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Beachwood Bison

February 26, 2021
Dylan Hefflinger
PBR Ohio Editor in Chief/NW Scout

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With 2020 now in the past, PBR Ohio is eagerly anticipating bringing the Buckeye state the best 2021 high school coverage that can be found anywhere. Starting in January, we began releasing team previews for squads across the state. Ahead, we will have Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings coming your way.

To view the full list of 2021 Team Previews that we have already completed, please click here.

If you are a coach and haven't filled out your 2021 Team Preview, click here.

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2021 Spring Team Preview: Beachwood Bison

Team Name: Beachwood Bison
Head Coach: Andy Pohl
Division: III
2019 Record: 9-17
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 3/3

2021 Team Strengths:

  • We are a very young and inexperienced group, graduating several multi-year varsity team starters with high baseball IQ's. We will be throwing a lot of kids into the fire so to speak before they are ready, so they will need to embrace growth mindset and realize mistakes are opportunities for learning. Thankfully, we have 3 returning pitchers with significant varsity experience, so we are hoping they can shoulder a lot of the weight until other players get their "sea legs" underneath them.

Coach Outlook: "We lost 7 one run games and 2 two run games in 2019. This program was a complete rebuild when I took over in 2018, and we have been systematically addressing our deficiencies. The fact that we were competitive in 2019 demonstrated the work we’ve put in with addressing our skills related weaknesses, and I think we have significantly decreased the talent gap that existed two years ago. We feel good about that. But we graduated a good crop of seniors in 2020, so we have to find a way to continue the momentum we started to develop in 2019 with a new group of athletes who lack varsity experience."

Top Returning Players:

  • Jordan Levin, RHP, 1B, Senior
  • Austin Muttillo, LHP/OF, Senior
  • Drew Dubin, RHP/1B, Senior
  • Brendan Malek, INF/C, Junior

Class of 2021 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Jordan Levin
  • Austin Muttillo
  • Drew Dubin

Class of 2022 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Brendan Malek (Video Below)

A Look Back At What Would've Been The 2020 Season:

To view each of the parts to the No 'Last Dance' Series, click below:

To view the 2020 Team Previews, click here.

To view the 2020 Preseason All-State Teams, click here.

To view the 2020 Virtual Ohio High School State Tournament/Preseason Team Rankings, click here.

A Look Back At The Last Decade:

To view the Ohio High School All-Decade Team 2010-2019, click here.

A Look Back At The 2019 Season:

To view the 2019 Team Previews, click here.

To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

To view the 2019 All-State Teams, click below.

To view the 2019 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

A Look Back At The 2018 Season:

To view the 2018 Team Previews, click here.

To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

To view the 2018 All-State Teams, click below.

To view the 2018 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

A Look Back At The 2017 Season:

To view the 2017 Team Previews, click here.

To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

To view the 2017 All-State Teams, click below.

To view the 2017 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

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