Up Next 2023
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Jagger Adamo
(Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment of the Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we highlighted Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower, Stellan Zangari, Ryan Bush, Bryce Cutrone, Justin Ortiz and Colin Raymond.) Keith Osik has seen a lot of baseball. He is one of the five best baseball players ever to come out of Long Island, as he had a remarkable career at LSU and went on to play a decade in the big leagues. Since then, he has been the head coach at Farmingdale State College for close to 20 years where he has won 8 Skyline Conference Championships. Additionally, he has been around the travel league circuit for many years and coaches Team Steel. All of that is to say that his evaluations are typically extremely accurate so it opene...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Colin Raymond
(Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment of the Up Next series Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower, Stellan Zangari, Ryan Bush, Bryce Cutrone and Justin Ortiz. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Syosset-native Colin Raymond, who attends a private school in NYC, has a shot to be a special player. He is coming off an incredible season in which he compiled the following numbers: .392 AVG/.493 OBP/.586 SLG ( 26 doubles, 7 triples, 2 HRs, 79 RBIs, 43 BBs, 23 Ks, 40-43 SBs, 86 runs (104 games) His hitting instructor, Brad Jackson, had the following to say: “Doing this for 16 years, Colin has one of the bigg...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Justin Ortiz
(Editor’s Note: This is the sixth installment of the Up Next Series Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower, Stellan Zangari, Ryan Bush and Bryce Cutrone. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) When you look at many of the top players across high school, college or professional baseball, they are often the most athletically gifted and physically imposing as well. The beauty about the game of baseball, though, is that there are no size requirements and occasionally there are outliers that breakthrough and provide hope for other undersized athletes out there. Currently in Major League Baseball, that player would be Jo...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Bryce Cutrone
When you are named after Bryce Harper, you are certainly destined to being a ballplayer. West Islip-native Bryce Cutrone is one of the top players in his age group on Long Island and has made a name for himself with some impressive numbers and accolades already. This season, he was outstanding for the NY Longhorns. He batted .510 with 35 HRs and 105 RBIs on the small fields. During the Longhorns Championship run in Cooperstown, he took his game to the next level – batting .727 with 10 HRs and 25 RBIs over their 10-0 trip. Bryce is also a dominant pitcher – he’s already in the mid 70s and he compiled a record of 8-2 with a 2.20 ERA and 74 Ks over 47 innings. ‘28 MIF Bryce Cutrone (NY) recognizes & lifts a big 3-run triple to CF. Simple swing, connected well.#NatAllStat...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Ryan Bush
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth installment of the Up Next series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we featured Everett Zarzicki, Brian Brower and Stellan Zangari. Special thank you to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Since 2017, Commack has turned into the premier baseball program on Long Island. Much of that is due to the culture that the late head coach Bryan Bonin instilled, as the Cougars won a County Championship in his first season at the helm and followed that up with another in his final season in 2021, and in the first two seasons under Matt Salmon in 2022-’23. Besides the great culture that Bonin helped instilled, they have a tremendous pipeline of talent that’s on par with the be...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Stellan Zangari
(Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of the Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, Everett Zarzicki and Brian Brower were featured. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright for sponsoring this year’s series.) Nick Clark certainly knows the game of baseball. He had one of the most decorated careers in the history of Adelphi University – having been twice named All-American and he still ranks No. 1 in program history for RBIs (193), runs scored (207), HRs (51) and is second behind Dom Gatti in hits (238) and stolen bases (94). Clark is one of the most well-respected hitting instructors on Long Island and has been around the game a long time. All of this is to say, his word carries a lot of weight. One of the athlete...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Brian Brower
(Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of the Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Make sure to check out last’s week’s feature on Everett Zarzicki. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Brian Brower (‘27, NY) barrels up a fastball and lines it the other way for a single. Loose, leveraged stroke w/ smooth barrel control throughout the zone. Athletic 6’0” build w/ some room to fill. Up to 80 mph on the mound earlier in the day. 14 & 5 months. #Super25FallSQ… pic.twitter.com/m6gmlwNE6D — PG Mid Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA, MD,DE,DC) (@PGMidAtlantic) September 11, 2023 If one thing is for sure; hard-throwing left-handed pitchers will never go unnoticed in the world of amateur bas...
Up Next Powered by State Farm Ken Kortright Agency: Everett Zarzicki
(Editor’s Note: The “Up Next” Series is back for another year! We highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island during this weekly series during the offseason. You can click here to read all of last year’s features. Special thanks to State Farm Ken Kortright Agency for sponsoring this year’s series – Enjoy!) Any time you have the opportunity to get called up to varsity as an underclassmen, it is a great chance to learn from older players – even if you don’t get into a game. In the case of Kings Park’s 8th grader Everett Zarzicki, he was not just called up but counted on in a big spot in the playoffs. If you don’t believe me, here’s what head coach Andrew Abreu: “Everett was called up last year towards the later part o...
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