Coaches

Coach Ortega is entering his 10th year as the Recruiting Coordinator & Director of Baseball Operations for the New England Scorpions. In his time as director, Ortega has had over 100+ players committed to various Colleges & Universities across the country (Notre Dame, Houston, UNC, Harvard, Boston College, Northeastern & more). He has also had two former players drafted:  Ben Sears (KC Royals) & Ryan Andrade (Tampa Bay Rays).

Ortega has led his teams to championship wins, such as Perfect Game (FL) and a #1 Regional Rank through Perfect Game.  He has also had teams ranked Top 100 in the country through Perfect Game.

Prior to Ortega becoming the Director of Baseball Operations, he served as an assistant coach at the Community College of Rhode Island.  At CCRI he served as their national recruiting coordinator / hitting & infielders coach. He helped the Knights finish second in the country in hitting and third in the country in fielding percentage.  It was the highest ranking in CCRI Knights history.  Ortega also assisted at the University of Rhode Island with camps & showcases.

Joe Brooks enters his 9th season with the New England Scorpions program. Brooks has won numerous championships with his teams and led his former 16U team to a national rank of 85th in the country through Perfect Game. Brooks also coaches our Scorpions GDSL Collegiate team & runs the Scorps Throwing Program. 

Coach Brooks is currently the Pitching Coach for the Community College of Rhode Island.

Mike Mazzarella enters his third season with the Scorpions New England program. Coach Mazzarella helped lead the 15U team to a Perfect Game New England Select championship and a #1 New England team ranking via Perfect Game.

Mike also served as the head coach for Mt. Hope HS where he won over 100 games with the Huskies.

Joe Casalino is one of the original founders of the New England Scorpions Baseball Club back in 2015. Last season, Casalino led his 11U team to a Perfect Game Northeast runner-up, New Balance Select Championship, and NEAAU tourney championship.

Casalino has also led on our past 12U & 13U teams to a NEAAU Division championship.

Before creating the program, Joe was the former pitchers/catchers coach for the Kickemuit Middle School Baseball team when they won back to back-to-back RI State Championships. 

Mark Barter is entering his 2nd season coaching with the Scorpions New England program. This past season, he led his team to a NEAAU championship in the 10U division.

Mark’s son, Joey, was a Scorps alumni who played infield for CCRI & Keene State University.

Joey Barter is an alumni of our New England Scorpions Showcase program and is entering his fourth season as a Scorpions coach. Barter has had a successful coaching career helping lead his former Showcase team to championships, such as, PG New England World Series, PG Northeast World Series, NEB Elite 8, and more. His former team also finished as the #1 ranked team in New England via Perfect Game.

Barter also serves as the assistant coach at the Community College of RI.