Johnny Pohlman

Commack Advances to Class AA Finals Amidst Pitch-Count Controversy

Final: Commack 7, Pat-Med 2 WP: Johnny Pohlman (6.2 IP, 0 ER) Commack advances to the Class AA Finals pic.twitter.com/6V3yJOfGhl — aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) May 26, 2017 (Disclaimer: I was not in attendance for this game, as I was covering West Islip-Ward Melville. The following is based off of spectators that were in attendance) Commack (20-3) defeated Pat-Med by the score of 7-2 at St. Joseph’s College to advance to the Suffolk County Class AA Finals on Monday against the reigning champion West Islip. College of St. Rose-commit Johnny Pohlman fanned 11 over 6.2 IP to earn his seventh win of the season. Entering the seventh inning, however, Pohlman was inching close to the NYSPHSAA pitch-count limit of 125 for a postseason game. The rule has been a h...

Insider Notes: May 18

Yesterday, I was at the Hauppauge-Commack match up between two very-accomplished pitchers in Matt Overton (Molloy-commit) and Johnny Pohlman (College of St. Rose). In addition to them, there were a number of talented players on the field. Here’s what I saw from them: Johnny Pohlman– The big RHP is lanky and projectable. He has the chance to fill out and add several MPH to his fastball when he gets to college. They are really banking on that, because his fastball was 78-82 MPH, which is more of a Div-III velocity. However, what he lacks in velocity, he makes up for in gumption and pitchability. Despite walking four of the first seven hitters, he settled in and found his rhythm. He wound up recording nine strikeouts and allowing only two hits. He faced some good hitters, but he r...

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