High Point Rockers Baseball

Zach Vennaro

Zach Vennaro

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2025

  • Led all Rockers pitchers with 44 appearances in 2025
  • Struck out 53 in 41.1 innings of work
  • Posted an 0-1 record with one save
  • Earned his save in a 6-5 win at Staten Island on 6/12
  • Selected in the 13th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies
  • Only outing of more than one inning was 1.1 IP at Lexington on 6/21
  • In two seasons with the Rockers, has 105 strikeouts in 78.1 innings

2024

  • Joined the Rockers on June 9 after being released by Gastonia
  • Struggled in Gastonia with a 7.36 ERA over 9 games while walking 14 batters in just 7.1 IP
  • Allowed just 3 ER in his first 18 appearances across 17.2 IP with the Rockers
  • Posted multiple consecutive scoreless appearance streaks, 5 (6/9-6/26), 9 (7/12-8/3), 4 (8/22-8/30)
  • Struck out at least one batter in all but four of his 31 appearances
  • Walked 12 and struck out 40 over 29.2 with a 2.73 ERA for the year

Nolan Watson

Nolan Watson

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  • Begins his third season with the Rockers
  • 2025
  • Threw out nine of 61 base stealers (.148)
  • Played in 40 games in 2025 and hit two home runs and added 14 RBI
  • Hit his first grand slam against Lexington on 5/13
  • Had a pair of back-to-back two-hit games
    • Had a pair of hits at Gastonia on 5/10 and two more at Lexington on 5/13 including a grand slam
  • Also had a pair of hits at York on 7/17 and at Lancaster on 7/18
  • Drove in a season-high four runs with a grand slam at Lexington (5/13)
  • Added six doubles and five stolen bases

2024

  • Signed with the High Point Rockers
  • Appeared in 12 games and gave the Rockers a solid defensive presence behind the plate
  • His lone XBH was a double against Gastonia on 8/27

2023

  • Named one of three team captains at Dayton
  • Career high batting average of .304 over 42 games played with nine home runs
  • Season high of 16 putouts at Davidson

2022

  • Named one of five team captains at Dayton
  • Made his season debut as a pinch hitter against Michigan
  • Only appeared in one game with the Flyers due to injury

2021

  • Appeared in five games, making one start in the field
  • Scored three runs and was hit by one pitch
  • Saw limited action due to an injury

2020

  • Appeared in nine games and starting six for the Dayton Flyers before the season was suspended due to COVID-19
  • Hit .150 with two home runs and four RBI
  • Stole one base and caught five runners behind the plate

2019

  • Batted .302 with a .421 on base percentage during his time at CCBC Essex
  • Led the team with a .389 average, a .505 OBP, and 27 steals during his sophomore season
  • Slugged four home runs and 31 run batted through two seasons
  • Finished his CCBC Essex career with a .970 fielding percentage, logging time as a catcher and in the outfield

Personal

  • Son of Robyn and Matt Watson

Nick Longhi

Nick Longhi

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  • Played in 15 games for the Rockers before suffering a knee injury that required surgery and kept him out for the remainder of the season
  • Hit seven homers in those 15 games and was leading the league in home runs at the time
  • Drove in 17 runs and score 11 while hitting at a .298 clip
  • Joined the Rockers after spending nine seasons in professional baseball in both the Boston and Cincinnati farm systems
  • An outfielder and first baseman, Longhi spent the 2022 season with the Charleston Dirty Birds of the Atlantic League where he hit .294 with 12 homers and 51 RBI
  • Reached Class AAA with the Reds, hitting .283 with Louisville in 2019 before spending the 2021 season at Colorado’s Class AAA team in Albuquerque
  • A graduate of Venice (Fla.) High School, Longhi was a 30th round pick of the Red Sox in 2013.

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