Jordan Martins of Edison – shown here in a May 2, 2022 game at South Brunswick – leads the Eagles with 11 runs batted in through nine games. (file photo)
Nine games into the 2022 season, the Edison baseball team was 4-5, and by the time it was all over, the record was 7-17-1, with a team batting average of .209.
Fast forward a year, and the Eagles are 6-3, and hitting 153 points higher, at .362.
Granted, they saw some really good pitching in the Red Division last year, but a number of players are tearing the cover off the ball this year.
After a slow start, catcher Charlie Taub is hitting .417, shortstop Jordan Martins is hitting .379, and first baseman Jackson Ferrer is at .478 with a team-leading eleven RBIs.
The common thread? They’re all seniors.
Not to mention, the Eagles are getting good pitching, too. Senior Jaxon Appelman – who is also hitting .414 with ten RBIs – is 1-2 in three starts, having not allowed a run in two of them, in five innings of a 23-0 win over Perth Amboy and a complete game 2-0 shutout at JP Stevens back on Tuesday.
All that points to a solid season for the Eagles, who despite having lost 7-1 at Middlesex Thursday afternoon, come into a Friday afternoon affair with JFK our of the Blue Division having won three of their last four.
You can hear Friday’s game on Central Jersey Sports Radio, starting with pregame at 3:45, and first pitch against the Mustangs at 4:00. Mike Pavlichko will call all the action; click here to listen
Click below to hear Edison head coach Vinnie Abene talk about the season so far and the matchup with JFK:
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Great article! Great job boys – though something is missing…hmmm I wonder what or who it is.
and that who or what is
PAUL DICARLO!!!!!