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The On the Verge guys interviewed Anthony Villa this week: 

It’s a good interview and here’s a few tidbits: 

- Villa singled out Braylin Tavera and Luis De Leon as international prospects to watch this year.

- Asked to single out someone from the 2023 draft class, he said beyond the top names we should look for Teddy Sharkey.

- He was very high on Bradfield and said he would be a “great player.”

- Asked who we should watch who haven’t gotten as much attention, he said on the international side Tomas Sosa, commenting “he thinks he’s Ken Griffey, Jr.”   He also singled out Mathew  Etzel.

- Villa praised the new Dominican facility and detailed a number of ways in which it’s superior to the prior facility.

Worth a listen.

 

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On 2/9/2024 at 3:18 PM, Just Regular said:

I would guess this individual is the same Anthony Villa who played on the St. Mary's Gaels with Corbin Burnes and Tony Gonsolin in 2016.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=4cad9bda

The hosts mentioned him playing, and on the YouTube with video, Villa looks like he's about Corbin Burnes' age.

 

Yes, in his press conference, Corbin referenced having played in college with one of the Orioles’ minor league hitting coordinators.

Here is a link to a video of a 2016 press conference with Corbin and Villa.

https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports/college/sun-belt/coastal-carolina-university/article81492712.html
 

 

 

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On 2/9/2024 at 12:18 PM, Just Regular said:

I would guess this individual is the same Anthony Villa who played on the St. Mary's Gaels with Corbin Burnes and Tony Gonsolin in 2016.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=4cad9bda

The hosts mentioned him playing, and on the YouTube with video, Villa looks like he's about Corbin Burnes' age.

 

Any relation to Pancho?

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