The Gatemen welcome in some of the nation’s most productive sophomores, but will have to deal with the downside of that as several of them are also on Team USA.
Five to Watch
1. Josh Jung
2. Ken Waldichuk
3. Bryson Stott
4. Mason Feole
5. Andrew Vaughn
Pitchers
Tyler Ahearn – Florida State – Made 11 relief appearances for Seminoles and finished with 5.50 ERA
Connor Lunn – Southern Cal – Trojan closer saved eight games with 32 Ks in 30.1 IP, 2.97 ERA
Cody Carroll – Southern Miss – Second on team in ERA behind MLB second-rounder Nick Sandlin, with 2.23 mark, 35 Ks in 36.1 IP
Cade Cavalli – Oklahoma – Two-way player had 6.75 ERA on the mound and batted .202 with six homers
Matt Cronin – Arkansas – Standout closer for CWS squad saved 12 games with 52 Ks in 42.1 IP
Levi Prater – Oklahoma – Struck out 64 in 50.2 IP with 4.09 ERA pitching mostly in relief
Mason Feole – UConn – Returning Gateman and Team USA invite struck out 120 in 100.2 IP and had 2.50 ERA
Ryan Garcia – UCLA – Pitched as a starter and reliever and won in both roles with 8-1 record, 2.23 ERA, 76 Ks in 76.2 IP
Jared Horn – California – Scuffled a bit in weekend rotation with 5-5 record, 6.15 ERA
Ryan Stoudemire – Charleston Southern – Two-way player had 6.69 ERA but 10.29 K/9 while hitting .222
Ken Waldichuk – St. Mary’s – Pitched in relief last year and emerged as one of nation’s top starters this year with 2.05 ERA, 118 Ks in 92.1 IP
Catchers
Michael Amditis – Miami – Batted .225 in part-time action as redshirt freshman this season
Drew Millas – Missouri State – Top hitter for Bears batted .321 with seven homers, team-best 61 RBI
Luke Roskam – Nebraska – Batted .269 and hit five homers while starting every game
Infielders
Lael Lockhart – Houston – Batted .297 with three homers, 44 RBI and pitched in 13 games
Austin Shenton – Florida International – Delivered big sophomore year with .344 AVG, nine homers
Bryson Stott – UNLV – Team USA invite hit .365/.442/.556 with 14 stolen bases in big sophomore campaign
Josh Jung – Texas Tech – Also a Team USA invite and headed to CWS, hitting .390 with 12 home runs, 78 RBI
Sahid Valenzuela – Cal State Fullerton – Batted .272 in solid sophomore season with Titans
Ryan Kreidler – UCLA – After solid freshman year, slumped to .222 with three home runs this season
Andrew Vaughn – California – Another Team USA pick had enormous season, batting .402 with 23 home runs as Pac-12 Player of the Year
Outfielders
Bryant Packard – East Carolina – AAC Player of the Year nbatted .406/.462/.671 with 14 homers, 50 RBI
Dominic Fletcher – Arkansas – Hit .282 with eight home runs in sophomore season
Jeremy Ydens – UCLA – Turned in big sophomore year with .350 AVG, six home runs and 13 stolen bases
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