North Brunswick grad Yomar Carreras rakes for Rutgers in Year 2

TL;DR

Yomar Carreras, a North Brunswick High School graduate, is excelling in his sophomore year at Rutgers University, currently batting .293 with four home runs and 31 RBI. He continues to build on his successful freshman season where he earned All-Big Ten Freshman Team honors.

Key points

Yomar Carreras is a North Brunswick High School graduate.
He is currently a sophomore shortstop at Rutgers University.
Carreras is batting .293 with four home runs and 31 RBI this season.
He earned All-Big Ten Freshman Team honors last year.
In high school, he was a Greater Middlesex Conference All-Star.

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He arrived at North Brunswick High School ready to play. And boy, could he play.

Yomar Carreras started as a freshman and, by his senior year, was voted a Greater Middlesex Conference All-Star by the league’s coaches. He batted .464 with three home runs, 13 doubles and 25 stolen bases.

Four years later, Carreras was again starting as a freshman — this time for the Rutgers University baseball team. Batting .255 with five home runs, six doubles and 23 RBI, he earned All-Big Ten Freshman Team honors.

Now a sophomore, the shortstop has picked up where he left off. He opened the season at Charleston and Virginia Tech by going 12-for-28, and heading into this weekend’s three-game series at Penn State, he is batting .293 with four home runs, six doubles and 31 RBI.

A switch-hitter, Carreras’ bat is the loudest part of his game.

“He’s pretty quiet, pretty reserved,” Rutgers coach Steve Owens said. “We’ve been trying to get a more vocal presence out of him, but I think he’s humming a little bit compared to last year. Obviously he plays a position that requires leadership.

“You’re kind of the quarterback of the infield. It’s not just fielding the ball and making plays at a high percentage — you need that presence.”

“I think I’m doing pretty well,” said Carreras, who stands 6-foot, 190 pounds. “We all have higher expectations of ourselves, and I guess I could do a lot better, but I contribute to the team in good ways.”

Former North Brunswick star Yomar Carreras is batting .293 as Rutgers’ shortstop through April 16, building on an All-Big Ten freshman season.

Carreras’ development began early. His father, Ramon, started working with him when he was young. Ramon played baseball at Middlesex College and also had a tryout with the Somerset Patriots.

“Honestly, my life has been in baseball,” Yomar said. “That’s what my family’s always watched and played, even for fun. It’s just been baseball for me.”

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