This is my last Rundown for the month, but before we close out July, here's what you need to know:
August 1 is a big day in baseball and in Tiger Land. The trade deadline nears in the MLB: will the Angles deal Ohtani? Also, colleges can officially be in contact with the 2025 class. Sorry 2026's, you have to wait one more year. 2024's and 2025's communication lines are wide open.
Lastly, 17U and 16U National Teams head to Cincinnati to play in the highly anticipated Tournament of Champions event. This is one of the last big stops in the recruiting circuit before schools prepare for their team's arrival on campus.
Central Region: 256 South Region: 76 North Region: 63 West Region: 51 East Region: 36
Map of Regions
Exception: Northern Illinois and Chicago area are in the Northern Region
Picture of the Week - Team Japan V. 15U Schwab, Northern Illinois
Winnings the WWBA was pretty cool, but playing against team Japan hits differently. Excellent experience for both clubs as they played two exhibition games.
Top Play of the Week- "Catch and Throw" 15U Southern Indiana
Caden Hoehn checks the box with this throw at the plate (watch it here)
#2 Play of the Week- "Mr. Clutch" 16U Southern Indiana - Mach
Tie ball game with this hit by Kaleb Elliot, which que'd in late-game magic from Ryan Crawford. Setting: top of the 7th 2-2 with 2 outs (Watch it here).
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Tiger Players
Signed on the dotted line.
|MLB
Bishop Letson: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in this year's draft. Bishop has officially signed on the dotted line and will be in the Brewers Minor League System. Congrats to Bishop, the Letson family, and the Southern Indiana Tigers!
|Committed
Kyle Brimhall: The Salt Lake City Tiger is continuing his academic and baseball career at Utah State University Eastern.
Easton O'Keefe: Kansas City Tiger is heading to Division 2 Missouri Western University in St. Joseph, Missouri.
|17U
Brendan Ealy: Indy Tiger gets a huge write-up from PBR Georgia at the 17U National Championships. (Tweet | Write Up)
Anthony Herrera: Riverside Tiger goes .500 with 7 RBI's for the weekend
Carter Gricius: this is a man swing from the Indy Tiger.
Zander Street: making a bed, kitchen, and living space in the zone.
Dylan Parker: Tyler, Texas righty baffles hitters and serves them 9k's
|16U
Jordan Treat: Southern Indiana Tiger smashes a double!
Brian Gould: hitting clinic on display at Grand Park
Trey Jozwiakowski: cap off a great year for the Mizzou commit. Batting .400 with 3 HR and 28 RBI's playing at Lake Point, Grand Park, WWBA, and Creekside.
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Story of the Week
16U Quatro Ends In a Thriller
What happened? The 16U St. Louis squad went on a run this weekend. In their first game, they found themselves in a tight situation with two outs in the 7th and runners at second and third. They were down by one.
