Plymouth Whitemarsh Baseball Preview

03/15/25 5:40pm Posted by editor

PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH BASEBALL PREVIEW

Coach: CHRIS MANERO (13th year as head coach; 20th year in the program)

Assistant coaches:
ERIC FISHER- Assistant Coach
MIKE REARDON- Assistant Coach
RICH COLETTA- Hitting Coach
STEVE DEVELIN- Pitching Coach
KYLE CHANDLER and BOB CULP- JV Coaches

Last year’s record:
17-8 Overall (11-3 Suburban One)
2nd place in SOL Liberty Division
PIAA District One Semifinals
Lost in opening round of PIAA 6A State Playoffs

Notable losses:
Chase Olszyk
Colin Brady
Johnny Giordano
Chase Fisher (Clarkson University)
Cooper Jones

Key returners:
Gabe Caucci- Senior/ SS (Gettysburg College commit)
Christian Strunk – Senior/ 3B
Max Eagland- Soph/ 2B, P
Ryan Heincer- Senior/ 1B
Jake Rauscher- Senior/ P
Mason Eagland- Soph/ OF
Sam Stolzer- Senior/ OF (University of Scranton commit)
Tommy Baron- Senior/ OF

Others to watch:
Lucas Fresta- Freshman/C
Bobby Pasquarello- Freshman/ P,OF
Brody Stump- Sophomore/ OF

Strengths:   We enter the season with a lot of depth at several positions. Many of our position players have varsity experience in the field and at the plate, and that should provide us with a lot of options as we move throughout the season.

Question Marks: We did graduate much of our 2024 pitching staff, so there will be some questions as we open up about what our rotation and our starting pitching will look like. However, we do like the amount of depth we have in that area as well.

Outlook:  Our players know that we enter each season with an expectation to win. Coming off of back-to-back seasons in which we qualified for the PIAA 6A State Tournament (with very different rosters in each of those seasons), we will look to our veteran players to help guide several newcomers with the leadership that it will take to return again. With a three-game intra-division series each week, the competition within the Liberty Division will be strong.

“We are very excited about some of our younger players and what the future holds for them in our program, and we are equally excited to see what some players who have been a part of our success for several years will do to cap off their high school careers.”

 

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