By TJ Hunt
New Jersey Scouting Director

Last night, Diamond Nation held its annual Garden State Underclassmen Games and PBR was lucky enough to be able to cover the event in its entirity. People were well informed that although New Jersey is one of the smallest states in the country, it is widely regarded as having some of the top baseball talents in the country. 

Look no further than the analytics from last night...

GSUG BY THE NUMBERS
10 – Pitchers that clocked 90 MPH and above
26 – Pitchers that clocked 87 MPH and above
12 – out of those 26 that clocked 87+ are uncommitted
5 – of those 12 are 2019s
7 – of those 12 are 2018s
85 – velocity of the lone '20 who threw, RHP Nick Hammer (Washington Township HS)
89 – the top velocity of 3 uncommitted 2019s: RHP KC Hunt (Ramapo HS), RHP Dom Cancellieri (Bergen Catholic HS), & RHP Cole Vanderslice (St. Augustine Prep HS)
93 – the top velocity of '18 RHP John Kelly, who is currently uncommitted
94 – the velocity that Alabama recruit '18 RHP Tyler Ras blistered in, the top velocity of the night

 

		GARDEN STATE UNDERCLASS GAMES
		Wednesday June 14th, 2017
		Diamond Nation • Flemington, NJ
Last	First	School	Class`	POS	Commitment	Max FB	FB	CB	SL	CH
Acosta	Joe	Vineland	2018	RHP	Army	88	86-88		75-76
Babalis	Tom	Somerville	2018	LHP	Binghamton	88	87-88	70-71		74-75
Bowman-Clark	Damian	Maple Shade	2018	RHP		89	87-89	73-74
Busher	Matthew	North Hunterdon	2018	RHP	Old Dominion	90	87-88		75-76
Cancellieri	Dom	Bergen Catholic	2019	RHP		89	86-87	68-71
Cardona	Ryan	Livingston	2018	RHP		88	86-88	67-68		73-74
Carey	Jack	St. Peter's Prep	2018	RHP	Duke	92	90-92	78-79
Ciccone	Jacob	South Brunswick	2019	LHP		83	81-82		73-74
Cole	Ron	Neptune	2019	RHP	Penn State	90	87-89		75-76
DeChiaro	Joey	Hunterdon Central	2019	LHP		87	85-87	68-71		73-74
Degen	Alex	Hunterdon Central	2018	RHP		88	87-88	70-71
Denner	Jacob	Bergen Catholic	2019	LHP		83	82-83	69-70
DiMartino	Anthony	Timber Creek	2018	LHP		82	80-82	68-70		71-72
Gerard	Chris	Bergen Catholic	2018	LHP	Maryland	87	85-87	70-71
Graceffo	Gordon	Cranford	2018	RHP		87	84-86	78-79
Hammer	Nick	Washington Township	2020	RHP		85	82-85	67-68		76-77
Harris	Jason	Mount Olive	2019	RHP		85	82-84	63-65		72-75
Hendry	Brian	Shawnee	2018	RHP		89	86-88	73-74		77-78
Hohenstein	Nick	Christian Brothers	2018	RHP		90	87-90	75-76
Houghton	Nick	Nottingham	2018	RHP	Monmouth	87	86-87		76-77	80-82
Hunt	KC	Ramapo	2019	RHP		89	87-89		73-74	79-80
Kelly	John	Rutherford	2018	RHP		93	90-91
Larsen	Craig	Toms River North	2018	RHP		84	82-84	67-68		74-75
Leger	Nolan	Immaculata	2018	LHP		82	80-82	70-71		71-72
Maldonado	Nick	Seton Hall Prep	2019	RHP	Vanderbilt	91	88-89	78-79		80-81
Margot	Alex	Collingswood	2019	LHP		84	81-84	67-68
Nappi	Austin	Red Bank Catholic	2018	RHP*		75	74-75
O'Neill	Brennan	Morristown	2018	RHP	Seton Hall	88	87-88	70-71
O'Neill	Josh	Nutley	2019	RHP		87	86-87	70-73
Patten	Cole	Sparta	2018	RHP	Seton Hall	90	87-88		75-76	78-79
Payero	Nick	Monroe Township	2018	RHP	Seton Hall	89	86-88	70-72		78-79
Quijano	Kenneth	St. Mary's (Ruth.)	2019	RHP	FDU	83	82-83	70-72
Ras	Tyler	Middletown North	2018	RHP	Alabama	94	91-93	80-81		83-84
Restuccio	Stephen	Hammonton	2019	RHP	Maryland	90	88-89	63-65
Staine	Connor	West Morris Central	2019	RHP		85	83-85	67-68
Stamford	Matthew	Morristown	2018	LHP	Lehigh	84	83-84	67-70
Stil	Matthew	Cherokee	2018	RHP	Charleston Southern	92	89-91	73-74
Vanderslice	Cole	St. Augustine Prep	2019	RHP		89	88-89	72-73		82-83
Wilkinson	Danny	Scotch Plains	2019	LHP		84	82-84	70-72