Prospect Review: Long Beach State
December 9, 2019
Prospect notes on the Dirtbags by Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball during his travels around the country this fall.
Long Beach State is headed in a new direction after naming Eric Valenzuela its new head coach in June of 2019. Valenzuela had previously been the head coach of the St. Mary’s program since 2014, and he helped guide the Gaels to 180 wins in that span.
Valenzuela is inheriting a program with a talented outfield, led by a pair of rising players in redshirt senior Calvin Estrada and sophomore Chase Luttrell. Estrada...