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2015 Team Preview: Bridgeport

February 1, 2015

By Dylan Hefflinger 
Ohio Editor in Chief/NW Scout

From now until the start of the 2015 season, Prep Baseball Report Ohio 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. To view the final regular season rankings of 2014 please click here. To view the preseason rankings from 2014 please click here.

Also, we will be releasing the preseason All-State Teams sometime in early March. To view the 2014 preseason All-State Teams please click here.

Please head over to JJHuddle to discuss the team previews.

2015 Team Preview: Bridgeport

School Name: Bridgeport
Coaches Name/Record: Ted Downing
2014 Record: 289-191
Conference: Ohio Valley Athletic Conference
Conference Record/Finish: 12-4
Division Level: IV

Key Players Lost From 2014:

  • Colt Charlton, C/IF, Bethany College (football)

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 12/4

Strengths of Team:

  • Returning starters 
  • Defense 
  • Understanding of the game
  • Fundamentally sound
  • Senior leadership

Weaknesses of Team:

  • Pitching depth
  • Catching (finding a backup)

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Bailey McGrath, IF, 5-foot-8, 185-pounds, West Liberty University recruit
  • Parker Dyson, P/1B, 6-foot-6, 215-pounds
  • QJ Williams, OF, 6-foot, 180-pounds

Notable College/MLB Alumni:

  • Phil Niekro, Member of MLB Hall of Fame
  • Joe Niekro

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