Stony Brook baseball
College Season Previews
With the Div-I college season opening up on Friday, we have concluded many of our college season previews. Some still remain, but here are the links to view any of the ones we completed: Division-I: Fordham Stony Brook Hofstra Division-II: Molloy Queens LIU Post NYIT Division-III: Old Westbury Maritime St. Joseph’s Junior College: Suffolk
Stony Brook Baseball Preview: Sea Wolves Led By Power Arms
Double barrel action with Brian Herrmann and Kris Killackey pic.twitter.com/zNqkpZNGmj — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) September 28, 2017 If you like pitching, you will enjoy the 2018 Stony Brook Sea Wolves. Without question the strength of this team will be in the pitching staff. They can come at you from all different arm angles and sizes. Senior LHP Teddy Rodliff has the “funky delivery” according to Head Coach Matt Senk, owner of 745 career wins and a .606 winning percentage. Cole Creighton stands 5’9″, while Greg Marino is an imposing 6’6″. All of these pitchers, though, throw hard and will make it very difficult for opposing batters in the America East. The 2017 Axcess Baseball Rookie of the Year, Brian Herrmann, will be looking to buil...
Insider Notes: Newfield-Rocky Point Workout
I attended the joint workout between Rocky Point and Newfield at Stony Brook University and here are some observations from it: Rob Milopsky is a Div-I pitcher in my opinion. He does a number of things that jump out at me. First of all, he has extremely fluid mechanics. It looks like he is having a catch, but once he ramped up his effort he was sitting 85 and he touched 87 MPH. Additionally, he throws a very good slider that is a weapon. Last year, he pitched only briefly at the varsity level due to the upperclassmen that were in the rotation. Still, Coach Aschettino stated that he has already faced the most pressure-packed situation that he can possibly face–coming in with the bases loaded in the eighth inning against Brock Murtha with a one-run lead. He passed that test with flying...
Axcess Rookie of the Year Finalists Announced
We will be hosting our third annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 6 at Villa Lombardi’s. Among the several awards we will be handing out will be the Axcess Rookie of the Year Award to the top freshman college player on Long Island. The four finalists are: Brian Herrmann (Stony Brook): 4-3 record, 3.46 ERA, 80.2 IP, 54 K, .234 AVG Noah Lorenzo (LIU Post): 7-2 record, 3.99 ERA, 2 CG, 79.0 IP, 49 K, .275 AVG Vinny Rice (Farmingdale): .413 AVG, .488 OBP, .541 SLG, 45 H, 23 R, 15 RBI Phil Russo (Maritime): .359 AVG, .388 OBP, .394 SLG, 51 H, 14 R, 25 RBI If you would like to purchase tickets to the Awards Banquet, you can do so by clicking here!
Recap of Stony Brook’s Scout Day
6’6″ Greg Marino is coming off a great year and is up to 88-90 MPH with his heater. Certainly a potential draft candidate pic.twitter.com/d5UKWGTEoS — Axcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) October 16, 2017 This afternoon I was at Stony Brook University to watch their Scout Day, which was attended by at least 20 MLB scouts from across the region. Stony Brook is one of the few teams in the region that consistently have their players selected in the MLB Draft. This year should be no different, as they have a handful of players that are draft-eligible. Additionally, they have younger players that could garner interest in the coming years. Below is my observations from the workout. Dylan Resk (JR) is a 6’1″ power-hitting outfielder that smacked 13 HR last year and drove...
Fall Ball Series: Stony Brook
Double barrel action with Brian Herrmann and Kris Killackey pic.twitter.com/zNqkpZNGmj — Axcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) September 28, 2017 Strong defense and base running has been a hallmark of Stony Brook through out Head Coach Matt Senk’s tenure. Entering his 28th season at the helm, the Sea Wolves’ skipper’s attention to detail is pretty remarkable. While I observed their practice today, they spent roughly 30-35 minutes practicing every type of bunt scenario. No detail was too small to be accounted for. While he was monitoring the batters’ mechanics on their bunts, another coach was timing their sprinting speed to first and another coach was on the base paths directing the fielders. With runs at a premium in the America East, these defensive strategies co...
Jared & Derek Yalon Commit to Stony Brook
It is rare that a set of twins would both be as athletic and talented as the Yalon twins. What’s even more rare is that they both would be interested in playing college ball at the same school and the interest would be reciprocated by the school. Jared & Derek Yalon, both Connetquot 2019, announced yesterday that they verbally committed to Stony Brook University. Jared, a lefty that plays first base, was named All-County as a sophomore. Derek plays left field and bats righty. They both stated that they originally became interested in attending Stony Brook in 2012 when the Sea Wolves made an appearance on ESPN playing LSU in the Super Regionals. If there was any question how important qualifying for the College World Series is for a program, look no further than that statement as ...
Who Is Kyle Johnson?
One of the top two-way prospects in the class of 2018 is now off the chart with Kyle Johnson (Newfield) committing to Stony Brook University on Friday night. The SS/RHP is a slick fielder with great pop at the plate and a 87-89 MPH fastball on the hill. Kyle Johnson (Newfield ’18) on to pitch the third inning for B.A. pic.twitter.com/kkpnvPvRWf — aXcess Baseball (@axcessbaseball) July 20, 2017 He’s had a great summer, hitting over .300 against top competition. He also compiled a ridiculous 0.69 ERA with 74 strikeouts against only five walks. I had a chance to talk to him, and here’s what he had to say… Can you talk about the commit to Stony Brook and how it came about? I became very familiar with Stony Brook baseball at a very young age. When I was 4 years old ...
Q & A With Holy Trinity Head Coach Dan Luisi
(Photo Credit: 27east.com) During my days at Farmingdale State, I had the pleasure of playing for Coach Dan Luisi in 2011. Since then, he has moved up the coaching ranks to Div-I as an assistant at Stony Brook, then a Head Coach for the West Hampton Aviators of the HCBL and now as the Head Coach of his alma mater, Holy Trinity HS. I had the opportunity to speak with him, and here is what he had to say… How excited are you to be taking over a very storied and successful Holy Trinity program and taking over for a well-respected Head Coach? Being able to take over Holy Trinity HS is inspiring and self-rewarding for me. I have always been a Titan–even long after I graduated from there in 2005. I have a great deal of pride in the school and the program, an I’m honored to follo...
Babylon Avenges County Championship Loss, Defeating Center Moriches 3-0
Babylon senior pitcher Shaun Kaminski went head-to-head with Center Moriches junior LHP Liam Pulsipher–one of the best pitchers in the county. Kaminski fired a complete game, recording the 3-0 victory with five strikeouts, five hits and two walks. “It’s nice to finally beat Pulsipher, we dropped two games to him, the one last year in the county championship, 1-0, and early in the season, 3-1,” said Babylon head coach Victor Manzella. “I couldn’t be more proud of my boys, I couldn’t be more proud of Shaun [Kaminski]; the way he pitched and it was good to get a W in the first game of the playoffs.” The SUNY Old Westbury-commit opened up the scoring for Babylon after leading off the sixth inning with a single. Kaminski came across on an error off the bat of Joe Rende. This would end up ...
