2020 Uncommitted Prospects
Will McFadden: 6-foot-7 lefthander up to 86 mph, 12K in 7 IP '19
Packy Bradley-Cooney: 6-foot-3/185-pounds, topped out at 87 mph last summer
2021 Breakout Potential
1. Sam McNulty
2. Matthew Garbowski
3. Luke Delongchamp
4. Braden Quinn
5. Luca Danos
6. Tim Kenney
7. Shea Sprague
8. Liam Eliot
9. Nick Wang
10. Zach Fletcher
2022 Breakout Potential
1. Thomas Rogers
2. Kyle Wolff
3. AJ Colarusso
4. Matthew Grabmann
5. Niko Brini
6. Andrew Noland
7. Sean McGee
8. Jack Winnay
9. Sam Harris
10. Kobe Julks
2023 Follow List
1. Jack Volo
2. Scotty Brown
3. PJ O’Rourke
4. Peyton Manca
5. Jared Lucido
6. Will Roche
7. Jack Richardson
8. Cal Thompson
9. Jacob Carter
2024 Follow List
1. Mike McGee
2. Luke Gallo
3. Jaiden Ruggerio
4. Cole Taylor
5. Matt Conte
6. Obier Herrera (2025)
Top Historical Perfect Game Moments
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2012 17u WWBA: Sweet Sixteen finish, featured a team of Ben Bowden (2nd round/Vanderbilt), Austin DeCarr (3rd round), Ryan Summers (Louisville), Jake Willsey (Tulane)
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2016 17u WWBA: Sweet Sixteen finish
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2016 WWBA World Championships: Matt Tabor vs The Canes 1-1 tie
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2016 WWBA World Championships: Round of 32
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2017 WWBA World Championships: Round of 32
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2017 17u WWBA: Sweet Sixteen finish, 29 collegiate commitments on roster
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2017 & 2019 PG West MLK Champions: NEB National assembled by Jeff Sullivan
Program History
“NEB was founded in 2008 with the vision to help players move on and play college baseball in a fun enthusiastic environment. Formed around local players Kyle McKenzie (Tulane 2009) and Sahil Bloom (Stanford 2009) and has grown year in and year out. Since then we have had over 700 players move on and play college baseball and over 100 players drafted. Some of our top draft choices include; Brett Baty 12th overall 2019, Grant Lavigne 42nd overall 2018, Matt Tabor 83rd overall 2017, Ben Bowden 43rd overall 2016, and Ryan McKenna 4th round 2015. Our organization continues to grow each year with the help of our outstanding staff of Jeff Sullivan, Mike Abraham, and Matt Kruger.”
-Scott Patterson
Historical Scouting Highlight
While no program wants to be playing in a consolation game at the end of a tournament as they’d rather be competing in the playoffs, the matchup between NEB and eXposure during the 2015 WWBA Underclass World Championships proved to be no typical consolation from a prospect standpoint. Just entering his sophomore year of high school, lefthander Steve Hajjar took the mound for North East Baseball in his Perfect Game debut and had a collection of college recruiters behind the backstop as his name has made it around the inner baseball circles already. Opposite of Hajjar was the already committed Cole Wilcox who ran his fastball up to 90 mph in this look and now appears destined for the first round in the June’s MLB Draft. Wilcox wasn’t the only player with first round aspirations though in this game as NEB slugger Grant Lavigne (42nd overall to the Rockies in 2018) provided a glimpse of things to come from an offensive standpoint, twice barreling up a Wilcox fastball to pick up a pair of hits on the day. Bryce Reagan, who finished No. 102 nationally in the Perfect Game rankings, also had a nice day at the plate while performing well on defense, making several high-level plays in the game. This NEB roster ultimately placed 19 players at schools for the next level all around the country.
-Jheremy Brown
What are we looking forward to scouting during the summer of 2020?
Being a fellow Northeasterner and knowing how deep the program’s reach is into the Northeast, it’s always interesting to see which of their players will explode on the national scene once they travel down south. From Grant Lavigne and Brett Baty to Matt Tabor and Austin DeCarr, NEB always has a riser in the prep ranks who has helium heading into the draft of their senior year, while placing others as colleges where they flourish and ultimately get drafted. Whether it’s their national team which pulls in high-end talent from all over the country and always boasts a sleeping giant or their Northeast-based club, they are always a must-watch in any tournament setting and the 2020 season will be no different. Recent Maryland commit Thomas Rogers has had plenty of buzz around his name and he could be one of the next big arms out of the Northeast while bats like athletic shortstop Sam McNulty (Boston College) or physical backstop Matthew Garbowski (UCONN) look to lead the way offensively for North East Baseball this summer.
-Jheremy Brown
Best College Resumes
• Grant Little: Texas Tech, 3rd round selection, two-time All Big 12 selection
• Cody Morissette: Boston College, Freshman All-American, ranked as a top-100 player in the 2021 draft class
• Chris Lanzilli: Wake Forest, All-ACC selection, All-American, hit .365 with 16 home runs 2019. Drafted in 2019 but opted to return to school for 2020 season.
• Hudson Haskin: Tulane, AAC Freshman of the Year, Freshman All-American in 2019, hit .389 with 11 home runs
• Ian Seymour (Virginia Tech) & Jared Shuster (Wake Forest): both LHP’s projected to go in the top 3 rounds of the 2020 MLB Draft
Best Pro Resumes
• Ryan McKenna: 4th round pick, recently added to the Orioles 40-Man Roster for 2020 season
• Ben Bowden: 2nd round pick, Futures Game Participant, member of the Rockies' 40-Man in 2020
• Matt Tabor: Ranked the No. 8 prospect in the Diamondbacks organization
• Grant Lavigne: Our first 1st round pick 2018, ranked as a top-five prospect in Rockies organization
• Brett Baty: 12th overall pick by the NY Mets in 2019
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Year
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Justin Bellinger
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2011
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