Episode 116: 2023 New England (Region 2) Preview

The Podcast About Division-III Baseball

Welcome to Episode 116 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. It's time for the second of two New England preview pods, this one covering Region 2. Preview finale! In order:

• CCC (at 1:00)
  • Endicott might be the most (re-)loaded team in the region if not the country and is primed for a World Series run
  • Salve Regina looks more impressive on offense than on the mound for the first time in a while but they should still be balanced enough to challenge the Gulls
  • Roger Williams may have missed their window with a ton of talent graduating but we still expect them to be good
  • Suffolk has one of the more fascinating players in the entire region
• LEC (at 13:40)
  • THE CHAMPS Eastern Connecticut are coming off one of the more remarkable D-III seasons ever and will have to perform the encore with a new head coach and practically entirely new pitching staff
  • Rhode Island College has an impressive offense mostly intact but has some important innings to replace
  • UMass-Boston is looking ready to return to the postseason for the first time in a weirdly long time for them (4 years lol)
  • Southern Maine has the talent to bounce back from a rare season missing the regionals
• MASCAC (at 31:50)
  • Bridgewater State came outta nowhere with one of the best starting rotations in D-III and the cool thing is all those arms are back
  • Westfield State can always be counted on to be in the mix atop this conference
• NECC (at 37:30)
  • Mitchell is good but it is very goofy that this 4-team conference still has an AQ *sigh*
• UAA (at 42:10)
  • Brandeis has built their program up to respectability but has a lot of offense graduating

We conclude (at 43:00) with our player and pitcher of the year picks, and our teams to beat. Then we say goodbye.

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