Prep Baseball Report

2015 Team Preview: Mentor



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

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: mentor

School Name: Mentor
Coaches Name/Record: Jeff Haase (first year)
2014 Record: 18-5
Conference: NOC
Conference Record/Finish: 7-3
Division Level: I

Notable Alumni:

  • Chad Green - University of Kentucky/Milwaukee Brewers
  • Kevin Goodman - Ohio State 
  • Kade McClure - Louisville
  • Caleb Potter - West Virginia

Notable Post-Season Accomplishments:

  • 2014 District Champions
  • 2014 Regional Semifinalist
  • 2004 State Qualifier
  • 2007 State Runner-up

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 2/2

Strengths of Team:

  • Defense
  • Speed
  • Hitting

Weakness of Team:

  • Pitching
  • Youth/Inexperience

Key Losses from the Class of 2014:

  • Kade McClure, P, Louisville
  • Caleb Potter, OF, WVU
  • Evan Lovick, P, Lake Erie College
  • Sam Vilk, 1B/P Seton Hill
  • Brandon Kasberg, IF/P

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Tyler Thompson, IF, R/R
  • Ryan Kanetsky, RHP, R/R

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

Top Prospects in Class of 2017:

  • Jacob Butler, IF, R/R
  • Conner Frakes, IF, R/R
  • Tyler Knapp, OF, L/L

Top Prospects in Class of 2018:

  • Will LaGanke, OF, L/L
  • Logan Shea, OF, R/R

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