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2015 Team Preview: Lincoln Sudbury



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By Dennis Healy and Dylan Hefflinger
Massachusetts Scouting Director and Editor in Chief

From now until the start of the 2015 season, Prep Baseball Report Massachusetts will bring you in-depth team previews throughout the entire state. If your coach has not filled out the survey please have him do so through this link.

Along with the team previews, the 2015 Team Rankings will be releasing sometime late February and we hope to bring a Q&A session to discuss the rankings.

Also, we will be releasing the preseason All Massachusetts Teams sometime in early March.

2015 Team Preview: Lincoln Sudbury

School Name: Lincoln Sudbury
Coaches Name/Record: Kirk Fredericks, 270-60
2014 Record: 20-6
Conference: DCL
Conference Record/Finish: 8-2, 4th
Division Level: D1 North

Postseason Accomplishments:

  • Won DCL 12 of the last 13 years
  • State Champions in 2005, 2007, 2011
  • Final four last 6 years

Key Players Lost From 2014:

  • Sid Warrenbrand- OF/P- Tufts- 4 hole hitter and won 4 games on the mound
  • Owen Bautze- P- Endicott- 3 wins on the mound last year
  • Alex Weiland- 3B/P- 3 wins of the mound last year
  • Sam Colello- 2B- hit .380 last year and only made 3 errors
  • Michael Walsh- C- Leadership

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/4

Strengths of Team:

  • Hitting
  • Catching the ball
  • Quality of players at every position
  • Experience

Weaknesses of Team:

  • Depth on the mound
  • Elite arm at the top of the rotation
  • Injuries

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Matt Broadbent- C- Union- returning from injury
  • Gino Fordiani- RHP/OF- Bentley- Top hitter in the league last year
  • Ryan Berardino- 1B- top hitter- returning from a knee injury- going to Philips next year
  • Tom Novick- RHP- Side arm guy who had 4 wins last season
  • Kieran Pathak- LHP/OF- very good defender

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

  • Scott Holzwasser- 2B- Elite bat. Ranked 10th in 2016 class.
  • Alex Dillon- OF- Hit .350 last season and defends
  • Chris Galland- OF- started since he was a freshman
  • Ian Herel -P- JV/V split last year- pitched in tourney
  • Tom Garcia-Meitin- SS- Coming off a huge summer campaign

Notable College/MLB Alumni:

  • Adam Ravanellle- Vandy- Tigers
  • Carl Anderson- Bryant- Pirates
  • Billy Bereszniewwicz- Binghamton-Dodgers
  • Mark Hogan- Ga State
  • Derek Lowe- William and Mary
  • Matt Miller - Northeastern
  • Jack Laurendeau
  • Kevin Scanlon- Maine
  • Dan Cellucci- Bryant
  • Adam Cole- Harvard

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