St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Poised to Take Step Forward in Year 3
by Max Edelman Just three seasons after restarting their baseball program, the St. Mary’s Gaels look to finally establish themselves in the Catholic League. After restarting their baseball program in 2022, the Gaels, led by head coach Chris Estrada, who is entering his third year with the team, were forced to rebuild from the ground up. Despite finishing 2023 with a 2-14 record in the CHSAA, and a 9-14 record overall, Estrada was able to find the progress his team and players made. “Last season, I think the kids got a better sense of being in the catholic league.” Estrada said. “How strong it is, how competitive it is, how many top prospects there are whether they are going DI or possibly getting looked at to get drafted. The kids had a second year to get adjusted to it, and the record is...
St. Mary’s Poised for Improved Year
by Andy Smith 2022 was a transitional year for St. Mary’s. Head Coach Christopher Estrada was hired beginning with the 2020 season. That season was abruptly canceled due to the pandemic. In 2021, the Gaels were not able to play a season, and instead just played three scrimmages. Following these tasking seasons, the Gaels finally completed their first season in almost five years last year. Coach Estrada, a former college baseball athlete, made appearances at Monroe College, Coppin State, Missouri Western State University and even had a stint with the Indy Ball League (Desert League). Estrada reflected on this challenging 3-year journey at St. Mary’s, and how he learned from it. “Last season was an introduction and learning experience for the players and staff, since it was the first time ...
Up Next Powered By Eye Q Investigations: Miguel Sime Jr
(This is the first installment of the 2022 Up Next Series Powered by Eye Q Investigations, where we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. This is a 10-part series. All of these uncommitted players should have a huge impact on their high school teams this season and eventually will be Division-I players). 2025 RHP Miguel Sime (NY) brought the heat today out of the bullpen, grabbing several 92s with the fastball while spinning a quality slider too. Ball was jumping out of his hand! #14uWS pic.twitter.com/rh2kXKyJrC — Perfect Game Youth (@PGYouthBB) June 28, 2022 Once the hype gets going, it has a snowball effect and just keeps growing. St. Mary’s sophomore flame thrower Miguel Sime is in the early stages of that hype machine going into effect. The 6’2 210 lb RHP put him...
OTD: Jason Diaz Sharp In Kellenberg’s Win Over St. Mary’s
Not a bad start to the varsity career for University of Miami-commit Jason Diaz. The sophomore fired three perfect innings with seven strikeouts during an overpowering outing this afternoon against St. Mary’s in a mercy win for Kellenberg. The reigning CHSAA champs wasted no time getting the offense going with a huge first inning. After back-to-back walks to Terrance Murray and Andrew Steidle, third-place hitter Justin Renner brought them both in with a long HR to left to make it 3-0. After Nick Quatromani reached on an error and James May walked, Diaz reached on an error to load up the bases. Robert Chesney drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 4-0 and Brett Carpentieri increased the lead to 6-0 with a two-run double. Renner recorded his fourth RBI of the inning when he drew a bases loaded ...
