Latest / Whatcom Preps Podcast / Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 414 - Baseball Preview

Transcript

Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 414 - Baseball Preview · Whatcom Preps Podcast

0:00
Speaker 1: Hey all, this is Belly. I'm saying you're all Scott
0:02
Speaker 1: and you're listening to the twenty twenty six baseball preview
0:05
Speaker 1: on the Walking Press podcast with Tyler and go Hawks
0:16
Speaker 1: Readings and welcome to the Walkham Preps podcast. This is
0:20
Speaker 1: episode four hundred and fourteen, the twenty twenty six baseball
0:24
Speaker 1: Preview and I am Tyler Anderson of Wakcomb Preps. Pretty
0:29
Speaker 1: excited about this one. I must say I got to
0:31
Speaker 1: give a special thank you to Bellingham senior Alden Scott
0:34
Speaker 1: for the intro. He is headed to the University of
0:37
Speaker 1: Washington next year on a baseball to go play baseball.
0:41
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's on a baseball scholarship or what,
0:43
Speaker 1: but he's going there to play baseball. So he's committed
0:46
Speaker 1: and that's pretty exciting. It's been an interesting road for
0:51
Speaker 1: him in high school. As a freshman, he came out
0:53
Speaker 1: of the scene, was fantastic. Sophomore, he breaks his arm
0:56
Speaker 1: in the first game of the year. Last year, he
0:58
Speaker 1: comes back, does great and this year looking for some
1:02
Speaker 1: big things. This year's baseball preview is once again sponsored
1:07
Speaker 1: by the Walkham Prep Baseball Association. Pretty cool, Walkam Prep
1:11
Speaker 1: Baseball Association is a youth baseball organization based in Walkham
1:15
Speaker 1: County dedicated to providing competitive playing opportunities across the Pacific Northwest.
1:21
Speaker 1: Their program emphasizes player development, character building, and preparation for
1:26
Speaker 1: high school baseball and beyond. They strive to give their
1:29
Speaker 1: athletes a platform to grow, to grow both on and
1:32
Speaker 1: off the field, building skills, discipline, and a lifelong love
1:36
Speaker 1: for the game. With experienced coaching, a focus on fundamentals,
1:41
Speaker 1: and access to off season training. Walkham Prep Baseball supports
1:45
Speaker 1: well rounded multi sport athletes while maintaining a strong commitment
1:49
Speaker 1: to teamwork and sportsmanship. So if you got a little
1:53
Speaker 1: one that is loves baseball, there's all sorts of age groups,
1:57
Speaker 1: go check out Walkam Prep base fall dot com and
2:02
Speaker 1: get them started. Now, there's so many of these varsity
2:04
Speaker 1: athletes that we're going to be talking about in this
2:06
Speaker 1: over this next hour or so that started in the
2:10
Speaker 1: Walkam Prep Baseball Association. And it's it's funny because it's
2:15
Speaker 1: been around long enough now to where like the first
2:17
Speaker 1: group of kids are like seniors now, So it's it's
2:21
Speaker 1: a it's a fun deal. It's a great partnership. I
2:25
Speaker 1: I I didn't know anything about them when I started
2:27
Speaker 1: my business walk them preps. I think they kind of
2:31
Speaker 1: started at the same time. It's pretty close. And the
2:35
Speaker 1: great the funny thing is is that my logo is
2:37
Speaker 1: kind of the you know, inverted an upside down version
2:42
Speaker 1: of the Montreal Expos and there's is a different color
2:46
Speaker 1: of the Washington Nationals, which the Expos became the National
2:50
Speaker 1: So just kind of a bunch of dumb luck there.
2:53
Speaker 1: And it's a yeah, like I said, great, great partnership.
2:58
Speaker 1: So pretty excited that they are sponsoring the twenty twenty
3:01
Speaker 1: six baseball preview and we got a lot of things
3:03
Speaker 1: to talk about. All ten teams here. We're gonna go
3:06
Speaker 1: in alphabetical order, which means we start with the Bellingham BayHawks.
3:09
Speaker 1: Their head coach is Tom Lewis, who was in his
3:11
Speaker 1: fourth year. He has an overall record of twenty seven
3:14
Speaker 1: and forty three. Last year they went nine and sixteen,
3:17
Speaker 1: which is kind of deceiving because they had that big
3:19
Speaker 1: run in the district playoffs almost getting to state and
3:25
Speaker 1: the big big push at the end of the year.
3:28
Speaker 1: And what's fun about, you know, coach Lewis being in
3:30
Speaker 1: his fourth year. Any anytime you're a varsity coach and
3:33
Speaker 1: you're entering your fourth year, it's a it's fun because
3:37
Speaker 1: this is you know this. You know your group of
3:39
Speaker 1: seniors will have been there for all four years that
3:41
Speaker 1: you that you have been there, so you've kind of
3:43
Speaker 1: grown with them. And that's every every sport. Whenever a
3:47
Speaker 1: coach reaches his fourth season and they have a good
3:49
Speaker 1: group of seniors, it always seems to be a pretty
3:51
Speaker 1: magical year. And so I'm thinking they're thinking the same
3:54
Speaker 1: thing and U and it is a really good group
3:58
Speaker 1: of seniors that a lot of them play freshman and
4:02
Speaker 1: it should be pretty interesting. Let's talk about some of
4:05
Speaker 1: their top players. Are gonna start off with Alden Scott.
4:08
Speaker 1: Last year he batted two seventy five, had eleven doubles,
4:13
Speaker 1: which I think was amongst the league lead or it's
4:16
Speaker 1: the most for players returning. I know that he had
4:19
Speaker 1: a triple eighteen runs, batted in, twenty four stolen bases,
4:24
Speaker 1: slugged four to sixty four, had an on base of
4:26
Speaker 1: four thirty two. So this is a guy that's going
4:29
Speaker 1: to be, you know, playing in the infield, different positions
4:32
Speaker 1: based on maybe who's pitching. He will probably be the
4:36
Speaker 1: main closing pitcher, can throw some major gas, one of
4:39
Speaker 1: the best arms in the county. Last year, he did
4:42
Speaker 1: have two saves. At the end of the year, he
4:44
Speaker 1: pitched twenty five innings and struck out fifty batters, so
4:47
Speaker 1: he's he averaged two strikeouts per inning. Unfortunately, he did
4:52
Speaker 1: average one walk per inning as well, So getting that
4:55
Speaker 1: control harnessed and I think maybe just pitching one inning here,
4:59
Speaker 1: one in there and letting him rip a little bit
5:03
Speaker 1: will be very beneficial. Definitely one of the top players
5:07
Speaker 1: around and it's gonna be really fun to see his
5:10
Speaker 1: progress this year. Also, Kay Nelson, another infielder pitcher that's
5:15
Speaker 1: been doing it forever. Last year kind of an off season.
5:19
Speaker 1: Offensively batted one ninety seven, did have three doubles, eight RBI,
5:23
Speaker 1: six dolen bases. He did walk twenty two times, which
5:27
Speaker 1: uped his on base percentage of four to twenty four,
5:30
Speaker 1: so it kind of offsets the batting average a little bit.
5:33
Speaker 1: He did he has hit better his previous two seasons,
5:36
Speaker 1: so I expect that to bounce back. He was their workhorse.
5:40
Speaker 1: He threw almost forty nine innings last year, struck out
5:43
Speaker 1: fifty four batters, had a three point zero two era,
5:47
Speaker 1: had a couple of wins, I pitched in really important games,
5:50
Speaker 1: struck out fifty four batters. So another very important player
5:55
Speaker 1: behind the dish. Joe Harward probably going to be leading
5:58
Speaker 1: off again. He batted two to eighty nine last year.
6:01
Speaker 1: He had twenty two hits, only one extra base hit,
6:04
Speaker 1: which I thought was interesting, just one double, especially with
6:07
Speaker 1: his speed. Of course, he turned a lot of his
6:10
Speaker 1: hits into doubles, as he had twenty seven stolen bases
6:13
Speaker 1: last year. He also knocked in seventeen runs, walked ten
6:16
Speaker 1: times to give him on base percentage of three seventy two.
6:20
Speaker 1: ELI good Buffalo corner infielder, big time power RBI guy.
6:26
Speaker 1: He had six doubles last year, sixteen runs, batted in,
6:29
Speaker 1: batted two thirty nine, on base percentage of four hundred.
6:33
Speaker 1: He did pitch a little bit a little over four innings,
6:35
Speaker 1: but they're gonna try to I'm sure they're gonna try
6:38
Speaker 1: and keep him at first or third. Eric Hellfield second basement.
6:41
Speaker 1: Last year he pitched a little bit as well, batted
6:44
Speaker 1: one forty five, did hit three doubles and a triple,
6:47
Speaker 1: and knocked in ten on base percentage of two fifty three.
6:51
Speaker 1: He did throw almost seventeen innings last year and struck
6:54
Speaker 1: out fifteen batters. Had a couple of saves as well.
6:58
Speaker 1: Ben Leonard back in center, very very good defensively, plus
7:02
Speaker 1: plus defensively and a guy that can pitch a lot
7:05
Speaker 1: of innings as well. Had three went three and three
7:08
Speaker 1: last year with a save, and pitched thirty three innings,
7:10
Speaker 1: only allowed twenty three hits, so very good number there.
7:14
Speaker 1: Struck out thirty five batters at an ERA of three
7:17
Speaker 1: point three nine. So you got a lot of pitchers
7:20
Speaker 1: coming back here with a lot of varsity experience, which
7:23
Speaker 1: is is huge when you get to the playoffs and
7:26
Speaker 1: you need arms and you need strike throwers. So that's
7:29
Speaker 1: going to be a very beneficial for the BayHawks. C R.
7:32
Speaker 1: Griffith returns another first basement type. He had eight hits
7:37
Speaker 1: last year four RB guys, walked seven times on base
7:40
Speaker 1: percentage of two ninety one to bias lamb is back.
7:43
Speaker 1: He scored ten runs last year, walked five times. He
7:47
Speaker 1: also pitched twenty one innings, walked more guys than he
7:53
Speaker 1: probably wanted to. But he's not going to be relied upon.
7:57
Speaker 1: Probably he's probably that fifth or sixth option now so
8:01
Speaker 1: he can focus on the hitting Jasper Love Carter Stirk.
8:04
Speaker 1: They also return got a little bit of time last year.
8:07
Speaker 1: Jasper Love scored four runs, walked four times. Carter Stark,
8:11
Speaker 1: with a couple of at bats, did get a base hit.
8:13
Speaker 1: They also have a freshman, Brody Garott, that I have
8:16
Speaker 1: heard about. He's a guy that's a tall kid, throws hard.
8:20
Speaker 1: So they've got a lot of pieces here, and I
8:25
Speaker 1: know that they're hungry, and it's been a while since
8:27
Speaker 1: Bellingham has had, you know, a strong, strong, strong team,
8:32
Speaker 1: and this is probably one of their best teams they've
8:34
Speaker 1: had in recent memories. So really excited to see what
8:37
Speaker 1: they do this year. And yeah, it's gonna be fun,
8:41
Speaker 1: a very competitive two way. And again, those teams down
8:43
Speaker 1: south are always very very good. I just don't know
8:46
Speaker 1: that much about them. I mean, Ana Cortus, I don't
8:48
Speaker 1: think they lost a conference game last year. Of course,
8:51
Speaker 1: we know what Mount Vernon did winning the state championship.
8:54
Speaker 1: They're going to reload. Burlington Edison baseballs has such a
8:58
Speaker 1: rich history. They always gonna be pretty good. So I mean,
9:03
Speaker 1: Sijo Woolley, I just saw them earlier tonight so yeah,
9:08
Speaker 1: I mean, you just you just never know. Yeah. By
9:10
Speaker 1: the way, I'm recording this quite late, so hopefully I
9:13
Speaker 1: can stay with you. I got some sour Patch kids
9:15
Speaker 1: here trying to kind of keep me awake. I did
9:19
Speaker 1: go to golf in the afternoon out at North North
9:23
Speaker 1: Bellingham golf Course, and then I hit fast pitch out
9:28
Speaker 1: at Bellingham. I hit baseball at Seahome and then soccer
9:33
Speaker 1: at Ferndale, and I came home and did the score
9:38
Speaker 1: boards and then prepped for this. And I'm starting to
9:40
Speaker 1: record this, and I'll tell you this eating dinner that's
9:43
Speaker 1: for suckers. I am gonna work hard. This is gonna
9:46
Speaker 1: be a good podcast. I'll tell you that right now.
9:49
Speaker 1: Let's move on to the Blaine Border Rights. Head coach
9:52
Speaker 1: is Hunter Anderson. He's in his third year, twenty one
9:56
Speaker 1: and twenty three overall so far, so a couple of
9:59
Speaker 1: you know, five hundred seasons. Last year they went nine
10:01
Speaker 1: to thirteen. They graduated a tremendous catcher, but they returned
10:06
Speaker 1: a lot of pieces. So one thing that stands out
10:10
Speaker 1: when I look at all the players that are returning there,
10:12
Speaker 1: there's quite a bit of them, not a ton of
10:14
Speaker 1: extra base hits. Really, Aaron Garza is the only guy
10:17
Speaker 1: that had extra base hits, So that's probably gonna be
10:21
Speaker 1: a point of emphasis for their team, is you know,
10:25
Speaker 1: can they hit them in the gap and get those
10:26
Speaker 1: extra bases. The top player returning Josh Cochran last year,
10:32
Speaker 1: really hard throwing left handed pitcher. He had a gamhere.
10:35
Speaker 1: He struck out eighteen batters. I believe last year he
10:37
Speaker 1: went four and two on the mound, pitched thirty eight
10:40
Speaker 1: innings and struck out sixty seven batters, only walked seven batters,
10:45
Speaker 1: so he is a strike thrower and ERA of one
10:47
Speaker 1: point two eight. Also at at the plate not too
10:51
Speaker 1: shabby either. Bat a two thirty four, knocked in nine runs,
10:55
Speaker 1: stole eleven bases, and he had more walks than strikeouts.
10:58
Speaker 1: And I love that I look at baseball. That tells
11:02
Speaker 1: me he knows what he's looking for. At the play
11:03
Speaker 1: on base percentage of three sixty four left handed player.
11:07
Speaker 1: You can see him in center field pitching, he'll probably
11:10
Speaker 1: be the be their leadoff guy. And he's just a
11:13
Speaker 1: guy that's every year has just gotten better and better,
11:16
Speaker 1: and he's you know, he's one of those kind of
11:19
Speaker 1: all conference type players. That you're looking at Aaron Garza,
11:23
Speaker 1: another junior just talked about him a little bit ago.
11:25
Speaker 1: He's got that gap power. He had twenty hits last year,
11:28
Speaker 1: six of them went for doubles. Batted three h three,
11:31
Speaker 1: knocked in twelve runs. Stoll seven bases, doesn't walk a lot,
11:35
Speaker 1: doesn't want to. He wants to swing the bat. Only
11:38
Speaker 1: four walks last year. Still had an on base percentage
11:41
Speaker 1: of three seventy. He'll pitch a little bit as well.
11:45
Speaker 1: One and two last year with a save through almost
11:47
Speaker 1: sixteen innings, struck out twenty nine batters, only walked eight.
11:51
Speaker 1: E er a last year was two point two three.
11:54
Speaker 1: But you want that, you want that defense in the infield,
11:58
Speaker 1: so they're probably try to aid pitching him as much
12:01
Speaker 1: as possible, maybe an inning here and there in relief.
12:04
Speaker 1: But he's such a weapon defensively as well. He started
12:07
Speaker 1: at third base as a freshman the whole year, and
12:09
Speaker 1: he's just he's been a mainstay, you know, main cog
12:12
Speaker 1: in that lineup ever since Ashton Vizzetti returns. He threw
12:17
Speaker 1: thirty six and a third innings last year, struck out
12:19
Speaker 1: fifty batters, went three and four, gave up less hits
12:24
Speaker 1: than he did than than innings pitched, and he struck
12:27
Speaker 1: out fifty and only walked twenty, So those are good
12:30
Speaker 1: numbers all the way around. A three point two eight
12:32
Speaker 1: e er did okay as a hitter as well, had
12:37
Speaker 1: nine hits, score ten runs, knocked in five, walked seven times,
12:40
Speaker 1: and only struck out eight times, so that's promising as well.
12:44
Speaker 1: Kay Kerwin returns he did not play last year. He
12:47
Speaker 1: was out the entire year, but he's healthy now. He's
12:52
Speaker 1: had a great football and basketball season, so I'm excited
12:55
Speaker 1: to see him finally get some run in baseball. He's
12:58
Speaker 1: probably pretty eager as well, and I mean he'll be
13:00
Speaker 1: used as a spot pinch runner here and there, but
13:02
Speaker 1: you might see him in the infield outfield. He's just
13:05
Speaker 1: he's one of those dynamic athletes that you will see
13:07
Speaker 1: for sure. Elijah Wanger is another hitter. Batted two twenty
13:11
Speaker 1: five last year, has a really good eye, walked fourteen
13:14
Speaker 1: times to give him an on base percentage of four
13:16
Speaker 1: forty six, knocked in five runs, stole three bases. He's
13:20
Speaker 1: an outfielder. George Streeter returns as a sophomore this year,
13:25
Speaker 1: had some clutch hits. Last year, knocked in seven runs
13:28
Speaker 1: batting near the top of the lineup, a guy that
13:32
Speaker 1: just does not strike out. Over fifty played appearances and
13:36
Speaker 1: only struck out five times. And when when you do
13:38
Speaker 1: that as a freshman, that is that stands out to me.
13:43
Speaker 1: So that's a that's a really cool deal. He's not
13:46
Speaker 1: going to remember this, but when he was probably in
13:49
Speaker 1: second grades, third grade something like that, I was I
13:53
Speaker 1: was like, I kind of helped out, like as an
13:55
Speaker 1: assistant coach on on his little league team. And I
13:59
Speaker 1: always read he's out to me because I he he
14:02
Speaker 1: was baseball through and through uh and and I was like,
14:05
Speaker 1: I can't wait till this kid gets to high school.
14:07
Speaker 1: He's gonna be awesome. And here he is and and
14:09
Speaker 1: had a really good freshman year last year. I would
14:12
Speaker 1: expect him to to to jump up and do some
14:15
Speaker 1: big things again this year. Really good clutch player, So
14:18
Speaker 1: I'm excited for that. Isaac Bauma an infielder that got
14:22
Speaker 1: quite a bit of run at last year. Twenty seven
14:25
Speaker 1: at bats, had a couple of RBIs, three hits, five walks.
14:29
Speaker 1: He also pitched a little bit, not too much, he did.
14:32
Speaker 1: He did get a save. Uh so he'll be in
14:35
Speaker 1: the infield Connor Brown, which we saw a lot during football,
14:38
Speaker 1: a little bit during basketball. He'll probably take over take
14:41
Speaker 1: over behind the plate. He had three RBIs last year
14:44
Speaker 1: scored five runs. He also pitched sixteen innings and struck
14:48
Speaker 1: out fifteen batters with a two point one to nine
14:50
Speaker 1: e R and picked up a couple of wins. I
14:53
Speaker 1: don't know how much he would pitch this year, especially
14:57
Speaker 1: with him being the catcher. A lot of a lot
14:59
Speaker 1: of coaches don't like their catchers pitching, and maybe it's
15:03
Speaker 1: because they just they don't want to put up a
15:04
Speaker 1: put in a backup catcher. So we'll kind of see
15:08
Speaker 1: how that goes. They kind of went to him a
15:11
Speaker 1: little bit in the playoffs last year. I remember as
15:13
Speaker 1: as a freshman. But he's he's one of those kids
15:15
Speaker 1: that's you know, he's ready for the challenge and he
15:18
Speaker 1: will he'll take it all on. So we know what
15:20
Speaker 1: kind of army has. So you might see that, you
15:22
Speaker 1: might not. We'll see Hugo vecved He he pitched a
15:27
Speaker 1: little bit last year too. Through six innings, had thirty
15:29
Speaker 1: four at bats, knocked in three runs, scored four runs,
15:33
Speaker 1: got four hits. So you might see him, you know,
15:36
Speaker 1: playing playing some infield maybe d h and Ian Rule
15:40
Speaker 1: also returns another infielder pitched a little bit as well,
15:44
Speaker 1: so he didn't play as much last year. He'll probably
15:47
Speaker 1: have an elevated role this year. So you got a
15:49
Speaker 1: lot of guys here with varsity experience. Another kids stellar
15:52
Speaker 1: shut as a kid that's I've been hearing about, seems
15:55
Speaker 1: like for years. But he's gone through so many injuries.
15:58
Speaker 1: I haven't been able to see him playing and these sports,
16:01
Speaker 1: and so I'm curious to see what he can do
16:04
Speaker 1: and if he's healthy, we'll just have to wait and see.
16:07
Speaker 1: So those are the Blaine Border rights. We will go
16:11
Speaker 1: on to the Ferndale Golden Eagles now and one of
16:15
Speaker 1: the longest tenured coaches, Donny Hennigs, in his fourteenth year
16:18
Speaker 1: now an overall record of one hundred and fifty five
16:21
Speaker 1: wins and one hundred and two losses. Last year they
16:25
Speaker 1: went ten and eleven, and again them being three A
16:28
Speaker 1: it's always rougher once you get to the playoffs, a
16:31
Speaker 1: little harder road there, much stronger teams, and they had
16:35
Speaker 1: a little bit of a run a couple of years ago,
16:37
Speaker 1: and this year they return they returned some big time pieces,
16:41
Speaker 1: so a lot of varsity experience coming back, and we'll
16:44
Speaker 1: talk about these kids. This all starts with Fenton Vasik,
16:47
Speaker 1: center fielder pitcher has been a star Sin since his
16:51
Speaker 1: sophomore year. I had another really good year last year.
16:55
Speaker 1: Had scored twenty two runs and had had twenty one hits,
16:59
Speaker 1: six three triples and a home run, five RBIs and
17:03
Speaker 1: ten stolen bases, so he batted two ninety six on
17:06
Speaker 1: base percentage of four to twenty five. So you know,
17:10
Speaker 1: a guy that you can really rely upon in the
17:12
Speaker 1: middle of the lineup. He also threw fifty one and
17:14
Speaker 1: two thirds innings last year and struck out fifty seven
17:18
Speaker 1: batters and only walked ten, so very reliable as a
17:21
Speaker 1: strike thrower. He went three and two and also picked
17:24
Speaker 1: up a save with a two point four to four ERA.
17:27
Speaker 1: So you're talking one of the most you know, valuable
17:31
Speaker 1: guys they have, if the most valuable guy, and one
17:34
Speaker 1: of those guys that you look at as a top
17:36
Speaker 1: ten player in Walkham County for sure. Another guy is
17:39
Speaker 1: Nolan Boliac, you know, guy that lives on the mound
17:43
Speaker 1: through thirty seven innings last year, went five and three,
17:46
Speaker 1: struck out thirty nine batters at a two point eight
17:49
Speaker 1: four ERA and played some outfield as well, and did
17:52
Speaker 1: did pretty well as a hitter. Batted two eighty six,
17:55
Speaker 1: he hit a double, had three RBIs, six stolen bases,
17:59
Speaker 1: and and an on base percentage of four oh seven.
18:02
Speaker 1: So yeah, so that was really good to see. So
18:06
Speaker 1: if he's not pitching, he could he could be reliable
18:08
Speaker 1: as a corner outfielder, So that that'll be. That's really
18:12
Speaker 1: nice to see. Trayson Pozaski is another player that stood
18:15
Speaker 1: out to me last year as a freshman, did some
18:18
Speaker 1: awesome things on the basketball court as a sophomore, and
18:20
Speaker 1: this year, you know, he's another outfielder that that you know,
18:25
Speaker 1: can play center field when Fenton pitches, probably be moved
18:28
Speaker 1: to right field when he's when Fenton's in the outfield,
18:31
Speaker 1: just be purely because of his arm. He's got a
18:33
Speaker 1: very very strong arm. Pitched twenty four and two thirds
18:36
Speaker 1: innings last year, struck out twenty three batters at an
18:40
Speaker 1: ERA of four point five to three. At the plate,
18:43
Speaker 1: he' patted two seventy six. Another guy that had more
18:46
Speaker 1: walks than strikeouts as a freshman. Again, that really stands
18:49
Speaker 1: out to me. A quarter of his hits went for
18:52
Speaker 1: extra bases. That's another thing that stands out to me.
18:54
Speaker 1: And a three eighty two on base percentage, So I
18:57
Speaker 1: expect him to make a big jump this year. I
18:59
Speaker 1: think he's gonna do really, really well and and be
19:02
Speaker 1: one of those top players in the county. Braylen O'Brien,
19:06
Speaker 1: he was he he was a part of that team
19:09
Speaker 1: that went deep into in the into state or in
19:12
Speaker 1: the districts and did all those things. He was he
19:14
Speaker 1: was the catcher as a freshman for that team. But
19:17
Speaker 1: now as a natural back a natural position as a shortstop.
19:21
Speaker 1: You know, last year he had put up pretty good
19:22
Speaker 1: numbers despite I think he had mono like the entire year,
19:27
Speaker 1: so I would expect him to to put even better
19:30
Speaker 1: numbers up. He's a he's a guy that is very
19:32
Speaker 1: very patient at the plate. Left handed hitter batted two
19:36
Speaker 1: sixty two, but his on base per centage was four fifteen.
19:39
Speaker 1: Gets a lot of walks, steals a lot of bases
19:42
Speaker 1: at thirteen stolen bases, ten RBIs, five doubles and a triple.
19:48
Speaker 1: You know. Good defensively, he's just and now a senior,
19:52
Speaker 1: so he's a He's one that I could I could
19:54
Speaker 1: see kind of having his big jump as well. So
19:57
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys that I could, I really
19:59
Speaker 1: could having a big jump this year and to make
20:02
Speaker 1: Ferndo one of the top teams in the league. Carson
20:06
Speaker 1: Brown returns at first base. Boy he started the season
20:09
Speaker 1: out so strong last year with a bunch of doubles
20:12
Speaker 1: and RBIs and finished with six doubles sixteen RBIs, that's
20:16
Speaker 1: the most returning. Batted two forty last year with an
20:19
Speaker 1: on base percentage of four to thirty three. So they
20:22
Speaker 1: got a lot of pieces here that are looking really
20:24
Speaker 1: really good. You got Braden Ebison at second base. He
20:27
Speaker 1: batted two thirty eight last year with ten RBIs, a
20:30
Speaker 1: couple of doubles, four stolen bases, and again an on
20:33
Speaker 1: base percentage of over four hundred. He had a four
20:35
Speaker 1: to eighteen on base percentage. So a lot of these
20:38
Speaker 1: guys that are getting on base, which is huge. Then
20:41
Speaker 1: you got Chance Hatchet who's coming back. He'll be the
20:43
Speaker 1: catcher this year. He was limited last year because of
20:48
Speaker 1: an injury and so and only you know he played,
20:51
Speaker 1: he played a little bit more than half the year,
20:53
Speaker 1: but he batted three seventy as a freshman, so you
20:58
Speaker 1: put him in the middle of the line, you might
21:00
Speaker 1: see some really good things. He only struck out six
21:03
Speaker 1: times too, so good eye and that's that's awesome to see.
21:08
Speaker 1: I mean he's a guy that you know obviously, you
21:11
Speaker 1: know when when his brother Lannon was playing. I mean
21:14
Speaker 1: he I think like nine home runs in his career
21:16
Speaker 1: and he didn't even play his senior year, so I
21:19
Speaker 1: would expect I had to put money on it, I
21:21
Speaker 1: would say Chance Hatchet's gonna get his first varsity home
21:24
Speaker 1: run this year, and just one of those really really
21:27
Speaker 1: good athletes that we've seen obviously on the football field,
21:31
Speaker 1: and also bring coming back as Freddy Kitano, you know,
21:35
Speaker 1: really slick infielder, h fast on the base pass, batted
21:39
Speaker 1: one fifty six last year, scored six runs, knocked in
21:42
Speaker 1: four runs, stole a couple of bases. So another another
21:45
Speaker 1: piece that might be coming off the bench, might be
21:47
Speaker 1: a pinch runner, maybe a defensive replacement late in the game.
21:50
Speaker 1: So you got some good pieces coming back. I think
21:54
Speaker 1: coach Hennings is pretty excited for the kids that are
21:56
Speaker 1: coming back and and are going to play for his team.
21:59
Speaker 1: And I think that they're poised for a pretty good year.
22:03
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Lindon Lions, who has the longest
22:07
Speaker 1: reigning coach with Corey White, who's in his thirty third
22:10
Speaker 1: year as the head coach. Four hundred and four wins
22:14
Speaker 1: to two hundred and ninety five losses. Boy, that's a
22:19
Speaker 1: lot of games. That means that when he coached that
22:22
Speaker 1: game against Bellingham last week, that was his seven hundredth
22:26
Speaker 1: varsity game coach. I'm just now putting this together, of course,
22:30
Speaker 1: realizing that that's a lot. That's that's so impressive. And
22:37
Speaker 1: last year they went twelve and twelve after making State
22:39
Speaker 1: the three previous seasons, so a little down year last year.
22:44
Speaker 1: The pitching was strong, the offense just wasn't as quite
22:47
Speaker 1: as there as it had been in recent years. Still,
22:50
Speaker 1: you're bringing back some big time players. Matthew Carroll, great
22:55
Speaker 1: great third baseman and a really good arm as a
22:57
Speaker 1: pitcher as well. He bet a two fifty seven last year,
23:00
Speaker 1: five doubles, a triple thirteen rbiyes, eight stolen bases. Another
23:04
Speaker 1: guy that had more walks than strikeouts, only struck out
23:07
Speaker 1: six times, which is really really impressive. On base percentage
23:11
Speaker 1: of three seventy five. He also threw forty seven innings,
23:14
Speaker 1: which was a lot more than I thought I kind of.
23:16
Speaker 1: I think I said something about him being last year,
23:19
Speaker 1: him being a he'd be a great like closer because
23:22
Speaker 1: he's such a good third basement and you put him
23:23
Speaker 1: in at the end and he throws really hard. But
23:26
Speaker 1: he threw a lot of innings. He started a lot
23:28
Speaker 1: of games. He went three and five last year, but
23:30
Speaker 1: he's pitching against the best teams. Through forty seven innings,
23:33
Speaker 1: only gave up twenty six hits and he walked seventeen
23:37
Speaker 1: but struck out eighty five. That's a huge number with
23:42
Speaker 1: a one point nine to four ERA, So you know,
23:46
Speaker 1: if he's feeling good on the mound, I'm sure they're
23:48
Speaker 1: gonna let him go a bunch again. Gordy Bedlington returns
23:51
Speaker 1: at shortstop. He'd had a three zero nine last year
23:54
Speaker 1: with nine doubles, two triples, fifteen RBIs, eleven stolen bases
23:59
Speaker 1: almost twice as he walks in the strikeouts again. I
24:01
Speaker 1: love that stat, a four forty seven on base percentage.
24:05
Speaker 1: He is not just that pure baseball player, which is
24:10
Speaker 1: so fun to see and can't believe he's just a
24:13
Speaker 1: junior as well, and it's just hard to believe, you know,
24:17
Speaker 1: it seems like we've been watching him play baseball for
24:19
Speaker 1: a long time. I remember as a freshman he was
24:21
Speaker 1: kind of kind of that utility guy where he could
24:25
Speaker 1: plug and play anywhere. And then he just his bat
24:28
Speaker 1: just kept him in the lineup, and he just you know,
24:30
Speaker 1: there was an injury and he took over I think
24:34
Speaker 1: at shortstop maybe or second base or something, and he
24:36
Speaker 1: just played there the rest of the year. Then last
24:38
Speaker 1: year he was a full time shortstop. This year, of
24:40
Speaker 1: course he'll be there again. They have a new catcher
24:44
Speaker 1: this year coming from Ferndale, Joe Beni, the very extremely
24:48
Speaker 1: impressive sophomore catcher. Last year, he batted three twenty eight,
24:52
Speaker 1: had six doubles, fourteen RBIs. How about this, fifteen walks
24:56
Speaker 1: and he only struck out one time, struck out one
25:00
Speaker 1: time the entire season. He played the whole year last
25:02
Speaker 1: year batting in the middle of the lineup, so that
25:05
Speaker 1: that really stands out for eighty two on base percentage.
25:09
Speaker 1: And none of this talks about how great his arm
25:12
Speaker 1: is throwing down to second base, very very tough to
25:16
Speaker 1: run on. So so he moves to London, and is
25:22
Speaker 1: going to be a part of that lineup obviously in
25:24
Speaker 1: the middle of the lineup. Very very talented kid there.
25:26
Speaker 1: Another talented kid is Spencer Adams. You know, after his
25:31
Speaker 1: basketball injury to his shoulder. I don't know if he'll
25:33
Speaker 1: be pitching this year. Last year he went four and two,
25:36
Speaker 1: that struck out thirty eight batters in thirty four innings
25:39
Speaker 1: at a four point nine to four e RA. But
25:43
Speaker 1: everyone that watched him play played basketball saw that big
25:46
Speaker 1: rap over his right shoulder, So it's gonna be hard
25:49
Speaker 1: to see. If hard to say if he's going to pitch,
25:52
Speaker 1: but if not, even as a hitter, maybe playing some
25:55
Speaker 1: first base, some DH whatever. He was still pretty good
25:58
Speaker 1: last year a bat a twot eighty. He had twenty
26:01
Speaker 1: two RBIs last year. That's one of the top guys
26:04
Speaker 1: returning in RBIs. Had a four h five on base percentage.
26:08
Speaker 1: So if they can find a way to get him
26:10
Speaker 1: into the lineup at least it could be beneficial for
26:14
Speaker 1: the Lions. Gavin Gutamson is a pitcher that returns from
26:17
Speaker 1: last year. Went four and three last year, eats up
26:20
Speaker 1: a ton of innings, also had to save pitched over
26:23
Speaker 1: thirty eight innings last year and struck out sixty batters.
26:26
Speaker 1: He's just got a really effortless fastball, really guns it
26:30
Speaker 1: in there and very has very good control. Sixty strikeouts
26:34
Speaker 1: last year in a two point nine to two ERA.
26:38
Speaker 1: Lynnon's just loaded with arms. They got a lot of
26:40
Speaker 1: guys that can really throw it. Dane Marty returns as
26:44
Speaker 1: an outfielder, is probably gonna be the center fielder this year.
26:46
Speaker 1: Bat at two sixty two last year with two doubles
26:49
Speaker 1: six RBIs, another on base percentage of over four hundred.
26:53
Speaker 1: Dawson Van Dalen will probably be moved to the outfield.
26:55
Speaker 1: He scored sixteen runs last year, had a double six RBIs,
26:59
Speaker 1: bat two thirty two and an on base percentage of
27:02
Speaker 1: three ninety four. Jacks Barr also returns to probably play
27:06
Speaker 1: some first base. He could pitch a little bit through
27:09
Speaker 1: twelve innings last year. Had a five point eight three
27:11
Speaker 1: e RA ELI Dimpter batt at two twenty two last
27:15
Speaker 1: year and on base percentage of two eighty two. He
27:19
Speaker 1: had a couple of doubles four RBIs. He also threw
27:22
Speaker 1: twelve innings and got a couple of saves and had
27:25
Speaker 1: an ERA of two point three three. Connor LaBelle also returns.
27:29
Speaker 1: He batted three thirteen and limited action last year ten
27:33
Speaker 1: at bats and thirty two ten hits in thirty two
27:37
Speaker 1: at bats, and Cannon Honkoup had ten at bats as well.
27:40
Speaker 1: He's another catcher. Uh So there's a lot of pieces
27:44
Speaker 1: there for Lindon. Like I said, last year, going five hundred,
27:47
Speaker 1: it was kind of unusual for them. Uh, They're probably
27:50
Speaker 1: gonna take a step up. You know, the addition of
27:53
Speaker 1: Benci is huge, Carol. Now for in his senior year,
27:56
Speaker 1: Gordy Bedlington, you're talking about you know, three guys right
28:00
Speaker 1: there that are in the top six or seven players
28:03
Speaker 1: in Walking County in my opinion, so very very top
28:07
Speaker 1: heavy there. It's all about how the lineup will be
28:10
Speaker 1: up and down and we'll just have to wait and see.
28:13
Speaker 1: We go to the Linden Christian Links right now, and
28:16
Speaker 1: this is a team that when I kind of when
28:18
Speaker 1: I look around and see like which teams have the
28:21
Speaker 1: best chances in the postseason, this is this is definitely
28:24
Speaker 1: one of them. No rolls in his fifth year with
28:27
Speaker 1: a fifty two and forty four overall record. Last year
28:30
Speaker 1: they went sixteen and nine, gone to State the last
28:35
Speaker 1: couple of years, they return quite a bit. They do
28:38
Speaker 1: lose Austin Engeles, who was a tremendous four year starter,
28:42
Speaker 1: but they return a lot of pieces that did some
28:44
Speaker 1: big time things last year. And it starts with Eli Mayberry,
28:48
Speaker 1: who batted three ninety two last year with five doubles,
28:52
Speaker 1: four triples, eighteen RBIs, fifteen stolen bases and how about this,
28:56
Speaker 1: fifteen walks and only only struck out four times. That
29:00
Speaker 1: is incredible on base percentage of five twenty, so he's
29:04
Speaker 1: getting on base more than half the time. Also on
29:06
Speaker 1: the mound, he went four and three with two saves,
29:09
Speaker 1: thirty four innings, pitch struck out twenty three batters of
29:12
Speaker 1: four point seven to four era. He probably wants to,
29:15
Speaker 1: you know, get the get the walks down a little bit.
29:18
Speaker 1: He did walk more batters than he struck out, which
29:20
Speaker 1: is unusual for him. Is usually quite on target there
29:23
Speaker 1: and I think that number will go down, but everything
29:27
Speaker 1: else is, you know, outrageous numbers are fantastic. Trey Johnson
29:32
Speaker 1: returns behind the pit plate. He batted three sixty nine
29:35
Speaker 1: last year twenty four hits, had four doubles, two triples
29:38
Speaker 1: in a home run seventeen. RBIs another guy with tremendous
29:43
Speaker 1: on base percentage at five thirty nine. That's the best
29:47
Speaker 1: on base percentage returning I think in Walking County. Definitely
29:51
Speaker 1: on the Linnen Christian Links. He'll pitch a little bit too,
29:54
Speaker 1: two to one record last year almost thirty innings, pitch
29:57
Speaker 1: struck out thirty batters, the four point two for era.
30:01
Speaker 1: Just a big strong kid that you know, great arm,
30:06
Speaker 1: great bat faster than you think. And uh, I can't
30:11
Speaker 1: believe he's a senior already. These guys, these guys have
30:13
Speaker 1: been see I know they've been playing for a while,
30:16
Speaker 1: but it just it just goes fast, you know. And
30:18
Speaker 1: and I know all your parents that are listening are going, yep,
30:20
Speaker 1: it goes fast. It's crazy. Jackson Hewett returns as well. Yeah,
30:26
Speaker 1: he batted two forty six, but an on base of
30:29
Speaker 1: five eleven. Guy knows how to get on base. A
30:32
Speaker 1: lot of walks, got hit by a pitch, tons of times,
30:34
Speaker 1: scored twenty seven runs. That's a huge number there. He
30:39
Speaker 1: can pitch a little bit as well, and went three
30:40
Speaker 1: to one last year with a couple of saves a
30:43
Speaker 1: one point four to seven ERA in limited action pitching
30:46
Speaker 1: just a little over fourteen innings, only walked five batters.
30:50
Speaker 1: So you might see him on the mound a little
30:52
Speaker 1: bit more. We'll just have to wait and see. Sam
30:55
Speaker 1: Cock returns as well. A guy that's been around for
30:58
Speaker 1: playing on the team a long. I'm a good left
31:01
Speaker 1: handed bat right handed thrower. Batted two twenty five last
31:05
Speaker 1: year with three doubles, two triples, sixteen runs, batted in
31:09
Speaker 1: an on base percentage of three ninety six. Went five
31:12
Speaker 1: and three last year on the mound, and threw more
31:14
Speaker 1: innings than anybody on the team. Struck out forty three batters,
31:18
Speaker 1: went out a four point eight two era. I always
31:21
Speaker 1: feel like he kind of gets lost in the shuffle
31:24
Speaker 1: for a lot of these great players. But and it
31:27
Speaker 1: might be because you don't recognize the name his name
31:29
Speaker 1: with other sports. You know, a baseball only guy, and
31:34
Speaker 1: you know he just puts up numbers and he does
31:36
Speaker 1: a great, great job and now and I believe his
31:38
Speaker 1: senior year. So Eli Stamps also returns. Just a really strong,
31:45
Speaker 1: powerful hitter in the middle of the lineup. Batted three
31:48
Speaker 1: seventy two last year with five doubles, a triple, eighteen runs,
31:52
Speaker 1: batted in a four fifty six on base percentage. Really
31:56
Speaker 1: strong kid over there at first base. I mean you
31:58
Speaker 1: just look at that. You just look around the field,
32:00
Speaker 1: the outfield, everything. They're just loaded everywhere. Vance Elton Returns
32:04
Speaker 1: as well batted two sixty five last year, twelve RBIs
32:08
Speaker 1: three ninety on base percentage. She also pitched nine innings
32:11
Speaker 1: last year and didn't allow an earned run. So you
32:14
Speaker 1: might see him throw a little bit more. It's hard
32:16
Speaker 1: to say. They got a lot of guys that pitch,
32:18
Speaker 1: so we'll just have to wait see and him and
32:21
Speaker 1: Trace and Johnson. Their offseason workout program is throwing cheerleaders
32:25
Speaker 1: up in the air, so you throw a baseball, that's
32:28
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot easier. So I'm excited to see
32:31
Speaker 1: their progression and just advanced el Elton, Like I said,
32:34
Speaker 1: another big piece to this team, Logan Davis Returns as
32:38
Speaker 1: well batted two to twenty two last year and limited action.
32:41
Speaker 1: Iggy Frost had scored three runs in limited action. He
32:45
Speaker 1: also pitched seven innings. Braden angles again in limited action,
32:50
Speaker 1: but he had he had five hits, but three of
32:52
Speaker 1: them went for doubles. So I would expect, you know,
32:55
Speaker 1: to see that more of that gap power if he
32:57
Speaker 1: becomes more of a regular in the lineup. Blade vander
33:00
Speaker 1: Mullin batted won ninety last year in twenty one at bats,
33:05
Speaker 1: and then Tanner Blair is a kid that might get
33:08
Speaker 1: more innings pitched. He went two to zero last year
33:10
Speaker 1: through almost fifteen innings and had a two point eighty
33:13
Speaker 1: six ERA. So a lot of pieces here, a lot
33:16
Speaker 1: of guys returning, and like I said, as a one
33:19
Speaker 1: A team, this is a team that I could see
33:23
Speaker 1: making a good run, maybe even getting to that final four.
33:26
Speaker 1: And hey, you never know once you get to that
33:28
Speaker 1: final four. Those games are being played at Joe Martin Stadium,
33:31
Speaker 1: so that'd be great for Walking County to see what
33:35
Speaker 1: they can do there. Meridian Trojans now head coach is
33:39
Speaker 1: Steve Slesk in his nineteenth year. How about that coach
33:43
Speaker 1: nineteen years. It's pretty awesome there. Two hundred and thirty
33:47
Speaker 1: two wins, one hundred and eighty eight losses there. Last
33:50
Speaker 1: year they went eleven and twelve. Two years ago they
33:54
Speaker 1: played in the state championship game for the first time
33:56
Speaker 1: in school history, so you know, and they had a
34:01
Speaker 1: lot of young guys on that team and a lot
34:02
Speaker 1: of them coming back now, So we'll talk about those guys,
34:05
Speaker 1: starting with Trey Alexander He is, I mean, we're talking
34:10
Speaker 1: about him forever, it seems like in all these different sports.
34:12
Speaker 1: But to me, he's a baseball first guy, switch hitter,
34:17
Speaker 1: can pitch really good in the infield, can catch if
34:20
Speaker 1: you need to. Last year, he batted three eighty four
34:24
Speaker 1: with eight doubles, two triples, six RBIs and nine stolen
34:28
Speaker 1: bases and on base percentage of four eighty three. He
34:31
Speaker 1: also pitched twenty eight innings last year, went two and
34:34
Speaker 1: two and had a three point two to two EER.
34:37
Speaker 1: So yeah, another one of those guys. It's like a
34:41
Speaker 1: top five, top ten kind of guy in Wakam County
34:44
Speaker 1: and just a junior. Another great junior is Pierce Berezowski,
34:47
Speaker 1: who's done some catching, He's played some shortstop. He'll he'll
34:52
Speaker 1: probably be entrance shortstop there and batting third in the lineup.
34:57
Speaker 1: Batt at three seventy five last year with nineteen runs,
35:00
Speaker 1: batted in three doubles, two triples, and he only struck
35:03
Speaker 1: out nine times, which is incredible four to fifty one
35:06
Speaker 1: on base percentage. He also pitched eight innings last year
35:09
Speaker 1: and he only allowed one earned run, so you might
35:12
Speaker 1: see him pitch a little bit more than usual. You
35:15
Speaker 1: want to keep his defense though at shortstop. Speaking of pitching,
35:19
Speaker 1: Nate Payne, he brings the most innings pitched in the
35:23
Speaker 1: career for active players and he's just a junior. So
35:30
Speaker 1: this guy is just one of those guys. It's just
35:31
Speaker 1: a horse. You know, you can put him on the mound.
35:33
Speaker 1: He's not going to get tired. He can throw seven
35:36
Speaker 1: innings and you love seeing that. I mean, he competed
35:39
Speaker 1: his butt off in the state championship game as a
35:41
Speaker 1: freshman and almost won that game. So he's one of
35:45
Speaker 1: those guys that if you see him, you're like, oh crap,
35:48
Speaker 1: we're in for a long night. Last year, struck out
35:51
Speaker 1: fifty six batters and forty seven and two thirds innings,
35:55
Speaker 1: went three to four last year. The er was a
35:57
Speaker 1: little higher than you'd want at six point seven five.
36:01
Speaker 1: But he you know, he was probably pitching against a
36:04
Speaker 1: lot of aces, as you know, a lot of teams
36:07
Speaker 1: throw their best guy against Meridian and so yeah, so
36:11
Speaker 1: and and offensively, I mean he's a weapon as well,
36:14
Speaker 1: one of those middle lineup guys. Batted two ninety nine
36:17
Speaker 1: last year with two doubles, seventeen runs, batted in a
36:20
Speaker 1: four to twenty on base percentage. He walked ten times,
36:22
Speaker 1: stole five bases, could play a little left field or
36:27
Speaker 1: first base when he's not pitching, but you'll know it's
36:30
Speaker 1: an important game because he'll be the one on the
36:32
Speaker 1: mound for them. Uh did pitch already earlier this year
36:35
Speaker 1: in a game against Burlington Edison. He threw five innings
36:38
Speaker 1: and didn't even allow a hit, struck out seven batters,
36:41
Speaker 1: But he probably hit his pitch count early in the
36:44
Speaker 1: season and they end up losing the game two zero
36:47
Speaker 1: on a couple of under and runs late. So he's
36:50
Speaker 1: already off to a great start, and I expect huge
36:52
Speaker 1: things from him, which would be fun to see. Landon
36:55
Speaker 1: Raley returns as a first baseman. Batted two fifty four
36:58
Speaker 1: last year on base percentage of three nine, had a
37:00
Speaker 1: double and five RBIs. He'll also pitch a little bit,
37:03
Speaker 1: had a couple saves last year, went two and one
37:06
Speaker 1: with a four point four to one e Ra Meridians
37:09
Speaker 1: one of those teams where they'll pit. They'll have like
37:10
Speaker 1: four or five different guys that can pitch, and they'll
37:13
Speaker 1: just stick to those guys. They don't really go outside
37:15
Speaker 1: the box too much. They're probably the team that you
37:19
Speaker 1: see play the least amount of players. You'll probably see
37:23
Speaker 1: the lineup not change a whole lot throughout the year.
37:25
Speaker 1: They have they have their you know, they have what
37:27
Speaker 1: they want, they go with it and it works. And
37:31
Speaker 1: I tell you what, you go to those practices at
37:33
Speaker 1: Meridian and they are no nonsense. They they work on
37:36
Speaker 1: the fundamentals so much and that's why a year and
37:40
Speaker 1: a year out they're one of the best teams. They're
37:42
Speaker 1: another team like l C, you know, that can make
37:46
Speaker 1: a good run in the one A and I would
37:48
Speaker 1: imagine they're gonna have some good battles in the regular
37:51
Speaker 1: season and in the postseason, and that'll be fun to see.
37:54
Speaker 1: Gabe Goalberth returns behind the plate. He had twenty hits
37:58
Speaker 1: last year, all of them singles, which is kind of
38:01
Speaker 1: an unusual stat there about at two ninety four, and
38:05
Speaker 1: had six RBIs and doesn't walk a lot, so wants
38:10
Speaker 1: to swing the bat, but he puts a lot of
38:12
Speaker 1: contact on the bat. So that's good to see. And
38:15
Speaker 1: it's always great when you have a catcher returning. You know,
38:18
Speaker 1: any coach will tell you if you got a catcher
38:20
Speaker 1: coming back, that's always a great thing. Trevn Krab she
38:23
Speaker 1: returns had nine hits last year, a double nine. RBIs
38:28
Speaker 1: another guy that does not like to walk. He's he
38:30
Speaker 1: wants to swing the bat. Same with Jamis and Alexander
38:33
Speaker 1: Cooper Merim you know Meridian Is. You know they're aggressive
38:39
Speaker 1: and that's just the way they've always been and they
38:42
Speaker 1: you know, they do things the right way, and you're gonna,
38:45
Speaker 1: you know, he's gonna find his nine or ten guys
38:47
Speaker 1: and ride him. Other guys that have a little bit
38:50
Speaker 1: of varsity experience that you might see a little bit
38:52
Speaker 1: more this year. Case and Colp and Lucas Statts, and
38:54
Speaker 1: they have a freshman Lincoln Berezowski, so I've heard some
38:57
Speaker 1: good things about him. And Meridians one of those teams
39:00
Speaker 1: every year where they always seem to have a really
39:01
Speaker 1: good freshman. So not surprised there. Coach Lascill, get them
39:05
Speaker 1: whipped into shape the right way and we'll see what
39:08
Speaker 1: they can do. We head over to my alma mater
39:10
Speaker 1: to the Mount Baker Mountaineers with a new head coach
39:13
Speaker 1: this year and AJ Matthews. He did coach at Bellingham
39:17
Speaker 1: a few years back. Actually, I think it was the
39:20
Speaker 1: first year I started walking preps, and in twenty eighteen,
39:24
Speaker 1: I think was his final year at Bellingham, So I
39:27
Speaker 1: he might not remember me, but he might, I don't know.
39:32
Speaker 1: But I did go out and meet him and take
39:34
Speaker 1: headshots of his players and stuff. That was back in
39:36
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, I think. But it's been a while since
39:41
Speaker 1: I've seen him, so all I remember is that he
39:43
Speaker 1: was a younger guy, really good player when he played,
39:46
Speaker 1: and he's had in his first year now at Mount Baker,
39:49
Speaker 1: his third season. Overall, he's got an overall record of
39:51
Speaker 1: nine to thirty one. With his two previous years at Bellingham.
39:54
Speaker 1: Mount Baker last year went two and eighteen, but they
39:57
Speaker 1: returned a lot of guys again with art experience, starting
40:01
Speaker 1: with Camden Moa, who last year batted two fifty five
40:04
Speaker 1: with four doubles, a triple, a home run, twelve RBIs,
40:08
Speaker 1: four stolen bases, and an on base percentage of three
40:11
Speaker 1: eighty six. So he's gonna be kind of their main
40:14
Speaker 1: offensive weapon. He might they might put him high in
40:17
Speaker 1: the lineup just to get him the most at bats possible,
40:21
Speaker 1: and then and then you got a lot of other
40:23
Speaker 1: guys that A lot of these guys have a lot
40:25
Speaker 1: of at bats. Some of them have a decent amount
40:28
Speaker 1: of hits. But we'll see what coach Matthews can get
40:31
Speaker 1: out of them for hitting this year. Gavin Sternhagen returns
40:36
Speaker 1: third year as a starter. Probably gonna play in the infield,
40:39
Speaker 1: you know, third, short, second, He'll pitch a little bit.
40:42
Speaker 1: Last year he batted two sixty with a double. Five
40:44
Speaker 1: RBIs Hooga Tiglau is back again. He's an outfielder. Batted
40:50
Speaker 1: one eighty two last year. Tyson Barksdale an infielder. Probably
40:54
Speaker 1: gonna play shortstop. You know, we saw him in football,
40:59
Speaker 1: we saw him in basketball. All bat like I said,
41:01
Speaker 1: one eighty five last year. Six RBIs three stolen bases.
41:05
Speaker 1: Ziane Paglia batted one seventy four last year, scored six runs.
41:09
Speaker 1: Five RBIs brad Strom. Another infielder from last year that
41:14
Speaker 1: started during the second half of the season. Sawyer Maclamore returns.
41:17
Speaker 1: Isaiah Bidwell returns behind the plate. Carson Normore might be
41:21
Speaker 1: a DH, can play different positions. Pretty aggressive hitter. Batted
41:27
Speaker 1: two thirty one that last year. I don't think he
41:30
Speaker 1: walked once, so he's a guy that's swinging the bat
41:33
Speaker 1: as well. So you got a lot of guys again
41:35
Speaker 1: to have varsity experience. You just want to see those
41:37
Speaker 1: numbers get up a little bit. Also, let's see here one, two, three,
41:42
Speaker 1: excuse me, one, two, three, four, five, six. Seven of
41:47
Speaker 1: these guys pitched last year at least one inning. The
41:51
Speaker 1: problem is is that all of them had an ERA
41:54
Speaker 1: above eleven. So you know, hopefully those none first can
42:00
Speaker 1: get a little bit better. We'll just have to wait
42:02
Speaker 1: and see a lot of it. Due to walks. It
42:04
Speaker 1: looks like every single one of them had more walks
42:07
Speaker 1: than strikeouts when they were pitching. So it's just about
42:10
Speaker 1: throwing strikes. That's really what it's about. And you know
42:15
Speaker 1: that'll give a coach gray hairs more than anything. Is
42:18
Speaker 1: just walking batters, giving them free basis. So you know,
42:21
Speaker 1: throw strikes, let your defense play defense, and you can
42:25
Speaker 1: go from there. But Mount Baker trying to get back
42:29
Speaker 1: to what they were back in the day. My goodness
42:31
Speaker 1: when I played it was that was a heck of
42:34
Speaker 1: a team. You know, a lot of league championships and
42:36
Speaker 1: different different things like that, and just struggling to get
42:40
Speaker 1: on the field because they were so good and it's
42:43
Speaker 1: been a while since Mount Baker has been back to that,
42:46
Speaker 1: so hopefully they can get back there, and hopefully this
42:50
Speaker 1: is the group that can do it for their sake.
42:53
Speaker 1: No rooting interest here, of course, I am completely unbiased correct, Yes,
42:58
Speaker 1: nook Sack Valley Pioneers head coach Joeled the Wist Blair
43:01
Speaker 1: in his seventh year at the Helm, twenty five wins,
43:04
Speaker 1: seventy three losses. Last year they went six and fifteen
43:08
Speaker 1: as a team, but I tell you it seemed like
43:10
Speaker 1: they were a lot better than that record. They returned
43:13
Speaker 1: a really good core of players, starting with Landon Staffer,
43:17
Speaker 1: who played in the outfield last year, probably played first
43:19
Speaker 1: base this year. Batted three eighty two really big time hitter,
43:24
Speaker 1: a double, a triple, twelve RBIs, six tolen bases and
43:28
Speaker 1: he only struck out five times and over sixty played appearances.
43:32
Speaker 1: So a guy that doesn't walk a lot, doesn't strike
43:36
Speaker 1: out a lot. Puts the bat on the ball, so
43:38
Speaker 1: defenders when he's up be ready again. But again, when
43:42
Speaker 1: he puts the bat on the ball, he gets on
43:43
Speaker 1: base four fifty two on base perscentage three to eighty two.
43:46
Speaker 1: Hitter as really impressive. Evan Brown returns, probably going to
43:50
Speaker 1: be the center fielder this year. He's played a lot
43:53
Speaker 1: of different positions. He's batted three twenty three last year
43:57
Speaker 1: with a double or two doubles and a triple six RBIs,
44:00
Speaker 1: six tolen bases on base percentage of four oh eight.
44:04
Speaker 1: He's also one of the main pitchers. He went four
44:07
Speaker 1: and four last year and thirty seven and the third innings,
44:10
Speaker 1: struck out forty four batters and only walked thirteen with
44:13
Speaker 1: an ERA of two point zero six. So a really
44:17
Speaker 1: good arm and he throws strikes and that's what coach
44:20
Speaker 1: dwist Blair wants more than anything, so he'll be kind
44:23
Speaker 1: of one of their main guys on the mound as well.
44:26
Speaker 1: Matthew Blake will be behind the plate once again. Batted
44:29
Speaker 1: three zero five last year, eighteen hits, four doubles, nine RBIs,
44:34
Speaker 1: four stolen bases on base percentage of four to fourteen.
44:37
Speaker 1: He pitched a little bit last year last year as well,
44:39
Speaker 1: twenty one innings pitched, also had to save struck out
44:42
Speaker 1: seventeen batters. Had that nasty broken leg early in the
44:47
Speaker 1: football season. Hopefully he's fully recovered from that and we'll
44:52
Speaker 1: be able to finish off his senior year strong. You know,
44:57
Speaker 1: he finished off his career strong with his senior year
45:00
Speaker 1: behind the plate for the Nuksack Valley Pioneers. Gonna probably
45:04
Speaker 1: be playing shortstop this year will be Tyler Martin. We've
45:07
Speaker 1: seen him a lot during football and basketball. Last year
45:10
Speaker 1: kind of got thrown into it as a freshman. Had
45:13
Speaker 1: eight hit, scored eight runs, five RBIs, five stolen bases,
45:17
Speaker 1: but he still had an on base percentage of four
45:19
Speaker 1: to eleven, so he knew how to get on base.
45:21
Speaker 1: Pitched a little bit, probably won't, you know, pitch too much,
45:25
Speaker 1: but you just never know, you know. Coach coach Dwist
45:29
Speaker 1: Blair likes to you know, he'll have his He likes
45:32
Speaker 1: to have kind of three main guys that he could
45:34
Speaker 1: rely on to throw, you know, five innings at least.
45:37
Speaker 1: So will he be that third guy? I don't know.
45:43
Speaker 1: I tell you I know who will be one of
45:45
Speaker 1: the guys that we haven't talked about yet, will be
45:47
Speaker 1: cru Bautman. Crew offensively didn't put up huge numbers. Scored
45:52
Speaker 1: six runs, had four RBIs, walked four times, but he
45:55
Speaker 1: threw thirty eight and a third innings and had a
45:57
Speaker 1: three point six six e ra went one to five,
46:01
Speaker 1: but he did have a save, struck out twenty eight batters,
46:03
Speaker 1: So he's a guy that can definitely eat up innings. Big, tall,
46:06
Speaker 1: lanky kid and can throw hard. So that's, you know,
46:10
Speaker 1: that's that's gonna be exactly what they're gonna need. We'll
46:14
Speaker 1: see where he plays in the field when he's not pitching.
46:16
Speaker 1: Could be an outfielder, maybe some first base. We'll see.
46:19
Speaker 1: Trevick McMillan came in last year and played third base,
46:22
Speaker 1: did a good job. He'll be coming back again. Not
46:26
Speaker 1: great numbers offensively, did hit a double fourbi, scored five runs,
46:30
Speaker 1: walked five times, but that initiation and varsity pitching might
46:35
Speaker 1: have been a little bit too much. This year, big
46:39
Speaker 1: strong kid, I could see him putting up some better
46:42
Speaker 1: offensive numbers. Max Lawtenbach is back on the team. He
46:46
Speaker 1: played a little bit last year. Quick kid, might be
46:49
Speaker 1: a pinch runner kind of guy. Stole a base, scored
46:53
Speaker 1: a couple of runs, walked once, and we'll kind of
46:56
Speaker 1: see where he fits in. Ethan Lynde is a defensive
47:00
Speaker 1: second baseman. He threw a couple of innings last year,
47:03
Speaker 1: so we'll see there Jacob Woodrich got a little bit
47:05
Speaker 1: of time last year at fourteen at bats scored a run.
47:09
Speaker 1: So there are some pieces here. I'm really curious to
47:12
Speaker 1: who that third picture is gonna be, whether it's does
47:15
Speaker 1: he want to have Matthew Blake be that guy, and
47:18
Speaker 1: maybe Landon Stafford can go back and catch a little bit.
47:21
Speaker 1: Maybe Landon will be a third pitcher. I mean, he's
47:24
Speaker 1: not really a picture, but you know, you just never know.
47:27
Speaker 1: If it's just about guys that can throw strikes. You
47:29
Speaker 1: got Evan Brown, you got Crew Bauman. Will it be
47:32
Speaker 1: Matthew Blake, Will it be Tyler Martin, or will it
47:34
Speaker 1: be a guy that I don't know about? You never know.
47:37
Speaker 1: You never know about these freshmen coming up. So we'll
47:39
Speaker 1: just have to wait and see. See Home Mariners talk
47:43
Speaker 1: about a team that returns a lot. Dane Sigfried in
47:46
Speaker 1: his sixth year thirty five wins, sixty seven losses. Last
47:50
Speaker 1: year they went thirteen and eleven, their first winning season
47:52
Speaker 1: in quite a while. And they were very young last year,
47:56
Speaker 1: and they return a lot. So we got a lot
47:58
Speaker 1: of guys here to talk about, starting with Hudson Nef
48:01
Speaker 1: who was in his fourth year as a starter, the
48:03
Speaker 1: center fielder and ace of the pitching staff. Last year,
48:06
Speaker 1: he went he'd had it two sixty six with two doubles,
48:09
Speaker 1: two triples, six RBIs, and he stole nineteen bases an
48:13
Speaker 1: on base percentage of four to sixty six. And then
48:15
Speaker 1: on the mound he had he went six and three,
48:18
Speaker 1: pitched fifty seven and two thirds innings, and he struck
48:21
Speaker 1: out fifty two batters while only walking nineteen of them,
48:24
Speaker 1: had an ERA of two point five five. One of
48:26
Speaker 1: the most complete players in Walkham County. And he's going
48:29
Speaker 1: to be leading this team that's very, very talented. They've
48:33
Speaker 1: already started out the season three and oh so look
48:36
Speaker 1: out for the Mariners. I mean, you know, back in
48:38
Speaker 1: the day, that was always the team, right Gary Hatch
48:42
Speaker 1: the Mariners three times state champions, and it's starting to
48:47
Speaker 1: kind of shift into that position where you got to
48:49
Speaker 1: get a ton of kids turning out. You got a
48:52
Speaker 1: good They had a huge infusion of youthful talent last year.
48:56
Speaker 1: That's they're gonna keep riding this year. Jad Geigers one
48:59
Speaker 1: of those guys. That guy can put the barrel to
49:01
Speaker 1: the ball. I tell you what it seems like every
49:03
Speaker 1: time last year about at two twenty six, he had
49:05
Speaker 1: a double eight RBIs, eleven stolen bases, on base percentage
49:10
Speaker 1: of three sixty. He also had a two point one
49:12
Speaker 1: to two ERA as a pitcher last year, throwing nearly
49:16
Speaker 1: thirty innings. Be curious to see how much they'll use
49:19
Speaker 1: him as a pitcher this year. They have a lot
49:22
Speaker 1: of strike throwers, so you kind of have a lot
49:24
Speaker 1: of guys to work with. Gunner Anderson a kid that
49:27
Speaker 1: last year is boy, it's fun to watch him swing
49:30
Speaker 1: a bat. He hasn't been able to swing one yet
49:32
Speaker 1: this year. He's got a little bit did dealing with
49:34
Speaker 1: a hand injuries, but he's been playing in the outfield, dude.
49:37
Speaker 1: But he's being DHD four and when they get his
49:40
Speaker 1: left handed bat back in the middle of the lineup,
49:42
Speaker 1: that's only gonna make it better. Last year, he've hatted
49:45
Speaker 1: three h six with four doubles, triple sixteen RBIs, ten
49:48
Speaker 1: stolen bases, a three seventy five on base percentage, and
49:52
Speaker 1: a very very good defensive outfielder, which I mean, you
49:57
Speaker 1: know he would he's he's got and that probably plays
50:00
Speaker 1: center field when Hutson left pitches, but he can go
50:03
Speaker 1: out to left field. Really good arm. Yeah, it's a
50:07
Speaker 1: great player. I'm not sure when he'll be one hundred
50:10
Speaker 1: percent healthy, and hopefully he will be soon. That'll be
50:12
Speaker 1: really fun to see. Riley Carlson another young player that
50:15
Speaker 1: comes back. He's batted two of three last year, with
50:18
Speaker 1: three doubles, seven RBIs, nine stolen bases, had more walks
50:22
Speaker 1: and strikeouts. Again, when I see that for a young player,
50:26
Speaker 1: that really goes a long way. Last year, we also
50:28
Speaker 1: had two saves, great relief pitcher. Had a zero point
50:32
Speaker 1: nine to three ERA ice water in his veins when
50:35
Speaker 1: he's pitching man, and that's another really fun thing to see.
50:39
Speaker 1: You'll see him play a lot in the infield and
50:42
Speaker 1: doing different things. He's just one of those complete baseball players.
50:45
Speaker 1: Gunner tweet. Such a great fielding shortstop last year batted
50:50
Speaker 1: two twenty seven twelve Marbii's three point thirty eight on
50:54
Speaker 1: base percentage, pitched a little bit. I would imagine he'll
50:56
Speaker 1: pitch a little bit more this year. But yeah, just
51:00
Speaker 1: another really good Sea Home baseball player that you know,
51:04
Speaker 1: they really emphasized defense, and he does that to the
51:10
Speaker 1: to its epitome. I mean, he is such a good
51:12
Speaker 1: shortstop and so in high school baseball, man, if you
51:16
Speaker 1: have a good defense, that just set cleans up so much.
51:19
Speaker 1: You know, if you don't walk people and you play
51:21
Speaker 1: good defense, you're in every game. That's just the way
51:23
Speaker 1: that it is. And right now with this team that
51:26
Speaker 1: coach Sigfried has got going, those are the ingredients that
51:30
Speaker 1: he's pushing for. Sonny Myers will be back. He will
51:33
Speaker 1: take over as the catcher this year. That was the spot.
51:37
Speaker 1: I really didn't know who they were going to use
51:39
Speaker 1: in that spot. It's like Sonny Myers is going to
51:41
Speaker 1: take it. Got a lot of at bats last year,
51:44
Speaker 1: so he's got some good playing time. Tyson Goodman is
51:47
Speaker 1: another kid that might catch, but big, strong kid that
51:50
Speaker 1: played in the outfield. He hit a home run last
51:52
Speaker 1: year bet at two twenty four with a couple of doubles,
51:54
Speaker 1: a triple thirteen runs back in. Likes to swing the
51:57
Speaker 1: bat a lot and usually can you know, put some
52:02
Speaker 1: pretty good, pretty good, uh pretty good sting on the
52:05
Speaker 1: baseball when he gets a hold of it. So you know,
52:08
Speaker 1: you might see him out in the outfield catching if
52:12
Speaker 1: he has to, uh. But just a great athlete to
52:15
Speaker 1: have on the team. Liam Cresek is a guy that
52:18
Speaker 1: played a lot of second base last year. I think
52:20
Speaker 1: he'll get more at bats this year. Small guy knows
52:24
Speaker 1: how to handle the bat and uh, really fun to watch.
52:28
Speaker 1: Max Bronstein probably gonna play first base. Hitch a little bit,
52:33
Speaker 1: had a two point seven to two e r A
52:35
Speaker 1: last year. He'll get a lot more playing time. Probably
52:38
Speaker 1: plug him in the middle of the lineup there. Travis
52:40
Speaker 1: Mead played a little bit last year, Probably get more
52:43
Speaker 1: playing time this year. Looks like he's you know, been
52:46
Speaker 1: a good relief pitcher. And Elias Lata is a transfer
52:52
Speaker 1: from Squalkum. So I think you'll have to miss uh
52:55
Speaker 1: about eight games or so. But last year, you know,
52:59
Speaker 1: a left handed hit had a double, a triple, three
53:02
Speaker 1: RBIs five stone bases. He walked twenty times last year,
53:06
Speaker 1: so really good. I on base percentage of four to
53:09
Speaker 1: twenty nine. So once he's eligible to play, you just
53:12
Speaker 1: plug him in another left handed bat. I mean, see
53:15
Speaker 1: who might be able to go righty, lefty, righty, lefty, righty,
53:18
Speaker 1: lefty for the first you know, seven batters in their lineup,
53:21
Speaker 1: which is incredible. It's gonna be a pretty strong team.
53:26
Speaker 1: You know, you can see them and belling him and
53:29
Speaker 1: Lynden all kind of competing for those one of those
53:32
Speaker 1: two A spots there along with those really strong, you
53:35
Speaker 1: know teams down south. So I think as a whole,
53:40
Speaker 1: the two A teams are really going to jump up
53:42
Speaker 1: this year. And let'st have to wait and see. The
53:44
Speaker 1: last team to talk about the Squalor and Storm coached
53:47
Speaker 1: by Hayden Knight and now his second year went three
53:50
Speaker 1: to nineteen last year. That's after taking over a winless
53:53
Speaker 1: team the year before, and they bring back, you know,
53:57
Speaker 1: three big key pieces of their team from lst year
54:00
Speaker 1: and Cameron Schmidt, Hudson Johnson, and Henry Ingersoll. Cameron Schmidt
54:04
Speaker 1: played some center field last year. I think he might
54:06
Speaker 1: be at first base this year. Pitched a lot of
54:09
Speaker 1: innings last year. I think he threw more innings than
54:11
Speaker 1: anybody in walk them counting last year, sixty three and
54:14
Speaker 1: a third and he struck out sixty six batters, picked
54:17
Speaker 1: up all three of his team's wins, and only walked
54:20
Speaker 1: twenty one batters in an era of four point ninety eight.
54:24
Speaker 1: As excuse me as a hitter, the average wasn't super high,
54:33
Speaker 1: but he walked nineteen times and only struck out nine times,
54:36
Speaker 1: and again that tells me quite a bit. He was
54:40
Speaker 1: probably putting, you know, probably getting the ball in play
54:43
Speaker 1: pretty hard, but just lying out some different things like
54:45
Speaker 1: that because the batting average wasn't super high, but he's
54:48
Speaker 1: very selective and knows how to pick his pitches. Had
54:51
Speaker 1: three eighty seven on base percentage, so I'm excited to
54:55
Speaker 1: see what he does that this year as an encore
54:58
Speaker 1: after coming into the into the county last year and
55:01
Speaker 1: playing really, really well. Hudson Johnson Entrance shortstop, can pitch
55:07
Speaker 1: all quite a bit. Through almost thirty six innings last year,
55:09
Speaker 1: struck out twenty two batters, batted two thirteen last year
55:13
Speaker 1: with a double, three RBIs, three stolen bases. You'll probably
55:16
Speaker 1: put him at the top of the lineup. He has
55:18
Speaker 1: the most hits returning on the team from last year,
55:21
Speaker 1: so it's gonna be one of those big time players
55:23
Speaker 1: that the Squalor squalkumb Storm are going to rely on.
55:28
Speaker 1: And then Henry Ingersoll behind the plate, you know, again,
55:33
Speaker 1: so valuable to have that veteran behind the plate. Had
55:36
Speaker 1: ten hits last year, two doubles, a triple, three RBIs,
55:39
Speaker 1: walked nine times, a three forty four on base percentage,
55:43
Speaker 1: So a guy that's gonna be relied upon in the
55:46
Speaker 1: middle of the lineup as well. And uh yeah, those
55:49
Speaker 1: three are going to be the main, main cogs. You
55:51
Speaker 1: still have some really good players that played quite a
55:54
Speaker 1: bit last year. Tanner Berg had nine hits last year,
55:57
Speaker 1: including a double five rbisal seven times, stole a couple
56:01
Speaker 1: of bases, pitched a little bit as well, so he
56:05
Speaker 1: might be pitching a little bit more this year. So
56:08
Speaker 1: he's got a lot of varsity experience. Joey Harpik had
56:10
Speaker 1: forty five at bass last year, walked ten times, a
56:13
Speaker 1: lot of varsity experience there. And then you got a
56:16
Speaker 1: couple other guys that have a little bit of varsity experience,
56:18
Speaker 1: Phoenix Price, Judah Kerrman Ty York. So they're coming back,
56:22
Speaker 1: they're probably there. Their plate's going to be filled a
56:24
Speaker 1: little bit more. Jericho Tanner's a new guy who's pitched
56:28
Speaker 1: already in a couple of games. Christian Fermulin is another
56:31
Speaker 1: new player. I believe he's a freshman that has looked
56:34
Speaker 1: impressive as well. So they've got they've got, you know,
56:37
Speaker 1: they've got the veterans that got the young guys, and
56:40
Speaker 1: you know, Coach Knight's gonna get them staring in the
56:43
Speaker 1: right direction. And when squalkin baseball is going good, they're
56:45
Speaker 1: pretty fun to watch. So so yeah, that's that's basically it.
56:50
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of really good talent coming
56:52
Speaker 1: back this year. Really curious to see. I think we
56:56
Speaker 1: might be able to get you know, it's very possible
57:01
Speaker 1: we could get state teams out of all three classifications.
57:05
Speaker 1: You know, Ferndale has to take care of business obviously
57:08
Speaker 1: in three A. That's the only three A school we
57:09
Speaker 1: have up here. But you know, Linen and Bellingham and
57:14
Speaker 1: Seahom all looking very strong in two A and and
57:18
Speaker 1: Lennon Christian and Meridian and one A and you just
57:21
Speaker 1: never know. I mean, you know, Blaine or Knoksac can
57:24
Speaker 1: can get hot. We'll just have to wait and see.
57:26
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be fun. So a lot of great
57:29
Speaker 1: players out there, and I'm excited. You know, I've been
57:34
Speaker 1: able to see a few baseball games already this year.
57:37
Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, I went to four different sporting
57:40
Speaker 1: events tonight already. And that's spring. That's the spring season.
57:43
Speaker 1: That's what makes it so fun. And hopefully the weather
57:48
Speaker 1: can hold off a little bit because get these games in.
57:52
Speaker 1: We got to get these games in right. So again,
57:54
Speaker 1: thank you so much the walk Them Prep Baseball Association
57:57
Speaker 1: again check them out at wakkam Prep base ball dot
58:01
Speaker 1: com and they have been a sponsor for this episode
58:04
Speaker 1: and I thank them so much. It allows me to
58:07
Speaker 1: keep doing what I do. And it's fun doing these
58:10
Speaker 1: previews because you get to talk about a lot of
58:14
Speaker 1: different players and kind of their strengths and to see
58:17
Speaker 1: how it goes. And I'm sure there's ten or fifteen
58:19
Speaker 1: guys that didn't even mention that are gonna be awesome
58:21
Speaker 1: players this year. And that's what's fun, right You never
58:23
Speaker 1: know which freshmen are gonna come out or a player
58:26
Speaker 1: that was big on JB last year that's going to
58:28
Speaker 1: prove his spot as a varsity player this year. So
58:31
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see that. And again you've been listening
58:34
Speaker 1: to the Walkham Preps podcast. It's been episode four hundred
58:37
Speaker 1: and fourteen, the two twenty six baseball preview. I am
58:42
Speaker 1: Tyler Anderson of Walcom Preps and I will talk to
58:45
Speaker 1: you on Monday