Spring Forward: 757 Hitters

February 18, 2022
PBR Staff
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As the calendar turns to February and 2021 is in the increasingly distant past, its time to begin to turn our attention to quickly approaching 2022 high school baseball season. Today, we continue our annual "Spring Forward" series by thinking warm thoughts and highlighting top players in each region that we have seen before and are looking forward to again this spring in a variety of categories for the upcoming 2022 season.

Today, we close out our series by breaking down some of the top hitters in the Tidewater/Chesapeake/Virginia Beach area, which we generally refer to as the 757 Region.

***Players are in alphabetical order***

Top 757 Hitters:

Grayson Fitzwater 1B / OF / Nansemond River, VA / 2022

Austin Irby 3B / OF / Cox , VA / 2024

2024 Austin Irby (@ECUBaseball commit) crushes a 2B for an RBI.

He does a great job staying inside the baseball, easy swing with lots of power.#PBRMA15u @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/2it8TNJYAP
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) July 16, 2021

2024 Austin Irby (@Cox__Baseball/@RichmondBraves Platinum 15U)

The @ECUBaseball commit has a projectable frame, quiet and controlled load before firing. Hits a missile to right for a single here. @PBRVirginiaDC #PBRMA15U pic.twitter.com/KIe56i109B
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) July 17, 2021

Hunter Johnson 1B / 3B / Western Branch, VA / 2022

Matthew Phillips 1B / OF / Maury, VA / 2022

? @PBR_Uncommitted ‘22 1B Matthew Phillips (Maury, VA @DelmarvaAces) just unloaded on a pitch for a 2 RBI HR.

Big, physical frame w/ strong line drive tendencies G2G. Present ? to the pull side. Intriguing bat. @PBRVirginiaDC @PBRTournaments #PBRBombSquad #MDSelect pic.twitter.com/4VK3dXEZEV
— Jamie Naill Jr (@JNaill8) June 6, 2021

Kenneth Schaedel OF / 3B / Cape Henry, VA / 2022

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‘22 Kenny Schaedel hits an absolute mammoth ? out of LF on a breaking ball. 101 mph off the bat and 383 ft per @TrackManBB

@prepbaseball #FutureGames alum@ShooterHunt @PBRVirginiaDC @RichmondBraves #PBR17UNat #PBRBombSquad pic.twitter.com/tZuPqGbDjp
— Jason Burton (@ksallday19) July 19, 2021

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An absolute ? out of deep LCF for ‘22 Kenneth Schaedel (Cape Henry)

Schaedel, a former @prepbaseball #FutureGames participant, is a physical athlete w/ big ? at the plate. @RichmondBraves up 1-0 in T1. @PBRVirginiaDC @ShooterHunt #PBRMA17U #PBRBombSquad pic.twitter.com/QfwcbSeKMi
— Jason Burton (@ksallday19) June 26, 2021