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2015 Team Preview: Westwood

March 31, 2015

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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 in March and we hope to bring a Q&A session to discuss the rankings.

Also, we will be releasing the preseason All Massachusetts Teams soon.

2015 Team Preview: Westwood

School Name: Westwood
Coaches Name/Record: Brian Whelan, 94-58
2014 Record: 19-5
Conference: Tri Valley
Conference Record/Finish: 1st in 2014
Division Level: 2

Postseason Accomplishments:

  • 2014 Runner-Up for D-II State Title

Key Players Lost From 2014:

  • Bo Berluti - SS
  • Connor Divincenzo - OF
  • Dean Laughter - OF
  • Alex Lo - C
  • Matt Lo - 2B

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/5

Strengths of Team:

  • Pitching
  • Defense
  • Hitting
  • Pitching Staff Depth
  • Experience

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Dan Howard - RHP/3B - R/R
  • Eric Bamford - RHP/SS - R/R
  • Brendan Gotti - OF - R/R
  • Liam Burke - LHP 
  • Jake Bean - C - R/R

Top Prospects in Class of 2017:

  • Brian Gotti - LHP/1B - L/L
  • Aidan Fitzgibbon - RHP/OF - R/R
  • Ben Shields - LHP/OF - R/L

Top Prospects in Class of 2018:

  • Danny Cooke - C/RHP/OF - R/R

Notable College/MLB Alumni:

  • John Sheehan - William and Mary - Colorado Rockies
  • Sean Amaru - Quinnipiac

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