Valparaiso University

2025: Made 14 appearances including five starts while striking out 23 and walking 17 in 26 innings… Made his collegiate debut with a scoreless inning on Feb. 22 at Memphis… Worked a scoreless frame on March 8 at Ohio State… Did not allow a run in an inning of work on March 25 at Purdue… Went two shutout frames on April 1 vs. Milwaukee… Made his first collegiate start on April 15 at Notre Dame, beginning a sequence where he started each of the team’s final five midweek games… Worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief in the team’s victory over Southern Illinois on May 17.

Prep: All-conference honoree as a junior and senior… ESCC Pitcher of the Year as a junior… Played for Athletic Barn Baseball, Future Games and WWBA Jupiter Florida Chicago Scouts Association.
 
Personal: Majoring in sport management… Son of Lisa and James Baffa… Has three siblings – Zac, Jared and Danielle… Enjoys cooking… Loves to take naps almost every day… Favorite food is pasta, movie is Happy Gilmore, pro baseball team is the Chicago Cubs, MLB player is Derek Jeter, music genre is country, singer is Jason Aldeen and TV show is SpongeBob SquarePants.