Baseball is back for the West Boca Snappers and the rest of the South Florida Collegiate Baseball League. They will play a full 40 game season as the Snappers look to defend the title for a second straight year.

The SFCBL kicks off its season two weeks later than usual, with their opening night games being played on Friday, June 12. The Snappers start their season the following morning at 10 A.M with a double header against the Pompano Beach Clippers on Saturday, June 13.

The Snappers are reigning SFCBL Champions, coming off of back to back titles in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

In 2019, the Snappers were a Collegiate Summer Baseball 14th ranked team nationally. West Boca swept the Ft Lauderdale Knights to take home the SFCBL Championship, capping off a 29-13 season. 

The Snappers were led by the 2019 SFCBL MVP, Derek Cartaya INF (Florida International University), the 2019 SFCBL Pitcher of the Year, Corey Martinez RHP (William Patterson University), and the 2019 SFCBL Rookie of the Year, Nelson Smith RHP (Palm Beach State).

Heading into 2020, the West Boca Snappers will be led by a star-studded cast of talent trying to bring a third consecutive SFCBL Championship back to West Boca Raton.

Here is a preseason Top 10 Prospects list of the 2020 Snappers:

Cory Acton - University of Florida - Junior - INF - 6’0/190 - L/R

• 2018 MaxPreps Medium School All-America First Team
• Drafted in the 39th Round (1155 overall) of the 2018 MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers
• Started in 73 out of 75 possible games during his first two years at UF (played in all 75)

Luis Aviles – Tulane University - Senior - C - 5’11/215 - R/R

• 2019 JUCO Honorable Mention All-American at Wallace Community College in Dothan, Alabama
• In 53 games played in 2019, Aviles batted .424 with 17 HRs and 61 RBIs
• Batted .394 in 2020 with a .697 slugging % at Tulane

Nick Toney – Florida Atlantic University - Junior - C - 6’ 2/210 - R/R

• 2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American
• In 2020, Toney led FAU with 14 RBI and a .548 slugging percentage
• Career .993 fielding percentage behind the plate at FAU

Roberto Peña – University of South Florida - Junior - INF - 6’2/210 - R/R

• 2018 MaxPreps Medium School All-America Second Team selection
• 2018 FACA All-Star Classic South Team
• .346 on-base percentage as a freshman at University of Florida

Francisco Urbaez – Florida Atlantic University - Senior - INF - 5’11/195 - R/R

• 2018 MVP of the SFCBL with 46 hits, the third-most hits in a single-season in SFCBL history
• In 2019, Urbaez batted .322 overall with 10 home runs and 41 RBI with FAU
• Selected as 2019 Second Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region

Derek Cartaya – Florida International University - Senior - INF - 5’5/135 - R/R

• In 2019, Cartaya Hit .316 with 28 RBIs and led FIU with 20 stolen bases
• 2019 SFCBL MVP while batting .395, a West Boca Snapper single season record
• In his FIU career, Cartaya has batted .305, scored 101 runs, and has an OBP of .399

Randon Jernigan – University of Georgia - Junior - OF - 6’0/185 - R/R

• Earned All-State, All-Region and Glynn Offensive Player-of-the-Year honors in both sports baseball and football throughout his Glynn Academy Career
• .988 career fielding percentage at UGA
• Helped UGA climb to #2 ranked nationally in the 2020 USA Today NCAA Coaches Poll

Miguel Alba – Florida International University - Junior - RHP - 6’0/190

• 32 strikeouts in 25.1 innings as a freshman at the College of Central Florida in 2018
• 0.91 ERA and a 6-0 record in the 2019 SFCBL season
• 2019 First Team All-SFCBL

Cody Cortelli – Florida International University - Senior - RHP - 5’11/190

• 2017 Broward All-Star with a 2.28 ERA in 28 appearances with American Heritage
• 12 strikeouts in 11.1 innings as a freshman at FIU
• 0.00 ERA in 3 appearances in the 2020 season

Nelson Smith – Palm Beach State College - Sophomore - RHP - 6’5/190

       • 24 strikeouts in 22 innings pitched with PBSC

       • 36 strikeouts in the 2019 SFCBL season, while only walking 7

       • 2019 SFCBL Rookie of the Year