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 […]
Feature Friday: Cody Heselton, Southern Connecticut State
On the third of July, the Starfires battled the Vermont Lake Monsters in their first home game versus the team up in Burlington. The Starfires battled in that game, squeezing out a point with a 3-2 loss in the home run derby. While there certainly were several positives from that game, the best performer for […]
Feature Friday: Griffin Mills, Northwestern
On the night of June 28, 2025, the Westfield Starfires hosted the FCBL’s best team, the Worcester Bravehearts, at Bullens Field. The Starfires went on to lose the game 7-5, but three of those runs were produced by a three-run home run. This round tripper was not off the bat of team average leader Evan […]
Starfires Weekly Preview: Week 6
From Bark in the Park, Taco Tuesday, and a Star Wars-themed night, there was plenty of action in Bullens Field for the final week of June and the first week of the summer season as the Westfield Starfires wrap up their first complete month of the FCBL season. The Starfires’ offense has continued to rack […]
Mills goes deep again, drives in five as Starfires win in Worcester
Northwestern Wildcat Griffin Mills entered yesterday’s game against the Bravehearts hitless in his last 24 at-bats with only one run batted in. Two games later, and the Morristown, New Jersey native added five hits, is only one of two Starfires with two long balls, and is now third on the team with 10 runs driven […]
For Hornung and Gallagher, Westfield a Key Stop in Path to Pro Baseball
On Tuesday, June 24, among dozens of transactions involving players moving around Minor League Baseball, two stood out for fans from Westfield. The Toronto Blue Jays moved a pair of players up from the High-A Vancouver Canadians to the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats: former Westfield Starfires Pat Gallagher and Jackson Hornung. The ti
