Prep Baseball Report

2019 Academy World Series Preview: Elev8 Baseball Academy


Rocco Iervasi
Operation/Area Scout

On May 10th-12th, 2019 at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, PBR Florida will host the First annual Academy World Series. This years event features eight academies from Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. The event will feature a pair of pool play games followed by single elimination bracket-play until the first champion is crowned. Today we take a look at the preview of Elev8 Baseball Academy. 

For the full event schedule CLICK HERE.

Top Seniors

Name

Position

Commitment

Fabian Ortega

RHP

ASA College

Ricky Del Rio

RHP/SS

Lake Sumter State College

Joseph Martin

2B

WPI

Nelson Graveran 

3B/2B

Uncommitted

Sam Cornelius

OF/1B

Uncommitted

 

Top Underclassmen 

Name

Position

Class

Commitment

Ben Vespi

RHP/1B

2020

UCF

Caden Rothbaum 

LHP

2021

Binghamton

Joseph Phan

SS

2021

Uncommitted

Kyle Murphy

C/UTIL

2021

Uncommitted

Players to Watch

Ben Vespi RHP / 1B / Elev8, FL / 2020

UCF - the 6-foot-3 right hander shows clean, easy arm action on the mound. His fastball sits 88-90 and has touched 91. Also comes with a 76 mph curveball and an 80 mph changeup.  

 

Joseph Phan SS / 3B / Elev8, FL / 2021

5-foot-8, young shortstop has a slender frame with room to grow. Clean and quick hands at shortstop. Offensively, has a smooth and fluid swing at the plate. 

 

 

Summary of the Team and Season

Baseball training academy in Delray Beach, FL. Season record of 38-19-4.

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS


SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Panhandle Summer Kick-Off Games FL 05/18 Northwest Florida State
PBR ProCase - Florida (Invite Only) FL 05/25 IMG Academy
PBR Summer Kickoff ID FL 05/26 IMG Academy
Underclass Games - UCF (Invite Only) FL 06/23 John Euliano Park - Central Florida
Prospect ID - FIU FL 06/29 Infinity Insurance Park - Florida International
Underclass Games - Miami (Invite Only) FL 06/30 Alex Rodriguez Park - University of Miami
Top Prospect Games - Jacksonville (Invite Only) FL 07/06 John Sessions Stadium - Jacksonville University
Prospect ID - UCF FL 07/13 John Euliano Park - Central Florida
Underclass Games - South Florida (Invite Only) FL 07/14 USF Baseball Stadium - South Florida
All-States Games (Invite Only) FL 07/27 Alex Rodriguez Park - University of Miami
Junior Future Games NATIONAL 07/30 LakePoint
2019 PBR Future Games (Florida Invite) FL 07/31 LakePoint - Cartersville, GA
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Florida) FL 02/26