Prep Baseball Report

2015 Team Preview: Walnut Hills



By Dylan Hefflinger and Alex Schillig
Ohio Editor in Chief/NW Scout and Ohio Assistant Scouting Director

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.

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2015 Team Preview: Walnut Hills

School Name: Walnut Hills
Coach's Name/Record: Dan Finley 93-110
2014 Record: 8-15
Conference: Eastern Cincinnati Conference
Division Level: I

Notable Alumni:

  • Miller Huggins - Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/5 

Strengths of Team:

  • Pitching 
  • Experience
  • Speed

Weaknesses of Team:

  • Depth

Key Losses from the Class of 2014:

  • Triston Busick, INF, Miami University Hamilton

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Cole Murphy, 1B/RHP, 2015, 6'6/215, L/R - Cincinnati Commit

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

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