Baseball: Rutkowski POY, Heater also First Team ALL STATE

[Abro1975]

http://www.nj.com/hssn-mms/2017/06/njcoms_2017_all-state_baseball.html

I'm surprised Colin Kiernan didn't make any of the 3 All State teams.

 

[RUboston]

Some nice RU recruits in that list, including a couple of kids who were drafted.

 

[Abro1975]

Just noticed this other first team All Stater:

"First team: Peter Serruto, Millburn, 6-0, 190 lbs, catcher


The Rutgers-recruit has one of the best arms in the Garden State and gives base runners an absolute nightmare when trying to steal. He has a knack for coming up clutch for Millburn in the batter's box as well and batted .359 with 28 RBI."

 

[BigLou]

Just noticed this other first team All Stater:

"First team: Peter Serruto, Millburn, 6-0, 190 lbs, catcher


The Rutgers-recruit has one of the best arms in the Garden State and gives base runners an absolute nightmare when trying to steal. He has a knack for coming up clutch for Millburn in the batter's box as well and batted .359 with 28 RBI."

The Serruto family has a great legacy at Millburn HS for both baseball and wrestling. Should be a good pick up for RU.

 

[biazza38]

Sounds like we have a pretty good class

 

[Mr_Twister]

We will not get over the Big Ten hump until we bolster the lineup with transfers and JUCOs who arrive as known commodities, mature players from baseball-fertile parts of the country. Until then, we are participating (not competing) with an arm tied behind our backs.
Neighboring baseball programs "get it" and build rosters to compete, not just participate. They beat the bushes for talent to fill their lineups. Rutgers recruiting is not near resourceful enough.
St. John has players from Daytona State College, Herkimer College, Monroe College, Sierra College, State College of Florida, North Essex CC, Irvine Valley College, Mercer County CC, and geographically -- NJ, RI, PA, FL, CA, CT, VT, MA, Canada.
Seton Hall has players from Brookdale CC, Miami FL, Frisco TX, PA, NY, NH, CT, and the Netherlands.
Compare Seton Hall and St. John recruiting efforts with our roster. The Rutgers coaching staff does not "get it".

http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/rutu-m-basebl-mtt.html

All responses talking about the difficulty of landing and admitting JUCOs to Rutgers will be directed to file /dev/null.

 

[Abro1975]

We will not get over the Big Ten hump until we bolster the lineup with transfers and JUCOs who arrive as known commodities, mature players from baseball-fertile parts of the country. Until then, we are participating (not competing) with an arm tied behind our backs.
Neighboring baseball programs "get it" and build rosters to compete, not just participate. They beat the bushes for talent to fill their lineups. Rutgers recruiting is not near resourceful enough.
St. John has players from Daytona State College, Herkimer College, Monroe College, Sierra College, State College of Florida, North Essex CC, Irvine Valley College, Mercer County CC, and geographically -- NJ, RI, PA, FL, CA, CT, VT, MA, Canada.
Seton Hall has players from Brookdale CC, Miami FL, Frisco TX, PA, NY, NH, CT, and the Netherlands.
Compare Seton Hall and St. John recruiting efforts with our roster. The Rutgers coaching staff does not "get it".

http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/rutu-m-basebl-mtt.html

All responses talking about the difficulty of landing and admitting JUCOs to Rutgers will be directed to file /dev/null.

Twister, you might not be an RU alum, or student. If you were, you would know RU is very tough on accepting JUCO credits, which is why our Football, BB and other revenue sports have few JUCO transfers.
Smart policy ? For sports , no. For academic reputation and ranking, yes.

 

[Mr_Twister]

Poppycock. Rutgers as per usual is behind the curve. Has nothing to do with academics. Better academic schools than Rutgers routinely go the JUCO & transfer route. Rutgers is unprepared to compete. Competing at the Div-1 level is not for the faint-hearted. And while we're at it ... when do we drop the recruit locally paradigm?

 

[Abro1975]

Poppycock. Rutgers as per usual is behind the curve. Has nothing to do with academics. Better academic schools than Rutgers routinely go the JUCO & transfer route. Rutgers is unprepared to compete. Competing at the Div-1 level is not for the faint-hearted. And while we're at it ... when do we drop the recruit locally paradigm?

You are in for a lot of disappointment if you think RU will be changing it's standards on accepting JUCO credits toward matriculation. I am not saying I agree with RU's stance, just that it's been that way forever, with no hint of it ever changing.

 

[zappaa]

The Serruto family has a great legacy at Millburn HS for both baseball and wrestling. Should be a good pick up for RU.

I just had a conversation with Roger Serruto.
This kid is the real deal, only problem is he's a junior, and highly likely to go high in the MLB draft, we're talking 3rd or 4th round...that's good money, he'll be difficult to keep.