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2015 Team Preview: Taunton

February 2, 2015

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By Dennis Healy and Dylan Hefflinger
Massachusetts Scouting Director and Editor in Chief

From now until the start of the 2015 season, Prep Baseball Report Massachusetts will bring you in-depth team previews throughout the entire state. If your coach has not filled out the survey please have him do so through this link.

Along with the team previews, the 2015 Team Rankings will be releasing sometime late February and we hope to bring a Q&A session to discuss the rankings.

Also, we will be releasing the preseason All Massachusetts Teams sometime in early March.

2015 Team Preview: Taunton

School Name: Taunton
Coaches Name/Record: Jeff Sylvia
2014 Record: 11-10
Conference: Hockomock League Kelly-Rex Division
Conference Record/Finish: 7-9
Division Level: DI

Postseason Accomplishments:

  • 2-time Old Colony League Champs
  • 2013 Hockomock League Champions
  • 2012 South Section Division 1 Finalist

Key Players Lost From 2014:

  • Zach Bowden - C- Curry College
  • Casey Grady - OF- Umass

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 5/3

Strengths of Team:

  • Outfield
  • Ace pitcher returns
  • Defense

Weaknesses of Team:

  • Lack of offense
  • Very young on the left side of the infield

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Sam Moor- OF- 5-foot-9, 165-pounds
  • Zach MacLean- 2B- 5-foot-10- 170-pounds-R/R

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

  • Luke Figueira- P/OF-6-foot-2,185-pounds- R/R

Notable College/MLB Alumni:

  • Ryan Quigley- A’s
  • Dan Demello- UMASS
  • Joe Walsh- Eckerd
  • Travis Ritchie- Massoit CC
  • Ian Williams- Bridgewater State
  • Connor Johnson- Univ. of Maine
  • Matt Nunes- Westfield University

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