Senior Games: Preview
August 7, 2017
By Drew Locascio
Illinois Scouting Director
The Senior Games is coming tomorrow, Tuesday, August 8th to Triton JC in River Grove, IL. The event will feature over 100 uncommitted 2018’s, almost all of them hailing from Illinois.
CLICK HERE for the current roster.
The event will consist of a position player showcase in the morning, followed by three sets of games in the afternoon. Each pitcher will throw one inning during game play.
35 players from last year’s event ended up committing to a college program. RHP Ryan Loutus (Barrington, 2017) was one of the biggest risers from the event. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound, right-hander, pounded the zone with a fastball that sat 84-87 mph and flashed a cutter at 78 mph. Loutos eventually committed to Washington University (MO) before earning PBR Second Team All-State honors this past spring. Loutos posted a 0.47 ERA with 92 strikeouts in 59 innings during the 2017 spring season.
Some other 2017’s who broke out at last year’s event were C Michael Bieterman (Aurora Central Catholic) a Southern Illinois commit, 2B/OF Christian Beal (Marian Catholic) a Miami (OH) commit, OF Johnny Butler (Minooka) a Heartland CC commit and LHP Josh Currier (Lincoln-Way Central) a Valparaiso commit, among many others.
A couple 2018’s to keep an eye on tomorrow are OF Nick Angel (Libertyville), RHP Jake Berger (Lockport), RHP Keegan Garcelon (Huntley), SS Jimmy Friel (Grant), 1B Jaylen Heard (Marian Catholic), 3B Diego Munoz (Mt. Carmel), LHP Ryan Palmblad (Brother Rice) C Brett Riegler (Downers Grove South) among a host of others.
Garcelon was up to 85 mph at the Top Prospect - Chicago earlier this summer.
Keegan Garcelon (6.15.17)
ITINERARY
When:
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Who:
Uncommitted 2018's
Where:
Triton College
2000 Fifth Avenue
River Grove, IL 60171
SCHEDULE
8:20-8:40 AM – Position Player Check-in
8:40-9:00 AM – Introduction and Stretch
9:00-11:30 AM – Position Player Workout
Game play to follow in the afternoon
Pitchers Check-In one hour before scheduled game time.
Game Schedule
11:45 AM - Team 1 vs. Team 2
1:30 PM - Team 3 vs. Team 4
3:15 PM - Team 5 vs. Team 6
*Schedule and teams subject to change*
*ALL PLAYERS NEED TO WEAR MOLDED SPIKES OR TURFS*
TEAMS
Team 1 | Team 2 | Team 3 | Team 4 | Team 5 | Team 6 |
Michael Botthof | Mason Smith | Matthew Hulsey | Gage Olszak | Evan Waddell | Evan Barnes |
Alex Runge | Robert Deischer | Riley Tannhauser | Brandon Kaihara | J.T. Oie | Will Jackson |
Nathan Deloian | Simon Herold | Justin Schoefernacker | Chase Hacker | Seth Master | Alex Marquardt |
Jake Berger | Andrew Streit | Andy Kornacki | Nick Huisman | Ryan Palmblad | Joe Gabel |
Nick Shelton | Anthony Scanlon | Brendan Barrette | Charlie Pakenas | Andrew Pounder | Keegan Garcelon |
Joshua Martinez | Trey Korbel | Kyle Rosenfield | Scott Bonebrake | Ryan Morrison | Tyler Yang |
Cameron Conway | Jack Elkin | Garrett Gillund | Freddie Morales | Matthew Grubb | Bryce Wheeler |
Matthew Manint | Connor Gwaltney | Drew Roberts | Matthew Wians | Jakob Wals | Benjamin Rogina |
Brett Riegler | Joey Dermody | Justin Wilk | Cameron Zimmerman | Jonathan David | Colin Elvers |
Jack Riley | Sam Mennella | Benton Holly | Benton Troehler | Nathan Smith | Keyshawn White |
Ben Campos | Jaylen Heard | Peter Gross | Coliani Martinez | Matthew Raymond | Kendall Bonner |
Caleb Durbin | Martin Gavac III | Gabriel Griffin | Austin Matuszewski | Steve Calamari | Quincy Sowell |
Kyle Engstrom | Jimmy Friel | Nico Guiterrez | Nathaniel Quinn | Brett Johnson | Kevin Michaelson |
Diego Munoz | Nick Baldassano | Giovanni Lee | Tim La | Tim Jean | Bobby Dockendorf |
Kevin Lapka | Maurey Garrett | Ben Sodikoff | Mason Hutson | Evan Jordan | Nolan Unger |
Carson Holin | Connor Burns | Anthony Donahue | Adam Budorick | Robert Bluntson | Brendan O'Connor |
Corey Hall | Elias Hernandez | Sean Hebreard | Chad Johnson | Nick Angel | Austin Delgado |
Max Snowden | Andrew DeMatteo | Mark Williams Jr | |||
Drew Komendant | Ryan Knowlton |
+ CLICK HERE for the current roster.
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