Fans can create their own Bravehearts jersey to be voted on and the winning jersey will be worn by the team during this game. Six of the fourteen local players are returners from last years team that won 30 regular season games and defeated the Pittsfield Suns, Brockton Rox, and Bristol Blues on the way to the organizations fourth championship. That being the case, . Kaupurch will be joined by some familiar faces, as former St. Peter-Marian stars Frankie Hernandez (Monmouth) and Kosta Drosidis (Anna Maria College) were among the signings. Another member of the 2019 St. Johns H.S. Their first initiative in 2022 was to create a 90-foot fan wall, also referred to as the "Home is Where the 'Hearts Are" Fan Wall. Every night the fans go to Fitton Field to see the 'Hearts play, they will recognize names they've heard from the last few years around here on the high school circuit. He also was a leader of the Ashland Legion Post 77 team and pitched a complete game victory last July against Shrewsbury Post 397 in the MA state tournament. Former Doherty star David Pedanou is one of the local guys proud to be playing for the Bravehearts. All rights reserved. One of the biggest names joining the Bravehearts this summer will be Jonathan Santucci (Leominster, MA/Phillips Academy). Barry (Saint Peter-Marian H.S. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research. In high school he was a four-year team captain of the baseball team and is currently a regular starter for the Nittany Lions, hitting .280. All rights reserved. Along with all of the new promotions, the Bravehearts will bring back seven fan-favorite promotions from previous seasons. He may be best-remembered for his gutsy performance to start Game 1 of the 2019 FCBL Championship. The team will celebrate their 10th anniversary season in 2023. Anyone who brings a sign will receive a free hot dog. L.J. Holy Cross continue to send players to the Bravehearts, as Connor Peek will return for another season with Worcester, along with Harvard pitcher Tanner Smith. Those who then purchase Bravehearts tickets on Friday July 15 will receive a buy-one get-one Pirates ticket if they show their Bravehearts ticket at the DCU Center Box Office. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. [2] The "hearts" in the name refer to the heart on Worcester's city seal and nickname as the "Heart of the Commonwealth". Groton School's AJ Colarusso will join the Bravehearts bullpen before heading to Boston College. 2023 Leominster Champion, a CherryRoad Media Newspaper. 2021 Futures League all-star LJ Keevan from Holden, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. In high school, he helped the St. Johns Pioneers win the 2017 1A Super 8 State Championship. A pair of Division 1 outfielders will join the Hearts this Summer inTayven Kelley(Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs HS) andGavin Noriega(Bronx, NY/Salesian HS). The lefty pitcher also played for the Shrewsbury Post 397 Legion team and is committed to play baseball at Holy Cross in the fall. [13] After beating the Bristol Blues, 2-1, in Game 1, Worcester won Game 2 in Bristol, 12-2, to win its fourth FCBL title in six years.[14]. Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of Both joined the Bravehearts late last season. - unknown, for minors. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. The outfielder is a junior at Westfield State and was a part of the 2017 Shrewsbury Legion Post 397 team that won the American Legion Northeast Regional. The City of Worcester will provide free tickets to all of those who attended the Tercentennial festivities during the weekend and will conclude the festivities with the Worcester Bravehearts game. In 2020, the team was forced to relocate to Doyle Field in Leominster, MA due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and restrictions within the state of Massachusetts. oining the Bravehearts this summer will be, (Leominster, MA/Phillips Academy). Thats why the Bravehearts will once again offer Free Parking at our Fitton Field Garage located just feet away from our Front Gate. His career record stands at 10-2 with a 1.42 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 41.1 innings pitched. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Last summer he played for Shrewsbury in the Worcester County League and threw a complete game on just 88 pitches with 15 strikeouts. Contact Jim Wilson at james.wilson@telegram.com. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers Holden residents Jack Gardner (Saint Johns H.S. 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The Bravehearts have also signed Westborough-resident Jordan Kjoniksen (Lawrence Academy), who is a freshman outfielder at Army West Point. 2023 Worcester Bravehearts. Three Grafton natives will join the team this summer, including Assumptions Jack Choate (Westborough HS). For the first time in franchise history, the team failed to qualify for the Futures League playoffs, finishing with a 26-36 record. Do you have a sports website? . A 63 lefty with a mid-90s fastball, Mozzicato will bring some power pitching to the Hearts staff as an incoming freshman. [5], Worcester won the West Division with a league-best record of 37-18 during the 2016 regular season, and for the third straight season they advanced to the FCBL Championship Series, where they fell to the Nashua Silver Knights in two games. Also returning to Worcester is Northeastern outfielder Mark Darakjy, who hit .375 last year with the Bravehearts last summer and is currently hitting .306 with two homers in nine games with the Huskies this season. The team was announced as a partnership with the College of the Holy Cross on September 30, 2013. Wilde was voted the NE10 Rookie Hitter of the Year his freshman year, and was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All-East Region first team prior to this season, his sophomore year at Stonehill College. Luckily for the fans, the first fireworks show will happen on Opening Night, so be sure to stick around for the post-game show! Bark-in-the-Park returns on July 13 where fans can bring their furry friends out to the park. Worcester won the first two of the best-of-three series, capping it off with a wild, 13-7, win on the road. In high school he was a four-year team captain of the baseball team and is currently a regular starter for the Nittany Lions, hitting .280. July 1 is Sign Night, where fans are welcome to bring signs of their favorite players. On June 17 the Bravehearts will offer their annual Scout Night and welcome the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Central Massachusetts to watch the game and then pitch a tent and sleep over on the field. The other two Grafton residents, Tyler Nielsen and Andrew Eppinger, were teammates at St. Johns High School in Shrewsbury. Keevan will be joined by Marlborough's Hunter Reynolds and former St. Peter-Marian star Jared Kapurch. As a final celebration of the Twenty-Twenty-You season, Saturday August 6 will be a night where fans will have the opportunity to participate in a culmination of all the You-Choose promotions of the season along with some new and exciting You-Choose surprises. Many thanks to him. Kelley is a sophomore at Penn State. Mudd, now at Deerfield Academy, has excelled in both baseball and hockey, captaining both teams. Scanlon, in addition to hitting .318 this spring for the Crusaders, has struck out 12 in six appearances. Little League Takeovers: Throughout the spring the Worcester Bravehearts have went on tour across Central Massachusetts taking over Little Leagues. Mudd was a member of the St. Johns team that won the 2017 Massachusetts Division 1A Super 8 Championship. Colarusso will be joined in the bullpen by Auburn's Kyle Sebastyanski and former Quabbin star Gavin Price will get some time in the Worcester infield. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Although he starred for Northborough last summer in the Worcester County Baseball League, he is a graduate of Westborough High School just like the Bravehearts Manager, Alex Dion. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). These 1pm games will feature $20 adult tickets and $10 kid tickets which includes entry to the game and All-You-Can-Eat food and soft drinks. Worcester Bravehearts Schedule Pointstreak Schedule Standings Stats League Batting . July 30 is Hockey Night in partnership with the Worcester Railers where the team will offer hockey-based promotions throughout the game. The outfielder/left-handed pitcher is committed to Duke University and he was named a Perfect Game Underclass All-American in 2019 and 2020. Fans should be extremely excited to watch these talented athletes this summer., This article originally appeared on Leominster Champion: Worcester Bravehearts welcome AJ Colarusso of Leominster to 2022 roster. Next. 2023 Worcester Bravehearts. Local talent is key to winning in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, said Worcester Bravehearts Manager Alex Dion. Sunday July 31 will be the teams You-Choose-the-Jersey promotion. provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Choate is a current sophomore left-handed pitcher for the Greyhounds and stands at 6-foot-7. Right-handed pitcherAndrew Ruggiero(Swansea, MA/Providence Country Day HS) will bolster the Bravehearts pitching staff. 32-31, 328 Runs, 326 Runs Allowed. New Promotions- If youve been to Bravehearts games in the past, you may know some popular promotions the team has run. Subscribe to telegram.com today for only $1 for 6 months, Futures League all-star LJ Keevan returns as Worcester Bravehearts add 14 local players to roster, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. For more information on how to dump dave, visit our website story here. Unlimited hot dogs, burgers, chicken sandwiches, chips, popcorn, soft drinks, a baseball game and unlimited entertainment for only $22! Some rules included kickball for an inning, pied in the face if you strike out, and rock-paper-scissors to determine out or safe. All rights reserved (About Us). It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball PO Box 458 Weymouth, Ma 02190 The team's home games are played at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field in Worcester.. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Park for free, walk across the street and youre there! Gary Ashwill and his collaborators. The team's home games are played at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field in Worcester. ), and Brendan Case (Wachusett Regional HS) are all slated to return. Southpaw Tim OConnor will spend the summer at home in Worcester. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Futures League Multimedia. [8], The Bravehearts earned a share of the 2018 FCBL League championship, as the title was split between them and the Martha's Vineyard Sharks. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized Case, a redshirt senior relief pitcher for Salem University in West Virginia, is a graduate of Wachusett Regional High School. Bravehearts Season Tickets, Flex Plans, and Group Outings at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field are now available by calling the Bravehearts box office at 508-438-3773. newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to Postponing the game to the next day was not an option. "I'm confident these fourteen players are going to help us not only on . Hunter Reynolds is a freshman right-handed pitcher at Franklin Pierce University. (Chesapeake, VA/Greenbrier Christian Academy). (Lawrenceville, GA/ Mountain View HS) and right-handed pitcher. Single game tickets are now on sale by visiting worcesterbravehearts.com, Article courtesy of Worcester Bravehearts. The outfielder/left-handed pitcher is committed to Duke University and he was named a Perfect Game Underclass All-American in 2019 and 2020. WORCESTER, Mass. The Worcester Bravehearts roster is full of local guys, and that makes them fun to root for and watch. The future BC Eagle will get a chance to play with his future teammate. Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. "Local talent is key to winning in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League," Bravehearts manager Alex Dion said in a statement. researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, The Bravehearts didn't have many seniors on the roster this season, but nearly all of them could have easily been named here. Rounding out the Division 1 players isFrank Mozzicato(Ellington, CT/ East Catholic HS) . Grafton-native Carson Hauben had already pitched in 8 games starting 5 of them as a freshman at Rollins College in Florida before his season was suspended. The Bravehearts will also add Shrewsburys Tyler Mudd to the pitching staff. On the Bravehearts Baseball in Education Days on June 7 and 8, they will host a You-Choose-The-Rules game where fans will have the opportunity to create rules which will be used during the games. Their schedule will feature more promotional games than ever, with a combination of beloved Bravehearts promotions such as Craft Beer Night, Scout Night and Hockey Night, along with new exciting promotions from their You-Choose campaign. Craft Beer Night will follow on the next night, July 14, with local breweries from the Massachusetts area coming out for a beer tasting event featuring live music in the left field tent. Fans can sign up for free to get their face on the wall by visiting the Bravehearts website. Rally Jerseys- Its a win-win scenario on Opening Night as if the Bravehearts are losing after 7 innings, fans will be able to see the debut of baseballs first ever Rally Jersey!