2025 MLB Draft
Detroit Tigers Select Hauppauge Catcher Michael Oliveto With 34th Overall Pick
🚨 WALK OFF GRAND SLAM 🚨 Hauppauge junior Mike Oliveto crushes a walk-off grand slam as the Eagles overcame a late 7-2 deficit to win 10-7 and improve to 7-0 pic.twitter.com/aFHDWjUBaF — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 8, 2024 2024 was a dream season for the Hauppauge Eagles. Their catcher, Michael Oliveto, parlayed that into a dream 2025 for himself. The 6’3 left-handed hitting catcher was selected by the Detroit Tigers with the 34th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. The Yale-commit had scouts following his every move this season, as he was the recipient of Blue Chip Prospect’s Silver Slugger Award given to the top hitter in Suffolk County. He batted .435 with 9 HRs (including one in his final high school at bat for his 100th career hit), 25 RBIs, 31 runs scored, ....
Led by the Top Pitcher on Long Island, Miller Place Ready to Take Next Step
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman After serving eight years as an assistant coach, Joe Mancini took the reins as the head coach of the Miller Place Panthers in 2024. In his rookie season in charge, Mancini led his team to a second place league finish. But after winning a playoff game over Center Moriches, the Panthers eventually fell to both Kings Park and Sable. This season, Mancini is looking to build off of the playoff victory from last season. Of the seniors that graduated from Miller Place last year. Alex Strickland, who had a sub 1 ERA last season, is now pitching at Longwood University. His brother, Joe Strickland is at Misericordia University and Mike Monaco is now at the University of Bridgeport. An extended lo...
Nick Frusco Commits to Clemson
Miller Place sophomore LHP Nick Frusco carried a perfect game into the sixth inning and struck out 15 in a 13-0 win over East Hampton pic.twitter.com/Ud2EPCfWSf — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) March 30, 2023 Long Island has long been a hotspot for producing hard-throwing southpaws. This has been true dating back to the 1970s when Neal Heaton was the No. 1 overall pick in the country but chose to attend Miami. It seems every couple years there’s another young stud that garners interest from Power 5 conferences. Next up is Miller Place southpaw Nick Frusco. After initially committing to Rutgers, he de-committed and announced his commitment to Clemson this past week. Frusco has been up to 94 MPH with his fastball and sits in the low 90s. As a sophomore, he led Long Island pitcher...
