Sean Heimpel and Paul Smith prepare for their first full pro season...

Sean Heimpel and Paul Smith have been throwing bullpens at LVBA all winter long as they prepare for their first full season in professional baseball, as they both go to spring training in about a week...

Both pitchers were throwing 89-to-94 mph this past Tuesday at LVBA in their respective bullpen sessions.

Heimpel will be going to spring training with the Washington Wild Things (near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) of the Frontier League while Paul Smith will be heading to North Dakota to go to spring training with the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks of the Northern League.

Brian Ernst dominates Southern Lehigh, 10-0...

Brian Ernst, who received weekly instruction at LVBA during the winter months, threw six innings of shutout baseball, striking out 14, while allowing just 2 hits in a 10-0 whitewash over Southern Lehigh last Friday...

Ernst was consistently throwing in the low 90s...His next scheduled start is slated for Wednesday, April 22...

Andy Rodgers is a one-man wrecking crew as Pius X wins 13-0...

Andy Rodgers (who works out at LVBA) went 3-for-3 with a Grand Slam, 2-run double and 2-run single for a total of 8 RBI as Pius X whitewashed Pocono Monutain West 13-0...Connor Breslin (on the LVBA 15u team) was 3-for-3 with a 2B and 2 RBI...

Also on Tuesday, Freedom beat Easton 2-0, and LVBA players had 4 of the 8 hits in the game...LVBA travel team players Kenny Johnson (RBI), Sean Archer and Chad Frankenfield each had a hit for Freedom and Colin Case had a hit for Easton...