On June 26 and 27th the Valley Baseball League returns to the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball (NASCB) Prospect Games.
Formerly known as the Southeast Collegiate Prospect Showcase, the NACSB features several of the top summer collegiate baseball leagues in the nation and are going into their 10th showcase and will be played in Lynchburg, VA at the Liberty University’s campus.
The leagues who will be featured at the NASCB Prospect Games alongside the VBL include; Florida Collegiate Summer League, Sunbelt Baseball League, Southern Collegiate Baseball League, Hampton Collegiate Baseball League, Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, and New York Collegiate Baseball League.
The Florida League has the most wins since the showcase began in 2013 with eight.
The Covington Lumberjacks will have two players featured in the NASCB; Gregory Melo and Jacob Heath.
Below is the entire VBL roster headed for Lynchburg. The VBL will have two set pitching staffs for Monday and Tuesday’s games. Please note that the asterisk *** will be for which pitchers will be playing on the VBL Tuesday roster.
VBL Roster
Infielders:
Catcher – Patrick Stroh, Waynesboro
Catcher – Jose Torres, Purcellville
Catcher – Trenton Bullen, New Market
1st Base – Alex McCoy, Waynesboro
1st Base – Chandler Ballenger, Winchester
1st Base – Ryne Guida, Purcellville
Middle Infielder – Jan Carlos Colon, Winchester
Middle Infielder – Mike McKinney, Staunton
Middle Infielder – Kyle Edwards, Charlottesville
Middle Infielder – Cooper Clapp, Staunton
3rd Base – Jason Torres, Harrisonburg
3rd Base – Gregory Melo, Covington
Outfielder – Kien Vu, Culpeper
Outfielder – Joe Delossantos, Strasburg
Outfielder – Ben Barrett, Harrisonburg
Outfielder – Max Galvin, Woodstock
Outfielder – El Rios Riley, New Market
Outfielder – Jack Torosian, Culpeper
Pitchers:
Garrett Gainey, Winchester
Carter Lyles, Harrisonburg
Andrew Washington, Purcellville
Ben Keene, Staunton
Ryan Hanks, Culpeper
Center Stanford, Front Royal
Benito Valle-Jhanda, Waynesboro
Logan Forsythe, Charlottesville
Ryan Reed, Woodstock
Davian Garcia, Charlottesville
Kaegan Zin, Purcellville
***El Rios Riley, New Market
***Jordan Little, Charlottesville
***Jacob Heath, Covington
***Jacob Marlowe, Harrisonburg
***Austin Mills, Culpeper
***Liam Best, Charlottesville
***Carter Rasmussen, Culpeper
***Derrell Fletcher-Knight, Staunton
***Zack Root, Charlottesville
***Ryan Desanto, Strasburg
***Luke Lyman, Purcellville