Noah Dasgupta was the star pitcher on the high school baseball team at Cascade in Indiana as a junior. He was cut on the first day of practice as a senior.
Why?
Great question. The high school baseball standout and NAIA commit has yet to receive a logical explanation.
Cascade has a good high school baseball program.
Cascade High School is located in the small town of Clayton, Indiana, population ~1,000. It enrolls less than 600 students in Grades 9-12.
The Cadets are members of the Indiana Crossroads Conference on the Division 3A level of IHSAA competition. They went 21-5 last season to finish as one of the top-50 teams in the state.
Noah Dasgupta was a big part of that success. He led Cascade in wins, strikeouts and innings pitched as a junior. It wasn’t even close. The 5-foot-10 lefty threw 600 more pitches than his next-closest teammate and finished with an overall record of 8-2 with an ERA of 2.28.
LHP 2026 – Indiana pic.twitter.com/bM9SKcUJXX
— Noah Dasgupta (@ndasgupta2420) May 21, 2025
And he can hit!
We got thru 3 innings before the storms rolled in, our bats woke up and were on 🔥 we had four extra base hits and were up 7-2 against 4A Plainfield
— Noah Dasgupta (@ndasgupta2420) May 17, 2025
I was 1/2 with a triple, 2RBI, and a run scored @FlatgroundBats @SportPrepX @Coast2CoastBsbl @CoastRecruits
@BBUncommitted pic.twitter.com/Fcc7PbkAJk
As a result of his strong play at Cascade, and his standout performances at various showcases during the club season, Dasgupta received an offer to play college baseball. He committed to the University of Rio Grande in Ohio.
That was last year. This is this year.
The Cadets began the 2026 high school baseball season at the beginning of April. They are still a good team. However, they are on pace to lose more games than in 2025 at 9-4 with 11 regular season games remaining. Perhaps they would benefit from having their ace on the bump.
Why did Noah Dasgupta get cut?
Cascade’s star pitcher from last season did not get invited back. Noah Dasgupta was cut from the program on the first day of practice on March 16, which is not typical for such a small school. Cuts are extremely rare. Especially for the best player of three years…
Dasgupta was the only player to be cut from the program in the last for years. What gives?
Akeem Glaspie of the Indianapolis Star spoke with the Rio Grande commit and his family about the unexpected decision and the aftermath. They do not understand what happened.
According to Dasgupta, his head coach “pointed to instances of him not being a team player and arguing with teammates during winter workouts as reasons for his dismissal.” Ty Foster allegedly told him that he is “too flashy.” He didn’t like how Dasgupta wore multiple necklaces and his hat to the side during games. Nor did he like the amount of emotion his best arm showed on the mound.
Dasgupta told Glaspie that “the winter workout in question was just typical competitive banter between teammates.” Although he did have prior conversations with Foster about his dress and attitude, the potential of dismissal was never discussed.
“If you had a problem with my chains, or the way I dress, or any of that, I wish you would have said it to me four years ago and not at that time,” Dasgupta said. “It made no sense to me.”
The head coach and administration at Cascade did not comment further on the decision. They have yet to provide a valid reason for why Noah Dasgupta was cut.
“More than one month into the baseball season, the Dasguptas are still searching for answers. They want to know what specific criteria the senior failed to reach that merited his removal from the team, and they want detailed information on the review process or subsequent investigations around their bullying and harassment claims.”
— Akeem Glaspie, Indy Star
To make matters worse, Dasgupta (who is of Asian-Indian heritage) has been dealing with constant harassment and discrimination since he was cut. A lot of the comments are racially charged. He feels unsafe at school and is taking half of his classes remotely. The school has not provided any further information about its review process or subsequent investigations into the claims of bullying.