D1 Baseball Preseason All-Americans

[mattsefcovic]

The accolades continue to come in for the baseball team, this time with three Cardinals named to the D1 Preseason All-American team. Catcher Henry Davis was named to the first team while Alex Binelas (3B) and Levi Usher (OF) were named to the second team. Louisville, Florida, and UCLA led the country with 3 members selected to the All-American teams.

If Kirian does in fact stay in the bullpen this year, you'd be hard pressed to find 6 RP's (2 for each of the 3 All-American teams) better than him.

 

[earsky]

I don't disagree with any of this. I expect to see Dunn move himself into a loftier draft position,provided he can stay healthy. Borden looked really good in the Fall as well.

 

[CardX]

This was posted on ncaa.com, but it was first published on D1baseball.com. Solid overall preview.

2021 Preview

 

[Bardman]

@mattsefcovic Any word on the roster?

 

[earsky]

@mattsefcovic Any word on the roster?

Do we know how many spots were added? Guessing 5

 

[mattsefcovic]

@mattsefcovic Any word on the roster?

The official roster hasn't been released yet, but here is what I have been able to piece together:
Losses to the draft: Detmers, Miller, and Britton
Signed professional contracts: Oriente and Lavey
Transferred: Benefield and Shane Harris

2020 Recruiting Class:
On Campus:
Ben Wiegman
Drake Westcott
Alex Galvan
Jack Payton
Christian Knapczyk
JT Benson
Seth Williams
Seamus Barrett
Logan Beard
Kaleb Corbett
Isaac Humphrey
Riley Phillips
Trevor Amburgey

Transfers:
Cooper Bowman
Luke Seed
Anthony Silkwood
JR Langworthy

 

[mattsefcovic]

Do we know how many spots were added? Guessing 5

The NCAA eliminated the 35 man cap on rosters for the upcoming season and raised the number of athletes that are allowed to be on scholarship from 27 to 32. In doing so, they are allowing partial scholarships of less than 25%.

Roster management is going to be key in college baseball for the next few years as coaches try to figure out how to manage the logjam effect this will have on rosters. Fortunately for Louisville, they have plenty of talent to go around, it just may mean athletes will have to be patient and wait their turn.

 

[Bardman]

Let’s hope some of these young men understand they do have to be patient, they do have to wait their turn, etc. If they do, they can be very successful.