Batavia baseball coach Matt Holm thinks the Bulldogs' pitching staff needs to raise its game to compete with the elite programs in the Upstate Eight Conference.

Holm thinks the Bulldogs have the right mentor in place to make it happen.

Batavia resident Bob Polinsky, a former minor league pitcher in the Yankees and White Sox organizations, is in his fourth season as an assistant in the Bulldogs' program, but first as the lead pitching coach for the entire program, working with the lower levels in addition to the varsity.