[jksander]

May 28, 2025: My name is Archie Hinton, and at age 25 I’ve been named the new manager for the MLB Draft League’s Williamsport Crosscutters! We’re not even officially a “minor league” team. Instead, we exist as six team in the northeast which, from June through August, play 60 games apiece with rosters built of the best young talent the major league draft will soon have to offer! Our roster is finalized as of this morning, and we’ll hopefully be able to win the league with our talented group of college-aged players who are looking to find their place in the majors.

The five other teams in the league are:

Trenton Thunder
West Virginia Black Bears
Mahoning Valley Scrappers
State College Spikes
Frederick Keys

Each team has a roster of 30 players, and after the draft takes place in early July, any players who are drafted will remain “on loan” with us until the regular season and playoffs conclude. And then next year we do it all again!

I’n excited to have the opportunity to help develop these players as they make the jump from college to the pros. And hopefully if I can pay my dues at this level and do the job well enough, I’ll get noticed for a spot with a big league team’s farm system so I can work my way up the ladder.

Here is our roster for the upcoming season, which begins on June 3 ... the season will end August 11, and the league playoffs will take place on August 13.

Lineup
C - R Brody Donay, 21 -- Junior, University of Florida
1B - L Todd Hudson, 21 -- Liberty University
2B - R Henry Godbout, 21 -- Junior, University of Virginia
3B - R Eli Lopez, 20 -- Junior, Cal State Fullerton
SS - R Clay Grady, 21 -- Junior, Virginia Tech
LF - R Tyler Albright, 21 -- Junior, Duke University
CF - R Vince Fattore, 21 -- Junior, Elon University
RF - L Trevor Cohen, 21 -- Junior, Rutgers University
DH -- R Alex Lodise, 21 -- Junior, Florida State University

Bench
C - L Dalton Bargo, 21 -- Junior, University of Tennessee
2B - R Jayden Davis, 20 -- Junior, Vanderbilt University
2B - R Drew Smith, 21 -- Junior, University of Oregon
SS - R Cade Campbell, 21 -- Junior, University of California
CF - L Jason Avila, 21 -- Junior, Florida State University

Starters
R Cam Leiter, 21 -- Junior, Florida State University
R Matthew Hoskins, 21 -- Junior, University of Georgia
L Evan Blanco, 21 -- Junior, University of Virginia
R Ben Barrett, 21 -- Junior, Florida State University
R J.T. Quinn, 21 -- Junior, Ole Miss
L A.J. Colarusso, 21 -- Junior, Boston College

Bullpen
L James Tallon, 21 -- Junior, Duke University
L Ben Abeldt, 21 -- Junior, Texas Christian University
R Derrick Smith, 21 -- Junior, North Carolina State University
L Liam Doyle, 20 -- Junior, Ole Miss
R Jaden Stockton, 21 -- Junior, Florida State University
R J.J. Garcia, 22 -- Junior, University of Tennessee
R Brady Jones, 20 -- Junior, Georgia State University
L Grant Richardson, 21 -- Grand Canyon University
L T.R. Williams, 22 -- Redshirt Junior, James Madison University
R Brandon Gonsalves, 21 -- Junior, University of Central Florida