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2015 Team Preview: Newmarket Hawks 18u

February 4, 2015

By Chris Kemlo
PBR Ontario Director of Scouting

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2015 Team Preview: Newmarket Hawks 18u

Team Name: Newmarket Hawks 18u
Coaches Name/Record: Wayne Patterson
2014 Record: 18-22
League: Midget Elite League (MEL)

Season Accomplishments:

  • OBA Champions 2009
  • Y.S.B.A. Champions 2009, 2011, 2013

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 4

Strengths of Team:

  • Starting pitching.
  • Top of the order will be able to get on base and produce.
  • Chance to steal some bags this year.

Weaknesses of Team:

  • Lack of arm and depth of staff.

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

  • Adam Coll, 6-foot-3, 190-pounds, LHP/1B, L/L
  • Connor Patterson, 5-foot-11, 160-pounds, C/INF, R/R
  • Austin Hussani, 6-foot-1, 210-pounds, RHP/OF, R/R
  • Jeff Barton, 5-foot-10, 140-pounds, LHP/OF. R/L
  • Tyler Lansley, 6-foot, 185-pounds, RHP/INF, R/R
  • Craig Henderson, 5-foot-11, 220-pounds, RHP/3B, L/R

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

  • Ryan Conrod, 5-foot-11, 165-pounds, OF, L/R
  • Ryan Hutchinson, 6-foot-1, 160-pounds, OF/C, L/R
  • Thomas Curley, 6-foot-1, 170-pounds, RHP/OF, L/R
  • Jarod Forte, 5-foot-7, 145-pounds, 2B/SS, L/R

General Notes:

The Newmarket Hawks look to be a strong team that can hold their own in the expansion year of the Midget Elite League (M.E.L.).

Coming of a year where they saw their record slip to four games under .500, the Hawks will look to improve on that record and see themselves climb over the .500 mark.

Pitching will be relied on to carry the load and keep them in ballgames, while the top of the order will be asked to produce runs and create havoc on the base paths for opposing pitchers.

Lefties Jeff Barton and Adam Coll will be atop the rotation as both can fill the zone up. Austin Hussani is another pitcher who will be counted upon to help lead the pitching staff.

Offensively, the Hawks will look to the whole lineup to help contribute, with Coll, Connor Patterson, Craig Henderson, and Ryan Conrod should be mainstays in the order.

Will be an interesting and exciting year for coaches Wayne Patterson and Ray Bassett, with hopes over be a north of .500, while competing in the U.S. and finishing strong at the Eliminations in early August.

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