Former All-American Tyler Badamo working his way back pic.twitter.com/PKZvMPkb3v Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) January 30, 2018 Command has never been an issue for Tyler Badamo. During his four-year minor league career, he has walked only 48 batters over 261.0 IP. That is a rate of 1.6/9 IP. Last season, he issued only 7 free passes over 70.2 IP, reaching as high as Triple-A with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Unfortunately, the velocity–which sat 91-93 MPH with an occasional 94 during his historic All-American season with Dowling College in 2014–has since faded. With the average fastball velocity in the game of baseball now up to 92 MPH, teams come to expect those numbers on the radar gun. His career, which was budding with the New York Mets through the middle p...
Ryan Picarello wins it for Mount Sinai ! 4-3 (11 innings) pic.twitter.com/t5fNuoUTBS aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) May 16, 2017 If we ever get our own TV network, this one will be on aXcess baseball classics. What a game–featuring a walk-off RBI single up the middle by Ryan Picarello to deliver No. 4 Mount Sinai a 4-3 win over No. 5 Southampton. They overcame a 3-1 deficit in the bottom of the 11th after the Mariners of Southampton took a 3-1 lead on consecutive RBI doubles by Devon O’Brien and Thomas Gabriele. This one was a tremendous pitcher’s duel between League 8 MVP Chad Pike and Dan Deckert. There was no score through five innings, as each pitcher was dominant. Pike worked out of a couple jams, displaying an intestinal fortitude rarely seen in a you...