Cory Welch

Pre-Season Rankings: Class of 2023

dp's favorite sport in South Carolina is alive and well this week when we look at the young men playing baseball at the prep level. Look no further than the 2023 players who are poised to make an impact this spring! In our 9th ranking of these guys, dp has slotted (225+) players by position and put out our Watch List of another 50 or so more. Keep ...

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Pre-Season Rankings: Class of 2022

There are some prospects in these rankings that we believe could become household names eventually, for now they are just like the other 300+ players below who are finalizing their prep portfolios, many have already signed, and congrats to them! Off a year of playing Covid+ catch up, we are simply where we are these days but feel like this ranking...

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DP Upstate Fall League: Make-Up Week Recap

By: Barry Mabry, Brian Simpson & Cory Welch - November 1-3, 2021
In a fall of “firsts” in the Upstate, the trend has continued with our first “Make-Up” week in the Upstate Fall League. A week in September and October was washed away and in order for clubs to get their respective contests in, we have extended the season three days. That gave ou...

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DP Fall Showcase Data: 2021

WHITE

#
First Name
Last Name
High School
CLASS
60
POS MPH
 POP
 MPH

20
Tanner
Beckley
James Island
2023
7.15 
79
 -
 -

21
Josh 
Watson
Carolina Forest
2023
7.52
69
 -
 -

22
Jack
Peeler
York
2022
7.21
88
 -
84 

23
Grayson
Selepes
Byrnes 
2022
6.87
82
 -
80

24
Cobe
...

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DP Fall Showcase Accolades: 2021

-River Bluff High School-
November 6-7, 2021
Accolades 

 

 Award
 Name
 High School

 T1-Best Baseball Name
 DuBose Rembert
 Sumter 

 T1-Best Baseball Name
 John Parker Rambo
 St. Joseph's 

 T1-Best Baseball Name
 Bryson Nuckols
 North Augusta 

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dp Upstate Fall League: All-Star Night #1 @ USC-Upstate

By: Will Cheatham, Taylor Hollifield, Barry Mabry & Cory Welch - October 27, 2021
Another successful season of the Upstate Fall League is coming to a close and as always, we capped the season off with some All-Star activities! With a double-dip slated tomorrow night at Clemson (now postponed due to rain), tonight we set up shop at Harley Park -...

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Upstate Fall League: Fall Star Games Rosters & Schedule

Thursday, November 4 @ USC-Upstate Schedule Admission: FREE 4:30-5:00: Check-in begins, White/Black teams hit in cages 5:22-5:30: Orange INF/OF 5:32-5:40: Purple INF/OF 5:45: Orange vs Purple (7 inning game) 6:45-7:15: Check-in for White/Black teams, hit in cages 7:35: White INF/OF 7:42: Black INF/OF 7:50: White vs Black (7 inning game) **Schedule for second game may be altered due to pace of play; please arrive on time or early. If ahead of schedule, we will proceed. Dugouts: White/Orange – 3B; Black/Purple – 1B Rosters  Orange Team Manager: Jack Jolly (Dorman HS)  Name  High School  Position  Year  Commitment  Asher Goss  Laurens  RHP/INF  2024  –  Matthew Moore  Gaffney  RHP/INF  2022  USC-Lancaster  Bayley Black  Gaffney  RHP/INF  2023  –  Seth Johnson  Irmo  RHP  2023  –  Landen Vo  JL Mann  LHP  2023  –  Parker Clarke  Laurens  RHP  2022  –  Dylan Anderson  Boiling Springs  LHP  2022  –  Peyton Hodge  Chapman  C  2024  –  Jack Uldrick  Abbeville  C/INF  2023  –  Zach Aylor  Woodruff  C/1B  2022  USC-Union  Hunter Lancaster  Byrnes  1B  2022  –  Grey Wells  Chapin  INF  2022  Anderson  Jerran Matcalf  Chapman  INF  2023  –  Byers Smith  Dorman  INF  2022  –  Owen Turner  Dorman  INF  2022  Spartanburg Methodist  Jackson Reel  Boilings Springs  INF  2023  –  Weston Brown  Gaffney  OF  2022  –  Brayden Renfrow  St. Joseph’s  OF  2024  –  Cal Robertson  Laurens Academy  OF  2022  USC Sumter  Grayson Shirley  Brashier MC  INF/OF  2022  –  Purple Team Manager: Rex Graves (Eastside HS)  Name  High School  Position  Year  Commitment  Parker Cody  Blacksburg  RHP/OF  2023  –  Brandt Miller  Blue Ridge  LHP/OF  2022  –  AJ Cammarota  Blue Ridge  LHP/OF  2024  –  James Sheenan  Greer  RHP  2023  –  Jackson Edwards  Laurens  RHP  2022  –  Jacob Cogdell  Chapman  RHP  2023  –  Jeb Dawson  Broome  RHP/INF  2022  –  Joe Irizarry  Fountain Inn  C  2025  –  Harper Gosnell  Landrum  C  2025  –  Julian Scott  Irmo  1B  2023  –  JP Hornick  Chapin  INF  2022  –  Jack Murphy  St. Joseph’s  INF  2023  –  Pat Wood  Greenwood  INF  2023  –  Thomas Willis  Laurens  INF  2022  –  Peyton Burton  Palmetto  INF  2024  –  Bryant Whitlock  Union County  INF  2023  –  Tanner Hardin  Union County  INF  2024  –  Maddox Floyd  Chapin  OF  2024  Citadel  Jonah Epps  Chesnee  OF  2022  –  Braden Hairston  Blue Ridge  C  2022  – Black Team Manager: Daniel Crenshaw (TL Hanna)  Name  High School  Position  Year  Commitment  Brody Linker  Crescent  RHP/INF  2024  –  Jensen Howard  Greer  RHP/INF  2022  –  Layton Dickerson  Palmetto  LHP/OF  2022  –  Trevor Merck  Seneca  RHP/OF  2022  USC-Union  Ethan Califf  Wade Hampton  RHP  2023  –  Tyler Davis  Woodmont  RHP  2023  –  Hunter Howard  JL Mann  RHP  2024  –  Dillon Roach  Walhalla  C  2023  –  Hunter Jagodzinski  Hillcrest  C  2023  –  Brett Boone  TL Hanna  1B  2023  –  CJ Martin  Pickens  INF  2023  –  Brayden Keller  Riverside  INF  2023  –  Caide Linker  Crescent  INF  2022  Spartanburg Methodist  Cooper Lattimer  TL Hanna  INF  2022  –  Zachariah Gibson  West-Oak  UTL  2023  –  Brock Holder  Southside Christian  OF  2022  Limestone  EJ Grant  Westside  OF  2024  –  Kai Tullos  Riverside  1B  2023  –  Brock Reeves  Chapin  INF  2022  –  James Melehes  JL Mann  C  2023  –  White Team Manager: Wade Padgett (Powdersville HS)  Name  High School  Position  Year  Commitment  Harrison Crawford  Belton-Honea Path  RHP/1B  2022  LaGrange College  Jacob Hamby  Palmetto  RHP/OF  2022  –  Dylan Willis  Riverside  LHP  2023  –  Wells Anderson  Wade Hampton  RHP/OF  2024  –  Jackson Davis  Wade Hampton  RHP/INF  2023  –  Kensen Green  Wren  LHP  2022  –  Owen Austin  Wren  LHP/OF  2022  –  Ed Santini  JL Mann  C  2022  –  Alex LaCoste  Hillcrest  C/INF  2024  –  Braiden Moore  West-Oak  1B  2023  –  Cole Garrick  Liberty  INF  2023  –  Dylan Levy  Greenville  INF  2022  Spartanburg Methodist  Rich King  JL Mann  1B  2022  –  Colin Stevens  Hillcrest  OF  2022  –  Elijah Miller  Upstate Eagles  UTL  2023  –  Anthony Bennett  Wade Hampton  OF  2023  –  Garrison Cartee  Wren  INF  2022  –  Joseph Coker  Woodmont  INF  2023  – +

Upstate Fall League: Upstate Select Game Roster & Schedule

-Upstate Select Game- Wednesday, October 27 @ Harley Park (USC-Upstate) Admission: FREE Schedule 6:30-7:00: Check-in for Kelly Green/Royal teams, hit in cages  7:30: Kelly Green INF/OF 7:38: Royal INF/OF 7:45: Kelly Green vs Royal (7 inning game) **Schedule for second game may be altered due to pace of play; please arrive on time or early. If ahead of schedule, we will proceed. Dugouts: Kelly Green – 3B; Royal – 1B Rosters Kelly Green Team Manager: Ben Waddle (Broome HS) & Tori Patterson (Laurens HS  Name  High School  Position  Year  Commitment  Brady Jones  Broome   RHP/INF   2024   –  Kaden Roach  Byrnes  RHP/INF  2023  –  Tyler Hodges  Dutch Fork  RHP  2023  Coll of Charleston  Blake Martin  Dutch Fork  RHP/INF  2022  Spartanburg Methodist  Adam Serwinowski  Eastside  LHP  2022  South Carolina  Marion Creech  Riverside  LHP  2023  –  Reid Fulcher  Woodmont  RHP/INF  2022  –  Johann Rodriguez  Chapman  C  2023  –  Mace Harlan  Woodmont  C  2023  Coll of Charleston  Peter Mershon  Eastside  C/INF  2025  –  Landon Kahl  Dutch Fork  1B  2023  –  Gavin Harvey  Easley  INF  2023  –  David Mershon  Eastside  INF  2022  Mississippi St.  Adams Faucett  Dorman  OF  2022  Limestone  Braedan Harrison  Dorman   OF  2022  Anderson  TJ Aiken  Greenwood  OF  2023  Old Dominion  Gavin Troyer  Powdersville  INF/OF  2022  Limestone Royal Team Manager: Dale Nelson (Hillcrest HS) & Michael Maus (Byrnes HS)  Name  High School  Position  Year  Committment  Wyatt Stone  Hillcrest    RHP/OF   2022   Limestone  Hunter Phipps  Dutch Fork  RHP  2024  –  Wade Vinesett  Gaffney  RHP/INF  2022  Limestone  Taylor Rabe  Greenville  RHP/1B  2023  –  Mavis Graves  Eastside  LHP  2022  Clemson  Brody Fowler  Eastside  RHP/1B  2022  UNC-Greensboro  Matt Murray  Greenwood  RHP/INF  2024  –  Mitch Wilson   Dorman  C  2024  –  Briggs Richards  Palmetto  C  2022  Limestone  Davis Starnes  Boiling Springs  INF  2022  –  Zachary West  Dutch Fork  INF  2023  Wofford  Tristan Smith  Boiling Springs  OF  2022  Clemson  Grayson Selepes  Byrnes  OF  2022  –  Jack Davis  Eastside  OF  2022  Limestone  Cohl Harding  Seneca  OF  2022  Spartanburg Methodist  Qwinton Bennett  Dutch Fork  OF  2022  Spartanburg Methodist  Nolan Evatt  Liberty  INF  2022  Spartanburg Methodist

Upstate Fall League: Underclassman Shootout Roster & Schedule

-Upstate Underclassman Shootout- Wednesday, October 27 @ Harley Park (USC-Upstate) Admission: FREE Schedule 4:40-4:55: Check-in begins, Maroon/Teal teams hit in cages 5:15-5:23: Maroon INF/OF 5:25-5:33: Teal INF/OF 5:45: Maroon vs Teal (7 inning game) **Schedule for second game may be altered due to pace of play; please arrive on time or early. If ahead of schedule, we will proceed. Dugouts: Maroon – 3B; Teal – 1B Rosters  Maroon Team Manager: Ben Waddle (Broone HS) & Tori Patterson (Laurens HS)  Name  High School  Position  Year  Carson Roberts  Crescent  RHP/INF  2024  Will Howard  Emerald  RHP/1B  2025  Robert Manges  Hampton Park  LHP  2024  Evan Moon  Powdersville  RHP/C  2024  George Massingill  Southside Christian  RHP/3B  2024  Jacob Kirkus  Westside  RHP  2024  Dylan Miller  Boiling Springs  RHP/1B  2024  Thomas Booth  Abbeville  C  2024  Joe Harrison  Greenville  C  2025  Luke Westrol  Riverside  C/OF  2024  Bennett Edwards  Laurens  C  2025  Brady Smouse  Blue Ridge  INF/OF  2025  Peyton Anders  Easley  INF  2024  Hunter Nabors  Laurens  INF  2024  Connor Kelley  Woodruff  INF  2025  Walker Buck  West-Oak  INF  2025  Jonas Moore  Wade Hampton  OF  2025  Dru Nelson  Riverside  OF  2024  Nick Degler  Byrnes  OF  2024  Jaxon Camp  Byrnes  OF  2025 Teal Team Manager: Dale Nelson (Hillcrest HS) & Michael Maus (Byrnes HS)  Name  High School  Position  Year  Tucker Johnson  Chesnee  LHP  2024  Kade Goings  Union County  RHP/INF  2025  Wesley Shipman  Landrum  LHP  2024  Emilio Urquilla  Palmetto  LHP  2025  Nelson Vaughan  Southside Christian  RHP/INF  2024  Will Fulcher  Woodmont  RHP/INF  2026  Jackson Holmes  Westside  RHP/INF  2025  Colten Earnhardt  Dorman  INF  2025  Gavin Hug  Greer  C  2024  Connor Johnson  Wren  C  2025  Connor McKee  Dutch Fork  C/OF  2024  Owen Pridgen  Laurens  1B/OF  2024  Bobby Gummere  Chapin  INF    2025   Clay Crossley  Dorman  INF  2025  Cole Bellinger  Greer  INF  2024  RJ Groomster  Hillcrest  INF  2025  Aiden Beeco  Pickens  INF  2026  Cooper Henderson  Seneca  INF  2025  Jaylen Telley  Westside  OF  2024  Grayson Crawford  Palmetto  OF  2025

DP Upstate Fall League: Tuesday Trifecta

By: Barry Mabry, Brian Simpson & Cory Welch - October 19, 2021
Another week of the Upstate Fall League is upon us and as always, DP has scheduled out a plan to blanket the Upstate to catch some of the action. On this Tuesday night, we split up to catch fourteen teams including a few that we are laying eyes on for the first time this fall. We po...

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