Starfires Weekly Preview: Week 9
With the All-Star break wrapped up and the end of July approaching, the Westfield Starfires are nearly ¾ of the way complete with their 2025 regular season schedule. Westfield has three weeks and 16 games of regular season baseball left to play this summer before the players and coaches get ready to report to their […]
Griffin Enis wins FCBL Home Run Derby
On the home field of the reigning Futures Collegiate Baseball League’s Home Run Derby champion, Westfield Starfires rookie Griffin Enis overcame seven talented opponents to become the second player in franchise history to win the league’s annual power-hitting contest, held on Monday, July 21 at Fitton Field, home of the Worcester Brav
MLB’s Mariners make 2020 Starfire Brandyn Garcia first Westfield alum to earn MLB call-up
The Seattle Mariners announced that they have selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Brandyn Garcia from their AAA affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, on Monday, July 21, making him the first alumnus of the Westfield Starfires to reach Major League Baseball. Click here for the official announcement from the Mariners organization. “
Anthony Ruggiero added to FCBL All-Star roster
Westfield Starfires and Northeastern University outfielder Anthony Ruggiero has been added to the Futures Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game to be played at Worcester’s Polar Park, home of the AAA Worcester Red Sox, on Tuesday, July 22. Ruggiero gives the Starfires six players in the contest and eight total representatives partici
Starfires get back in win column with victory over New Britain
Five Starfires had multi-hit games, Western New England University’s Sullivan Quirk earned the win in his team debut, and the Westfield Starfires ended the week on a high note with a 9-7 victory over the New Britain Bees on Sunday, July 20, at New Britain Stadium. The Starfires imrpove to 11-33-2 after picking up the […]
Feature Friday: Anthony Ruggiero, Northeastern
On July 12, 2025, the Westfield Starfires were trailing the Nashua Silver Knights 6-5 in the seventh inning, playing at Bullens Field for the first time in over a week. Then in the home half of the seventh, Jonathan Chatfield reached with a single, then Anthony Ruggiero smacked a home run that clanked off the […]
Seven Starfires selected to participate in FCBL All-Star Events
The Westfield Starfires will send six to Worcester for the 2025 Futures Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game as well as an entrant into the FCBL Home Run Derby, the league office announced on Wednesday, July 16. Rising freshman Griffin Enis of the University of Virginia will participate in the Home Run Derby, to be held […]
Cole Raymond selected by Los Angeles Angels in 2025 MLB Draft
For the fourth consecutive year, a member of the Westfield Starfires was selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, as right-handed pitcher Cole Raymond was taken in the 17th round, 499th overall, by the Los Angeles Angels. Raymond is the 10th player in franchise history to be selected in the MLB Draft, and the first […]
Ruggiero, Starfires continue offensive surge with mercy rule win at Worcester
Northeastern’s Anthony Ruggiero hit a grand slam as part of his three-hit, five RBI day, Virginia’s Griffin Enis went yard for the first time, and the Westfield Starfires proved that their offensive performance yesterday against the Nashua Silver Knights was no fluke, putting up a baker’s dozen against the FCBL’s best team in a 13
Ruggiero, Starfires give fans a taste of Bullens Magic in comeback win over Silver Knights
In a wild game where the Starfires blew a 5-0 lead early, Northeastern product Anthony Ruggiero hit what proved to be a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Westfield Starfires over the Nashua Silver Knights 9-6 on Saturday, July 12, at Billy Bullens Field. The Starfires get back into […]