Eight California Players Join 2021 AppleSox Roster

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Head Coach Ian Sanderson announced on Wednesday the addition of seven players from California schools to the AppleSox’ 2021 roster.

“It’s no secret that there’s a lot of talent in California,” Sanderson said. “We’re really adding to our depth by pulling skilled players from five different schools there.”

With the addition of these eight players the AppleSox now have nine players from California schools. The full roster can be viewed at the bottom of this page.

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Tino Bethancourt

Tino Bethancourt hit .285 with 20 extra-base hits in 78 games across his four seasons at Oak Ridge High School. He is looking to make his season-debut with San Diego State this year.

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Skylar Hales

Santa Clara freshman Skylar Hales is one of three Broncos to join the AppleSox this summer. He graduated from Reno High School last year and excelled as a two-way player. Though Hales did not get to compete on the diamond as a senior, he hit .318 in 2019 and limited batters to a .201 average on the mound. Hales has a 2.08 ERA in 4.1 innings across three games this season.

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Martin Haswell

Incoming Cal Poly freshman Martin Haswell will play for the AppleSox following graduation from Placer High School in Auburn, CA. He has a 1.45 ERA with 47 strikeouts in 43.1 innings across 14 games in his first three years of high school. Haswell also has excelled at the plate, hitting .330 prior to his senior year.

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Jeffrey Heinrich

After not playing in 2020 due to a roster exemption, Jeffrey Heinrich is a redshirt freshman at Santa Clara College. He graduated from Heritage High School in Brentwood, California, in 2019 and made 13 appearances on the mound as a senior, striking out 31 batters over 31.2 innings while holding the opposition to a .222 batting average. He was one of 80 players selected nationwide to participate in the USA Baseball U17 National Team Identification Series during the summer of 2018.

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Jack Lee

Australian southpaw Jack Lee joins the AppleSox this summer after his spring at Cal State Bakersfield. Lee attended De La Salle Catholic College in Revesby, New South Wales and represented Australia in the U18 WBSC Tournament. He gave up one run and struck out three in 1.2 innings in the only game he has pitched this spring.

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Michael O’Hara

By only appearing in two games in his first year at Santa Clara, Michael O’Hara retains his freshman status in 2021. He’s appeared in 12 games this season and is second on the team with a .306 batting average.

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Aidan Selfridge

Aidan Selfridge is in his first season at the University of the Pacific after transferring over from Mission College. He hit .155 in 15 games before the season was shut down. Selfridge has one hit in two games for Pacific this spring.

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Collin Villegas

Collin Villegas is with his third college in Cal Poly and has two hits through four games this spring. He hit .349 in 21 games as a last spring at Irvine Valley College. Villegas had a short freshman year as well, only playing in 11 games and hitting .172 in 2019 for Concordia College.

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