{"id":667564,"date":"2026-04-07T03:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667564\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T03:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:33:16","slug":"bishop-feehan-69-senior-brody-bumila-pivots-to-mlb-dreams-after-dominant-run-to-basketball-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/667564\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Feehan 6&#8217;9&#8243; senior Brody Bumila pivots to MLB dreams after dominant run to basketball title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brody Bumila is a towering presence for Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts, whether on the basketball court or on the baseball diamond.<\/p>\n<p>Standing at 6-foot-9, weighing 245 pounds, the senior has been referred to by some baseball scouts as a unicorn. Now, he has eyes on playing at the professional level.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t just baseball where Bumila shines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s pretty dominant,&#8221; basketball teammate Jake Webster said. &#8220;Anyone who guards him doesn&#8217;t stand a chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brody Bumila&#8217;s basketball dominance<\/p>\n<p>This winter, Bumila averaged over 40 points and 20 rebounds per game in the postseason as he led Bishop Feehan to a boys basketball state championship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just want to win,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m such a super competitor. I want to win at everything I do.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>When he was a freshman, Bumila&#8217;s towering frame was still a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My friends would call me &#8216;Bambi.&#8217; I was super lanky, especially during freshman, sophomore year, even into my junior fall. I was super lanky, and then I started to thicken up,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2269024751-1.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"gettyimages-2269024751-1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Bishop Feehan senior Brody Bumila comes out of a scrimmage after hitting his pitch limit on March 26, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Barry Chin\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Webster joked that having Bumila as a teammate made his life easier on the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was pretty sweet. I throw the ball, he&#8217;ll go get it,&#8221; Webster said.<\/p>\n<p>But Bumila added it wasn&#8217;t all clean-up work under the rim.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did hit a three in the state championship game and I will die on that hill that I can shoot the basketball,&#8221; Bumila said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When that shot went up, everyone was kind of holding their breath. When it went in, it was kind of one of those &#8216;Of course it went in at this point, he can do anything right now,'&#8221; said Bishop Feehan baseball coach Joe Breen. <\/p>\n<p>Sights set on Major League Baseball<\/p>\n<p>What makes Bumila&#8217;s skillset even more impressive is that basketball isn&#8217;t even his primary sports. Ever since he was four years old, baseball was his main love.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Raynham, Massachusetts, Bumila unsurprisingly grew up rooting for David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox. Now, it&#8217;s Bumila who has big league teams watching him, with several even sitting down to meet with him as one of the country&#8217;s top pitching prospects coming out of high school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Bumila is] one of those guys who, his training, his attention to detail, he&#8217;s got his priorities straight, he leads by example,&#8221; Breen said. &#8220;He&#8217;s a guy that takes everything so seriously as far as bettering himself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The senior has a fastball that tops 99 mph, and a mindset on the mound that is straightforward. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dominate the zone, throw the ball hard down middle and I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re going to hit it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2269024654-1.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"gettyimages-2269024654-1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Bishop Feehan senior Brody Bumila throws a pitch during a scrimmage on March 26, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Barry Chin\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The approach has paid off. This fall, Bumila is taking his talents to the University of Texas, hoping to get selected in the Major League Baseball draft in July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what everyone at my level hopes. I think I can. I have the build, I have the drive, I have the mentality for it. I just have to go out and succeed now,&#8221; Bumila said.<\/p>\n<p>Bumila&#8217;s journey has been a comeback story of sorts. He went through elbow surgery last May, an internal brace procedure. <\/p>\n<p>By November, he was back throwing again in time for his senior season. 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