Now that the 2019 legion baseball season is completed, it's time to reflect on what transpired during an eventful season and look ahead to a promising 2020 season.  We must first of all say thank you to a great group of players who will now move on from BOLD baseball.  We wish the best of luck to Jack Peppel (continuing baseball career at MN Crookston), James Woelfel(Bethel), Luke Ryan(UMD), John Burman, and Hayden Tersteeg.  Kyle Kostorhyz(Ridgewater) and Cade Morse are two other seniors who are eligible to return to the Mudhens in 2020 if they choose.

The rosters for the Mudhens in 2020, and also for the junior legion Blue Angels, will look quite different next season.  While the Mudhens cast off a lot of talented players, they will add a number of players from a large group of new BOLD High School juniors.  In all, nine sophomores, several of whom were on the Mudhens roster in 2019 will be relied upon to play major roles in 2020.  Add them to a senior class that includes the top two pitchers from 2019, and it is quickly apparent that big things can be expected from the Mudhens in 2020.

The Mudhens gain is the Blue Angels loss.  Those nine sophomores, who will be juniors for 2020, will not be eligible for junior legion again.  That means that a number of younger players will be called upon to fill several spots on the junior roster.  We didn't have a lot of 8th and 9th graders participating in 2019.  Hopefully, we can attract more players from those classes in 2020.  But expect that there will be opportunities for some players younger than that to move up and play big roles in 2020.

The 2020 state tournaments are set for Sacred Heart (Senior Division 2) and Montevideo (Junior Division 2).  Each is right our back yard.  Wouldn't it be great to be able to send both teams to state in 2020?