Prep Baseball Report

2016 Connecticut Spring Team Preview: Wheeler



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

With the 2016 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 February 1st, 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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2016 Connecticut Spring Team Preview: Wheeler

Team Name: Wheeler
Head Coach: Eric Collins
Division: SCC
2015 Record: 4-15
Conference Record: ECC/ 4-11
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 8/3

2016 Team Strengths:

  • We have great leadership from our seniors, they set the example for the team. Our defense so far looks to be pretty solid which will give us a shot to win games.

2016 Team Weaknesses:

  • Offense at the start of the season could be slow but we have made improvements in the past week.

Top Returning Players:

  • Mike Dellaporta SS/P
  • Alex Haines 1B/P
  • Chris Munzer P/OF/1B

Top Underclassmen:

  • Dylan Wilkinson, 3B/P
    Caleb Melinosky, 2B
    Josh Lapid, P/OF
    Antony Cibarich, C