Back to the Futures: The Official Podcast of the Futures League thefuturesleague

The 2024 Futures League season is here! We kick things off by talking with Futures League Commissioner Joe Paolucci who discusses what he is looking forward to most about 2024, the newest Futures League franchise, the All Star Game in Norwich and more! We also here from Matt and Owen about the teams and players they are looking forward to most and more!

Back to the Futures presents a tribute to the great Pete Wilk, who passed away on April 2nd after a courageous battle with brain cancer. We bring on a number of people that discuss the impact Pete had on their lives and the best moments and stories they have of Pete. To continue supporting the Wilk family, we encourage you to donate via the following link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-coach-pete-wilk-and-family

Special thanks for joining us....

Futures Commissioner Joe Paolucci
Vermont Lake Monsters Senior Vice President CJ Knudsen
Lake Monsters Assistant Head Coach and Pitching Coach Matt Fincher
Lake Monsters Owner Chris English
Lake Monsters Director of Baseball Operations Morgan Brown
Lake Monsters Host Family Coordinator Freda Tutt
Futures League Crew Chief Jeff Kleiner
Lake Monsters Outfielder Colby Brouillette
Lake Monsters Catcher Tyler Favretto
Former Lake Monsters Pitcher Tim Noone
and Former Lake Monsters Outfielder Jimmy Evans

Brennan Hyde, outfielder for the Norwich Sea Unicorns, joins Back to the Futures! Brennan talks about his excitement to rejoin the Sea Unicorns in his third Futures League season, he talks about winning the 2023 title and discusses his expectations for 2024. He also talks about his time at Nichols, moving to New England from Tampa Bay, Florida, he gives advice to those heading into summer ball for the first time and much more!

The newest owners of the Worcester Bravehearts join Back to the Futures! Father Frank and son Matt Vaccaro join the show to discuss how they came to own the Bravehearts, their newest partnership with the cross-town Woo Sox, and their goals for their ownership tenure! They also talk about their backgrounds, their company Masis solutions, the impression they hope to leave on the Bravehearts and more!

Happy Division I Opening Day everyone! Baseball finally returns this Friday and we are here to preview it all with help from Peter
Flaherty of Baseball America and Dan Guttenplan of the New England Baseball Journal! We preview each of the major New England schools including Northeastern, Boston College and the University of Connecticut. Peter and Dan also explain which other New England teams to look out for, they discuss top Futures League prospects in the pros, as well as take a little dive into their backgrounds. All of this and much more on this episode of Back to the Futures!

Another new coach joins the show! The Westfield Starfires newest Manager Paul Bonfiglio joins us to discuss what it means to be the new manager, what he learned under previous manager Kyle Dembrowski and, of course, we ask him about "Bullens Magic." We also discuss his time at Framingham State, being a High School head coach, his time as a journalist and much more!