Ian Anderson

Congratulations to Shenendehowa star pitcher Ian Anderson, who was selected by the Atlanta Braves with the No. 3 pick in the 2016 MLB Draft last night. It marks the third straight year that the Capital Region has had a first-round pick as Shaker grad Jeff Hoffman was taken by the Blue Jays ninth overall in 2014 and Niskayuna grad Garrett Whitley was taken No...

The Shenendehowa baseball team advanced to the New York State Final Four with a win on Saturday against Cicero-North Syracuse. In the win, Shen star pitcher Ian Anderson allowed just two hits while racking up 16 strikeouts. It was a nice final outing for Anderson before the Major League Baseball draft, which begins on Thursday...

The honors keep coming for Shen baseball star and MLB Draft hopeful Ian Anderson. Much like NIskayuna star Garrett Whitley a year ago, Anderson has been invited to the draft in New Jersey. The first round begins on June 9th. Anderson just made his second start of the season last weekend for the Plainsmen, taking a loss against Class A Queensbury...

With the Major League baseball draft less than a month away, the mock drafts are coming fast and furious. In the Capital Region, we are wondering where Shenendehowa star Ian Anderson will go. We saw him at No. 18 to the Yankees last week and this week Jonathan Mayo of MLB...

Remember last year, when we spoke to seemingly every draft expert to see where Niskayuna star Garrett Whitley could be taken? Welllllll, we get to do it all again with Shen star Ian Anderson. The lanky right-hander has a fastball that comes in on batters at 92-96 MPH...

For the next month, we are going to be glued to the Major League Baseball mock drafts to see where Shenendehowa senior Ian Anderson is pegged. It's been two consecutive years that the Capital Region has had a first-round pick. Shaker graduate Jeff Hoffman went No...

The biggest question in regards to the local baseball scene this year is where will Shenendehowa right-hander Ian Anderson go? Will he be drafted in the first round? How about the Top 10? Will he forego his commitment to Vanderbilt in order to enter the professional ranks...

Every time that Ian Anderson takes the mound in 2016 for Shenendehowa, he is going to do with several pairs of Major League eyes on him. Yesterday, multiple scouts were in attendance to see the ace pitch against Guilderland. Draft prognosticators were also in attendance, including our friend Hudson Belinsky of Baseball America...

We are still three months from the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft but that doesn't mean it's too early to start thinking about mock drafts... Most notably, where will Shenendehowa star pitcher Ian Anderson go? He's committed to Vanderbilt but will he ever make it to the Commodores...

With pitchers and catchers reporting this week at the Major League level and us interviewing prospects from the Capital Region each day this week, it's only right that we start to focus on the June Major League Draft. The Capital Region has had a kid drafted in the first round each of the last two seasons in Jeff Hoffman (Shaker, No...

As reported by our friends at CBS 6 sports, Shenendehowa star baseball player Ian Anderson has been invited to Game 4 of the World Series. The reason? Anderson was a member of the 18-U National Team that won the gold medal in Japan this September...

Shenendehowa senior baseball standout Ian Anderson just wrapped up quite a summer... After leading to Shen to a Section II title game appearance, the top prospect in New York hit the national scene. Anderson and his high-powered fastball pitched at the Perfect Game All-America Classic in San Diego, and then Anderson made the 18U National Team, where he represented Team USA at the WSBC World Cup in