High School
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June 1, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Bowers, Sheesley & Smith vie for last ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honor of year
The high school baseball season came to a close Monday night at Ripken Stadium. And it ended with a come-from-behind victory in the last inning of the final game. With two-time, BaltimoreBaseball.com Prep Ballplayer of the Week nominee Joe Seidler on the mound and a two-run lead in the seventh, Chesapeake-Anne Arundel...
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May 27, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Aberdeen’s Cuellar wins ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’
Another week, another ‘Prep Ballplayer’ winner from my home area of Harford County. Just as it was meant to be. Aberdeen’s Anthony Cuellar used a powerful bat to slug his way into the top spot of our voting, leading the Eagles to a state semifinal in the process. He drove in seven runs...
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May 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Postseason heroics put Cuellar, Radcliffe and Seidler into ‘Prep Ballplayer of Week’ mix
We’re now in the final week of high school baseball in the Baltimore area. The MIAA A Conference championship begins Monday night at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. Archbishop Spalding, which has won the past two conference titles, needs to beat Gilman once, while the Greyhounds – who last won the conference in...
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May 20, 2016 at 3:58 pm
Spalding’s Tyler Blohm wins ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’
Striking out 79 percent of the batters you face is pretty good for a pitcher, right? Well that’s exactly what Archbishop Spalding’s Tyler Blohm did in his final regular season game Tuesday against Archbishop Curley. No wonder he’s our ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’ winner. Blohm faced 19 batters and struck out...
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May 16, 2016 at 11:00 am
With playoffs happening, Blohm, McElree and Zoellner step up for ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honors
The playoffs have started for both the public schools and the MIAA. Some teams played their first-round matchups Friday, but a lot of the games were moved to Saturday because of the rain that has continued to hit the Baltimore area this spring. The MIAA A and B Conferences are scheduled to...
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May 13, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Westminster’s Brandon Martin wins ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’
The old adage for starting pitchers is that it’s always good to “help yourself” on the mound with a few hits at the plate. Westminster’s Brandon Martin certainly did that Saturday in the Carroll County title game. Martin allowed just one run with six strikeouts, and also went 2-for-2 at the plate with...
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May 9, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Ellis, James and Martin threw gems on way to ‘Prep Ballplayer of Week’ voting
With the regular season winding down and Mother Nature ravaging the fields around the Baltimore area for much of the week, I thought I would have a hard time finding suitable candidates for the fifth BaltimoreBaseball.com Prep Ballplayer of the Week Award. But that wasn’t the case at all. Two no-hitters and...
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May 6, 2016 at 2:29 pm
Fallston’s Logan wins ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’
For the second straight week, my hometown of Harford County has taken the cake in our ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’ voting. Fallston’s Bryce Logan had a stellar week on and off the mound, first firing a complete game shutout against C. Milton Wright while striking out a season-high eight batters. As...
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May 2, 2016 at 12:57 pm
Angel, Logan and McManus named ‘Prep Ballplayer of Week’ candidates
For the first time in the history of BaltimoreBaseball.com – OK, so it has only been a month, but the statement is still accurate – our readers selected a public-school athlete as our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week.” Bel Air’s Michael Yetter received more than 6,000 votes to top Calvert Hall’s Trevor...
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April 29, 2016 at 11:00 am
Bel Air’s Yetter wins our third ‘Prep Player of the Week’
As a Harford County native, I’m quite proud to announce Michael Yetter as our third ‘Prep Player of the Week’ winner here at BaltimoreBaseball.com. He may not attend my alma mater, C. Milton Wright, but I won’t hold that against him. Not only because I’m a nice guy, but more so because he...
