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Old 07-22-2025, 11:32 AM   #1
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Draft League: From the Bottom to the Bigs!

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
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Old 07-22-2025, 11:34 AM   #2
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June 3, 2025: We’re opening the season with a trio of road games against the Trenton Thunder, and our first game of the year turned into a duel between our ace Cam Leiter and their ace Chase Shores, both of whom look to go high in this year’s draft. Trenton broke through in the bottom of the fourth with a homer by Damien Bravo, and Leiter pitched one out into the fifth before we went to the bullpen, with him at six strikeouts and 62 pitches. We went into the top of the sixth trailing by two runs, but we loaded the bases without an out, and with one out Todd Hudson hit a grand slam to rocket us into the lead 4-2! They got a run back in the bottom of the eighth off a homer by Keegan Knutson, so James Tallon came out to close in the ninth with just a one run lead. He ended it quickly with a pop-out, a ground-out and a strikeout as we held on to win 4-3. Grant Richardson got the win, pitching 1.2 innings with two hits, a walk and four strikeouts, and Tallon earned a save. Plenty of power pitching was seen, with Trenton notching 17 strikeouts against our 12. They out hit us 8-7, with Hudson’s grand salami and its requisite four RBIs was the tops for the game.

June 4, 2025: This one was a real pitching duel, with nobody scoring until Vince Fattore hit a solo homer out of left for us in the top of the fifth to go up 1-0! Both pitchers were on their A-game, but none moreso than ours, Matthew Hoskins, who didn’t even allow a baserunner until the bottom of the fifth when Keegan Knutson hit a single into center for the Thunder. We added on with a solo bomb out of right by leadoff hitter Trevor Cohen in the sixth, and Tyler Albright hit one to the same spot just minues later to make it a 3-0 lead. We had good power tonight, with Henry Godbout joining the homer parade in the top of the eighth, but they loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and still had a chance. We were able to get the final out, however, and shtu them out 4-0 with four pitchers sharing in the moment. Hoskins got the win, allowing two hits and a walk with five strikeouts in his 5.2 innings, throwing 68 pitches, and shortstop Alex Lodise, though he didn’t homer or score at all, got three hits to lead the team. He’s hitting .625 so far through two games.

June 5, 2025: We loaded the bases in the top of the sixth in what had become another duel between draft-ready pitchers. Alas, we didn’t get anyone to score, and went into the bottom of the inning locked in a 0-0 dogfight. But our pitcher, Evan Blanco, was literally perfect through six frames, a remarkably efficient performance, but with one out in the seventh his luck turned and Trenton got on the board with a solo homer by Andrew Schuldt ... 1-0, home team. That was their first ANYTHING of the evening! They went back to back, with Damien Bravo hitting one out of right moments later, but Blanco finished the inning sending us into the eighth trailing by a pair. It just wasn’t our night, and Trenton wound up winning 2-0, keeping us from the opening series sweep. Blanco pitched seven innings with two hits, four strikeouts and two earned runs, taking the loss but putting up a respectable 2.57 ERA. We outhit them 6-2, but stranded every single runner, including a pair who reached via walks. Lodise, our DH, had a rough night, getting one hit but striking out three times.
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June 7, 2025: We remain on the road, this time traveling to play three against the 2-1 State College Spikes. Our starter this afternoon, Ben Barrett, struck out four in the first two innings, but had a rough third, allowing a run to score off a single into right, putting runners on the corners as he neared 40 pitches. A high fly hit off the bat of their shortstop Luke Hanson drove in another, but we got out of that inning without further damage. We tied it up in the top of the fourth with a two-run blast by Lodise, his first homer of the year, That bought Barrett a little extra grace to stay out in the fourth, and he delivered with a pop-out and two K’s, notching another pair in the fifth as we stayed tied at two. “K” was the letter of the day, as both teams’ pitchers were throwing heat all night, which led to this one going into extra inings. Finally, in the top of the 12th inning, Henry Godbout hit a solo homer over the left field wall to put us up 3-2, his second homer of this season! We held on from there to win the game, our no. 5 starter J.T. Quinn getting the win with two innings of solid play, three hits, three K’s on 33 pitches. All totalled, we had 24 K’s against 14 for the Spikes ... with our starter, Barrett, finishing with five hits, 10 K’s and two earned runs through his 5.1 innings of action. We outhit them 9-8, led by Godbout, who had three hits, two runs and another batted in. All told, I’d say the 800 or so fans who showed up today got great game for their money, though they certainly were disappointed that the home team didn’t pull it out in the end.

June 8, 2025: Cam Leiter made his second start of the season for us tonight, and he was pitching with a lead from the fourth inning on, as Trevor Cohen hit a solo homer out of right, his second of the year, to put us up 1-0 in the top of the inning. He and Christian Fouch dueled it out all night, and though Foutch threw more fiery K’s, Leiter was significantly more efficient. They went to the pen with one out in the top of the seventh, but Lieter stayed out there through the seventh, our team adding on with a homer by Vince Fattore to extend it to 2-0 in the top of the eighth. Todd Hudson took it back to back to put us up by three, giving us a solid advantage late in the game. Incredibly, Leiter struck out the side in the bottom of the frame, and Clay Grady piled on with a two-run blast in the top of the ninth to put this one out of reach. Brandon Gonsalves took over for Leiter in the ninth, the starter having thrown 84 pitches, and he ended the game with a pair of K’s and a pop-out to center as we spiked State College 5-0. Leiter improved to 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA, pitching eight innings with two hits, a walk and eight strikeouts, while we picked up five hits -- Clay Grady’s two-run homer won the night, as five players each hit; catcher Brody Donay was our only player to get on base twice, hitting once and walking once with a run scored.

June 9, 2025: State College got off to a quick start with a solo homer in the bottom of the first by Luke Hanson, But we tied it in the top of the third with a homer by Todd Hudson, giving him his third of the season, so this one was anyone’s ballgame early. Clay Grady hit a two-run blast out of left in the top of the fourth to give us the lead, but they answered with a run off a groundout by Jackson Lovich, so the game was still close heading into the fifth. Godbout bought us an insurance run with a homer in the top of the ninth, his third of the year, and Tallon came out to close in the bottom of the inning as we completed the sweep with a 4-2 win! Matthew Hoskins improved to 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA thanks to five innings with two hits, two walks, six K’s and two earned runs -- Jaden Stockton, Brady Jones and B en Abeldt each had holds (Jones with his second!) and Tallon saved his second game as all four relievers have yet to concede a single run. We outhit State College 10-4, led by Vince Fattore with two hits and a run scored.
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June 10, 2025: We’re alone in the lead by a game over the Frederick Keys and the Trenton Thunder, heading into our first home series against the 2-4 Mahoning Valley Scrappers, who just handed Frederick its first loss of the year with a 6-4 road win. Godbout got us the lead in the bottom of the first with a solo homer out of left, and he did it again in the third with a two-run blast pretty much to the same location ... 3-0 lead! The Scrappers loaded the bases on two outs in the top of the fourth, but our pitcher got out of the jam and into the bottom of the frame without giving up the shutout lead. We added on with another two-run blast in the fifth, this one by Alex Lodise with Godbout scoring from first, and we loaded the bags in the bottom of the sixth, though nobody would score off it. They got testy in the bottom of the eighth, hitting Godbout with a pitch to put him on first as our leadoff htiter, getting him out on a subsequent double play as they kept us from adding to the carnage. But J.J. Garcia shut them down convincingly in the ninth and we added another 5-0 shutout to our tally! Grant Richardson picked up his second win, improving to 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA now through 3.2 innings in relief ... tonight he struck out two without a hit in two innings of work. We outhit Mahoning Valley 12-8, led by a 4-4 hitting performance from Henry Godbout, as he racked up three runs and three RBIs. He had an OPS of .998 while in college, but the University of Virginia junior is currently slugging .933 with an OPS of 1.371 through his first seven games of this season ... which should start raising his draft profile significantly!

June 11, 2025: J.T. Quinn made his first actual start for us after his two-inning win in extra innings last week. Phillip Ard gave Mahoning Valley a 1-0 lead in the top of the second with his first homer of the season, but Lodise hit an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth for us to tie the score at 1-1! Quinn got through five innings before being replaced by Liam Doyle at the start of the sixth, at which point the bullpen picked up where he left off ... in the bottom of the ninth, still tied 1-1, Godbout and Lodise picked up back-to-back singles, and with no outs, Brody Donay walked it off with a three-run homer to give us a stunning 4-1 win! Derrick Smith, our third pitcher of the night, got the win with two hits and two strikeouts in the top of the ninth, but Quinn (five innings, one hit, one walk, seven K’s) and Doyle (three innings, no hits, one walk, three strikeouts) laid the groundwork for him. We outhit them 7-3 in the duel, led by Donay with two hits, a run and three RBIs, while Lodise added two hits, a run and an RBI.

We’re eight games into the season, and right now our bullpen is absolutely insane ... all our pitching, in fact, as our starters have a 1.81 ERA (tied for first) and our bullpen has an incredible 0.31 ERA. We lead the six-team lead in every pitching or defensive stat, and though we’re only hitting .233 (3rd) we lead the league in on base percentage (.303), extra base hits (23) and are second in home runs with 18. Not a bad start by any stretch!

June 12, 2025: This game was another knock-down drag-out fight, knotted up with no score after six innings, with Ben Barrett having a career night already. He got us into the stretch with Mahoning Valley still scoreless, and we came to life in the bottom of the inning, putting runners on the corners with two outs and our leadoff man Cohen coming to the plate. But he popped out harmlessly to second and the inning ended with the game still scoreless, just seven hits between our two teams as Ben Abeldt started warming up. Abeldt came out to take the ball from Barrett with two outs in the eighth, our young starter having thrown 98 pitches, striking out 13 batters with just four hits against him, but he was denied a chance at the win. Finally we broke through in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single by Clay Grady, giving us a one-run advantage, and Vince Fattore doubled over the wall left of center, the ground-rule hit driving in two more! Abeldt struck out two in the ninth to seal the deal as we notched another shutout win, 3-0. That gave Abeldt, who pitched 1.1 innings with a walk and two K’s, his first win of the year. Barrett, meanwhile, didn’t get the victory, but he’s now pitched 13 innings in his first two starts with just nine hits against him while striking out 23 with NO walks! We outhit the Scrappers 6-4, led by Grady who had two hits, a run and an RBI.
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