PHILADELPHIA -- Blake Primrose is driving the surge. Marty Coyne is steadying the climb.
And as April begins to define the season, both have positioned their programs exactly where they want to be.
The Philadelphia Baseball Review Players of the Week — presented by
Wheelhouse Cards, the official baseball card partner of the Philadelphia Baseball Review — reflect two sides of winning baseball across the region: impact at the plate and control on the mound.
Start at Saint Joseph’s, where Blake Primrose has become one of the most dangerous hitters in the Atlantic 10.
The junior catcher powered the Hawks through a sweep of Dayton last week, driving in 13 runs across four games, including a seven-RBI performance in Sunday’s finale — the kind of production that doesn’t just show up in a box score, but defines an entire series.
For Primrose, it’s not a stretch.
It’s the season.
He enters the week hitting .380 with 13 home runs and 41 RBIs in 33 games, anchoring a lineup that has pushed Saint Joseph's Hawks baseball to 14-1 in Atlantic 10 play, three games clear of the field.
The profile is complete — power, discipline, and the ability to deliver in leverage spots. There’s no navigating around him right now. Not with the way he’s controlling at-bats, and not with the way he’s finishing them.
Across town, Marty Coyne is doing it differently — but just as effectively.
The Penn junior turned in one of the most complete outings of the week on April 11, working seven innings and allowing one run on four hits while striking out seven in a 7-3 win over Cornell. It was the kind of performance that steadies a weekend and allows everything else to fall into place.
Coyne stayed ahead in counts, limited hard contact, and never allowed Cornell to build sustained pressure. The outing fits a larger body of work that has quietly become one of the most reliable in the Ivy League.
Through 49.1 innings, he owns a 2.37 ERA with 42 strikeouts and just six walks, combining command and efficiency in a way that keeps Penn in control of games. The consistency has shown up all season — from eight shutout innings at East Carolina, to 6.1 scoreless, no-hit innings at Columbia, to this latest effort against Cornell.
And the timing matters for both programs.
Saint Joseph’s has established a firm grip on the Atlantic 10, holding a three-game cushion atop the standings. Penn, meanwhile, is right in the middle of the Ivy League pennant race, sitting just one game off the lead.
There’s still a meaningful stretch of the season remaining, but both programs are positioning themselves well — not just to reach their respective conference tournaments, but to control how they enter them.
Right now, the difference is being made by players who aren’t just producing.
They’re dictating outcomes.
Primrose with every swing.
Coyne with every pitch.
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