BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[Ms. Beacon]

Thanks, Ralph.  I am curious if any of the other posters have some insight about their respective teams' rosters.  I know a lot of them are not online yet, but I would love to hear other peoples' thoughts.

[LEC Fan]

To piggyback that idea Ms. Beacon, does anybody have any insight on the OTHER teams in the LEC? I know we have a couple of USM faces out there (hockey is still in season I know) but what about RIC, Dartmouth, Plywood, WCSU? Any posters out there for these teams?

Hobbesy you may have the best connections out of any of us to get some more information...would be interested to hear more.

[hockeyfan77]

To piggyback that idea Ms. Beacon, does anybody have any insight on the OTHER teams in the LEC? I know we have a couple of USM faces out there (hockey is still in season I know) but what about RIC, Dartmouth, Plywood, WCSU? Any posters out there for these teams?

Hobbesy you may have the best connections out of any of us to get some more information...would be interested to hear more.

Don't know a ton, I have been busy with hockey but I talked with an assistant coach with USM and they brought in a lot of new faces: both pitchers and hitters....He said they looked good but you really never know until you hit the field...So its a wait and see approach with USM....They should be strong up the middle and have a decent OF but I am not sure about pitching as of right now...

[KSCfan]

Swanzey is our RIC guy but he must still be hibernating for the winter.  Jconn and Bobby Beacon have not been seen yet as well. 

Keene has not posted their roster yet, but that does not come as a surprise.  They usually tend to be on the later side for posting it up.  I go on d3baseball and I see that Southern teams are playing and I get jealous.  Spring trips are coming in about a month.  I cant wait.

[Wally]

See KSC's roster has been posted. Any other LEC teams who have put there's up? Thoughts? Any newcomers that might make some noise? The snow is a melting....

[KSCfan]

Wally-

Here is one mans thoughts on the KSC roster.

First and formost their is no Nelson, and or Davis on the roster.  This means that Keene has lost one of their best pitchers from last year, as well as a guy that was looking to step up and give quality starts.  With these two loses and Raymond graduating that means that the owls lost three guys who threw a total of 148 innings last year.  New guys are def going to get a chance this year.  This is going to force other guys to step up on the mound.  But, enough about the guys who are not on the roster to the guys that are.

Pitching- Pitching is the key to the owls this year.  With the loss of two top starters its  going to fall on the shoulders of guys like Pelkey, Theising, and Quags to soak up some of those innings.  New guys like Stanclift, and some freshman will get an immediate chance to make a positive impact on the team and will either pitch their way to a role, or pitch themselves out of a role.  As far as the bullpen goes this is one part of the Owls that is strong.  You have NECBL all-star Vogt down there, as well as Wogksch.  Wogksch had 15 appearances last year with a 4.91 era.  More importantly he had 20 k's to 7bb.  This means that he throws strikes.  He did give up 18 hits in 18 innings but at least he wont come out of the pen and walk people.  He also tied Vogt with 5 saves.  Vogt um hes good, no other way to put it, throws hard and has good stuff 32k's in 25 innings.  These two guys can shorten games.  Some dark horses that might help the owls are seniors Eddie Lacourse and sophmore Eric Perrault.  Im sure that Coach Howe and Coach Testo (Ass. Head Coach and very good pitching coach) are going to adjust and tweak as the season goes, on who starts on saturdays and who goes midweek.  If the owls can get to the bullepen they will win more games than not.  Just need the starters to shake out.

At the plate..... This is where the Owls have little to no problems.  They return Doyon who is an all-american and a one man hitting machine.  Want to throw around him let some one else beat you thats fine but you can see Tyler Diprato .380 last year 12 2bs, Kyle Morrill 15 2b and 47rbi, Bergstrom .286.  The owls will swing it, and where people play depends on what the young guys have shown.  If the freshman catchers have shown that they can play you might see Diprato stay at first, if they are not ready yet you will see him behind the plate, with someone else at first.  Morrill should be back in the infield as well.  I am not sure if at ss or if he might slide over and take over 2b after patnode graduated. 

Overall I expect the owls to be good.  Just need to settle out some questions, and i will not be surprised if they dont figure those out on their trip to florida and come back north with a better idea on some of the questions

[KSCfan]

Here is one mans thoughts on the KSC roster.

First and formost their is no Nelson, and or Davis on the roster.  This means that Keene has lost one of their best pitchers from last year, as well as a guy that was looking to step up and give quality starts.  With these two loses and Raymond graduating that means that the owls lost three guys who threw a total of 148 innings last year.  New guys are def going to get a chance this year.  This is going to force other guys to step up on the mound.  But, enough about the guys who are not on the roster to the guys that are.

Pitching- Pitching is the key to the owls this year.  With the loss of two top starters its  going to fall on the shoulders of guys like Pelkey, Theising, and Quags to soak up some of those innings.  New guys like Stanclift, and some freshman will get an immediate chance to make a positive impact on the team and will either pitch their way to a role, or pitch themselves out of a role.  As far as the bullpen goes this is one part of the Owls that is strong.  You have NECBL all-star Vogt down there, as well as Wogksch.  Wogksch had 15 appearances last year with a 4.91 era.  More importantly he had 20 k's to 7bb.  This means that he throws strikes.  He did give up 18 hits in 18 innings but at least he wont come out of the pen and walk people.  He also tied Vogt with 5 saves.  Vogt um hes good, no other way to put it, throws hard and has good stuff 32k's in 25 innings.  These two guys can shorten games.  Some dark horses that might help the owls are seniors Eddie Lacourse and sophmore Eric Perrault.  Im sure that Coach Howe and Coach Testo (Ass. Head Coach and very good pitching coach) are going to adjust and tweak as the season goes, on who starts on saturdays and who goes midweek.  If the owls can get to the bullepen they will win more games than not.  Just need the starters to shake out.

At the plate..... This is where the Owls have little to no problems.  They return Doyon who is an all-american and a one man hitting machine.  Want to throw around him let some one else beat you thats fine but you can see Tyler Diprato .380 last year 12 2bs, Kyle Morrill 15 2b and 47rbi, Bergstrom .286.  The owls will swing it, and where people play depends on what the young guys have shown.  If the freshman catchers have shown that they can play you might see Diprato stay at first, if they are not ready yet you will see him behind the plate, with someone else at first.  Morrill should be back in the infield as well.  I am not sure if at ss or if he might slide over and take over 2b after patnode graduated. 

Overall I expect the owls to be good.  Just need to settle out some questions, and i will not be surprised if they dont figure those out on their trip to florida and come back north with a better idea on some of the questions

[LEC Fan]

Should be interesting how KSC puts together their pitching staff without having Davis and Nelson. There will be opportunities for young guys to step in and get some experience right away. It will be fun to watch Vogt throughout the Spring, havent really seen him pitch so looking forward to that.

KSC's offense will revolve around All American/LEC Player of the Year Bobby Doyon. With these new bats we may not see the offensive output we have in the past but Bobby should continue his dominance as a senior on that team and in this league. After Doyon and Diprato who fills out the rest of the roster? Can their leadoff guys get on base for Doyon/Diprato? What can they expect from the middle-bottom half of the lineup? Defense is always paramount so how will they stack up on D? Morrill and Longo are returning infielders but what about the rest of the outfield? 3b? 2b?

Should be fun to watch Doyon and Vogt play this year as they are both seniors who have shown they can compete and put up numbers. Goodluck to the Owls as they continue practice inside...only a couple more weeks!!

The weather is starting to turn gentlemen...the rest of the week is supposed to be in the 50's!!!

[RICfann]

I posted a few years back but I am back to team up with santeezy and help you guys with the scoop on the anchormen

Ric had a few transfers come in with Brent Hopkins from URI and Danny Hopkins from CCRI both guys should help big time to sure up the infield. Rob rushton a pit her that was pretty good for ric 2 years ago is back and should be the #2 for the anchormen behind Levesque who was very solid on the mound last year. What I heard about Levesque was he finished the year with a tear in his PCL in his knee after hurting himself in Florida. Pretty gutsy and finished having a solid year but is healthy which will really help this team. Other guys like JP stone, Justin Corso, kyle allaire, and Ronnie Brochhi should help this tram which should be solid again and help them compete. The weakness of this team again will be the pitching staff. They are very young but from what I've heard they have some live arms in the bullpen.

[KSCfan]

RICfann welcome back good sir.  Nice to have some more anchorheads on the board.  Thanks for the insight on RIC. 

[RICfann]

Ita good to be back. The weather is starting to break the snow is melting, baseball is in the air

[RICfann]

Ric has finally posted their roster today.

Newcomers to make an impact will be Brent Hopkins an INF transfer from URI, Joan Mustafa CCRI and Danny Hopkins from CCRI a lefty 1st basemen who should fill in, in the middle of the lineup hopefully helping to replace Rossi who graduated last year. Another guy in Rob Rushton comes back after taking a year off who should become the #2 pitcher to help take the place of Vatter.

Levesque is back for his senior year and much like Doyon, Levesque has the ability to change games. There are other guys in the lineup that can swing the stick, Stone, Brochhi, Allaire, and both Hopkins. RICs problem Shouldn't be scoring runs or picking up the ball in the field but will come down to how the untested pitching staff will do much like everyother team in conference. Usually the team who pitches the best wins and with the new bats that should really prove to be true

[kscer]

Wally-

Here is one mans thoughts on the KSC roster.

First and formost their is no Nelson, and or Davis on the roster.  This means that Keene has lost one of their best pitchers from last year, as well as a guy that was looking to step up and give quality starts.  With these two loses and Raymond graduating that means that the owls lost three guys who threw a total of 148 innings last year.  New guys are def going to get a chance this year.  This is going to force other guys to step up on the mound.  But, enough about the guys who are not on the roster to the guys that are.

Pitching- Pitching is the key to the owls this year.  With the loss of two top starters its  going to fall on the shoulders of guys like Pelkey, Theising, and Quags to soak up some of those innings.  New guys like Stanclift, and some freshman will get an immediate chance to make a positive impact on the team and will either pitch their way to a role, or pitch themselves out of a role.  As far as the bullpen goes this is one part of the Owls that is strong.  You have NECBL all-star Vogt down there, as well as Wogksch.  Wogksch had 15 appearances last year with a 4.91 era.  More importantly he had 20 k's to 7bb.  This means that he throws strikes.  He did give up 18 hits in 18 innings but at least he wont come out of the pen and walk people.  He also tied Vogt with 5 saves.  Vogt um hes good, no other way to put it, throws hard and has good stuff 32k's in 25 innings.  These two guys can shorten games.  Some dark horses that might help the owls are seniors Eddie Lacourse and sophmore Eric Perrault.  Im sure that Coach Howe and Coach Testo (Ass. Head Coach and very good pitching coach) are going to adjust and tweak as the season goes, on who starts on saturdays and who goes midweek.  If the owls can get to the bullepen they will win more games than not.  Just need the starters to shake out.

At the plate..... This is where the Owls have little to no problems.  They return Doyon who is an all-american and a one man hitting machine.  Want to throw around him let some one else beat you thats fine but you can see Tyler Diprato .380 last year 12 2bs, Kyle Morrill 15 2b and 47rbi, Bergstrom .286.  The owls will swing it, and where people play depends on what the young guys have shown.  If the freshman catchers have shown that they can play you might see Diprato stay at first, if they are not ready yet you will see him behind the plate, with someone else at first.  Morrill should be back in the infield as well.  I am not sure if at ss or if he might slide over and take over 2b after patnode graduated. 

Overall I expect the owls to be good.  Just need to settle out some questions, and i will not be surprised if they dont figure those out on their trip to florida and come back north with a better idea on some of the questions

Big Name missing from that roster is Cody Callahan, former rookie of the year (.455,15 HR 52RBI 2009), who batted .265 last year. Where's he gone?

[RICfann]

From what I heard Callahan was ineligible due to grades and was looking to transfer back home and go to RIC but still would have been ineligible for the year but I don know where he ended up

[KSCfan]

KScer-

Was he suppoused to be a senior.  Idiot me, I just saw that he wasnt on the roster and thought that he had graduated.  That will be a tough loss for the Owls sticks. 

I said it before ill say it again, The young guys are going to get a chance to prove what they have early.  Hopefully some of them can step up and make some immediate impact.