Another Bats returner from the 2021 team, Stallings comes back to Keene in 2023 after a season in the Cape Cod League with the Orleans Firebirds last summer that saw him whiff 18 in 16.1 frames (11 games, three starts) while posting a 3.31 ERA.  He just completed his third season with Stetson, where he has compiled 93 K’s over 98.2 innings in 33 career appearances (13 starts).  He also has one complete game (a shutout) (last year) and three saves (this year).  In his 2021 summer with the Bats, the Lithia, Fla. native made a strong impression, going 4-2 with a 2.90 ERA in 31 innings, striking out 36.  He whiffed eight in his first-ever Keene appearance at Sanford on June 6 of that year, and then most notably pitched five one-hit innings and did not allow a run with nine K when he kept his team’s season alive with an 8-3 road victory over North Shore in Game 2 of the Northern Division Semifinals on August 6.