With the season beginning on Wednesday (hopefully mother nature will hold up!), it is time to take a more in-depth look at each team and how they should fare this upcoming season.
My Brass Division champ is Wolcott. The Eagles will be solid this season and I believe that they will also contend for an NVL Championship. They return a good core of players, including Steve Catalina, a solid pitcher who throws in the low 90s and is probably the Eagles best offensive player, Spencer Kane, a top-tier pitcher, and Ryan Pelletier, a very versatile player, every coaches dream.
Up on French Street, Watertown should be a solid team as well this season. Despite being a young team, they return a lot of players from the solid Freshman and JV squads from last season. The Indians will be near the top in the pitching department. The key for the Tribe will be hitting. Keep an eye on Freshman pitcher Tom O'Brien, who is absolute show-stopper on the mound, clocking in in the mid-80s.
Seymour lost a lot this past season, but also return a lot as well. They return some solid players in shortstop/pitcher John Murphy and catcher Danny Perez. You can never count of Bob Kelo and the 'Cats in the championship hunt. They never rebuild, they just reload. I expect the Wildcats to be near the top when all is said and done.
Every year there is one team that you call the "sleeper" team. This year, for me, that team comes out of the Brass in Crosby. I think the 'Dogs will be a solid team this season with all-league talent in Kody Kerski and Victor Gonzalez returning. Word on the street is that they have some new players who are solid.
Two teams that are somewhat of an uknown for me are Ansonia and Wilby. I don't remember the Chargers returning much from last season's team. Tom Bilodeau, the Chargers football quaterback star, is one of their top returnees this season. Mike Vacca is a veteran coach of 30+ years in the valley and he always seems to have his team in the state tournament hunt. Not much on Wilby either, but they could be a decent. These two teams are the two that I have to wait-and-see on.
Those are my thoughts on the Brass Division. This is a pretty good division with 4 teams that I think could make some noise in the league this year. I look forward to reading everyone's thoughts on the Brass! Just an update on what is to come on the blog - Kyle will be posting his Copper Division preview tonight or tomorrow. Be sure to check back for that. Tomorrow, either myself or Kyle will be posting a game prediction post for Wednesday's games.
Till next time,
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ReplyDeletekerski underwelming..
pedro from the dominican their best player by far....
watertown? should be weak....
catallina is a prospect at best never had success on the mound hes a catcher.
seymour's best player is chris renzoni best player in the league....
seymour
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ansonia
watertown
crosby
wilby
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI disagree on Watertown. I live in Watertown so I know the talent that will be making its way to the Varsity level this season and I can assure you they will be solid as long as the hit, which I expect them too.
a freshman pitcher? roger doesnt start freshman does he?
ReplyDeletewho else do they have?
jay spear was the whole team last year and hes gone...
Left-handed Freshman pitcher is Tom O'Brien. He is downright nasty on the mound clocking in in the mid-80s. This kid is just a very good pitcher, and all-around ballplayer. I've seen him pitch before, and he others have said that he has the best arm he has seen for a kid his age.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Roger usually starts Freshman, but this kid is better than most of the upperclassmen on the team. He would be foolish to keep him off Varsity. Sometimes you have to throw age/experience away and go on talent.
They've got some great players coming up from last season's Freshman team such as Jeremy Plourde, Breck Oliver, Nick Ferrari, Mitch Kelly, and a few others. Rob Vulanis is another name from last season's JV team to watch out for. Bob Delaney is also returning this season as a decent pitcher from last season's Varsity team.
Like I said in my preview post, they will be very young, but the talent is there without a doubt. It will be interesting to see who is listed under "Key Players" in tomorrow's Rep-Am baseball preview.
Here's my Brass predictions:
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Seymour
Crosby
Watertown
Ansonia
Wilby