the season, I was in College Station to cover Hofstra’s...

Suffolk Tops Nassau, 5-0, in the Inaugural Battle of the Border

by Vinny Messana After seven months of planning, the inaugural Battle of the Border finally went down. I’ll get to the timeline of how it came about and all the difficulty that went into planning it shortly–but first, here’s how the game went. Suffolk won 5-0 behind the stellar pitching of Matt Kostalos (ECC Pitcher of the Year from St. Thomas Aquinas), Nick Girardi (St. Joseph&#...

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