2017 Connecticut Spring Team Preview: Seymour

April 13, 2017

By Dylan Hefflinger, Dennis Healy, Trevor Brown and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief / Co-Director of Scouting

With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR New England is eagerly anticipating bringing the New England states the best high school coverage throughout the region.

Starting in Late-January, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.

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2017 CONNECTICUT SPRING TEAM PREVIEW: Seymour

Team Name: Seymour
Head Coach: Jeff Gilbert
Division: M
2016 Record: 10-11
Conference Record: NVL-10-10
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/0

2017 Team Strengths:

Experience
Strong Junior Class
Only Senior, is 4-year starter Jaylen Kelly,

2017 Team Weaknesses:

Pitching, scoring runs, defense

Coach Outlook: "We have a lot of experience returning from last season. If we can replace the pitching we lost in last season, we can be a very successful team."

PBR Outlook: Look for Seymour to compete in NLV this year, four year started Jaylen Kelly, can swing the bat, brings a winning attitude to the ball park. John Chacho should log some serious innings off the bump, arm is clean and can spin the breaking ball.

Top Returning Players:

Jaylen Kelly, OF/C, 2017
Christian DeJarnette, OF/INF/P, 2018
Ethan Szerszen, OF, 2018
Austin DeRosa, SS, 2018
Tom Herrick, 3B/P, 2018
Brandon Ellsworth, 1B/P, 2018

Top Underclassmen:

John Chacho, MIF/RHP, 2019

A Look Back At 2016 Preseason Articles:

To view the 2016 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2016 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

To view the 2016 Preseason Team Power Rankings, click below.