Baseball Plus is pleased to have Mike as our Head Hitting Instructor. His knowledge on hitting and his baseball experience is vast and he translates it well to the young aspiring athletes.
His high school accolades are:
Captained the 2001 BC High School to State Championships in both baseball and football.
USA Today All-American, Rawlings All American, Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year.
AAU All-American 1998,1999
Catholic Conference All Star/All Scholastic baseball/football
o 2001 1st round draft pick Cleveland Indians (8 yrs of professional baseball at a high minor league level)
Additional Honors:
2007 UCONN Football team Mieneke Car Care Bowl/Big East Champs
Played with many current and ex-Major Leaguers
Instructed by Pete Incaviglia (Philadelphia Phillies National league Champions '93),Ted Kubiak, Luis Rivera and Butch Hobson to name a few.
2008 Spring Training invitee with the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher.
Currently playing in the Atlantic league (Independent League) for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs managed by Butch Hobson.
John Delaney Infield/Hitting Instructor
John played high School baseball at Whitman-Hanson and is a resident of Hanson. He was named the team MVP in both the 01'and 02'seasons and named the team Unsung Hero in the 03'season. He captained the 04'team to the State Championship. It ranked 24th in USA. He was also named The Most Outstanding Hitter at the Brockton Invitational in the fall of
2003.
His College Highlights:
4 year Varsity letter award at Quinnipiac University
Named to the All Tournament Team third baseman at the Austin, Texas NCAA Regional in freshman year.
Named to the NEC All Conference Team three years straight 06', 07'and 08'
Named as one of the Player of the Year finalist his senior year in 08'
Named the starting third baseman for the Northwood’s League All Star game the summer of 07'
Currently: Drafted in the 25th round by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2008.
Jason Delaney Hitting / Outfield Instructor
With the addition of the older Delaney brother, Jason to our staff, Baseball Plus is by far the leader in outstanding instruction.
This 2001 High School All American attended BC High with Mike Conroy. He was a 4 year starter at Boston College where he accumulated theses accolades:
Captained team in Senior Season 2005
3 time All Big East Preseason First Team 2003, 04, 05
2004 All Big East First Team, 2004 Team MVP, 2005 All Big East
2004, 05 New England Collegiate First Team All Star
2005 New England Collegiate All Star game MVP
As a Professional
2005 12th Round selection of the Pittsburgh Pirate
2006 Hickory Crawdads “Able Body Player of the Year” Single A an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates
2007 Mid Season MVP, Lynchburg HillCats, High A affiliate of the Pirates
2007 Mid Season Carolina league All Star
1 of 6 nominees for the Stenson Award in the Arizona Fall League, the leagues most prestigious award which signifies skill, leadership, character and work ethic.
Rated as the 29th best prospect in the Pirates organization by Baseball America and also the 7th Best prospect in the Pirates organization by Scout Inc in 2007
2 Time Eastern League All Star 2008, 09, while playing for the Altoona Curve, Pirates AA affiliate
Jason is available for hitting and fielding lessons.
Brandon Josselyn Pitching Instructor
Baseball Plus is please to announce the addition of Brandon Josselyn to our staff as a pitching instructor. This 6’3’’, 205 lbs right handed pitcher, is a South Shore native grew up in Hanson and attended Whitman-Hanson Regional High School. His high school accolades include; Two-time team MVP and three time Most Valuable Pitcher, a league All-Star twice and an All-scholastic two years in both the Patriot Ledger, Brockton Enterprise and once in the Boston Globe. He was 9-0 with a 1.90 ERA his Senior Year.
After his stellar high school career, he attended Yale University and was a positional player freshman year, and pitched his final three years. Senior year, finished first team All Ivy League and was named the Pitcher of the Year award after going 5-3 with a 4.29 ERA, along with posting 51 strikeouts in 56.2 innings of work. He was also honored as being one of ten total Yale athletes in the spring to achieve Academic All Ivy distinction.
Recently drafted in the 25th round by the Seattle Mariners and playing in their minor league system.
Brandon has been working the past several years with the youth of the Whitman-Hanson Little league in the off season.
Carrie Rodman Softball Hitting and Pitching Instructor
Carrie Rodman is from Randolph, Ma. She has been a pitcher since she was in 4th grade. She graduated from Randolph High. There she was the starting pitcher for 2 years with an overall record of 39-4. Carrie graduated from Emmanuel College with a degree in elementary education. At Emmanuel, she was a 4 -year starting pitcher and 2 year captain. After that Carrie went right into coaching. The first few years Carrie was a volunteer assistant at Randolph High School. Then went back to Emmanuel, where she was an assistant for 2 years and was named head coach 2006. Carrie has a lot of practicing on the softball field. She played for the Bay State Blaze for 4 years. She received pitching lessons through high school. Her experience, knowledge, and pure love for the game have contributed to her being successful.
Carrie is a 7th grade teacher in Hyde Park and recently she just took the asst. coaching job at Wentworth. Currently, Carrie still resides in Randolph.
Mike Bradbury Pitching, Fielding Instructor
Mike Bradbury played his youth and high school baseball in Chatham Massachusetts. Mike had an outstanding career as a Chatham Blue Devil from 1997 –2000. Mike went 20-8 as a high school pitcher posting and era under 1.00 two of the four seasons. His batting average over four years was .323 with two homeruns. He was named captain in 1999 and 2000. Mike was named to three Cape and Islands All Star teams, and was voted Player of the Year in 2000. Mike played for Lower Cape Babe Ruth during the summers. He posted a 15-3 record over three seasons, and was named captain in 2000. He left both Chatham and Lower Cape in 2000, holding many CHS and Lower Cape pitching records. Mike went onto school at Dean College 2000-2002. He was named captain in 2002, and was named to the all New England Region XXI team. Mike finished school at Plymouth State University in 2004, where he studied Physical Education. As a baseball player he was a starter both seasons and pitched many Little East Conference games for the Panthers.
