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By Dylan Hefflinger and JD Heilmann
Ohio Editor in Chief/NW Scout and Ohio Director of Scouting

From now until the start of the 2015 season, Prep Baseball Report Ohio 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. To view the final regular season rankings of 2014 please click here. To view the preseason rankings from 2014 please click here.

Also, we will be releasing the preseason All-State Teams sometime in early March. To view the 2014 preseason All-State Teams please click here.

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2015 Team Preview: McNicholas

School Name: McNicholas
Coaches Name/Record: John Christmann, 35-37
2014 Record: 11-11
Conference: GCL
Conference Record/Finish: 7-6
Division Level: II

Key Players Lost From 2014:

• Dylan Kirby, RHP, First Team All-City
• Michael Ready, OF, First Team All-GCL

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/3

Strengths of Team: 

• Experience with several key returning players
• Defense as 3B, C, SS, and 1B are all returning starters
• Speed
• Pitching with the return of 3 of the top 4 pitchers and the addition of two strong sophomores

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

• William Kling, 3B/RHP, three year starter with pop in his bat and innings eater on the mound.
• Logan Jacobs, 1B/OF, two year starter with power bat.
• Jordan Whitmore, OF, first team all-city last season w/all around skill set.

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

• Ryan Byrne, C/1B, left-handed hitting power hitter.
• Sam Browning, 3B/RHP/OF, expected to contribute heavily on the mound.
• Will Vogelgesang, SS, second team GCL as a sophomore.

Top Prospects in Class of 2017:  

• Evan Jenkins, RHP, strong arm and potential DI prospect.

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