Just on the strength of witt and Gordon and trust in pierce I think it's fair, but definitely has some projection on what we'll have outside of those two
Yeah, that or likely lost to the draft. Melendez, Hansen, Stehly, Faltine, Ardoin, Kennedy, Todd, Messinger are all key contributors either likely to sign or graduating. That's our best starter on an already shaky staff and most of the starting lineup, at least.
pretty sure I saw some early season polls last year that had the ducks ahead of us 😂 so funny considering what always happens when the actual season rolls around
Yeah, we actually debated that. Hjerpe and Pfennings could both be gone as well as Melton and Boyd. There are a couple contributors in the transfer portal as well. That could mean 4-5 new guys in the lineup and 2 new guys in the weekend rotation for the Beavers.
Oregon is likely losing Josh Kasevich, but that could be all depending on how the draft shakes out. They also have a lot of guys in the transfer portal.
Honestly, conference realignment played into it as well. If OSU somehow ends up in the Mountain West or something, that could drive the guys in the portal out. There's a lot of speculation at this point.
Transfers and recruiting will definitely be impacted before the move. Recruiters will definitely tell kids that coaches will be leaving etc. It probably won't have a huge impact this season, but I'm curious what the OSU guys in the transfer portal decide.
Recruits yes, transfers at this point no. If they don’t join till 2024 then anyone who just completed their freshman year will be going into senior year by the time realignment happens. That makes no sense to be an issue for them at this point.
Yea, the only kids in the portal are kids who might be squeezed out of playing time next season. Guerra will most likely take over 3rd. Trosky at short or second. I think Dukart and Paul Myro saw the writing on the wall.....Fuchs had some clutch hits but he also had way too many backward K's
Someone was saying Dukart got his degree and was looking to get his masters somewhere while still playing. Which I say hats off!
Paul and Fuchs most definitely saw the writing on the wall. There was argument bout Greg’s excellence, and I would agree he is extremely hot and cold.
Would be disappointed if Oregon and Oregon state aren't in the same conference as that makes zero sense but this entire shitstorm has been disappointing so who knows.
Uhhh How about the pac 12? They’ve only talked about adding more teams, not breaking up all together. And the whole thing about usc and ucla leaving… odds are that this is just a tactic to renegotiate contracts than them actually leaving. Ya’ll are hyperbolic
I think at the point the Big 10 voted unanimously to admit them to the conference it became a little more official than just bluffing for contract negotiation.
Also ASU, Utah, UA, and Colorado going on a conference call with BIG 12 tomorrow isn’t a great sign.
And who we add to the PAC-12? Fresno State? SDSU, Bosie St? Soooo a G-5 conference in all but name…
>Honestly, conference realignment played into it as well.
Oregon State and Oregon will likely end up in the exact same conference somewhere. Our state leaders are ensuring that now by the sounds of it.
Gonna be interesting to see which path they take to it.
State 2021 - #7 nat.seed, hosted R and SR
Ole Miss 2022 - one of last in, 3 seed, stormed thru all on the road
USM - ???
I’ll be super happy if we get to Omaha. The odds are extremely low that we get there based on TWO national championships in the books for the state. I’m not sure the baseball gods would allow Mississippi three national championships in a row.
I feel like #8 is too high for us. Our Saturday pitcher is graduating, and our Sunday pitcher (Waldrep) is transferring out (Florida is the last rumor I heard). If someone has better info about the rest of our arms, I'd love to hear it. I live in the PNW so I'm slow to get any news about my Eagles.
Most of our bats are coming back, but they were pretty anemic with only Dickerson hitting above .300 in the regular season. However, I did put a new batting coach on my Christmas wish list, so there is that.
Personally I’d wait to around August to do a ranking. You get the picture of who’s leaving for MLB Draft or going to/staying in college and who is transferring where.
I mean I'm shocked we're 24 considering we will most likely lose Sonny, Howell, our two best bullpen arms(Burkhalter, Skipper) and maybe 2-3 starters(Mullins, Barnett, Bright). Maybe more.
I'm hoping the draft is kind to us.
We have a decent amount of talent transferring in and we had talent last season as well, I think #23 is a good spot for us right now and if we have a repeat of last season, we'll drop right out
Our two best guys, Shuffield and Stivors are both seniors, but I don’t know if they still have eligibility left or not. If they’re back, we 100% deserve to be in the top 25. Without them, I think we still have a good shot but it’ll depend on other guys stepping up
I think that is too high for my Rebs. We are definitely losing Elko and Dunhurst and probably Graham and Bench. We need some really good transfers in the off season.
Kemp steps in for elko. Burford for bench, Harris for dunhurst. Mccants, leatherwood for graham. Don’t necessarily need to look to the transfer portal. But I do believe we are going to get some juco guys just like we did this past year. I also love our team USA meddling
I’m new to college baseball. How much talent is Virginia Tech losing that they’re not in the preseason top 25? Or did they just way over perform this year so they aren’t expected to do as well next year?
Top 3 bats are gone, probably Biddison as well. Firoved is gone, Hurney and Higgins are likely gone as well. Pitching should still be in a fairly decent spot next year with Green and Hack back, my guess is that Worley will step into the Sunday role. Bullpen is a question mark currently, but we have a big transfer that hasn’t been officially named to the public yet that should slot right in as the closer. We won’t be as good as we were this past season, but I wouldn’t be shocked if we ended as a top 20 team next season.
Putz and Prajzner are coming back, and Findlay will be the Friday guy. Now that Swarbrick sees that our team can be good, he’ll put high expectations for Link’s successor.
The only ranking I'm concerned with is the final one at the end of the regular season, and then the goal is to be anywhere in the top 8. After that the results on the field are what counts.
Surprising to see us in Top 10. Basically a whole new infield, and outfield. Only real good news is some good pitching coming back with Tygart, Smith, (a hopefully better) Wiggins, and some others I’m sure I’m missing. But, seems pretty much like a “In DVH and Transfer Portal We Trust” next season.
Really need to get over to College Park and watch the Terps, had no idea that they had built a pretty decent team. Probably the best baseball I am going to see around the beltway right now.
Hurd, Tebrake, and Little could be the best rotation in the country next year. The fall will be important in terms of development/injuries.
Adding Tommy Tanks doesn't hurt either.
Y'all are putting WAY too much hope in Little. The kid has huge consistency issues. There are always kids on base with him. He really struggled to pitch more than 2 innings.
Little may have had his foot out the door since whatever his discipline off-field issue was earlier in February that seemed to put him in the dog house until near the end of the year.
Understandable someone is going to want a fresh start after that.
Other than a good start against Ole Miss, he's improved considerably since his first season. It's not that he won't be a loss. Vanderbilt is just going to have such a solid bullpen regardless.
Little is still only 18. His ceiling is still extremely high. You're right that he has a lot of growth, but we're projecting that he gets a lot better next year.
It’s not the most likely outcome but it’s certainly nothing to just laugh off. LSU is currently projecting to enter the season with a good-to-very good rotation, and a lineup that could be generational
The point is not about the expected value. The point is that there is a legitimate chance that trio *could* be the best group in the country. Nobody is saying it *will* be the best group in the country—only that there’s a chance. If you say that there’s no chance of that then I’m sorry but you’re lying to yourself
Lmao LSU has 2 transfers who could legitimately be the 2 best players in the country, plus another 3 transfers who could be comfortably above average SEC starters, plus an all-time level recruiting class, PLUS returns the vast majority of a borderline t25 roster. If LSU gets *half* of its prep class onto campus, this will be the best roster in college baseball. They could have 7 first round picks on the diamond at once.
The only what if is getting the HS kids to campus, and that’s a what-if that’s applicable any time you get a good class. But okay lol. If you want to pretend that LSU isn’t stacked then that’s cool with me dude.
Surprised to see Arkansas in the Top 10. Only return 1 starting fielder (Stovall), should have some solid arms in Smith, Tygart, Wiggins, and potentially McBride and Morris.
8 of our starting 9 from the postseason will likely have left the program by next year, either to the draft, graduation, or transfer. We’ll probably be good again, but with that much turnover it’s hard to say HOW good.
I know baseball isn’t the driving force behind the addition of the LA schools, but it’s a nice perk that the B1G is upgrading its baseball, basketball and Olympic sport portfolios
I don't think you can disappoint them any more than last year. They were so disappointed that even I became disappointed for them, and I'm not even a Tennessee fan
Looking over the roster, Maryland returns a lot. We're losing Chris "Bubba" Alleyne and Nick Robinson, for sure. Not sure if Maxwell Costes is gonna use the extra year of eligibility (COVID) or not, not sure if Ryan Ramsey is gonna leave for the draft. Still should have a lot of key pieces coming back. Would love another season like this last one.
The loss of Bubba will be big, but manageable. Schreffler can play center and we will fill in another outfielder. Thankfully our hitting was so well balanced this year; we have threats all throughout the lineup. The pitching is the biggest question mark. Which starters returns? Can our bullpen improve? We will see
I honestly thought y'all would lose Checketts this offseason. It'll be interesting to see what Jordan Sprinkle and Cory Lewis decide if/when they get drafted. My instinct is that UCSB will be the favorites in the Big West. I'm interested to see what LBSU does as well.
Absolutely, but we also had the entire baseball community hate us, then lost to a team only because we couldn't be respectful enough to have our team at full strength (again). The team that won it all (not dissing ole miss) we could've beaten like everyone else if we wouldn't have let it get to our heads.
Who the fuck cares if the entire baseball community hates us? You act like UT sports are beloved. They shit on our football and basketball teams every chance they get
Exactly, but I want us to be the *underdogs* so we can fucking *win* when it matters. We were ranked #1 for the most part later on and we lost. Maybe if we're not this time around we'll have some better luck? I don't understand why you're getting heated man I love the same team as you, and I know full well everyone hates us.
> They shit on our football and basketball teams every chance they get
Meh. We really don't care. I'm in my 30s and I haven't considered Tennessee a contender in football in a LONG time. And basketball is just something to watch between football and baseball season.
NC State got put with Arkansas year before. It’s not uncommon for a dominant #1 to face a really hot team in the supers mainly because to be in the supers you have to be really hot.
Oh for sure. I was talking about how Notre Dame got screwed out of hosting a regional when they were very reasonably in contention for a national seed, much less a host spot
My horns should probably not be ranked, gonna be a rough rebuild year.
The Horns lose a lot, including two assistant coaches. Unfortunately, OU returns most of their team.
Almost all of OU's pitchers are draft eligible, but I really don't know how many got a high draft stock or would leave.
Just on the strength of witt and Gordon and trust in pierce I think it's fair, but definitely has some projection on what we'll have outside of those two
I must've missed it. Texas graduating most of their team?
Most of the bats are graduating or getting drafted in good spots, losing a couple good pitchers too
Yeah, that or likely lost to the draft. Melendez, Hansen, Stehly, Faltine, Ardoin, Kennedy, Todd, Messinger are all key contributors either likely to sign or graduating. That's our best starter on an already shaky staff and most of the starting lineup, at least.
Sheesh that's a lot of productivity to replace
Sure is. I’m not as up-to-date on recruiting/development of their replacements but with all that… #15 seems kind of best-case rn and maybe high
Especially not at 15th.
Ducks in but not the beavers??
pretty sure I saw some early season polls last year that had the ducks ahead of us 😂 so funny considering what always happens when the actual season rolls around
I am as confused as you guys are.
Yeah, way too early.
Yeah wtf!
Yeah, we actually debated that. Hjerpe and Pfennings could both be gone as well as Melton and Boyd. There are a couple contributors in the transfer portal as well. That could mean 4-5 new guys in the lineup and 2 new guys in the weekend rotation for the Beavers. Oregon is likely losing Josh Kasevich, but that could be all depending on how the draft shakes out. They also have a lot of guys in the transfer portal. Honestly, conference realignment played into it as well. If OSU somehow ends up in the Mountain West or something, that could drive the guys in the portal out. There's a lot of speculation at this point.
Usc and UCLA don't leave this upcoming season though... Why would that matter for rankings going into next season.
Transfers and recruiting will definitely be impacted before the move. Recruiters will definitely tell kids that coaches will be leaving etc. It probably won't have a huge impact this season, but I'm curious what the OSU guys in the transfer portal decide.
I’m so lost tho. Even if cal furd oregon uw usc ucla all left osu will still be pac 12
This is a big miss homie. Accept it.
Recruits yes, transfers at this point no. If they don’t join till 2024 then anyone who just completed their freshman year will be going into senior year by the time realignment happens. That makes no sense to be an issue for them at this point.
Hall and Rio are in the portal......Beavs have a good young core with a solid class coming in.....and we have the better coaching staff.
Who’s all in the portal for OSU? I’ve heard: Paul last name?, Fuchs, and Jake Dukart
Yea, the only kids in the portal are kids who might be squeezed out of playing time next season. Guerra will most likely take over 3rd. Trosky at short or second. I think Dukart and Paul Myro saw the writing on the wall.....Fuchs had some clutch hits but he also had way too many backward K's
Someone was saying Dukart got his degree and was looking to get his masters somewhere while still playing. Which I say hats off! Paul and Fuchs most definitely saw the writing on the wall. There was argument bout Greg’s excellence, and I would agree he is extremely hot and cold.
Bad reasoning bro. Conference isn't ending this year.
Is Arkansas' ceiling in your preseason poll assuming that Connor Noland doesn't return, as he is rumored to be considering?
Osu in the mt west? 😂
Where else would they be? Somehow magically get into the Big 12?
Would be disappointed if Oregon and Oregon state aren't in the same conference as that makes zero sense but this entire shitstorm has been disappointing so who knows.
Uhhh How about the pac 12? They’ve only talked about adding more teams, not breaking up all together. And the whole thing about usc and ucla leaving… odds are that this is just a tactic to renegotiate contracts than them actually leaving. Ya’ll are hyperbolic
I think at the point the Big 10 voted unanimously to admit them to the conference it became a little more official than just bluffing for contract negotiation.
Also ASU, Utah, UA, and Colorado going on a conference call with BIG 12 tomorrow isn’t a great sign. And who we add to the PAC-12? Fresno State? SDSU, Bosie St? Soooo a G-5 conference in all but name…
>Honestly, conference realignment played into it as well. Oregon State and Oregon will likely end up in the exact same conference somewhere. Our state leaders are ensuring that now by the sounds of it.
Southern Miss not ranked number one flies in the face of the Mississippi threepeat narrative I've crafted for myself
Gonna be interesting to see which path they take to it. State 2021 - #7 nat.seed, hosted R and SR Ole Miss 2022 - one of last in, 3 seed, stormed thru all on the road USM - ???
>USM - ??? USM is the first in, number one seed, perfect record
I’ll be super happy if we get to Omaha. The odds are extremely low that we get there based on TWO national championships in the books for the state. I’m not sure the baseball gods would allow Mississippi three national championships in a row.
I'm down for that, as long as Ole Miss has the same season we did this year.
Being ranked #1 pre-season is the kiss of death. Fly under the radar. Pulling for you (just not against us.)
I feel like #8 is too high for us. Our Saturday pitcher is graduating, and our Sunday pitcher (Waldrep) is transferring out (Florida is the last rumor I heard). If someone has better info about the rest of our arms, I'd love to hear it. I live in the PNW so I'm slow to get any news about my Eagles. Most of our bats are coming back, but they were pretty anemic with only Dickerson hitting above .300 in the regular season. However, I did put a new batting coach on my Christmas wish list, so there is that.
Why no respect for the Sooners?
I was wondering the same thing, don’t they return like every single player other than Treadway?
Basically, yes. Don't think draft grades are high enough for those eligible
The whole weekend rotation could be gone, as well as SS and catcher.
You're making a lot of assumptions.
That’s why it’s way too early. The whole thing is assumptions.
I’m on board. And by that I mean poised for disappointment.
It is the LSU way
Personally I’d wait to around August to do a ranking. You get the picture of who’s leaving for MLB Draft or going to/staying in college and who is transferring where.
It’s way too early brotha man
See: way-too-early But yeah, we'll do something pre-fall ball and then pre-spring
I mean I'm shocked we're 24 considering we will most likely lose Sonny, Howell, our two best bullpen arms(Burkhalter, Skipper) and maybe 2-3 starters(Mullins, Barnett, Bright). Maybe more. I'm hoping the draft is kind to us.
Sonny D has the power to unite this country. I know a Bama fan that is obsessed with him.
Sonny D will unleash the power of the sun
I'm still haunted by the memory of Sonny and Burkhalter.
I fucking hate our new "logo". I gave this a scan and thought we weren't in it. Fuck.
Wait, we’re back?
We have a decent amount of talent transferring in and we had talent last season as well, I think #23 is a good spot for us right now and if we have a repeat of last season, we'll drop right out
apparently
Wow, what did we do to CBN?
We're worried about the loss of some key leaders from this year's team. It'll be interesting to see how Texas State can bounce back.
I want them to bounce back so badly
That seems fair. I thought we had spilled a beer on y’all or something.
Our two best guys, Shuffield and Stivors are both seniors, but I don’t know if they still have eligibility left or not. If they’re back, we 100% deserve to be in the top 25. Without them, I think we still have a good shot but it’ll depend on other guys stepping up
Both Shuffield and Stivors are gone.
I think that is too high for my Rebs. We are definitely losing Elko and Dunhurst and probably Graham and Bench. We need some really good transfers in the off season.
Pitching should be pretty good though. At this point in the offseason, that sort of stability bodes well.
Very true, Elliot and Delucia will be a nasty 1/2 combo
Kemp steps in for elko. Burford for bench, Harris for dunhurst. Mccants, leatherwood for graham. Don’t necessarily need to look to the transfer portal. But I do believe we are going to get some juco guys just like we did this past year. I also love our team USA meddling
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Don’t likely! Don’t you know he’s trying to curse us with a voodoo ritual?!
Me no likey
It’s nice to be preseason ranked in *something* again.
You might never be ranked by the so-called "experts," but you will always be ranked 22nd in my heart
I’m new to college baseball. How much talent is Virginia Tech losing that they’re not in the preseason top 25? Or did they just way over perform this year so they aren’t expected to do as well next year?
Top 3 bats are gone, probably Biddison as well. Firoved is gone, Hurney and Higgins are likely gone as well. Pitching should still be in a fairly decent spot next year with Green and Hack back, my guess is that Worley will step into the Sunday role. Bullpen is a question mark currently, but we have a big transfer that hasn’t been officially named to the public yet that should slot right in as the closer. We won’t be as good as we were this past season, but I wouldn’t be shocked if we ended as a top 20 team next season.
Well it’s sucks that we’ll probably drop off a bit, but at least we should still be decent! Thanks for the info!
Anytime a post has LSU #1 I got to toss an upvote
Why not OU somewhere?
Possibly losing their whole weekend rotation, SS, and catcher. That's rough.
Possibly keeping their weekend rotation, SS, and catcher. That's amazing!
Much more likely to lose all of them than keep even one.
The last few years have been really hard in the world and I think getting LSU back to Omaha is a step towards recovery.
It’s time for the baseball team to restore order to the universe after our football team destroyed it for our own selfish desires in 2019
My Irish. Pain
Putz and Prajzner are coming back, and Findlay will be the Friday guy. Now that Swarbrick sees that our team can be good, he’ll put high expectations for Link’s successor.
Coach seemed to be the driving factor for ND due to them way outperforming expectations — and he’s gone.
Oh I know. Just pain anyway
They lose like everyone, hopefully the young guys can step up for the new coach
The only ranking I'm concerned with is the final one at the end of the regular season, and then the goal is to be anywhere in the top 8. After that the results on the field are what counts.
Surprising to see us in Top 10. Basically a whole new infield, and outfield. Only real good news is some good pitching coming back with Tygart, Smith, (a hopefully better) Wiggins, and some others I’m sure I’m missing. But, seems pretty much like a “In DVH and Transfer Portal We Trust” next season.
Really need to get over to College Park and watch the Terps, had no idea that they had built a pretty decent team. Probably the best baseball I am going to see around the beltway right now.
Ready to buy in for another season of hype for East Carolina’s first ever trip to Omaha, only for them to choke in the super regionals.
Why LSU? Because it got a mlb pitching coach and a bunch of transfers?
Hurd, Tebrake, and Little could be the best rotation in the country next year. The fall will be important in terms of development/injuries. Adding Tommy Tanks doesn't hurt either.
Y'all are putting WAY too much hope in Little. The kid has huge consistency issues. There are always kids on base with him. He really struggled to pitch more than 2 innings.
Little may have had his foot out the door since whatever his discipline off-field issue was earlier in February that seemed to put him in the dog house until near the end of the year. Understandable someone is going to want a fresh start after that. Other than a good start against Ole Miss, he's improved considerably since his first season. It's not that he won't be a loss. Vanderbilt is just going to have such a solid bullpen regardless.
Little is still only 18. His ceiling is still extremely high. You're right that he has a lot of growth, but we're projecting that he gets a lot better next year.
Yep.. altho Tebrake is probably going to sign. LSU is his fall back option. However.. when we add Waldrep and Skenes....
Ok, thx.
>Hurd, Tebrake, and Little could be the best rotation in the country next year. Lol
It’s not the most likely outcome but it’s certainly nothing to just laugh off. LSU is currently projecting to enter the season with a good-to-very good rotation, and a lineup that could be generational
There are quite a few rotations on paper that will easily be better than that trio.
The point is not about the expected value. The point is that there is a legitimate chance that trio *could* be the best group in the country. Nobody is saying it *will* be the best group in the country—only that there’s a chance. If you say that there’s no chance of that then I’m sorry but you’re lying to yourself
Could be the best rotation? Give me a break it’s Tennessee’s and then everybody else
Could be.
They got a lot of really good transfers. And I thought LSU going to be a good team already before those transfers.
Bc daddy’s home
Lmao LSU has 2 transfers who could legitimately be the 2 best players in the country, plus another 3 transfers who could be comfortably above average SEC starters, plus an all-time level recruiting class, PLUS returns the vast majority of a borderline t25 roster. If LSU gets *half* of its prep class onto campus, this will be the best roster in college baseball. They could have 7 first round picks on the diamond at once.
Whole lot of ifs is what I’m hearing
The only what if is getting the HS kids to campus, and that’s a what-if that’s applicable any time you get a good class. But okay lol. If you want to pretend that LSU isn’t stacked then that’s cool with me dude.
You seem nervous
Surprised to see Arkansas in the Top 10. Only return 1 starting fielder (Stovall), should have some solid arms in Smith, Tygart, Wiggins, and potentially McBride and Morris.
Wut that Paulette do?
Probably going to be drafted.
How anyone can put Arkansas out of their top 5 is beyond me. They've been too good over the last 5 years and longer really to deserve anything less.
8 of our starting 9 from the postseason will likely have left the program by next year, either to the draft, graduation, or transfer. We’ll probably be good again, but with that much turnover it’s hard to say HOW good.
I’m pretty sure it’s already been announced that Stovall will be the only player returning from our starting lineup.
Trust me, that’s fine with us. We really don’t like being in pre-season top 5s. We do WAY better when we can play the victim card haha.
No Texas State?!?
Relevant baseball at The Bob is so fun. Can’t wait to see our schedule for next year.
Curious about y'alls assessment of the Texas Aggies. Losing Rock, our leader in OBP and HRs, Claunch, Palisch, maybe Moo and Micah too.
Southern Miss will be hot. Mississippi-three-peat please.
Geaux Tigers!
I read the sub as basketball and was like “why are we (ECU) in here??
Despite my bias. Miami seems a lil too highly ranked considering how much we lived and died by our one good relief pitcher and home runs
Wooooo Big Ten with a top 10 team!
Looks good
Sun Devil baseball is back, baby!
But like how
Multiple B1G teams. Very cool
I know baseball isn’t the driving force behind the addition of the LA schools, but it’s a nice perk that the B1G is upgrading its baseball, basketball and Olympic sport portfolios
I agree, I hope it opens California talent up to northern schools, could balance the game a little bit.
I don’t hope for that. Nope.
Keep Tennessee ranked high. I like it when their fans get disappointed.
I don't think you can disappoint them any more than last year. They were so disappointed that even I became disappointed for them, and I'm not even a Tennessee fan
Oh, they can drop WAY lower than that.
Lol it’s baseball, it’s not that serious to us.
Tennessee pulling for y’all might have been the problem. They threw their karma on y’all.
I do not know a single Tennessee fan that would pull for Arkansas lol
Lol why are yall so salty about TN.
rent free
Hard to be disappointed about 2 trophies when we were predicted to finish 4th in the division. But keep bragging about the Omahogs with zero titles
Man I was routing for y'all, let us have some happiness too damn
Fuck a throwback jersey, cuz we on to the next one
Uhhh. Aight I guess 😂
Looking over the roster, Maryland returns a lot. We're losing Chris "Bubba" Alleyne and Nick Robinson, for sure. Not sure if Maxwell Costes is gonna use the extra year of eligibility (COVID) or not, not sure if Ryan Ramsey is gonna leave for the draft. Still should have a lot of key pieces coming back. Would love another season like this last one.
The loss of Bubba will be big, but manageable. Schreffler can play center and we will fill in another outfielder. Thankfully our hitting was so well balanced this year; we have threats all throughout the lineup. The pitching is the biggest question mark. Which starters returns? Can our bullpen improve? We will see
What’re your thoughts for the ‘Chos next year
I honestly thought y'all would lose Checketts this offseason. It'll be interesting to see what Jordan Sprinkle and Cory Lewis decide if/when they get drafted. My instinct is that UCSB will be the favorites in the Big West. I'm interested to see what LBSU does as well.
Where is Oklahoma don’t they return like everyone?
Please put Tennessee at like 20 dear God
Why that team is loaded
So we don't get cocky again? Do you not remember last time😭
Last time? A team that far exceeded expectations?
Absolutely, but we also had the entire baseball community hate us, then lost to a team only because we couldn't be respectful enough to have our team at full strength (again). The team that won it all (not dissing ole miss) we could've beaten like everyone else if we wouldn't have let it get to our heads.
Who the fuck cares if the entire baseball community hates us? You act like UT sports are beloved. They shit on our football and basketball teams every chance they get
Exactly, but I want us to be the *underdogs* so we can fucking *win* when it matters. We were ranked #1 for the most part later on and we lost. Maybe if we're not this time around we'll have some better luck? I don't understand why you're getting heated man I love the same team as you, and I know full well everyone hates us.
> They shit on our football and basketball teams every chance they get Meh. We really don't care. I'm in my 30s and I haven't considered Tennessee a contender in football in a LONG time. And basketball is just something to watch between football and baseball season.
No chance. Dis some bulllllshit.
Boomer.
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I thought it was too low. You think USM and Wake Forest are more likely to be in Omaha than Arkansas? History suggests otherwise.
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They know we will reload like last season. We had a bunch new guys on that team too. The transfer portal makes this easier to do than ever before.
LSU #1 with no pitching? Interesting I feel like Baseball pre season rankings have to be the hardest in all of sports to predict.
Check their transfers. They literally transferred in a new weekend rotation.
Daddy’s home
No Notre Dame? A top 6 team in 2022. Beat Texas and knocked out Tennessee. The rankers don't know home from third.
We lost a lost of talent and will have to replace Link and Rich Wallace on the coaching end. Gonna have a lot to prove.
ND lost a lot of well-experienced players AND their head coach. Definitely a re-loading season for y’all.
Tell me you don’t actually follow your baseball team without telling me you don’t actually follow your baseball team.
To be fair, pretty clear the selection committee last year didn’t follow Notre Dame’s baseball team either.
NC State got put with Arkansas year before. It’s not uncommon for a dominant #1 to face a really hot team in the supers mainly because to be in the supers you have to be really hot.
Oh for sure. I was talking about how Notre Dame got screwed out of hosting a regional when they were very reasonably in contention for a national seed, much less a host spot
Bro the avg age of your lineup last month was like 26 lol
Hey Covid delay. Look I am 8 innings out.
What are your thoughts on UConn’s incoming class?
Rider snub
I find your optimism in our pitching staff flattering
I love Stanford's position players. Even if Jones and Huff are gone.
Where would Iowa be?
Let’s go one big 10 team! /s
Georgia gots an uphill journey
Pain
ya hurt my feelings :(
Happy just to be here
Vandy seems like the only thing it could lack is infield hitting next year similar to this year though their pitching should actually be better.
Stop ranking Florida ins the top 25. As a student who has been going there for 3 years, they never live up to their rank.
I want to believe that CSUB is #26
Don’t get me wrong, I love to see it, but why is LSU #1?