{"id":51723,"date":"2025-02-26T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/?p=51723"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:37:10","slug":"talented-west-babylon-team-tasked-with-replacing-programs-all-time-winningest-pitcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2025\/02\/26\/talented-west-babylon-team-tasked-with-replacing-programs-all-time-winningest-pitcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Talented West Babylon Team Tasked With Replacing Program’s All-Time Winningest Pitcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Special thanks to<a href=\"https:\/\/metalandscapedesign.com\"> Metamorphosis Landscape Design<\/a> for sponsoring this year’s series<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Joe Bello<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">West Babylon has done it ! They comeback and defeat Division, 4-2, to capture the Class A Long Island Championship <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hhHQzypWoe\">pic.twitter.com\/hhHQzypWoe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1665146962759364609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>West Babylon<\/strong> Eagles are prepping for their 2025 season, one that head coach <strong>Shaun Kaminski<\/strong> expects to have a lot of success in. Kaminski is heading into his 2nd season at the helm of West Babylon baseball, but this will be his 4th season as a part of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Eagles finished with a record of 13-5 in 2024, they reached the playoffs but their season was cut short due to losses to <strong>Centereach<\/strong> and <strong>Smithtown West<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50361 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2296-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2296-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2296-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2296-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_2296.jpg 1127w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/174;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe 2024 season was an interesting season to navigate.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cPrior to becoming the head coach, I was the assistant for two seasons including the season we won the LIC. We won the LIC with a senior-heavy group, so we went into last season with a lot of holes to fill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even with holes to fill in the lineup, Kaminski still had a strong pitching staff to lean on for success last season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLuckily though we had our top 2 pitchers from that championship team in <strong>Jace Alvino<\/strong>, who is playing at Southern Connecticut and is the all-time winningest pitcher in West Babylon history after passing former MLB draft pick <strong>Billy Koch<\/strong>, and <strong>Brandon Hancock<\/strong>.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cSo we had the pitching last season to compete and make a run but we had some inexperience in the lineup and in the field. Six sophomores started a good majority of the season for us and more than held their own. We won every series last year except for one and were right in every one of our losses. This offseason we have been putting an emphasis on the little things and the details so hopefully this season we come out on the winning side of those close games.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">West Babylon RHP Jace Alvino fired a complete game, allowing 2 runs as he improved to 7-0 on the season. He was named Class A Playoff MVP as West Babylon is headed to the NY State tournament in Binghamton <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IGNb2i3usc\">pic.twitter.com\/IGNb2i3usc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1665155392953876488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for this season, Kaminski returns 7 of the 9 starters in the lineup. Although the 2 that were lost due to graduation were Alvino and Hancock. As previously mentioned, they were the top 2 pitchers on the Eagles\u2019 staff and also hit in the middle of the batting order. Kaminski said that they will have \u201ctheir hands full\u201d replacing their production for the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RHP Anthony Gerbasio (West Babylon 2025) commits to Farmingdale State College <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LLPZJrdAZH\">pic.twitter.com\/LLPZJrdAZH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1870913015304085665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seniors <strong>Anthony Gerbasio<\/strong> and <strong>Elijah Outlaw<\/strong> will both be relied upon heavily for West Babylon in 2025. Both players are 4-year starters and won All-League honors last spring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cElijah has Division-I ability and plays a lock down center field, he will be playing QB next fall at Southern Connecticut.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cAnthony will be our number 1 pitcher this season and can virtually play anywhere on the field. I gave Anthony the impossible task of being our game 3 starter last season despite catching games 1 and 2. Catching isn\u2019t his natural position but he played there out of necessity and with another year to grow and develop I feel we now have other catchers in the program who are ready to take over.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gerbasio had a big season for Kaminski\u2019s Eagles in 2024, hitting .458 with 19 RBIs, and was named a captain this offseason. Both Gerbasio and Outlaw will be important leaders on the team in the 2025 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juniors <strong>Steve Gervasi, Josh Gomez, Matt Critchley, Timmy Erwig<\/strong>, and <strong>Vinny Iorio<\/strong> all will look to be impact players for the team in the 2025 campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGervasi is a guy in the lineup that I\u2019m looking to have a huge impact this season.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe played a steady third base all season and showed flashes with his bat. I\u2019m hoping he can take the next step and be a contributor at the top of the lineup. Erwig and Iorio are returning outfield starters who got great experience last year and I\u2019m hoping they hit the ground running this season.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Gomez and Critchly are both looked at as options to replace the talent they lost on the mound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGomez has looked great on the mound this winter.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe has been sitting low to mid 80s and has great movement on his off speed pitches. He got his feet wet in relief last season with a couple of saves and he is an option to replace Alvino and Hancock in the rotation. Critchley, who started at second base last season, is a two way player who will also be an option on the mound as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Matt Critchley (West Babylon 2026) showing some really nice movement on his split change and offspeed pitches <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h29MIMuejo\">pic.twitter.com\/h29MIMuejo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1893697617730707506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junior <strong>Nico Milani<\/strong> will make his return to the team this year, he tore his ACL during football last season, so he missed all of 2024. Through rehab and winter workouts, Milani will be ready to make an impact for West Babylon by the time the season starts. He will also be another player that can be used as a pitcher for Kaminski.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nico Milani (West Babylon 2026) with a max exit velo of 91.4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tXez0MXJc0\">pic.twitter.com\/tXez0MXJc0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axcessbaseball\/status\/1881377724926943742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winter workouts are in full swing for the Eagles and Kaminski is ecstatic at how they will help impact the club this spring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe began winter workouts at the start of the new year and the attendance and work ethic has been amazing.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cWe have been going one night at the school and doing Strength and Conditioning at Players Edge Academy. Coach Brown has done a great job getting these boys stronger and more explosive for the season. I couldn\u2019t be more proud of the way they\u2019ve been working this offseason. I think last year they all got a taste of what being a winning playoff team is, but they are hungry for more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Eagles will be facing a tough schedule this year but Kaminski is confident that his team will be able to stay focused and ultimately have major success this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs I mentioned, last season we were a young team infused with great upper class talent but ultimately our inexperience showed in the end.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cLast season showed us how important every single game is towards playoffs, seeding and home field advantage. I\u2019m confident this group will not lose sight of that and we have big things ahead of us as long as we keep our intensity, our focus, I\u2019m very fired up for what this team can accomplish. We have made the playoffs the last 3 seasons in a row now and I\u2019m confident this group can make it a 4th.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The West Babylon Eagles open up their 2025 schedule at home against the Deer Park Falcons on March 28th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello West Babylon has done it ! They comeback and defeat Division, 4-2, to capture the Class A Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com\/hhHQzypWoe \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 The West Babylon Eagles are prepping for their 2025 season, one that head coach Shaun Kaminski expects to have a lot of success in. Kaminski is heading into his 2nd season at the helm of West Babylon baseball, but this will be his 4th season as a part of the program. The Eagles finished with a record of 13-5 in 2024, they reached the playoffs but their season was cut short due to losses to Centereach and Smithtown West. \u201cThe 2024 season was an interesting season to navigate.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cPrior to becoming the head coach, I was the assistant for two seasons including the season we won the LIC. We won the LIC with a senior-heavy group, so we went into last season with a lot of holes to fill.\u201d Even with holes to fill in the lineup, Kaminski still had a strong pitching staff to lean on for success last season.\u00a0 \u201cLuckily though we had our top 2 pitchers from that championship team in Jace Alvino, who is playing at Southern Connecticut and is the all-time winningest pitcher in West Babylon history after passing former MLB draft pick Billy Koch, and Brandon Hancock.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cSo we had the pitching last season to compete and make a run but we had some inexperience in the lineup and in the field. Six sophomores started a good majority of the season for us and more than held their own. We won every series last year except for one and were right in every one of our losses. This offseason we have been putting an emphasis on the little things and the details so hopefully this season we come out on the winning side of those close games.\u201d West Babylon RHP Jace Alvino fired a complete game, allowing 2 runs as he improved to 7-0 on the season. He was named Class A Playoff MVP as West Babylon is headed to the NY State tournament in Binghamton pic.twitter.com\/IGNb2i3usc \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 As for this season, Kaminski returns 7 of the 9 starters in the lineup. Although the 2 that were lost due to graduation were Alvino and Hancock. As previously mentioned, they were the top 2 pitchers on the Eagles\u2019 staff and also hit in the middle of the batting order. Kaminski said that they will have \u201ctheir hands full\u201d replacing their production for the team. RHP Anthony Gerbasio (West Babylon 2025) commits to Farmingdale State College pic.twitter.com\/LLPZJrdAZH \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 22, 2024 Seniors Anthony Gerbasio and Elijah Outlaw will both be relied upon heavily for West Babylon in 2025. Both players are 4-year starters and won All-League honors last spring.\u00a0 \u201cElijah has Division-I ability and plays a lock down center field, he will be playing QB next fall at Southern Connecticut.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cAnthony will be our number 1 pitcher this season and can virtually play anywhere on the field. I gave Anthony the impossible task of being our game 3 starter last season despite catching games 1 and 2. Catching isn\u2019t his natural position but he played there out of necessity and with another year to grow and develop I feel we now have other catchers in the program who are ready to take over.\u201d Gerbasio had a big season for Kaminski\u2019s Eagles in 2024, hitting .458 with 19 RBIs, and was named a captain this offseason. Both Gerbasio and Outlaw will be important leaders on the team in the 2025 season. Juniors Steve Gervasi, Josh Gomez, Matt Critchley, Timmy Erwig, and Vinny Iorio all will look to be impact players for the team in the 2025 campaign.\u00a0 \u201cGervasi is a guy in the lineup that I\u2019m looking to have a huge impact this season.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe played a steady third base all season and showed flashes with his bat. I\u2019m hoping he can take the next step and be a contributor at the top of the lineup. Erwig and Iorio are returning outfield starters who got great experience last year and I\u2019m hoping they hit the ground running this season.\u201d While Gomez and Critchly are both looked at as options to replace the talent they lost on the mound. \u201cGomez has looked great on the mound this winter.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe has been sitting low to mid 80s and has great movement on his off speed pitches. He got his feet wet in relief last season with a couple of saves and he is an option to replace Alvino and Hancock in the rotation. Critchley, who started at second base last season, is a two way player who will also be an option on the mound as well.\u201d\u00a0 Matt Critchley (West Babylon 2026) showing some really nice movement on his split change and offspeed pitches pic.twitter.com\/h29MIMuejo \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 23, 2025 Junior Nico Milani will make his return to the team this year, he tore his ACL during football last season, so he missed all of 2024. Through rehab and winter workouts, Milani will be ready to make an impact for West Babylon by the time the season starts. He will also be another player that can be used as a pitcher for Kaminski. Nico Milani (West Babylon 2026) with a max exit velo of 91.4 pic.twitter.com\/tXez0MXJc0 \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) January 20, 2025 Winter workouts are in full swing for the Eagles and Kaminski is ecstatic at how they will help impact the club this spring. \u201cWe began winter workouts at the start of the new year and the attendance and work ethic has been amazing.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cWe have been going one night at the school and doing Strength and Conditioning at Players Edge Academy. Coach Brown has done a great job getting these boys stronger and more explosive for the season. I couldn\u2019t be more proud of the way they\u2019ve been working this offseason. I think last year they all got a taste of what being a winning playoff team is, but they are hungry for more.\u201d The Eagles will be facing a tough schedule this year but Kaminski is confident that his team will be able to stay focused and ultimately have major success this season. \u201cAs I mentioned, last season we were a young team infused with great upper class talent but ultimately our inexperience showed in the end.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cLast season showed us how important every single game is towards playoffs, seeding and home field advantage. I\u2019m confident this group will not lose sight of that and we have big things ahead of us as long as we keep our intensity, our focus, I\u2019m very fired up for what this team can accomplish. We have made the playoffs the last 3 seasons in a row now and I\u2019m confident this group can make it a 4th.\u201d The West Babylon Eagles open up their 2025 schedule at home against the Deer Park Falcons on March 28th. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,461],"tags":[3463,2852,834,1620],"class_list":{"0":"post-51723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"category-news","9":"tag-2025-season-previews","10":"tag-joe-bello","11":"tag-shaun-kaminski","12":"tag-west-babylon"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Talented West Babylon Team Tasked With Replacing Program&#039;s All-Time Winningest Pitcher - Axcess Baseball<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axcessbaseball.com\/2025\/02\/26\/talented-west-babylon-team-tasked-with-replacing-programs-all-time-winningest-pitcher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talented West Babylon Team Tasked With Replacing Program&#039;s All-Time Winningest Pitcher - Axcess Baseball\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Joe Bello West Babylon has done it ! They comeback and defeat Division, 4-2, to capture the Class A Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com\/hhHQzypWoe \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 The West Babylon Eagles are prepping for their 2025 season, one that head coach Shaun Kaminski expects to have a lot of success in. Kaminski is heading into his 2nd season at the helm of West Babylon baseball, but this will be his 4th season as a part of the program. The Eagles finished with a record of 13-5 in 2024, they reached the playoffs but their season was cut short due to losses to Centereach and Smithtown West. \u201cThe 2024 season was an interesting season to navigate.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cPrior to becoming the head coach, I was the assistant for two seasons including the season we won the LIC. We won the LIC with a senior-heavy group, so we went into last season with a lot of holes to fill.\u201d Even with holes to fill in the lineup, Kaminski still had a strong pitching staff to lean on for success last season.\u00a0 \u201cLuckily though we had our top 2 pitchers from that championship team in Jace Alvino, who is playing at Southern Connecticut and is the all-time winningest pitcher in West Babylon history after passing former MLB draft pick Billy Koch, and Brandon Hancock.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cSo we had the pitching last season to compete and make a run but we had some inexperience in the lineup and in the field. Six sophomores started a good majority of the season for us and more than held their own. We won every series last year except for one and were right in every one of our losses. This offseason we have been putting an emphasis on the little things and the details so hopefully this season we come out on the winning side of those close games.\u201d West Babylon RHP Jace Alvino fired a complete game, allowing 2 runs as he improved to 7-0 on the season. He was named Class A Playoff MVP as West Babylon is headed to the NY State tournament in Binghamton pic.twitter.com\/IGNb2i3usc \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 As for this season, Kaminski returns 7 of the 9 starters in the lineup. Although the 2 that were lost due to graduation were Alvino and Hancock. As previously mentioned, they were the top 2 pitchers on the Eagles\u2019 staff and also hit in the middle of the batting order. Kaminski said that they will have \u201ctheir hands full\u201d replacing their production for the team. RHP Anthony Gerbasio (West Babylon 2025) commits to Farmingdale State College pic.twitter.com\/LLPZJrdAZH \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 22, 2024 Seniors Anthony Gerbasio and Elijah Outlaw will both be relied upon heavily for West Babylon in 2025. Both players are 4-year starters and won All-League honors last spring.\u00a0 \u201cElijah has Division-I ability and plays a lock down center field, he will be playing QB next fall at Southern Connecticut.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cAnthony will be our number 1 pitcher this season and can virtually play anywhere on the field. I gave Anthony the impossible task of being our game 3 starter last season despite catching games 1 and 2. Catching isn\u2019t his natural position but he played there out of necessity and with another year to grow and develop I feel we now have other catchers in the program who are ready to take over.\u201d Gerbasio had a big season for Kaminski\u2019s Eagles in 2024, hitting .458 with 19 RBIs, and was named a captain this offseason. Both Gerbasio and Outlaw will be important leaders on the team in the 2025 season. Juniors Steve Gervasi, Josh Gomez, Matt Critchley, Timmy Erwig, and Vinny Iorio all will look to be impact players for the team in the 2025 campaign.\u00a0 \u201cGervasi is a guy in the lineup that I\u2019m looking to have a huge impact this season.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe played a steady third base all season and showed flashes with his bat. I\u2019m hoping he can take the next step and be a contributor at the top of the lineup. Erwig and Iorio are returning outfield starters who got great experience last year and I\u2019m hoping they hit the ground running this season.\u201d While Gomez and Critchly are both looked at as options to replace the talent they lost on the mound. \u201cGomez has looked great on the mound this winter.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe has been sitting low to mid 80s and has great movement on his off speed pitches. He got his feet wet in relief last season with a couple of saves and he is an option to replace Alvino and Hancock in the rotation. Critchley, who started at second base last season, is a two way player who will also be an option on the mound as well.\u201d\u00a0 Matt Critchley (West Babylon 2026) showing some really nice movement on his split change and offspeed pitches pic.twitter.com\/h29MIMuejo \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 23, 2025 Junior Nico Milani will make his return to the team this year, he tore his ACL during football last season, so he missed all of 2024. Through rehab and winter workouts, Milani will be ready to make an impact for West Babylon by the time the season starts. He will also be another player that can be used as a pitcher for Kaminski. Nico Milani (West Babylon 2026) with a max exit velo of 91.4 pic.twitter.com\/tXez0MXJc0 \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) January 20, 2025 Winter workouts are in full swing for the Eagles and Kaminski is ecstatic at how they will help impact the club this spring. \u201cWe began winter workouts at the start of the new year and the attendance and work ethic has been amazing.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cWe have been going one night at the school and doing Strength and Conditioning at Players Edge Academy. Coach Brown has done a great job getting these boys stronger and more explosive for the season. I couldn\u2019t be more proud of the way they\u2019ve been working this offseason. I think last year they all got a taste of what being a winning playoff team is, but they are hungry for more.\u201d The Eagles will be facing a tough schedule this year but Kaminski is confident that his team will be able to stay focused and ultimately have major success this season. \u201cAs I mentioned, last season we were a young team infused with great upper class talent but ultimately our inexperience showed in the end.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cLast season showed us how important every single game is towards playoffs, seeding and home field advantage. I\u2019m confident this group will not lose sight of that and we have big things ahead of us as long as we keep our intensity, our focus, I\u2019m very fired up for what this team can accomplish. 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They comeback and defeat Division, 4-2, to capture the Class A Long Island Championship pic.twitter.com\/hhHQzypWoe \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 The West Babylon Eagles are prepping for their 2025 season, one that head coach Shaun Kaminski expects to have a lot of success in. Kaminski is heading into his 2nd season at the helm of West Babylon baseball, but this will be his 4th season as a part of the program. The Eagles finished with a record of 13-5 in 2024, they reached the playoffs but their season was cut short due to losses to Centereach and Smithtown West. \u201cThe 2024 season was an interesting season to navigate.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cPrior to becoming the head coach, I was the assistant for two seasons including the season we won the LIC. We won the LIC with a senior-heavy group, so we went into last season with a lot of holes to fill.\u201d Even with holes to fill in the lineup, Kaminski still had a strong pitching staff to lean on for success last season.\u00a0 \u201cLuckily though we had our top 2 pitchers from that championship team in Jace Alvino, who is playing at Southern Connecticut and is the all-time winningest pitcher in West Babylon history after passing former MLB draft pick Billy Koch, and Brandon Hancock.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cSo we had the pitching last season to compete and make a run but we had some inexperience in the lineup and in the field. Six sophomores started a good majority of the season for us and more than held their own. We won every series last year except for one and were right in every one of our losses. This offseason we have been putting an emphasis on the little things and the details so hopefully this season we come out on the winning side of those close games.\u201d West Babylon RHP Jace Alvino fired a complete game, allowing 2 runs as he improved to 7-0 on the season. He was named Class A Playoff MVP as West Babylon is headed to the NY State tournament in Binghamton pic.twitter.com\/IGNb2i3usc \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 4, 2023 As for this season, Kaminski returns 7 of the 9 starters in the lineup. Although the 2 that were lost due to graduation were Alvino and Hancock. As previously mentioned, they were the top 2 pitchers on the Eagles\u2019 staff and also hit in the middle of the batting order. Kaminski said that they will have \u201ctheir hands full\u201d replacing their production for the team. RHP Anthony Gerbasio (West Babylon 2025) commits to Farmingdale State College pic.twitter.com\/LLPZJrdAZH \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 22, 2024 Seniors Anthony Gerbasio and Elijah Outlaw will both be relied upon heavily for West Babylon in 2025. Both players are 4-year starters and won All-League honors last spring.\u00a0 \u201cElijah has Division-I ability and plays a lock down center field, he will be playing QB next fall at Southern Connecticut.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cAnthony will be our number 1 pitcher this season and can virtually play anywhere on the field. I gave Anthony the impossible task of being our game 3 starter last season despite catching games 1 and 2. Catching isn\u2019t his natural position but he played there out of necessity and with another year to grow and develop I feel we now have other catchers in the program who are ready to take over.\u201d Gerbasio had a big season for Kaminski\u2019s Eagles in 2024, hitting .458 with 19 RBIs, and was named a captain this offseason. Both Gerbasio and Outlaw will be important leaders on the team in the 2025 season. Juniors Steve Gervasi, Josh Gomez, Matt Critchley, Timmy Erwig, and Vinny Iorio all will look to be impact players for the team in the 2025 campaign.\u00a0 \u201cGervasi is a guy in the lineup that I\u2019m looking to have a huge impact this season.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe played a steady third base all season and showed flashes with his bat. I\u2019m hoping he can take the next step and be a contributor at the top of the lineup. Erwig and Iorio are returning outfield starters who got great experience last year and I\u2019m hoping they hit the ground running this season.\u201d While Gomez and Critchly are both looked at as options to replace the talent they lost on the mound. \u201cGomez has looked great on the mound this winter.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cHe has been sitting low to mid 80s and has great movement on his off speed pitches. He got his feet wet in relief last season with a couple of saves and he is an option to replace Alvino and Hancock in the rotation. Critchley, who started at second base last season, is a two way player who will also be an option on the mound as well.\u201d\u00a0 Matt Critchley (West Babylon 2026) showing some really nice movement on his split change and offspeed pitches pic.twitter.com\/h29MIMuejo \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 23, 2025 Junior Nico Milani will make his return to the team this year, he tore his ACL during football last season, so he missed all of 2024. Through rehab and winter workouts, Milani will be ready to make an impact for West Babylon by the time the season starts. He will also be another player that can be used as a pitcher for Kaminski. Nico Milani (West Babylon 2026) with a max exit velo of 91.4 pic.twitter.com\/tXez0MXJc0 \u2014 Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) January 20, 2025 Winter workouts are in full swing for the Eagles and Kaminski is ecstatic at how they will help impact the club this spring. \u201cWe began winter workouts at the start of the new year and the attendance and work ethic has been amazing.\u201d Kaminski said. \u201cWe have been going one night at the school and doing Strength and Conditioning at Players Edge Academy. Coach Brown has done a great job getting these boys stronger and more explosive for the season. I couldn\u2019t be more proud of the way they\u2019ve been working this offseason. 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