St. Joseph of Metuchen with its GMC Tournament hardware after a 2-0 win over North Brunswick at Ray Cipperly Field in East Brunswick on May 21, 2023. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
Missing the 2020 high school baseball season presented its own set of challenges for teams in New Jersey, but it also leveled the playing field a bit. The 2021 season was loaded with seniors who had their last scholastic experience as sophomores.
For St. Joseph Metuchen, it also meant their sophomores – who saw a ton of action – would wind up being three-year starters, and that made life somewhat easy for Falcons’ head coach Mike Murray, who’s had a consistent core since returning to the diamond post-pandemic.
But many of them are now at other places. Robbie Carvelli is at Lehigh, Jimmy Mulvaney went to Farifield. Mark Gialluisi is at Virginia. Christian Azcona is at Eastern Kentucky, Josiah Brown is playing for Manhattan, and Bryan Rios is at Felician.
For the past few seasons, Murray hasn’t had to make too many decisions. Now, he’ll have to, as St. Joe’s looks to defend its Greater Middlesex County Tournament title with a vastly different lineup. But it also means the patience of the underclassmen is about to payoff. Now, there are spots up for grabs, and it’s their time.
Click below to hear St. Joseph head coach Mike Murray talk about the upcoming season for St. Joseph of Metuchen:
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