Season Preview: Perryville

March 18, 2015

By Jerry Shank
Maryland Director of Scouting

Perryville

HEAD COACH: Jason Gunning

CONFERENCE: 1A UCBAC

2014 RECORD: 6-11

RETURNING STARTERS: 7

TOP PLAYERS:
Kody Brown
Travis Brown
Jared Brustman
Jake Eldreth
Clayton Bines
Chris Wenck
Austin Davis

TEAM STRENGTHS
Perryville has multiple strengths for their team this year, such as having increased team speed. They are going to be able to be more aggressive on the base paths and add more pressure to opposing defenses. They also have good depth on their pitching staff. No one player in particular steps out, but they have good depth to give them plenty of options on the rotation and pen. They have versatile players that will be able to play multiple positions for the opportunity to move players around and find the right lineup to make the team most effective.

QUESTION MARK
The coaching staff at Perryville feels that the team as a whole needs to continue to work in many facets of the game to improve not just their baseball ability, but their baseball IQ as well. Fundamental baseball is key and in high school baseball the more fundamental team can win plenty of games because of that. This is the area that the Panthers need to improve upon.

WILDCARD
The Panthers staff are very excited about the potential that Travis Brown could have this year for the team. Look for the young man to be a candidate to have a breakout season for Perryville.

OVERALL
It should be an intriguing season for the Panthers in 2015. Plenty of experience coming back and good depth on the mound. Those are two good things to have. If they can find a few player to step into some big game roles on the mound and the team overall can grow throughout the year, this could be an interesting season for the Panthers. Look for a strong step forward.