Baseball Preview 

By: BHS Sports Staff

March 14, 2024

As the temperature begins to rise and the clocks Spring forward, America’s pastime is right around the corner, and today, we will preview the Hurricanes baseball team.

The Hurricanes team is led by head coach Kevin Sedlacek.

Last season, the Canes finished 5-16 but ended their season strong by winning three of their final four games. They defeated Parma, John Hay, Oberlin, and Bedford. They also had a sectional victory against Bard Early College. 

This season, Coach Sedlacek is aware that there are some questions with his pitchers, but he is determined to find answers. 

“We will have a lot of questions as we enter into this Spring season. We should have a solid team defensively but a lot of questions with our pitching staff. Just about every player on the team can pitch, but we don’t have that dominant starting pitcher that will shut down opponents. If we can get our pitchers to throw strikes and let opponents put the ball in play, we will be able to get outs and prevent runs from being scored. We should have consistent hitting which will help us score 3-6 runs per game. I expect senior Jackson Diller to be our spark and junior Aiden Starr to build upon his .456 batting average from last Spring. As a point of interest, Starr was voted by Northeast Ohio coaches to second team All Northeast Ohio.”

Coach Sedlacek likes how his schedule has panned out and hopes to have a respectable record by the end of the season. The Canes will play 26 games with 14 of them at home and 12 on the road. 

He is also expecting big things from other returners and is optimistic about his first-year varsity players. 

“Our two leaders are playing in their third season of varsity: CF Diller and SS Starr. I expect big improvements by second-year players such as OF Miguel Veloz, C Jadyn DeLuca, and OF Tyler Morgan. I’m also optimistic about first-year varsity players in 3B Collin Flanagan, Utility Infielder Steve Bartczak, 1B Zander Rolon, and freshman 2B Gio Garst. It will be interesting to see them grow, and their progress could make a major impact for more success this season. Phil Banaszak, Diego Colton, Shamus Harper, and Blake Baker will also contribute this season.”

Their season will begin on Saturday, March 23, at C.C. Sabathia Field facing John Hay. Then, they will travel to the famous League Park on Monday, March 25, to face Villa Angela-St. Joseph. Three of their first five games will be played on turf fields.

We are anxiously-awaiting the beginning of Hurricanes baseball and will root this team on all season long.

Good luck, boys!

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