Anthony Frascogna
Pat-Med Hopeful to Make Playoff Push After Graduating Carl Yastrzemski Award Winner
By Anthony DiCocco A season ago, Pat-Med made another playoff appearance while its 16 wins matched its second-highest season total in the past 15 years. Now head coach Anthony Frascogna and the Raiders will attempt to replicate that success without last year’s Carl Yastrzemski Award winner. RHP/CF Jayden Stroman — the younger brother of current MLB free agent Marcus Stroman — powered Pat-Med in all aspects of the game last season. When on the mound, Stroman went 5-0, posting a 0.70 ERA and 0.76 walks and hits per inning pitched with 50 strikeouts in just 20 innings pitched. RHP Jayden Stroman named recipient of the Carl Yastrzemski Award given to the top player in Suffolk County pic.twitter.com/LFrSfPaIVw — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 17, 2025 At the dish, he produced a .431 ...
Up Next Powered by Ken Kortright State Farm: Evan Picciano
(Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment of the 2025 Up Next Series in which we highlight the top underclassmen on Long Island. Previously, we highlighted Jack Mulligan, Alex Pagano, Quincy Gibbs, Michael Cotto and Charlie Edwards. Special thanks to Ken Kortright State Farm Agency for sponsoring this year’s series.) Evan Picciano (Pat-Med 2029) pic.twitter.com/0t4RNgcGFm — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) December 1, 2025 In the history of Patchogue-Medford HS – which has featured some extremely high-end players in recent history, there has never been an 8th grader that has played as much as Evan Picciano did this past season. Think about that – they have a current big leaguer with 11 years of experience, another that played for Team USA, and a first round pick j...
GAME RECAP: Jayden Stroman Strikes Out 12 over 4 Innings, Pat-Med Wins 7-1
Final: Pat-Med 7, William Floyd 1 WP: Jayden Stroman (4 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 12 Ks) Kentoffio: 2-3, 2 RBIs, 2 R Stroman: 1-2, 2 BB, 2 R Pat-Med improves to 7-2 pic.twitter.com/MRbS8iQQ4y — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) April 19, 2025 Even with over a dozen scouts lined up behind home plate, Jayden Stroman was unfazed. The flame-throwing Duke-commit fired 4 hitless innings, recording 12 strikeouts and yielding two walks. He earned the win in a 7-1 victory by Pat-Med over League I rival William Floyd. “They’re people just like you and me,” said Stroman in regards to how he stays focused amidst the flurry of scouts. “There’s people on the sides, it’s the same thing – to me they’re just standing in a different location.” After Stroman stru...
Coming Off Playoff Appearance, Pat-Med Energized With Addition of Jayden Stroman
Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s series by Max Edelman All eyes on Long Island will be on the Pat-Med Raiders in 2025. Speaking of the number 25, head coach Anthony Frascogna will be entering his 25th year in charge of the Raiders. In his 24th season, Frascogna looked back on what he believed was a strong season for his team. “We played well.” Frascgona said. “We made the playoffs, finished 12-11 overall. We won a playoff game and then we got knocked out by William Floyd.” Last year’s Raiders team featured six seniors who started on varsity, with a number of them continuing to play ball in college. Including Rob Melo who is playing at Army, David Granucci who’s at SUNY Maritime and Nick Cadolino who’s playing at SUNY Polytechnic. Thi...
Jayden Stroman Signs NLI to Attend Duke University
17-year-old Jayden Stroman, brother of Marcus, is making 96 MPH throws from shortstop There have only been 12 throws by an infielder of 96 MPH or more in MLB this season pic.twitter.com/T881ZZisJT — Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 1, 2024 Jayden Stroman signed his financial agreement to attend Duke University. Baseball fans are certainly familiar with his older brother, Marcus, who also graduated from Patchogue-Medford and attended Duke University where he was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the 2012 draft. He debuted in the big leagues in 2014 and just helped lead the New York Yankees to capturing the American League pennant. Jayden attended the Stony Brook School in 2021, 2022 and 2023 before heading to Florida to attend IMG Academy in 2024. His decision t...
Pat-Med Looking to Build on Last Year’s Class AA County Finals Appearance
by Aaron Diaz (Special thanks to Metamorphosis Landscape Design for sponsoring this year’s season preview series.) 🚨 Upset Alert 🚨 Final: Pat-Med 3, Connetquot 2 WP: Jack Costello (CG, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks) Rob Melo: RBI single Jack Costello: sac fly Bryan Frascogna: RBI single Pat-Med will play the winner of Ward Melville-Longwood on Saturday pic.twitter.com/T6NLwIJdH6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 17, 2023 Patchogue-Medford finished with an 18-8 record and is always in the conversation when playing playoff baseball in May. Last year’s County Finals appearance was no different. They ran into an exceptional Commack team, however, that halted their championship aspirations. “We got pretty far last year and made it to the County Finals,” said Patchogue-Medford head coach ...
GAME RECAP: Jack Costello Fires Gem, Pat-Med Pulls Off Upset at No. 1 Connetquot
🚨 Upset Alert 🚨 Final: Pat-Med 3, Connetquot 2 WP: Jack Costello (CG, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 2 Ks) Rob Melo: RBI single Jack Costello: sac fly Bryan Frascogna: RBI single Pat-Med will play the winner of Ward Melville-Longwood on Saturday pic.twitter.com/T6NLwIJdH6 — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) May 17, 2023 Baseball is a unique game filled with quirks and statistical oddities. Here’s one for you: three times since 2003, Connetquot was the No.1 seed in the Suffolk AA postseason and were defeated by Pat-Med at home. There’s no rhyme or reason to that, each team was comprised of entirely different players but each time the Raiders were able to do something exceptionally difficult – beat one of the best teams on Long Island on their own turf. Pat-Med certainly hasn’t ...
Led by Reigning Carl Yastrzemski Award Winner, Pat-Med Ready to Go
by Nick Cipolla Last year was a memorable one for the Raiders as they continued their winning ways, finishing 13-5 in League I and clinching another playoff berth in the process. Pat-Med looked like a contender to win the County Championship, but unfortunately they were bounced from the playoffs by Floyd, ending one of their best seasons in recent memory. We were able to talk with head coach Anthony Frascogna about the season and the upcoming season. “Solid season with a disappointing ending”, said Frascogna, “We have to make fielding the ball a priority this season. Have to be able to overcome some of the external forces that weigh in on the game sometimes.. making errors didn’t allow us to do that”. The Raiders will only be losing two guys from their core in 2022, Outfielder Tyree ...
Josh Knoth Commits to Ole Miss
Josh Knoth (Pat-Med 2023) has made a significant jump this offseason. He was highlighted as part of our “Up Next” Series pic.twitter.com/vz4xFAiGWk — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) February 15, 2021 If you’ve been following Long Island baseball over the past couple years, you are certainly familiar with Pat-Med RHP Josh Knoth. The flamethrowing ace has continued to dominant hitters and light up the radar gun since se featured him as part of the “Up Next” series a couple years ago. All his did in 2021 was nearly fire a no-hitter in the playoffs on the road against Ward Melville (he allowed a single with 2 outs in the 7th). He followed that up by winning the coveted Carl Yastrzemski Award in 2022 and has since gone on to receive national attention after ex...
Pat-Med Enters 2022 in Prime Position to Make a Run
By Michael Malaszczyk Final: Pat-Med 11, Ward Melville 2 WP: Josh Knoth (6.2 IP, 1 H, 5 HBP, 10 Ks) Pat-Med advances to face No. 1 Sachem East tomorrow pic.twitter.com/AACXH4Xcdx — Axcess Baseball LI (@axcessbaseball) June 15, 2021 Under the guidance of Coach Anthony Frascogna, Patchogue-Medford High School is poised for a successful season in 2022. Patchogue-Medford had a great season in 2021; Coach Frascogna was happy to share his thoughts on last season in an interview with Axcess Baseball. “I was proud of how our team played,” he said “We advanced in the playoffs against good teams and had to battle Sachem East for a third time in the season. Our guys didn’t back down and we got great efforts from Dante Morabito and Tyree Jackson. Knoth threw a playoff one-hitter vs. Melville. Pretty b...
After Figuring Out Suffolk’s Return-To-Play Plan, Frascogna Now Focuses On Returning Pat-Med to Playoffs
by Chris Sacchi Anthony Frascogna is entering his 21st season as head coach of Patchogue-Medford high school. He also serves as President of the Suffolk Baseball Coaches Association, which has become a whole new role during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was a little bit of work, and I’m thankful that people were receptive to the suggestions we put out there, because sometimes, it’s hard to get people to change their minds,” Frascogna said. “I’m proud of what we were able to do as far as maximizing the number of games in a safe way, with the time allotment, and not really altering the big things.” “I mean, it’s going to be a lot different than we’ve had in the past, but I think we made the most of what we have.” Changes for this season, among others, include playi...
A Message From Anthony Frascogna
by Anthony Frascogna Suffolk Baseball Coaches Association, President Let me start by saying that I still love coaching baseball, it’s getting close to 30 years overall, most times the practices even more than the games. In fact, my first varsity practice included snow shovels and boots instead of bats and balls. Intentionally crazy I admit, but those were different times. Today, as I left my house, passed the remaining snow that was piled by a street plow and got hit by the wind as I passed the shelter the house was providing, my first thought was, “We don’t have practice outside today!” honestly, it was a happy thought. The circumstances that have led to the delay of the Suffolk HS Baseball season, a world-wide pandemic, are nothing short of horrific. All disturbances that have occurre...
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