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Cold Weather Bats is Michigan’s premier podcast for amateur baseball coverage.

From youth and high school standouts to college prospects making waves, we dive deep into the players, programs, and stories shaping the game in the Great Lakes State.

11/03/2026

COMMITTED. New Boston Huron's Jackson Surma (.surma14), No. 79 in the 2027 CWB Top 100, is staying home with Oakland. The Class of 2027 3B/RHP plays for the Michigan Bulls.

Congrats, Jackson!

11/02/2026

No. 62 in the 2027 CWB Top 100: Nick Potter, Jenison right-hander and first baseman, Class of 2028. He's 6-4, 260 and up 36 spots from last year's list. Full scouting report: patreon.com/ColdWeatherBats

11/02/2026

Best walk-up song of all time. We're screenshotting the wrong answers. Drop your song below and send this to the teammate who has had the same walk-up song since 12U.

11/02/2026

No. 63 in the 2027 CWB Top 100: Christian Mkrtumian, U of D Jesuit left-hander and outfielder, Class of 2029. The only 2029 this week, he's a lefty already up to 86.2 with four pitches. Full scouting report: patreon.com/ColdWeatherBats

11/02/2026

Before 2018, Woodhaven had never won a district title. Then Corey Farner's staff threw 60 straight scoreless innings, a state record, and the Warriors played for a state title. Eight straight district titles, two Division 1 Finals and more than 400 wins later, the newest member of the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame joins the Cold Weather Bats podcast to talk about building Woodhaven, coaching his son, and what Downriver baseball looks like right now. New episode out now.

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11/02/2026

Woodhaven head coach Corey Farner was just inducted into the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and he joins Michael Rubenstein and Tom Cavanaugh to talk about how he got there. Farner took a Woodhaven program that had never won a district to eight straight district titles and more than 430 career wins, including a 34-6 run to the Division 1 semifinals last spring.
He talks about the phone call that told him he was going into the Hall, what he learned from Tony Brinson and his dad, the 2018 team that threw 60 straight scoreless innings for a state record, and why he threw out his own 45-page program book and let his players set the standard. He also goes through coaching his son Lucas, a Wayne State signee, what the recruiting process looked like as both a dad and a coach, why Michigan kids are still underrated, and where travel ball and high school ball should meet.
Before the interview: the new coldweatherbats.com is live, the Top 100 rolls on with No. 80 to 61, and the Super 25 drops Sunday, November 8.
Every Top 100 player and every program now has a page at coldweatherbats.com. Full breakdowns at patreon.com/ColdWeatherBats.

11/02/2026

One week out. Who opens the 2027 CWB Super 25 at No. 1? Drop your pick below.

The full list drops Sunday, November 8 at noon.

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11/01/2026

No. 64 in the 2027 CWB Top 100: Drew Simmons, Flint Powers Catholic shortstop and third baseman, Class of 2027. The Northwood commit is 6-3 with exit velocities up to 94.5, an 87 mph arm across the infield and a 6.99 sixty. Full scouting report: patreon.com/ColdWeatherBats

11/01/2026

College coaches get upset when a recruit commits somewhere else without calling first. Then some of those same coaches go months without answering a kid. It has to go both ways. Coaches, players and parents: agree or disagree? New episode with Hall of Famer Corey Farner drops Monday.

11/01/2026

No. 65 in the 2027 CWB Top 100: Tre Eitniear, Whiteford shortstop and right-hander, Class of 2027. The Hillsdale commit has exit velocities up to 101.3, a 94 mph arm across the infield and a 6.93 sixty. Full scouting report: patreon.com/ColdWeatherBats

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