Wildcats Earn No. 10 Preseason Ranking from Collegiate Baseball
12/21/2020 | Baseball
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona Baseball was tabbed as the No. 10 team in the country in the Collegiate Baseball Fabulous 50 Preseason Poll released this morning.
The Wildcats No. 10 ranking marks the program's best placement in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll since checking in at No. 7 prior to the 2017 season.
Arizona closed out the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season with an impressive 10-5 record before reaching Pac-12 play. The Cats will return 11 position players and 11 pitchers from last year's squad including a pair of freshman All-Americans in outfielder Mac Bingham and right-handed pitcher Chandler Murphy.
Also returning for the Wildcats is outfielder Ryan Holgate. The big sophomore bat led Arizona with a .377 batting average in 2020 and has been tabbed as a top talent in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft by MLB Pipeline (No. 86) and D1Baseball (No. 67).
On the mound, Arizona brings back four starting pitchers with sub-3.40 ERAs in Chandler Murphy, Garrett Irvin, Quinn Flanagan, and Dawson Netz alongside two dominant relievers in Vince Vannelle and Preston Price.
Added to their solid core of returning letterwinners is one of the nation's top-ranked signing classes. The Wildcats 2020 signing class is highlighted by two players who participated in the 2019 Perfect Game All-American Classic, five players who were included among the Baseball America Top 500 pre-draft prospect rankings, and two members of the Perfect Game Top 100 rankings. This astonishing group of talented players was tabbed as the No. 4 signing class in the country by Baseball America in September, the highest ranking the publication has ever granted a Wildcats class.
Arizona's 2021 season schedule is expected to be released sometime after the New Year.
The Wildcats No. 10 ranking marks the program's best placement in the Collegiate Baseball preseason poll since checking in at No. 7 prior to the 2017 season.
Arizona closed out the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season with an impressive 10-5 record before reaching Pac-12 play. The Cats will return 11 position players and 11 pitchers from last year's squad including a pair of freshman All-Americans in outfielder Mac Bingham and right-handed pitcher Chandler Murphy.
Also returning for the Wildcats is outfielder Ryan Holgate. The big sophomore bat led Arizona with a .377 batting average in 2020 and has been tabbed as a top talent in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft by MLB Pipeline (No. 86) and D1Baseball (No. 67).
On the mound, Arizona brings back four starting pitchers with sub-3.40 ERAs in Chandler Murphy, Garrett Irvin, Quinn Flanagan, and Dawson Netz alongside two dominant relievers in Vince Vannelle and Preston Price.
Added to their solid core of returning letterwinners is one of the nation's top-ranked signing classes. The Wildcats 2020 signing class is highlighted by two players who participated in the 2019 Perfect Game All-American Classic, five players who were included among the Baseball America Top 500 pre-draft prospect rankings, and two members of the Perfect Game Top 100 rankings. This astonishing group of talented players was tabbed as the No. 4 signing class in the country by Baseball America in September, the highest ranking the publication has ever granted a Wildcats class.
Arizona's 2021 season schedule is expected to be released sometime after the New Year.
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