Detroit Tigers
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, ....
Sam Kessler Reflects On A Crazy 2019
(Photo Credit: WVU Athletics) The phrase ‘bittersweet’ is often overused in sports media. There is not a more apropos phrase, however, to describe 2019 for Mount Sinai-native Sam Kessler. Let’s start with the bad. With his team hosting the NCAA Regional against Texas A & M, he was on the mound and yielded a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the 9th inning on a full count to turn a 10-7 lead by West Virginia into an 11-10 victory for Texas A & M. The loss eliminated the Mountaineers and with social media’s ubiquity, the clip has been played 2.5 million times on Twitter. Kessler noted that he thinks about it every day. What made matters worse, he stated was that his West Virginia squad was hosting the regional and that they led 9-1 in the fifth inning befor...
