“Without as many minor league teams around, you’re going to have a lot more talent looking to find a place to play baseball, so this is only going to help us moving forward,” he said. “Our head coach, John Rizzo, who is coming back with us for next season, has already put together another phenomenal team for this year. He had to deal with the challenges of losing pretty much the entire roster from last year with COVID canceling the season and he’s put it all back together. We’ve seen an uptick in the talent we’ve been getting through recruiting with him and people reaching out just to Watertown in general.”