Playoff baseball across the state is underway. Here’s the latest update on the prep postseason as of early afternoon Tuesday: Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) Class 4A: Four teams within our coverage area – Baltimore City and its surrounding counties — have reached the state regional semifinals. And coincidentally, they face...
We’re not sure you can have a much better game than Key School junior Mark Fusco did last week. Apparently, BaltimoreBaseball.com readers felt that way, too. Fusco is this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ winner, picking up 72 percent of the more than 2,000 votes cast this week. The right-hander allowed one unearned run...
[tps_title][/tps_title] Players across the Baltimore area took advantage of the clear, warmer weather following Monday’s rain and Tuesday’s light snow in parts of the region. The competition was top notch. Several pitchers had stellar outings, including some who mowed down more than 10 batters in an individual game. Meanwhile, plenty of area...
Strong pitching and the long ball. That’s how our candidates made this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ vote. One finalist pitched a gem, another showed consistency on the bump not once, but twice, while our third candidate showcased his power at the plate four times in three consecutive days. Here are the standouts: Grant...
Pitching a complete-game no-hitter is impressive enough. Throwing it against one of the best teams in the area, the Archbishop Curley Friars, is an even loftier accomplishment. Or at least it appears to be after this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’ vote, which was won by John Carroll senior left-hander Nick...
Pitching dominated this past week. Strong outings came with a number of complete games throughout our coverage area. But two of our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” candidates went above and beyond: collecting more than a dozen strikeouts in wins for their respective teams Our third finalist, however, didn’t let the opposition...
Nick Brown, the senior infielder/outfielder for Archbishop Curley, had a pretty strong week. His team went 5-0 against some tough competition while Brown drove in 12 runs, including seven in one game. That performance landed him a spot in our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” vote along with Severna Park’s Cameron Clark,...
Our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” feature and vote is back! Teams across the area battled chilly temperatures and in some cases, sloppy field conditions due the mid-March snowfall. But players didn’t let it faze them as some within the Baltimore area posted strong numbers on the mound and at the plate....
We’re back for our third season of high school baseball coverage. We kick it off today with previews of top players and teams to watch in Baltimore and its surrounding counties, as well as the private schools’ MIAA. On Monday, April 2, we will run our first installment of the popular, “Prep...
The local high school baseball season is long over. But it’s not forgotten. Today we unveil our second annual BaltimoreBaseball.com Diamond Nine. Our picks for the top nine players in the Baltimore area – regardless of position — were made after reviewing statistics and looking over all information that was available thee...