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
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Because while everyone was playing baseball late into June, Jay was working. Made a couple nice pulls from the portal and this lineup will be loaded. Also #1 recruiting class. If half of them make it to Baton Rouge it will still be a great class.
Vanderbilt has THREE! Top 10 commits from this year's high school graduates. Of course they could lose them to the draft, but damn that would be a good haul
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Why no respect for the Sooners?
I was wondering the same thing, don’t they return like every single player other than Treadway?
The whole weekend rotation could be gone, as well as SS and catcher.
I’m on board. And by that I mean poised for disappointment.
It is the LSU way
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.
Sonny D has the power to unite this country. I know a Bama fan that is obsessed with him.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Last year was an abomination. Dogs should right the ship this year.
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.
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
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Don’t likely! Don’t you know he’s trying to curse us with a voodoo ritual?!
Me no likey
Anytime a post has LSU #1 I got to toss an upvote
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.
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.
They lose like everyone, hopefully the young guys can step up for the new coach
Why not OU somewhere?
Possibly losing their whole weekend rotation, SS, and catcher. That's rough.
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
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?
They got a lot of really good transfers. And I thought LSU going to be a good team already before those 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.
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.
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?
No Texas State?!?
Wasn’t most of that team fifth year seniors?
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!
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.
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.
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
When Maryland is no longer the new guy. Feels weird.
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
Tennessee pulling for y’all might have been the problem. They threw their karma on y’all.
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.
Please put Tennessee at like 20 dear God
Why that team is loaded
Where is Oklahoma don’t they return like everyone?
LSU #1 with no pitching? Interesting
Check their transfers. They literally transferred in a new weekend rotation.
Daddy’s home
Preseason rankings for this past season were actually pretty good. Over half of the preseason top 8 ended up making it to Omaha.
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?
Because while everyone was playing baseball late into June, Jay was working. Made a couple nice pulls from the portal and this lineup will be loaded. Also #1 recruiting class. If half of them make it to Baton Rouge it will still be a great class.
I would make Tenn number one, Vandy in the top 10 and Arkansas ahead of A&M.
Vanderbilt has THREE! Top 10 commits from this year's high school graduates. Of course they could lose them to the draft, but damn that would be a good haul
VT fan. This makes me very sad.
Not a 20 something ranking for my Seminoles? :(
Wtf happened to the state of South Carolina's baseball programs
I guess we are #2 because the pitching staff. We are losing a lot though.
How is Mississippi state #23 and Oklahoma unranked?
I can’t wait to see A&M tumble from the top after the best season in program history.
You love to see this.
Boomer.
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.
Bro the avg age of your lineup last month was like 26 lol
Tell me you don’t actually follow your baseball team without telling me you don’t actually follow your baseball team.
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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.
No chance. Dis some bulllllshit.