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WORCESTER — As Brody Bumila stood near the first-base line at Polar Park on April 21, the Bishop Feehan baseball phenom discussed what it would be like to pitch in a Division 1 state championship game two months later at the home of the Worcester Red Sox.
“It would mean everything to come out here and skip over the line, grab the rosin bag, just be able to take that second, that five seconds, to just embrace the environment around me,” Bumila told the T&G at the time. “… It would mean everything to hopefully win another state championship for Feehan.”
After leading the Bishop Feehan boys’ basketball team to a Division 1 state championship in Lowell this past winter, Bumila buoyed the Bishop Feehan baseball team to a Division 1 state final appearance in Worcester this spring.
Unfortunately for Bumila and Co., the Shamrocks saw their near “perfect ending” conclude with a 13-4 loss to Catholic Memorial on Saturday at Polar Park.
Still, the 18-year-old from Raynham reflected on what it meant to play on the final day of the high school baseball season and compete in two state championship games across two seasons for Bishop Feehan.
“It’s been everything,” Bumila told the T&G. “I lived it to the max and it just sucks a little bit knowing that you could have taken — if you just felt good on one specific day — you probably could have got two teams to the promised land.
“But I’d say the rest of the school year was everything I’ve ever wanted of it, and I want to live life with no regret. I can’t say I regretted life this year.”
During his sophomore baseball season at Bishop Feehan in 2024, Bumila started to feel some discomfort in his left elbow.
“I just was overthrown,” Bumila said on Cassell’s Corner podcast. “I was throwing like 100 pitches every game.”
By May of 2025, the University of Texas commit for baseball underwent internal brace surgery to repair an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury.
“It wasn’t too bad,” Bumila said. “It was only a six-month recovery compared to normal Tommy John (surgery, which) is 13 (months).”
After not pitching for the Shamrocks as a junior, Bumila decided to still play basketball for Bishop Feehan as a senior. Those around the Bishop Feehan baseball program held their collective breaths this past winter.
“I was the guy praying he would finish every game unscathed so that we’d actually get him for a baseball season,” said second-year Bishop Feehan baseball coach Joe Breen.
The 6-foot-9 Bumila averaged 30.6 points and 15.2 rebounds per game during the regular season and eclipsed 1,000 career points. In the MIAA tournament, the power forward averaged 40.8 points and 20.8 rebounds per game and led the Shamrocks to their first D1 boys’ basketball state title on March 15.
“It meant so much to come and roll to a state championship with (the basketball team),” Bumila said.
“He’s completely changed the view of Bishop Feehan High School athletics,” Breen said.
As Bumila made his highly anticipated return to the mound this spring, all eyes were on the left-handed pitcher on April 2 when he made his first high school start in nearly two years.
With close to 50 MLB scouts on hand to watch him pitch against Hopkinton High in 40-degree weather, Bumila topped 100 miles per hour on the radar gun and struck out nine batters in three innings. He also plunked three batters, but didn’t allow a hit in his ramp up back from elbow surgery.
“It was our first taste of ‘Oh wow, this is what it’s going to be like all year long’ and he was unfazed by it,” Breen said. “He didn’t let the pressure of the people behind the backstop or the pressure of the game itself affect him.”
Bumila didn’t flinch all spring.
The skilled southpaw didn’t allow a single hit until his fifth start of the season, which came against Wellesley High on May 2. Six days later, in a game against Moses Brown (R.I.), Bumila broke a 60-year school record by striking out 20 in his first complete game of the season. He did allow his first run of the season, though, that day.
“He’s an imposing figure,” Breen said. “He’s got the length, the overall size; you add the mound to it. The first thing you see is that he’s an imposing figure. I think the second thing you see is that he’s a competitor.
“He’s not just there to throw pitches, he’s there to beat you.”
On May 31, Bumila tossed 5 shutout innings and gave up a hit and 3 walks while striking out 12 as the second-seeded Shamrocks defeated No. 34 Andover, 8-0, in a Division 1 Round of 32 contest.
On June 6, Bumila pitched 4 innings and gave up 2 runs, 2 hits and 4 walks while striking out 7 in his team’s 10-5 win over Pope Francis in a Division 1 state quarterfinal. Bumila also went 2 for 3 at the dish with a home run, two runs and a pair of RBIs.
“(He’s) a young, big-time arm with an electric fastball,” said a member of the Boston Red Sox organization, who wished to remain anonymous. “He has impressive size, length and athleticism, along with a good feel for his delivery and the ability to repeat it pretty consistently — an impressive trait for a pitcher of his age.”
Before pitching in Saturday’s D1 state final, Bumila gave up 7 runs (6 earned), 5 hits and 12 walks in nine starts this season while striking out 92 batters in 42.1 innings pitched. At the plate, he batted .410 (23-for-56) with 3 homers, 6 doubles, 13 runs and 18 RBIs.
The 250-pound two-sport phenom was recently named the 2025-26 Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year and 2025-26 MaxPreps Male National Athlete of the Year.
Bumila is currently ranked as the No. 22 prospect in the 2026 MLB Draft by Baseball America and the No. 12 player nationwide in the Class of 2026 by Perfect Game. He’s widely considered a first-round selection in the upcoming MLB Draft, which will take place on July 11.
“There is a lot to like and plenty of upside to dream on,” a Red Sox source told the T&G. “An exciting arm — especially being a local kid — and his performance this year has backed up much of the hype, as he seems to elevate his game and thrive in big moments.”
With a swell of MLB scouts on hand and the spotlight squarely on his shoulders Saturday, Bumila pitched a pair of innings at Polar Park.
He was then pulled from the mound at the start of the third frame after throwing 44 pitches, 25 for strikes. Bumila said he battled a “dead arm” during his start, and the lefty left the game with a final line of: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB and 4 strikeouts.
“The kid’s been competing his (butt) off for a really long time right now,” Breen said. “And we were fortunate to get the last few starts out of him. He’s just been gassed and he’s given everything he has for his team.”
Bumila delivered with his bat in the bottom of the third, though, by hitting an RBI single and then scoring his team’s fourth and final run a moments later.
The designated hitter finished the game 2 for 3 with a run and RBI, and watched from the on-deck circle as Catholic Memorial collected its state championship.
“This sucks,” Bumila told the T&G. “The feeling of losing, it just hurts, and that’s all I can really think about, to be honest. I know that the season didn'’t end the way I wanted to, but it meant everything with the team to at least make it here.”
Just 53 days after telling the T&G he planned to pitch in a state title game at Polar Park, and 90 days after winning a basketball championship at Tsongas Center, Bumila was back on top of the high school sports landscape.
“Uncharted territory,” Breen said. “He’s a generational talent.”
In less than a month, Bumila will most likely hear his name called in the first round of the MLB Draft. The Boston Red Sox, ironically enough, hold the No. 20 overall pick.
“That’s what everyone dreams of — to play for their hometown team,” said Bumila, a Red Sox fan whose had big-league dreams ever since he was 4. “… I’ll be a fan of whatever team drafts me.”
“I could see him having an incredible MLB career,” Breen said. “I hope my kids have the opportunity to go watch an MLB game that he is pitching in.”
This spring, Bumila was nearly pitch perfect for the Bishop Feehan baseball team.
“I expect perfection out of myself,” he told the T&G.
And pitching in the Division 1 state final was the near perfect ending to his high school career.
Brody Bumila left Polar Park with a chip on his shoulder Saturday. Maybe someday he’ll return to the home of the Worcester Red Sox to pitch again.
“He’s got a huge future ahead,” Breen said.
—Contact Tommy Cassell at [email protected]. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @tommycassell44.
This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Brody Bumila pitches in Division 1 state final at Polar Park
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“It would mean everything to come out here and skip over the line, grab the rosin bag, just be able to take that second, that five seconds, to just embrace the environment around me,” Bumila told the T&G at the time. “… It would mean everything to hopefully win another state championship for Feehan.”
After leading the Bishop Feehan boys’ basketball team to a Division 1 state championship in Lowell this past winter, Bumila buoyed the Bishop Feehan baseball team to a Division 1 state final appearance in Worcester this spring.
Unfortunately for Bumila and Co., the Shamrocks saw their near “perfect ending” conclude with a 13-4 loss to Catholic Memorial on Saturday at Polar Park.
Still, the 18-year-old from Raynham reflected on what it meant to play on the final day of the high school baseball season and compete in two state championship games across two seasons for Bishop Feehan.
“It’s been everything,” Bumila told the T&G. “I lived it to the max and it just sucks a little bit knowing that you could have taken — if you just felt good on one specific day — you probably could have got two teams to the promised land.
“But I’d say the rest of the school year was everything I’ve ever wanted of it, and I want to live life with no regret. I can’t say I regretted life this year.”
A wonderful winter
During his sophomore baseball season at Bishop Feehan in 2024, Bumila started to feel some discomfort in his left elbow.
“I just was overthrown,” Bumila said on Cassell’s Corner podcast. “I was throwing like 100 pitches every game.”
By May of 2025, the University of Texas commit for baseball underwent internal brace surgery to repair an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury.
“It wasn’t too bad,” Bumila said. “It was only a six-month recovery compared to normal Tommy John (surgery, which) is 13 (months).”
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After not pitching for the Shamrocks as a junior, Bumila decided to still play basketball for Bishop Feehan as a senior. Those around the Bishop Feehan baseball program held their collective breaths this past winter.
“I was the guy praying he would finish every game unscathed so that we’d actually get him for a baseball season,” said second-year Bishop Feehan baseball coach Joe Breen.
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The 6-foot-9 Bumila averaged 30.6 points and 15.2 rebounds per game during the regular season and eclipsed 1,000 career points. In the MIAA tournament, the power forward averaged 40.8 points and 20.8 rebounds per game and led the Shamrocks to their first D1 boys’ basketball state title on March 15.
“It meant so much to come and roll to a state championship with (the basketball team),” Bumila said.
“He’s completely changed the view of Bishop Feehan High School athletics,” Breen said.
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All eyes on Bumila
As Bumila made his highly anticipated return to the mound this spring, all eyes were on the left-handed pitcher on April 2 when he made his first high school start in nearly two years.
With close to 50 MLB scouts on hand to watch him pitch against Hopkinton High in 40-degree weather, Bumila topped 100 miles per hour on the radar gun and struck out nine batters in three innings. He also plunked three batters, but didn’t allow a hit in his ramp up back from elbow surgery.
“It was our first taste of ‘Oh wow, this is what it’s going to be like all year long’ and he was unfazed by it,” Breen said. “He didn’t let the pressure of the people behind the backstop or the pressure of the game itself affect him.”
Bumila didn’t flinch all spring.
The skilled southpaw didn’t allow a single hit until his fifth start of the season, which came against Wellesley High on May 2. Six days later, in a game against Moses Brown (R.I.), Bumila broke a 60-year school record by striking out 20 in his first complete game of the season. He did allow his first run of the season, though, that day.
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“He’s an imposing figure,” Breen said. “He’s got the length, the overall size; you add the mound to it. The first thing you see is that he’s an imposing figure. I think the second thing you see is that he’s a competitor.
“He’s not just there to throw pitches, he’s there to beat you.”
On May 31, Bumila tossed 5 shutout innings and gave up a hit and 3 walks while striking out 12 as the second-seeded Shamrocks defeated No. 34 Andover, 8-0, in a Division 1 Round of 32 contest.
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On June 6, Bumila pitched 4 innings and gave up 2 runs, 2 hits and 4 walks while striking out 7 in his team’s 10-5 win over Pope Francis in a Division 1 state quarterfinal. Bumila also went 2 for 3 at the dish with a home run, two runs and a pair of RBIs.
“(He’s) a young, big-time arm with an electric fastball,” said a member of the Boston Red Sox organization, who wished to remain anonymous. “He has impressive size, length and athleticism, along with a good feel for his delivery and the ability to repeat it pretty consistently — an impressive trait for a pitcher of his age.”
Before pitching in Saturday’s D1 state final, Bumila gave up 7 runs (6 earned), 5 hits and 12 walks in nine starts this season while striking out 92 batters in 42.1 innings pitched. At the plate, he batted .410 (23-for-56) with 3 homers, 6 doubles, 13 runs and 18 RBIs.
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The 250-pound two-sport phenom was recently named the 2025-26 Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year and 2025-26 MaxPreps Male National Athlete of the Year.
Bumila is currently ranked as the No. 22 prospect in the 2026 MLB Draft by Baseball America and the No. 12 player nationwide in the Class of 2026 by Perfect Game. He’s widely considered a first-round selection in the upcoming MLB Draft, which will take place on July 11.
“There is a lot to like and plenty of upside to dream on,” a Red Sox source told the T&G. “An exciting arm — especially being a local kid — and his performance this year has backed up much of the hype, as he seems to elevate his game and thrive in big moments.”
A perfect ending
With a swell of MLB scouts on hand and the spotlight squarely on his shoulders Saturday, Bumila pitched a pair of innings at Polar Park.
He was then pulled from the mound at the start of the third frame after throwing 44 pitches, 25 for strikes. Bumila said he battled a “dead arm” during his start, and the lefty left the game with a final line of: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB and 4 strikeouts.
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“The kid’s been competing his (butt) off for a really long time right now,” Breen said. “And we were fortunate to get the last few starts out of him. He’s just been gassed and he’s given everything he has for his team.”
Bumila delivered with his bat in the bottom of the third, though, by hitting an RBI single and then scoring his team’s fourth and final run a moments later.
The designated hitter finished the game 2 for 3 with a run and RBI, and watched from the on-deck circle as Catholic Memorial collected its state championship.
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“This sucks,” Bumila told the T&G. “The feeling of losing, it just hurts, and that’s all I can really think about, to be honest. I know that the season didn'’t end the way I wanted to, but it meant everything with the team to at least make it here.”
Just 53 days after telling the T&G he planned to pitch in a state title game at Polar Park, and 90 days after winning a basketball championship at Tsongas Center, Bumila was back on top of the high school sports landscape.
“Uncharted territory,” Breen said. “He’s a generational talent.”
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In less than a month, Bumila will most likely hear his name called in the first round of the MLB Draft. The Boston Red Sox, ironically enough, hold the No. 20 overall pick.
“That’s what everyone dreams of — to play for their hometown team,” said Bumila, a Red Sox fan whose had big-league dreams ever since he was 4. “… I’ll be a fan of whatever team drafts me.”
“I could see him having an incredible MLB career,” Breen said. “I hope my kids have the opportunity to go watch an MLB game that he is pitching in.”
This spring, Bumila was nearly pitch perfect for the Bishop Feehan baseball team.
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“I expect perfection out of myself,” he told the T&G.
And pitching in the Division 1 state final was the near perfect ending to his high school career.
Brody Bumila left Polar Park with a chip on his shoulder Saturday. Maybe someday he’ll return to the home of the Worcester Red Sox to pitch again.
“He’s got a huge future ahead,” Breen said.
—Contact Tommy Cassell at [email protected]. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @tommycassell44.
This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Brody Bumila pitches in Division 1 state final at Polar Park
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