Reinisch Signed by the Athletics
Formerly known as the Oakland Athletics, the Major League organization officially dropped "Oakland" ahead of a planned future move to Las Vegas.
Reinisch was in his third season in the Frontier League and second with the ValleyCats, which play their home games at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on the Hudson Valley Community College campus. In 20 games this summer he already had 25 hits including six home runs, 19 runs scored, and 25 RBI. He sat second on the team in homers and batting average while leading Tri-City in slugging with an impressive .342 AVG/.461 OBP/.699 SLG/1.159 OPS slash line.
Last year, he led the ValleyCats in home runs with 20 in 78 games as he drove in 57 runs and put up a .279/.387/.572/.960 slash line in 2025.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: Russell Sage College Baseball, in its fifth season as a program, went to the NCAA Tournament for the first time this spring…The Gators, hosted the first NCAA Tournament home games in Department history during the Schenectady Regionals, held May 15-17 at Schenectady's Central Park…The Gators defeated Trinity 7-4 on Saturday, May 16th for the first NCAA win by any RSC athletic team…Russell Sage won the second Empire 8 Conference Tournament Championship in Athletic Department history...Women's Soccer captured the first E8 crown for the Department in the spring of 2021...The Gators, in their first season under the direction of Matt Marsh set the program single-season wins record, going 37-8…RSC concluded its campaign topping the NCAA with 193 stolen bases, 4.29 per-game…As the Empire 8 Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champions, the Gators automatically qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time…The Regional opener against Penn State Harrisburg on Friday, May 15th was the first home NCAA Tournament game for the Department…Heading into the NCAA Tournament, Russell Sage was No. 12 in the NPI…RSC defeated Saint John Fisher 6-2 on Saturday, May 9th to secure the E8 Championship Trophy…The Gators, went 21-1 in E8 play to be the top seed and hosting privileges for the 2026 E8 Championship Tournament…RSC was also the Empire 8 Conference Regular Season Champs and Tournament's top seed in 2024…Russell Sage has now made the Finals of the E8 Tournament in three of the past four years…The Gators were ranked 22nd in the May 12th editions of the American Baseball Coaches Association and D3Baseball.com National Polls…The Gators clinched a spot in the E8 Championship Tournament with the home win vs. SUNY Brockport on April 17…RSC has now made the playoffs in all five years that it has been a program…In 2025, the Gators went 27-15 and fell in the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament Finals…19 returners combined with 18 newcomers on this year's squad...Senior Evan Grimes (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa/SUNY Adirondack) was selected a first-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3Baseball.com...The outfielder/pitcher became the first-ever Gator student-athlete to earn first-team All-American honors...Russell Sage Baseball had five student-athletes earn All-Region honors from the ABCA…Grimes was tabbed the Region's Player of the Year…He was joined on the first team by senior infielder Joseph Karpierz (Latham, NY/Shaker/Xavier)…Senior right-handed pitcher Aidan Green (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro/Onondaga CC) earned a spot on the second-team, while senior infielder Anthony Rizzo (Latham, NY/Shaker/HVCC) and junior infielder Jayden Kennedy (East Patchogue, NY/Patchogue Medford/HVCC) were third-team picks…Marsh was tabbed the Region's Coach of the Year by D3Baseball.com…Grimes was also a first-team All-Region pick by the organization…RSC won four of the five major Empire 8 Conference Awards…Grimes was tabbed the E8 Pitcher of the Year…Outfielder Nick Irizarry (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) was chosen the Conference's Rookie of the Year…The freshman, a second-team All-Conference choice, broke the program record for stolen bases in a season…He headed into the Regionals second in the NCAA with 44 stolen bases and eighth with 63 runs scored, both program single-season records…Senior catcher Collin Casey (Marlboro, NY/Marlboro/Saint Rose) was selected the E8 Defensive Player of the Year, while the Coaching Staff, led by Marsh, was the E8's Staff of the Year…Joining Grimes as first-team All-E8 picks were: Rizzo, Kennedy, Karpierz, and junior pitcher Tyler Murray (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia/HVCC)… Grimes, now a two-time first-team All-E8 pick, was voted second-team All-Region by the ABCA last season…Casey was named second-team All-Empire 8 for the second-straight spring.
