
By Robert Balajadia

Matt Arceo with his mother Beverly and father Jerry Arceo outside the USA Baseball training facility. (courtesy photo)
Not many athletes get to wear a USA team jersey across their chest which makes what athletes like Guam and USA National rugby star Zach Pangelinan have done seem almost impossible given the nature of how Guam athletes fair in the mainland.
And out of 288 players who tried out for the U16 USA baseball development team over the past week, Guam’s got another shot to represent big behind 15-year-old Matt Arceo, who had as good an outing as one might hope for when playing in front of the Team USA staff.
Arceo’s chance at making the team by the numbers is only at 0.034%, but his chances after the evaluation games had to have risen his stock dramatically.
Arceo completed three games at the evaluation, which went into nine innings with wood bats and pitchers throwing no more than two innings.
The concept of the evaluation was to showcase the players in their primary and secondary positions with the actual games outcome an afterthought.
Arceo ran a solid 3.91 and 3.95 in the 30-yard dash while going 2-of-3 at bat, proving he could hit balls as fast as 87mph in the first game. When Arceo was tested at the mound, he struck out two of the three batters he faced in the bottom of the 9th inning.
By the third game, Arceo put on another strong outing at the mound striking out two of the seven batters he faced, giving up only one hit.
Majority of those trying out were at least 16 years of age while hitting pitching speeds of 90mph!
The final selections for the team will be on September 10.
For more on Matt Arceo and brother Shane, check out the piece by GSPN CEO Patrick Lujan about the Arceo brothers and how they are making a name for themselves in mainland baseball.


GPS Sports Calendar
December 2023
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for November
1st
ISA BOYS SOCCER
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
2nd
IRON LEGENDS THROWDOWN
ISA HS BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Events for December
4th
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER
ISA BOYS SOCCER
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
5th
ISA HS BASEBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
Events for December
5th
Events for December
7th
ISA HS BASEBALL
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS
Events for December
9th
40th GRC PLUMERIA ROAD RACE
GUAM RUGBY INTERNATIONAL 7s TOURNAMENT
ISA HS BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
Events for December
10th
TOUR OF GUAM 2023
GUAM RUGBY INTERNATIONAL 7s TOURNAMENT
Events for December
11th
ISA HS BASEBALL
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
Events for December
12th
ISA HS BASEBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
12th
Events for December
14th
ISA HS BASEBALL
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER FINALS
Events for December
15th
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
IIAAG GIRLS BASKETBALL FINALS
Events for December
16th
3rd GUAM NINJA CHAMPIONSHIP
ISA HS BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Events for December
16th
Events for December
18th
IIAAG BOYS SOCCER ALL-ISLAND MEETING
Events for December
19th
ISA HS BASEBALL
ISA GIRLS BASKETBALL
Events for December
19th
Events for December
23rd
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
ISA HS BASEBALL FINALS
Events for December
23rd
Events for December
24th
Events for December
25th
Events for December
27th
Events for December
29th
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- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
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Events for December
30th

Basketball
ISLANDERS AVENGE EARLY SEASON LOSS

Baseball
ROYALS DOWN FRIARS IN STATEMENT GAME

Basketball
3×3 HOOPS REPEAT AS GOLDEN BOYS
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- IIAAG Girls Basketball Playoffs
- True Grit Rugby Tournament
- IIAAG Boys Soccer Playoffs