UNC Baseball: Summer League Update

Time really does feel like it’s moving in weird directions. For example, it feels like we were just trying to absorb the end to the UNC Baseball season, and all of a sudden we see football teams gathering in Charlotte to talk about the upcoming season. In two weeks football practice will have begun, and not too long after that students will be back on campus as life slowly creeps back to normal.

Until then, though, several members of the Diamond Heels are scattered across the country refining their skill in Summer Leagues, trying to catch the eye of MLB staffs and getting the work in so they can make a name for themselves in the 2022 baseball season. There will be plenty of opportunities for them, the question is who will be able to seize it?

One player making a name for himself is Mac Horvath. Mac is in the Northwoods League, up in Minnesota, and he actually participated in their Home Run Challenge on Monday. He did well, finishing in second.

Any time you’re chosen for a HR contest it means you’ve put up some power, and Mac has done just that. He only has four homers, but you’ll see in his stats below that he’s been making an impact. Unlike MLB, you only do the home run contest if you make it to the All-Star Game, and Mac got the invite for the Northwoods League. He didn’t do anything in his one at bat, but as you’ll see his stats made the invite a well-earned one. We’ll see if it translates for him back in Chapel Hill

Let’s see how he and the other Tar Heels playing summer ball are doing.

Cape Cod League

Johnny Castagnozzi-Chatam Anglers

14G, 39 AB, 9 H, .231 Avg, 2 HR, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 18K

Shawn Rapp-Cotuit Kettleers

3G, 8 IP, 0-1, 4.50 ERA, 1 SV, 13K, 2 BB, 8H

Coastal Plain League

Patrick Alvarez-Asheboro Copperheads

31G, 112 AB, 33 H, .295 Avg, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 27 BB, 18 K, 8 2B, 1 3B

Cannon Pickell-Asheboro Copperheads

3G, 1 GS, 3 1⁄3 IP, 0-1, 29.70 ERA, 3 K, 10 BB, 2 H

Will Stewart-Asheboro Copperheads

26G, 89 AB, 20 H, .225 Avg, 7 HR, 19 RBI, 12 BB, 1 SB, 27 K, 2 2B

Hunter Stokely-Asheboro Copperheads

24G, 86 AB, 23 H, .267 Avg, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 12 BB, 1 SB, 21 K

Max Riemer-High Point-Thomasville HiToms

17G, 46 AB, 11 H, .239 Avg, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 6 K

Colby Wilkerson-High Point-Thomasville HiToms

9G, 28 AB, 6 H, .214 Avg, 1 RBI, 7 BB, 1 K

Davis Palermo-Holly Springs Salamanders

6G, 9 2⁄3 IP, 2-1, 5.58 ERA, 15K, 7 BB, 12 H

Will Sanday-Holly Springs Salamanders

5G, 5 GS, 20 ¹⁄₃ IP, 0-2, 3.09 ERA, 20K, 12 BB, 18 H

Mikey Madej-Holly Springs Salamanders

10G, 29 AB, 4 H, .138 Avg, 2 RBI, 7 BB, 9 K

Brandon Eike-Tri-City Chili Peppers

1 G, 0 AB, 1 BB, 1 SB

Max Alba-Wilmington Sharks

5 G, 3 GS, 18 IP, 1-1, 3.00 ERA, 21 K, 3 BB, 16 H

Northwoods League

Mac Horvath-Rochester Honkers

31 G, 105 AB, 33 H, .314 Avg, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 32 BB, 5 2B, 25K

Appalachian League

Eric Grintz-Bluefield Ridge Runners

17 G, 46 AB, 15 H, .326 Avg, 9 RBI, 2 2B, 9 BB, 9K

Ohio Valley League

Nick James-Full Count Rhythm

6 G, 3 GS, 20 2⁄3 IP, 3-0, 3.05 ERA, 28 K, 8 BB, 17 H

Valley League

Will Schroeder-Front Royal Cardinals

10 G, 33 AB, 10 H, .303 Avg, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 4 2B, 5 BB, 8 K

We’ll check back in a couple of weeks to see how things are doing.