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Preseason Power 25 Countdown: No. 13 Muskego

March 19, 2024
By: Isaiah Glidden & Josh Fields
Wisconsin Staff

The 2024 Wisconsin high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across the Badger State.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective WIAA Division State Championship, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams with this initial Preseason Power 25 release which will take us right up to first pitch.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across Wisconsin. Each week we will be releasing our Power 25, Players of the Week, Diamond Notes, Scout Blog and much more.

Our 2024 preseason coverage continues today.   

High School: Muskego Warriors

Preseason Rank: 13
Head Coach: Jacob Paige
WIAA Division: 1
Conference: Classic Eight
2023 Record (Finish): 19-9 (Sectional Semifinalist)

Key Players Lost: Steven Wintheiser (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) , Zach Olson (Hawaii)

 

ROSTER PREVIEW

Team Strengths: Team Defense
No. of Returning Starters: 4
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

NAME STATE CLASS POS COMMITMENT
Brock Lulewicz WI 2024 INF Wichita State
Bradyn Horn WI 2024 OF/LHP Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Tyler Gress WI 2025 RHP -
Dean Staudacher WI 2025 INF/RHP -
Daniel Hauboldt WI 2025 INF -
Aidyn Mueller WI 2025 INF/OF -
Ben Kuglitsch WI 2026 INF/RHP Florida State
Tyson Grulkowski WI 2026 RHP/INF -
Carter Nicolato WI 2026 3B/RHP -
Callen Tomsyck WI 2026 RHP/INF -
Maddux Lessard WI 2027 C -
Joey Shaw WI 2027 LHP -
Kyle Rogosienski WI 2027 INF/RHP -

X-FACTOR

+ Entering his fourth varsity season, INF Brock Lulewicz (2024; Wichita State commit) will be one of the most important pieces for Muskego this spring. Since his freshman year, Lulewicz has excelled as this teams shortstop and has long been regarded as one of the top players in the state. Our most recent look at Lulewicz came at January's Preseason Procase, which featured a number of potential MLB Draft prospects in Illinois and Wisconsin. There he took one of the cleaner rounds of BP, something our staff has become quite accustomed to seeing from him and his power potential continued to trend upwards there, too. As a junior, he was one of the most productive bats for the Warriors, batting to an average of .364. Now heading into his senior season as one of the few returners, he will be relied on more than ever before and he certainly won’t shy away from that as he is one of the most competitive and confident prospects in the state. With one final spring to go before he heads off to Wichita State, he will be looking to go out on top and he certainly has the talent around him to do so.

Brock Lulewicz (1/31/24)

NEWCOMER TO WATCH

+ The Warriors’ freshmen crop is shaping up to be the best in Wisconsin, highlighted by C Maddux Lessard (2027), the current No. 1 freshman in our state rankings and No. 51 nationally. Lessard is one of the most advanced underclassmen in the area, already possessing a strong 6-foot, 187 pound build. His innate strength is evident across many facets of the game, as he already features exit velocities upwards of 99 mph which we saw at our annual South Milwaukee Preseason ID. He has also shown an advanced arm from behind the plate which helped him record pop-time lows of 1.95 during that same event, too. While it might take some time for Lessard to get acclimated to baseball on the varsity level, which is to be expected from a freshmen, he has all the talent to be one of the biggest contributors for Muskego this season once he does so.

Maddux Lessard (3/3/24)

TEAM OUTLOOK

While Muskego may not have played quite to their standards last season, they still collected 19 wins and a regional championship. Despite losing a number of important seniors from that group, it is safe to say they reloaded and then some, with a number of ultra-talented underclassmen.

One of the few seniors on this team will be LHP/OF Bradyn Horn (2024; Wisconsin-Milwaukee commit) who is coming off a stellar junior campaign that saw him pitch to a 2.69 ERA and also maintain a .358 batting average. Himself coupled with the aforementioned Lulewicz combine for seven years of varsity experience, and they both will be expected to help the underclassmen group find their way this season.

Bradyn Horn (4/21/23)

Outside of Horn, sophomores RHP/INF Ben Kuglitsch (2026; Florida State commit) and RHP/INF Tyson Grulkowski (2026) are a pair of high-end arms expected to see time in the starting rotation. Starting with Kuglitsch, he is one of the top-notch talents in the state’s sophomore class. He features a lively fastball that we saw up to 91 mph at the West Milwaukee Preseason ID last month, while also spinning in a sharp slider and a deceptive changeup.

As for Grulkowski, he features some of the highest upside in the state’s sophomore class, listed at a lean 6-foot-5, 212 pounds. At the same West Milwaukee area event, Grulkowski ran his fastball up to 86 mph and showed feel for a devastating slider and changeup. While both of the previously mentioned prospects will be key pieces on the mound, they will also be equally as important in the offensive attack, most likely in the heart of Muskego’s lineup. Last season proved to be a learning one for both Kuglitsch and Grulkowski, but in 2024 they will step into much larger roles on both sides of the ball.

Out of the ‘pen, RHP Tyler Gress (2025) is expected to shoulder most of the workload. Last season, he logged a 2.78 ERA and a 0-1 record, but expect his usage to rise this spring.

At the plate, the aforementioned Lulewicz, Horn, Kuglitsch and Grulkowski will return as the only experienced bats. With that, head coach Jacob Paige will rely on juniors INF/RHP Dean Staudacher, INF Daniel Hauboldt and 3B/OF Aidyn Mueller to step into various roles in the lineup.

Staudacher recently has seen his stock take a big leap this winter as he impressed our staff at the West Milwaukee Preseason ID. The right-hander swings an easy and repeatable bat with natural feel to barrel the baseball and to drive it in the air. A natural infielder, Staudacher has the ability to move around the diamond and fill a number of defensive positions with ease, pairing it with an advanced arm that was up to 97 mph across the diamond this winter. With that arm strength, Staudacher could also see a quality amount of time on the mound this spring, where he features a fastball up to 90 mph.

Just recently there were a number of Muskego prospects who showed out at our annual Milwaukee Preseason ID, too, and they could see some quality time on varsity this season - one of them being the aforementioned Mueller. INF/RHP Carter Nicolato (2026) took one of the loudest rounds of BP at the Milwaukee area event while also running his fastball up to 88 mph on the mound. RHP/INF Callen Tomsyck (2026) was another sophomore who came away a big winner, putting together a clean 'pen where he showed feel for a quality three-pitch mix including a fastball up to 87 mph.

A pair of high-end freshmen were also some of the day’s top performers. LHP Joey Shaw (2027) is an athletic southpaw who pumped his fastball upwards of 88 mph and showed feel for a pair of legitimate offspeed offerings. The other being INF/RHP Kyle Rogosienski (2027), who took a clean round of BP from the left-side and also featured a big arm across the infield, topping out at 90 mph.

BOTTOM LINE

+ Typically with teams as underclass heavy as Muskego will be this season, it is going to be a year of learning and gaining experience. That seems to not be the case for the Warriors though, as they boast an ultra-talented group of underclassmen that have the talent to make big contributions right away. They also boast a tight-knit core of talented upperclassmen that will pave the way this season. It won’t be an easy ride for the Warriors though in 2024, as they will compete in arguably the state’s toughest conference, the Classic Eight.

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