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2020 Scout Day Spotlight: Bay Sox

This is part of a series of stories on summer baseball organizations that "partner" with Prep Baseball Report. The PBR Scout Day is scheduled for Jan. 26.

Organization Name: Bay Sox Baseball
Year organization started: 2017
How many current teams and what levels: 11 current teams - 9u, 10u, (2) 11u, 12u, 13u, 14u, (2) 15u, 16u, 17u
Influential coaches past and present: Tom Tanous (current Vice President of Amateur and International Scouting for NY Mets); Matt McGuire (Head Coach, Portsmouth HS....former player at University of RI); Kevin Gormley (Head Coach, North Kingstown HS.....former player at UConn); Sebastian Salvo (former player at Fairfield University); Zach Mitsmenn (former player at Eckerd College); Manny DaSilva (former player and All-American at University of North Carolina, former minor leaguer with Oakland Athletics organization, former Assistant Coach at Roger Williams University)

Top Prospects

• Jack Wentworth (OF), South Kingstown HS '21, Seton Hall University
• Gavin Crowley (RHP), Rogers HS '21, University of Rhode Island
• Tim McGuire (SS), Portsmouth HS '21
• Jared Reminder (RHP), Pilgrim HS ,21
• Dan Prior (LHP), East Greenwich HS '21

Notable Alumni

Over our three years of being established, 29 of our players have committed and/or gone on to play at the next level. Christopher Rezendes (UMaine), Gavin Crowley (URI), Jack Wentworth (Seton Hall), and Matthew Venuto (Fairfield) have committed or gone on to play at D1 colleges.

Goals/Philosophy

Our mission is to provide youth athletes with opportunities to showcase their athletic skills and character, as well as improve them, through the formation of teams which receive correct instruction from positive and qualified role models.

How has the program grown?

Since our inception in 2017, our program has become more respected on a local, regional, and even national level. In 2019, our 12 teams won a combined 16 tournament championships.

How has PBR been helpful?

PBR has been a tremendous partner to our program in providing opportunities for assessments through our annual Scout Day, and profile pages for outreach to college coaches.

Plans ahead

Our teams will attend a handful of premier showcase events this summer, including the PBR 17u National Championship in Emerson Ga. Each of our teams will play an intense 35-40 game schedule with a mix of national, regional, and local showcase events.