Matt Vogel

From the time he was a freshman in high school, great expectations have been bestowed on him. When you are selected to represent Team USA and you’re named to the All-Tournament team as a 15-year old, you raise the bar for expectations. The 2013 graduate of Patchogue-Medford raised those expectations more when he was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2013 MLB Draft. He went on to honor his commitment to the University of South Carolina to play for the Game Cocks after they had won consecutive National Championships. Despite throwing only 38 innings in three years, Vogel showed enough to warrant the Tampa Bay Rays drafting him in the 25th round and assigning him to their Gulf Coast League affiliate. Now 21-years-old and on the path that was seemingly destined for him from a y...