BOSTON – The four-time defending GNAC Champion, Suffolk baseball has unveiled a trio of seniors will lead the blue-and-gold in 2019. Charles Batchelder, Trevor Lee and Kevin Sinatra take on the captain role as the Rams look to five-peat as conference championships, head coach Anthony Del Prete announced.
The threesome has been instrumental to Suffolk's recent success, which includes four consecutive conference crowns and NCAA Regional appearances. They are second straight group of three individuals to lead the Rams taking over for Brady Chant, Mark Fusco and Greg Speliotis, who shared the captain's role lst season.
The Rams' 2019 captains, all of which are members of Suffolk's Class of 2019, represent the pitching staff in Batchelder, Flax and Sinatra, and the middle infield in Lee.
Batchelder had a standout junior season in 2017. The RHP from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, put together a 6-3 record over 10 starts and 11 appearances with his most noteworthy victory coming over then-No. 1 UMass Boston March 24. The triumph went down as the first known time in Suffolk baseball history the Rams upstaged the nation's top team. Over 59.2 innings of work last season, Batchelder fanned 39 hitters, good for second on the staff, and put together a 4.53 ERA en route to all-conference third-team honors.
Sinatra has been a staple in Suffolk's rotation since his freshman campaign in 2016. The southpaw, who calls East Boston home, has collected a pair of all-league accolades – second-team in 2016 and third-team in 2018 – as well as NEIBA All-Region third-team honors throughout his career. Last season, he dealt a career-best 59.1 frames in 11 appearances and nine starts with 35 strikeouts. His 2.73 ERA from last year is the top of returning starting arms from last season. Over the course of his three-year career, Sinatra has put together a 14-5-1 record with eight complete games and one save.
Lee earned a starting role as a junior last season and worked his way onto the conference's third-team and picked up a GNAC Gold Glove behind a 0.974 fielding percentage with just four miscues in 151 total chances. He is one of the top bats returning to the plate with 32 hits, 18 RBI and 32 hits a year ago. The Flanders, New Jersey product's stealth on the bags also paid off with 10 stolen bases in 2018 and 12 throughout his career.