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WWBA Underclass Awards 🏆
Champion: @SpectsBaseball
Finalist: @mwghostnational
@franklinsports MVP: @charsarsfield5
MV-Pitcher: @BrodySimily

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High speed look at the FF-SL from '27 RHP Alexander Kakach (MN)... #WWBAWorlds @PG_WiscMinn @SpectsBaseball @PG_Draft

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@AlexKakach 💨

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An extended look at '27 RHP Alexander Kakach (MN)...
FB- 91-94 | CB- 81-83 | SL- 84-86 | CH- 86-88 // #Creighton commit #WWBAWorlds @PG_WiscMinn @SpectsBaseball @PG_Draft

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[Justin Gominsky @GoGoGominsky22]

I’ll probably catch some heat for this, but I think it needs to be said.

If you’re a healthy, highly regarded high school baseball player with an opportunity to compete at the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter and you voluntarily choose to sit it out, that’s a red flag to me.

And for several reasons.

Jupiter is one of the few events in amateur baseball where you have some of the best players in the country competing against one another, with college coaches and professional scouts watching every move.

This is where evaluations get challenged. Where rankings get tested. Where players can separate themselves from the rest of their class.

So why wouldn’t you want to compete?

I understand legitimate reasons for not playing. Injuries, workload management, family circumstances, and other situations absolutely warrant consideration. I’m not talking about those players.

I’m talking about the healthy players who have the opportunity and simply choose not to show up.

From a scouting and evaluation standpoint, that raises questions for me.

1. Competitiveness: Do you genuinely want to compete against the best players in the country, or are you more comfortable protecting your reputation?

2. Confidence: Are you willing to put yourself in situations where you might fail? Baseball is a game built around failure, and how you respond to it tells evaluators a lot.

3. Makeup: When the competition gets better and the environment becomes more demanding, are you someone who embraces that challenge?

4. Development: How can you accurately measure where you stand if you’re unwilling to test yourself against the best?

5. Accountability: Your teammates are showing up, competing, and putting themselves on the line. If you’re healthy and available, why wouldn’t you want to be in that dugout with them?

I’ve been on both sides of this game, as a player and now as someone involved in scouting and player development.

One thing I’ve learned is that talent gets you noticed, but competitiveness, makeup, and the willingness to challenge yourself are major factors in determining how far you can go.

Nobody expects you to dominate every time you step on the field. Scouts understand that. Sometimes you learn more about a player when he struggles against elite competition than when everything is going his way.

I’d much rather watch a player compete, struggle, make adjustments, and battle than wonder why he wasn’t willing to participate in the first place.

You don’t hurt your evaluation simply because you fail against great competition. But choosing to avoid that competition can leave evaluators with questions you never had to create.

Jupiter isn’t the only opportunity to prove yourself, and attendance alone doesn’t determine someone’s future.

But when the best players in the country are gathering to compete, I personally put a lot of value on the ones who want to be there.

Curious what other college coaches, professional scouts, travel coaches, and players think.

Is choosing to sit out Jupiter when you’re healthy and have the opportunity to compete a red flag, or am I putting too much emphasis on it?

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Charlie Sarsfield (‘27, IA) swing on an opposite field double. Consistent high level quality AB’s. Has drove the baseball to the opposite field very well this week. @RazorbackBSB commit. #WWBAWorlds @IowaPG

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Ty Schmeidler (‘27, KS) effective over multiple innings in a start today. FB in the 85-89 range. Depth to the breaking ball in the mid 70’s. Changed speeds/missed bats. #WWBAWorlds @SpectsBaseball @PGMidwestBB

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@LoganHagman99 💣

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Logan Hagman (‘27 WI) unloads and promptly dismantles this ball for a solo 💣! Clean rocked back weight transfer with good feel to leverage and launch. Ball was crushed. Solid behind the dish. #WWBAWorlds @PG_WiscMinn @GopherBaseball commit.

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+ stuff on the mound, settled in after the first inning and shoved against one of the best teams in the country!

@AlexKakach

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Alexander Kakach (‘27 MN) with eye opening stuff on full display tonight. Fastball 89-94 (2500-2700 RPM) explodes out of hand up to 21 IVB. Slider 81-86 (2951 RPM) upwards of 20” HB sharp sweeper traits. Curve 80-83 power depth late break. Change 86-88 kills spin with heavy fading tumble 19” HB. Plus stuff, should have a lot of eyes on him moving forward. #WWBAWorlds @PG_WiscMinn @CU_Baseball commit.

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@MaxtinLinn

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‘27 Maxtin Linn (MN)- 3 IP w/ 1 H allowed & 4 K. Sequenced effectively & avoided the heart of the zone w/ all 3. 87-89 & held there. Good SL flashed sharp & could play it in on LHH. Solid qual to CH @ 84 with sink arm side. #Minnesota commit. @PG_WiscMinn #WWBA

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‘30 River Valentine (IA) shows the 2W upside w/ this game-ending RBI knock to LF for @SpectsBaseball. Strides thru w/ a sl uphill bat plane and good bat speed. #WWBAWorlds @IowaPG

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@Corde12Gage can really swing it! + athlete that can defend and help teams win!!

#uncommitted

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Corde Gage (‘27 MO) goes up in the zone to get this one, driving a ball to RF for a 2-run single. Works from a wide base, shows an ability to manipulate the barrel. #WWBAWorlds

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Swinging it!!! 4 RBI’s today!

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Jack Runk (‘27 MN) delivers again as he laces this one into RC for a 2-run single. The #Gophers commit stays quick and direct to the ball, displays pull-side juice. #WWBAWorlds

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Jack Runk (‘27 MN) brings in a run as he ropes this one back up the middle for an RBI single. The #Gophers commit jumped all over the breaking ball and drove it with intent. #WWBAWorlds

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Kid can really pitch it!!! @GeradHanle

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Gerad Hanle (‘27 MN) turned in a standout outing today as he went the distance, tossing a CG to earn the W and picked up 6 Ks. FB up to 90, mostly sitting 86-89 throughout along with an upper 70s SL. #Gophers commit. #WWBAWorlds

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@WillKaskie 💨

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'28 RHP William Kaskie (NE) came out firing bullets in the 88-92 range. Athletic & loose arm, dropped the breaking ball (clip) in at 74-78. #GBR commit #WWBAWorlds @PGMidwestBB @SpectsBaseball

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💣 @charsarsfield5

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'27 OF Charlie Sarsfield (IA) leads off the game here by blasting a loud oppo HR. Beautiful LH swing & effortless bat spd to go along. #WPS commit #WWBAWorlds @IowaPG @SpectsBaseball

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JUPITER BOUND.

Spects National 2027 Gominsky & Marsolek head to Florida for the WWBA World Championship, one of the premier events in amateur baseball.

Two teams. National stage. Ready to compete.

BLUE COLLAR BASEBALL.

#SpectsNational #WWBA #Jupiter

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🏆CHAMPIONS🏆

Congratulations to the 2026 Prep Baseball KC Fall Challenge 15u Champions, 2031 Spects National Hoogerwerf!

#PrepBaseballKC | #KCFallChallenge

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2031 Spects National Hoogerwerf are PBR KC Fall Challenge Champions!

Playing up an age level, the boys dominated the weekend:

55 runs scored, 11 allowed
.420 team BA
2.69 team ERA
Opponents hit just .170

Next up: 14U WWBA in West Palm Beach

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‘28 RHP Jack Simpson (MN) operating 84-87 & up to 88, featuring heavy sink. Living at the bottom, flashed SL w/ some sweep. @PG_Uncommitted #WWBAWorlds @PG_WiscMinn @SpectsBaseball

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‘28 SS/RHP Nicholas Chiarodo (IL) showing great arm talent & running it up to 91, sitting 88-90. FB missing bats & showing mid-70s 11-5 CB. Uber athletic w/ arm spd. @PG_Uncommitted #WWBAWorlds @PG_Illinois @SpectsBaseball