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University of Texas ranked no.1 college baseball team in pre-season poll
The University of Texas has been ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball’s Fabulous 40 pre-season poll. The Longhorns, who finished 2nd in the nation last year behind Cal. St. Fullerton, return five position player starters and nine pitchers off a team which rolled to a 58-15 record. Only three other teams in the nation had higher winning percentages than the Longhorns last season.
Considering that the University of Texas plays in the youth Big 12 Conference, the win lose last season is even more remarkable. Texas features four Louisville Slugger pre-season All-Americans in C Taylor Teagarden (.273, 10 HR, 17 2B, 51 RBI), CF Drew Stubbs (.301, 8 HR, 16 2B, 47 RBI, 28 SB), RHP Sam LeCure (9-3, 2.34 ERA, 113 K, 34 BB) and closer J. Brent Cox (6-2, 5 SV, 2.12 ERA, 63 K, 19 BB). |
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Three of the four (Teagarden, Cox and Stubbs) played for Team USA during the past summer and have improved by the experience. One year ago, the Longhorns ranked second in the nation with a team ERA of 2.66. Pitching again will be the strength of this ball club. Defense was a hallmark of Texas last year with the Longhorns ranked 10th in the nation (.974 fielding percentage). "We will have a good team," said Texas Head Coach Augie Garrido. "There is a lot of senior and junior leadership on this team, and we are in the midst of seeing where our new players will fit in." Texas brought in the nation’s third ranked recruiting class last fall which will add quality depth to many positions and immediate help in others. |
"Several of the new guys will play important roles. We have a lot of experienced players who have waited patiently for their turn to start as well. It will be interesting to see if our second place finish at the College World Series will have a positive effect on the team. Sometimes that can be a tremendous motivating force.
Texas did lose some tremendous talent off last year’s team with three quality pitchers in All-American RHP Huston Street (12 SV, 6-1, 1.58 ERA), All-American LHP J.P. Howell (15-2, 2.13 ERA, 166 K) and LHP Justin Simmons (10-3).
"One great sign with our practices is that everybody is having a lot of fun playing together. Sometimes when you have a lot of experienced players coming back, you have some negative baggage. But I don’t sense that at all about this team. They are having fun and like each other."
Miami, Fla. Loaded
The Hurricanes, ranked second in the pre-season poll, finished fifth in the nation one year ago despite being hit with a rash of injuries as Miami rolled to a 50-13 record.
Five position player starters return along with five key pitchers. Miami was sixth in the nation last year with a .330 team batting average and seventh in scoring with 8.6 runs per game. The Hurricanes’ slugging percentage was .525 — fifth in the nation. On the base paths, Miami stole 134 bases in 63 games to rank ninth in the nation.
"I feel very good about our team," said Head Coach Jim Morris.
"We have some experienced players back and brought in a great recruiting class (ranked seventh in the nation). We have a lot of depth on our pitching staff but not a lot of depth with our hitters. So we must stay healthy this season."
The pitching staff features Louisville Slugger pre-season All-American RHP Cesar Carrillo (12-0, 2.69 ERA), LHP Brandon Camardese (6-3, 4.20 ERA), RHP Dan Touchet (5-1, 4.81 ERA), RHP Danny Gil (5 SV, 8-0, 3.03 ERA) and RHP Ricky Orta (2 SV, 2-0).
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