Bobby Honeyman
My First Full Season in Pro Ball
by Bobby Honeyman (Editor’s Note: Bobby is a 2014 graduate of Massapequa HS and 2018 graduate of Stony Brook University where he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 29th round. He just finished up his second season in pro ball. So far, he has compiled a batting average of exactly .300 over 186 games. He has an OBP of .349. He was named an All-Star this year. We the Mariners in the midst of a heavy rebuilding period, Bobby has a chance to progress through their system. The following words are his own.) Going into my first full season of pro ball I was not really sure what to expect. After the 2018 draft I played short season for the Everett Aquasox in the Northwest League. Even though I had success in my first season I knew that I still had a lot of improvements to make over t...
Recapping Day 3 of 2018 MLB Draft
The 2018 MLB Draft took place the past three days, and today featured a flurry players with Long Island ties getting selected. Here is the full list in case you missed anything: Round 3- John Rooney, Hofstra (Los Angeles Dodgers) Quick Analysis: 6’5″ LHP fresh off a historically good season. The only surprise is he lasted until the final pick of the third round. He is a “high-floor” type of prospect that has a chance to be a Major League starter within 3-4 years. Round 11- Franklin Parra, Copiague (New York Mets) Quick Analysis: We documented his meteoric rise from unknown to a legitimate prospect in just a couple months. He struck out 74 batters over 34 innings including 16 over 5.2 in one game. He is a 6’2″ LHP that has a fresh arm. He has very smooth ...
Up Next: Travis Honeyman
He might’ve only been in sixth grade at the time, but Travis Honeyman vividly remembers watching his older brother, Bobby, star for the Massapequa Chiefs in the early part of the decade. “I went to every home game and I just remember saying ‘I can’t wait for when it’s my turn,’ said the now-15-year-old. With the Chiefs taking home the 2017 Long Island Class AA championship this year, Travis–now in ninth grade but playing on the JV10 team–is closer to making that goal a reality. “I’m even more excited now,” he said. In fact, he was able to live vicariously through his two best friends who were called up. Both of them, Johnny Castagnozzi and Chris DeSousa, are supremely talented players that will be part of the next wave of el...
Stony Brook Staves Off Elimination With 11-6 Victory
Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Clearly, the Stony Brook Seawolves are not ready to end their season. They crushed No. 4 Sacred Heart 11-6, with the team compiling 17 hits–at least one by each starter.The Sea Wolves jumped all over Sacred Heart in the first inning with a five spot, then added two in the second and third innings. Casey Baker had two hits and drove in four runs. Toby Handley and Jack Parenty both compiled three hits while scoring twice. Rob Chavarria, Andruw Gazzola and Bobby Honeyman all had two hits as well.Sea Wolves starter, Tyler Honahan, had a rough go of it. He allowed 11 hits over four innings of work, allowing three runs. Nicholas DiEva came on in relief for the ensuing 3.1 innings. He was awarded the win. Nick Brass and Cole Creighton threw the final 1.2 ...
One Bad Pitch Hurts Zamora, Puts Stony Brook On Brink Of Elimination
Photo Credit: Stony Brook Athletics Daniel Zamora threw a very solid 6.2 innings, allowing two ER against the No. 24 ranked team in the county, N.C. State.If it wasn’t for one pitch, however, it would’ve been a magnificent outing. He allowed a two-run HR to the Wolfpack’s leading hitter, leadoff man Logan Ratledge–who entered hitting .330 on the day.The two-run HR broke a 0-0 tie in the fifth inning and proved to be the difference in the game. The Wolfpack were victorious 3-0 in the first game of the Fort Worth, TX regional.Zamora ended his day allowing seven hits while striking out four and walking none. His record falls to 7-3 on the season.His counterpart, Curt Britt, was just a little bit better. The freshman southpaw, who was named went 5.1 shutout innings, all...
Stony Brook Erases 7-0 Deficit, Storms Back to Win America East
Photo Credit: Greg M. Cooper For the first time since the magical run of 2012, the Stony Brook Sea Wolves have won the America East title.It took an amazing comeback on Saturday, too as they defeated UMBC 16-11. They trailed 7-0 in the first inning after the bats of UMBC roughed up Ryley MacEachern.In the ensuing inning they scored a tournament record 11 runs thanks to RBI hits by Malcolm Nachmanoff and Toby Handley and a slew of walks and errors.The scoring wasn’t done after that. UMBC answered with two in the bottom of the second and that’s when Tim Knesnik came in to put out the fire. He ended up recording the victory, throwing four innings of relief while allowing three runs on six hits and four walks with two strikeouts. In the fourth, the Sea Wolves tacked on two more on ...
Stony Brook Lowers Magic Number to 2
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Stony Brook swept a DH by the scores of 5-3 and 9-3 and have lowered their magic number to clinch the America East to 2. They lead UMBC by 3.5 games in the standings so any combination of Sea Wolve victories or UMBC losses that add to two will result in Stony Brook getting the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. There are four more regular season games to go. In the first game of the DH, Stony Brook was behind 3-2 after three innings, but tied it up in the fourth when Andruw Gazzolla started the inning off with a triple and he scored on Bobby Honeyman‘s sac fly. In the sixth, they took the lead when Casey Baker hit a one-out triple and he came in to score on a fielder’s choice. That was all the Sea Wolves’ pitching staff would need. Starte...
Bobby Honeyman Collects Five Hits, Stony Brook Sweeps Albany
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana Freshman Bobby Honeyman smacked a career-high five hits as Stony Brook easily defeated Albany 12-2 to finish the sweep and improve their record to 23-12. The Sea Wolves scored three in the first, three again in the third and two in the eighth and compiled 18 hits as a team. Honeyman scored three runs to go along with his five hits. Toby Handley also had four hits, drove in two and scored twice. Robert Chavarria, Casey Baker and Andruw Gazzolla each had two hits. Baker drove in three, Gazzolla brought in a pair. Ryley MacEachern, normally a reliever, started and pitched 3.1 innings. He struggled with his command, walking five batters, and was replaced with Chad Lee. He was terrific–firing 3.2 shutout innings with two strikeouts to record his fourth victory...
Chavarria’s Walk-Off Hit Lifts Stony Brook Past UMBC
Written by Jim Ferchland The Stony Brook Seawolves (15-11, 8-2) and the UMBC Retrievers (14-12, 4-4) entered Saturday’s matchup at Joe Nathan Field at the top of the America East Standings. Stony Brook remained hot keeping their five-game winning streak alive with big regards to senior second baseman Rob Chavarria who came through clutch with walk-off single to left field to defeat UMBC 6-5. After suffering a tough loss in game 1 (8-0), UMBC relied on their junior right handed pitcher Conrad Wozniak who flat out dominated the Seawolves. He entered the game with a 1-0 record, 0.90 ERA, 30 innings pitched with 23 strikeouts. He would increase his season strikeout total by fooling Stony Brook’s batters by switching up speeds, keeping them guessing, and was superb with his location. He pitched...
Stony Brook Outlasts Maine in 13 Innings
Photo Credit: Vinny Messana It was a wild one in Maine. The Stony Brook Seawolves scored three runs in the top of the 13th, with the go-ahead hit coming on an RBI single by Toby Handley to win 8-5. Tyler Honahan started, but was not his dominant self. He allowed three runs on five innings, allowing eight hits and two walks. The bullpen did a tremendous job to hold the fort–with Teddy Rotliff throwing five shutout innings to record his first win of the season.The Sea Wolves fell behind early and trailed 3-0 in the top of the fifth but chipped away on an RBI ground out by Bobby Honeyman. They scored two in the seventh on an error and RBI single by Jeremy Giles to make the 4-3. They tied it up in the eighth on a squeeze play executed by Johnny Caputo.That sent the game to extra innings....
Stony Brook Tops Sacred Heart 8-4
Written by Jim Ferchland Photo Credit: Jim Ferchland The Stony Brook Seawolves have struggled 18 games into the season–as they sit at 8-10. However, the Sacred Heart Pioneers have an abundance of work to do as they sit at the bottom of the standings at 1-14. Stony Brook and the cold rain were not doing the Pioneers any favors as Stony Brook took down Sacred Heart 8-4 in 6 ½ innings. The game was shortened due to inclement weather. Stony Brook’s junior right-handed pitcher Tim Knesik made his fifth start on the mound today. He struggled through 1.1 innings and was relieved by Nick DiEva, who received the win with 2.2 shutout innings of relief. Sacred Heart’s six-foot nine-inch junior pitcher Connor Landers only pitched one inning and it was a sure nightmare. He was lit up by the Sea...
