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http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23200&ATCLID=209357099&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Pitcher - Devin Bagwell
Pitcher - Jacob Craver
Pitcher - Trevor Gay
Pitcher - Matt Horkey
Pitcher - Josh Maciejewsk
Pitcher - Alon Smith
Infielder - Brett Netzer
Infielder - Alex Reynolds
Shortstop/pitcher - Hunter Jones

Four of these players are Top 70 prospects in the state of North Carolina, with others ranked high by their position by Perfect Game CrossChecker.

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I’m ready to see what we can do now that we’re in a league that cares about baseball. You’re already seeing an uptick in recruiting. Six more weeks and we’ll be back at The Hayes!

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I can’t wait. Gooooooal Niners! ;D

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I can’t wait. Gooooooal Niners! ;D[/quote]

I’m ready for some 49er baseball and can’t wait to start play in a “Baseball Power Conference”.

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Sounds like a great class.

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The A10 vs this CUSA is like jumping from hs. It’s back to reality like sunbelt, metro, cusa of old. Everyone will have 1-2 guys 90mph, speed in middle inf. Only this time we have facility on par. Anything over .500 will be huge.

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Hunter Jones----yet another Piedmont Panther turned Charlotte 49er!!! ;D BY all accounts, he is a GREAT kid from a GREAT family and he grew up as a big 49er fan, going to our basketball games. He joins a long list of Piedmont guys for us, including Brad Elwood, Patric King, Rob and Jim Lyerly, Matt Foard and several others.

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You walk around all the neighborhoods handing out Pro-Niner paraphernalia don’t you?

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You walk around all the neighborhoods handing out Pro-Niner paraphernalia don’t you?[/quote]

Of course, me and Coach Hibbs-----since he is virtually my neighbor.

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You walk around all the neighborhoods handing out Pro-Niner paraphernalia don’t you?[/quote]

Of course, me and Coach Hibbs-----since he is virtually my neighbor.[/quote]

Haha, whatever works.

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[quote=“49RFootballNow, post:1, topic:28507”]http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23200&ATCLID=209357099&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Pitcher - Devin Bagwell
Pitcher - Jacob Craver
Pitcher - Trevor Gay
Pitcher - Matt Horkey
Pitcher - Josh Maciejewsk
Pitcher - Alon Smith
Infielder - Brett Netzer
Infielder - Alex Reynolds
Shortstop/pitcher - Hunter Jones

Four of these players are Top 70 prospects in the state of North Carolina, with others ranked high by their position by Perfect Game CrossChecker.[/quote]

I went through some of the basic scouting reports on our '15 commits. With a lot of the information under lock and key to premium subscribers, it is sometimes hard to find to find much to really get excited about.

Enter: Matt Horkey ( @horkley27 )

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=297752#

I feel like this is a guy we can really get excited about. Horkey is one of four left-handers in the class, but it looks like he has some electric stuff. Throwing 87 MPH from the left side of the mound is hard not to get excited about!

I’m going to try to outline the remaining commits over the course of the week.

Is it baseball season yet?

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You walk around all the neighborhoods handing out Pro-Niner paraphernalia don’t you?[/quote]

Another bit of trivia concerning the future Niners / Panther alumni, Brad Elwood, Patrick King, and Hunter Jones all live in the same neighborhood.[/quote]

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[quote=“AK-49, post:11, topic:28507”][quote=“49RFootballNow, post:1, topic:28507”]http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23200&ATCLID=209357099&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Pitcher - Devin Bagwell
Pitcher - Jacob Craver
Pitcher - Trevor Gay
Pitcher - Matt Horkey
Pitcher - Josh Maciejewsk
Pitcher - Alon Smith
Infielder - Brett Netzer
Infielder - Alex Reynolds
Shortstop/pitcher - Hunter Jones

Four of these players are Top 70 prospects in the state of North Carolina, with others ranked high by their position by Perfect Game CrossChecker.[/quote]

I went through some of the basic scouting reports on our '15 commits. With a lot of the information under lock and key to premium subscribers, it is sometimes hard to find to find much to really get excited about.

Enter: Matt Horkey ( @horkley27 )

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=297752#

I feel like this is a guy we can really get excited about. Horkey is one of four left-handers in the class, but it looks like he has some electric stuff. Throwing 87 MPH from the left side of the mound is hard not to get excited about!

I’m going to try to outline the remaining commits over the course of the week.

Is it baseball season yet?[/quote]

[size=2]Nice! and Welcome to the board. [font=Verdana]We could use more baseball fans over here.[/font][/size]

[size=2]Excited to see our recruiting pick up. Always good to grab a kid from the Dirtbag program.[/size]

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I wanted to take the time to go through the rest of the new class and give some basic info on each guy.

[size=14pt]The LHPs:[/size]

Four of the nine incoming in 2015 commits will be hurling the ball from the left hand side of the plate. Which will give the Niners 7 lefties available. (Bond, Geoghegan, & Eason retunring)

Jacob Craver ( @Jcraver6 )
6’1 190
88 MPH Fastball
West Stokes (King)

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=379517

Josh Maciejewski (@joshmaciejewski )
6’2 180
85 MPH Fastball
Panther Creek HS (Morrisville)

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=371653

Alon Smith ( @alonsmith2 )
5’11 170
84 MPH Fastball
Hopewell HS (Charlotte)

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=355959

Matt Horkey ( @horkey27 ) :
6’1 185
87 MPH Fastball
Lucy Ragsdale HS (Greensbro)

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=297752

[size=14pt]The Infielders[/size]

The '15 Charlotte recruiting class features three infielders

Brett Netzer ( @BrettNetzer )
SS
6’0 170
Tega Clay, SC

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=390923

Alex Reynolds
SS
6’1 215
Kings Mountain HS (Kings Mountain)

Reynolds is also listed as a RHP by Perfect Game USA

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=297280

Hunter Jones (@Hjones_7 )
SS/RHP
6’1 160
85 MPH Fastball
Piedmont HS (Indian Trail)

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=339871

[size=14pt]The RHPs[/size]

Devin Bagwell ( @DevinBagwell )
6’2 190
84 MPH Fastball
Southlake Christian (Mooresville)

http://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=344806

Trevor Gay ( @Hpcbison12 )
6’2 180
87 MPH Fastball
High Point Central (High Point)

http://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=297756

Unfortunately these are only brief looks into our '15 Charlotte 49ers Baseball class, but it gives us a little bit more of an idea about the upcoming class. I cannot wait to see these guys on the field!

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Thanks for the info, AK.

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Hope those pitchers can either pick up some velocity or have solid movement on their pitches.

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LOL

Gun times from jr hs year and last summer don’t reflect where guys project in 2015 spring

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LOL

Gun times from jr hs year and last summer don’t reflect where guys project in 2015 spring[/quote]Really, what a shock. Guess that’s why I said hope they can either pick up velocity (which means develop) or have solid movement on their pitches. Hopefully both happen.

Maybe they’ll get coached up a little more before they arrive here.

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This is why we can’t have nice things.

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[quote=“49erAlumnus, post:19, topic:28507”]This is why we can’t have nice things.[/quote]The “maybe they will get coached up before they get here” was a joke by me. Don’t think that’s something anyone would ever say to a recruit.