Can anyone give me a good reason for ranking kids that aren’t in HS / have a bed time? This isn’t about kids - at all. It’s about adults and it’s incredibly weird.
Man, good thing a coach, situation, or certain team didn’t steal his joy to play amiright? Either you love to play or you don’t. Period. End of story. There are no exceptions - just excuses 😊
@billsampen
is from a town of 500, was cut from his Legion team, didn’t get one scholarship offer, walked on at a D3 college that doesn’t exist anymore, played slow pitch softball instead of summer baseball & had 2 arm surgeries in the minors.
Here he is getting his 1st
#MLB
win
Uncommitted 6’7 C/o ‘22 RHP Ben Tedesco is throwing game 1
@Flames_Tourneys
TOC. Wednesday 4:45pm @ Bellevue. Incredibly projectable, arm works, strike thrower with 3 pitches. 7.93’ Avg Extension according to PBR last fall. A+ kid.
Man… Talk about the poster child of hard work & controlling what you can control. Mistakenly overlooked out of HS to 4th round of
@MLBDraft
. If you love to play you love to play.
Proud of you,
@hammermitchell2
. Jays just got a dude.
Final 8 of
@PrepBaseball
15u National Championships. Sweet 16 game was a 9 inning thriller that ended up in a 4-3 Canes win vs Wow Factor National. 15u baseball at its highest level. Canes MW American moves to 24-3 on the season. Back at it at Grand Park this weekend for the ABC
Proud of these guys. Final record of 36-16-1 winning 25 of our last 30 games to finish the year & 2 Championships 🏆.
Excited to start our new chapter with
@CanesMidwest
&
@CanesMWNational
and get to work!
Schools near the Louisville area need to get ahold of 2022 MIF/RHP Bryce Felker. Long athlete that is competitive as hell! Really good defensively and can handle the bat w/ the ability to hit to all fields! Open to JUCO. Get on him!!
@bryce_felker
@MaleHSBaseball1
If you wouldn’t drop your kid off at school and then show up an hour later to teach English class then you shouldn’t be coaching your kids from the 4th row of the stands during a game. The field is their classroom and they are about to be tested. Let them.
A coach that is honest with you, has expectations, and pushes you on an individual level is a coach that cares. If that makes you uncomfortable you don’t want a coach — you want a cheerleader.
Presented by NFP, your Week 5 Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Week is
@Rays
right-hander Caleb Sampen! He took the mound on Nov. 9 and pitched four perfect innings against the Surprise Saguaros, recording four strikeouts. He now has 18 strikeouts in 14 1/3 innings of AFL work.
Coaching
@CanesMidwest
🇺🇸 16u next summer for the 2024-25 season. We are currently 26-4 playing top end regional & national events including a 🥇 at PG Iowa and most recently a 5th place finish at PBR National Championships.
Interested in players who want to be coached and
Exhibit A:
Why playing on an “A” or “B” summer team simply doesn’t matter. Caleb got put on a 2nd team. It certainly didn’t stunt his growth or passion for the game. He kept working and getting better. Either you like to play or you don’t! Period. There are no exceptions.
Great outing today in the PBRT Fall Championships by 6’6 RHP Ben Tedesco out of St. Xavier HS in Kentucky. Pounded the zone with multiple pitches all day long. Tough at bat. Ball jumps out of his hand with more on the way.
@PBRKentucky
@PBRIndiana
What’s not to like here?
- 6’6” (I think he’s 6’7”) ✅
- 3 distinct pitches ✅
- plus CH ✅
- strike thrower ✅
- arm works ✅
- 7.93’ of Avg Ext in the fall ✅
- incredibly projectable ✅
- great kid ✅
Uncommitted ‘22 Ben Tedesco (St. Xavier, KY) with a good sequence here. Two sliders away then paints the outside corner with a FB.
@IndianaExpos
#INStateGames
79-82, T84
72-74 SL.
6’6-205 pound frame.
@PBRKentucky
Getting a text from one of your players getting a great opportunity to fulfill their dreams at the next level is priceless and never gets old. It’s what it’s all about. Mission accomplished in my book!! I’d trade every win and piece of hardware I’ve ever won for that!!
IU fans you are in for a treat. Not only is Nick one of the best hitters in college baseball - he’s a winner that’s as fearless and competitive as they come.
Western Illinois transfer
@hammermitchell2
will help round out an exceptionally strong
@IndianaBase
outfield.
The two-time All-Summit League performer and
@OfficialCCBL
All-Star had the best fall of Indiana’s position players.
@KinaTraxInc
Fall Report 👉
Tough extra-innings loss for our
@IndianaExpos
National team in the championship game of the Louisville Midwest TOC, but the team battled all weekend & went 6-1 overall. For the tourney
@hammermitchell2
went 17-25 (.680) at the plate with 2 doubles, 4 triples, 3 homers.
#GoExpos
Video of Uncommitted C/o 2022 MIF Bryce Felker of
@MaleHSBaseball1
(KY). Long athlete that played a very good SS for us this summer. Hits to all fields. Good bunter/base runner. Up to 84 on the bump. Competitive as hell. Just a baseball player! Type of guy you want on your team!
Coaching
@CanesMidwest
🇺🇸 16u next summer for the 2024-25 season. We finished the summer 31-7 playing the best regional & national events including a 🥇 at PG Iowa, 5th place finish at PBR National Championships, and several wins vs nationally ranked comp.
Interested in players
Have 1 spot left for our
@IndianaExpos
13u team. Looking for a solid Major/D1 level player. Pitching and SS are a plus. If interested, get ahold of me to set up a private workout.
📲 317-607-3720
📧 isaac
@indianaexpos
.org
All D3, JUCO, NAIA’s need eyes on C/o ‘22 RHP Logan Elsbury from
@LTigersBaseball
. Up to 83mph. FB plays up. Legit 4 pitch guy with mound presence, can hold runners, and ++++ make up/competitor guy. This is an absolute no brainer.
Class of ‘21 Nicholas Mitchell of
@carmel_baseball
just continues to rake. 6 for 9 this weekend including HR, 3B, 2B & 4 steals. Saw a couple D1 arms & didn’t miss a beat. I can’t believe he’s uncommitted. Twitchy LHH w/ zip and 6.7 runner! Someone is going to get a steal late.
@jacobsoboroff
@RichardGrenell
@mschlapp
@NVGOP
@MSNBC
is covid over now? Do masks work so well social distancing doesn’t matter? Or is your reporter openly endangering others? Which one is it? Trying to figure out where exactly we’re at today. Seems to be a moving target and selectively/randomly applied.
Our guys get better and they will continue to get better. 72 commits in our first 3 graduating classes (and counting). Coaches that care about your kid as a person and player. 96% retention rate.
Tryout 🔗
Looking forward to watching my 17u guys compete at their Indiana Expos Scout Day. Trying to make this last year last a little longer by really soaking in and enjoying watching them play the best game on 🌎.
Excited to tune in and watch all of our
@IndianaExpos
guys play at their respective universities. I need to invest in some more tv’s & monitors in my office…
#goodproblem
Looking to add a c/o 2027 arm to a talented roster that went 31-7 this summer playing all top end events. If interested, please reach out via DM or contact info below 👇
📲 317-607-3720
📧 Isaac
@CanesMidwestBaseball
.com
We got eliminated late Sat from our tourney because we beat ourselves (which is perfect - we didn’t deserve to win). I call an impromptu practice today & we have all 11 of our guys w/in driving distance at one of our facilities as soon as we get back from KY! We won this weekend.
So let me get this straight... if someone buys a collegiate athlete a sandwich the
@NCAA
will suspend the athlete, but grown men paying 13/14u players way so they play on their travel team is cool? Are we going to act like this isn’t seriously weird and messed up?
Class of ‘22 Uncommitted 1B/LF Brayton Bowen (Lebanon HS Ind.) went 3 for 3 tonight with a double and a HR. Bowen is a mature LH stick that doesn’t get sped up vs high level pitching.
‘22
#UNCOMMITTED
CATCHER STEVEN WALSH - WALK OFF GRAND SLAM (4/7/21)❗️
Stats via
@pbrindiana
:
• 80 MPH behind the dish 🔥
• 101+ Exit Velo ✈️
• 1.94-2.04 Pop time ⏱
• 6’2” 220LB 💪🏻
My ears stop working whenever I ask someone (or am told) how they played and the response includes Well.. the 1. Umpire 2. Coach 3. Teammate(s) 4. Praises the other team (or players) as if they are the Yankees. Personal responsibility is rare. Shut up and go to work.
Nick keeps proving he belongs every single step of the way just like everyone who ever spent anytime watching him play knew he would. He’s legit in every sense of the word and then some. Congrats Nick!
Winning 4-5+ tournaments a year (unless you’re one of the best teams in your region or a top team nationally) is insanely destructive and a false sense of reality. There are just some (players/parents/coaches) that prefer to live there. You cannot escape reality forever.
Coaching
@CanesMidwest
American 16u next summer for the 2024-25 season. We are currently 22-2 playing top end regional & national events. Tryout registration is live. Feel free to contact/dm for more info.
📧 Isaac
@CanesMidwestBaseball
.com
Tryout Reg 🔗
16U American beats NWI Wardogs 10-2. Blake Nigg throws a 5 inning 1 hitter. McGinley, Crowe, Kurrasch, Phelps, and McIntire (2) all had hits in today’s win.
#IndianaExpos
Coaching
@CanesMidwest
American 16u next summer for the 2024-25 season. We are currently 18-2 playing top end regional & national events. Tryout registration is live. Feel free to contact/dm for more info.
📧 Isaac
@CanesMidwestBaseball
.com
Tryout Reg 🔗
Steven - Congratulations! Having had the pleasure of coaching you the past 5 years I’ve gotten an up close view at the uncommon things you were willing to do to get you to this point. Proud of ya!!
Excited to announce that I am committed to Western Illinois University to continue my athletic and academic career. Thanks to my family and coaches that have helped me along the way. Go Leathernecks!
@IndianaExpos
@BHSDogsBaseball
@WIUBaseball
@PBRIndiana
It’s shocking to me how often I hear ‘catch the ball with two hands’. It’s an outdated decades old phrase that was true when gloves literally didn’t have pockets. They were essentially hand pillows. It’s 2021. We have pockets. How about letting kids move and be athletic?
True freshman Nick Mitchell (
@hammermitchell2
) leading off and playing CF for
@WIUBaseball
goes oppo in 2k count off the base of the wall in LCF. Seen that before!
Video of Uncommitted C/o 2022 OF Dylan Ecken of Ballard HS (KY). Physically built 6.5 runner (Fall 2021 per PBR) with some juice. Can go get it in the outfield. 4.31 GPA and 33 ACT.
🚨Final Alert 🚨
Canes Midwest - 12
Bennie Boys Gold - 6
Canes are champions of the
@PG_Tourney
Midwest Elite
@ProspectMeadows
⚠️⚠️
Too many accolades to pass on one post. Thread below
‘22 OF Trey Replogle had a great day. 6.89 60, 82mph from the OF, 92 Exit Velo. Hard worker, competitor, good teammate, good student. Interested in the Armed Forces.
Players, here’s some tryout/showcase advice: be aggressive and move like an athlete. Anyone with 🧠 is going to watch how you move - not what you do! Be free and get after it.
Can’t wait to watch a former player of the
@IndianaExpos
play tonight in the
@NWLbaseball
All Star Game! If you aren’t aware of
@hammermitchell2
you should be! Make up off the charts. Incredibly gifted player. They don’t make them better. Tune in Expos players!!!
Hard work doesn’t automatically grant you the results YOU think YOU should have. That’s called entitlement. Hard work is quite simply the right thing to do in spite of any circumstance.
‘27 Cole Cheatham (
@CheathamCole
) was dominant in his two-inning stint.
6’3” frame, strength in the lower w/ future work-horse frame.
Uncoils w/ aggression, premier arm talent. High-end ‘27 arm in the Midwest.
FB 88-91, T92 (2400s)
CB 75-80 (12/6 )
#MWSSG24
||
#TeamIndiana
Any D3, NAIA, or JUCO’s looking for a defense first MIF in the class of 2022 get ahold of me! I got a guy that is a zero issue kid that is plenty deserving of an opportunity to play at the next level!
Congratulations Ben! Proud of you & thankful to have had the opportunity to coach you this summer. Doesn’t get better than Ben Tedesco & family. Gulf Coast is getting a good one!
BOT 2 | NICK MITCHELL TIES ANOTHER RECORD!! Mitchell (
@hammermitchell2
) smashes his 77th hit of the year to tie Chandler Simpson's single-season Dock Spiders record!
📺:
#SpinTheWeb
#FondyPride
Class of ‘22 Uncommitted OF Caiden Toney with a triple tonight for Danville HS (Ind).
First 3 games of the year: 9 for 12, 1 2B, 1 3B, 7 RBI
Per
@PBRIndiana
:
• 7.09 60
• 96 Exit Velocity
Had a few calls with recruiting coordinators again today. First question I was asked - How’s his worth ethic? Players, what would coaches/teammates say about you? Why does your body say about your work ethic? It’s a billboard - good or bad!
14U PLAYERS: If you played Major/AAA level last summer and would like to workout, meet, or talk prior to tryouts my contact info is below. 37-15-1 record. All positions will be considered. You will be coached & get better here.
📲 317-607-3720
📧 Isaac
@IndianaExpos
.com
Ben is a guy you want on your team. Rare repeatability and pitch-ability at his size. Super high ceiling + super kid. Doesn’t get better than Ben Tedesco!
Uncommitted 2022
@StXTigersBSB
RHP
@TedescoBen
sitting 87-89mph in his pen tonight and topped a PR of 89.7mph. Ben is 6’7” 200lbs with more in the tank
#Uncommitted
‘22 OF Trey Replogle of Covenant Christian HS (Ind) with a great start to the season. Trey is a high energy, hardworking, and competitive player. Good student.
6.92 runner & 92+ mph exit velo (as of last fall) per
@PBRIndiana
.
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞⚡️
𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙄𝘼𝙉𝘼
🔹 New No. 1️⃣
🔹 New Faces in the Top 🔟
🔹 Risers📈
🔹 Expanded to 1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
@prepbaseball
||
@ShooterHunt
ꜰᴜʟʟ ʟɪꜱᴛ + ᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇ👇
↳
Uncommitted 2022 OF Dylan Ecken is a 6.5 runner (PBR fall of 2020) and recently scored a 34 on his ACT. Very open to walk on opportunities. If interested, shoot me a message and I can pass along contact info.
@DylanEcken
@FlatgroundBats
@PBRKentucky
Couple swings from the other night of
#Uncommitted
‘22 SS/RHP Bryce Felker of Louisville Male HS (KY). Bryce is an athletic 6’2” slick fielding SS that has also been into the mid 80’s on the bump. Bryce has an advanced feel to hit to all fields.
@PBRKentucky
@PBR_Uncommitted
@IndianaExpos
add on in the fifth. ‘22 Jake Tomich triples down the right field line to score two and scores as the throw to third hits off his helmet and goes out of play
@PBRIndiana
#TOCincy
Understanding the difference between busy work/warm and fuzzy work (or what I like to call “feel good about going home and hopping on the Xbox work”) and REAL work is a huge thing for young players. One is common, and the other isn’t. One is effective, and the other isn’t.