UF baseball preseason #1

[BMF]

Gators Ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball Preseason Poll

http://floridagators.com/news/2017/...-1-in-collegiate-baseball-preseason-poll.aspx

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida baseball team is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball's NCAA Division I Preseason Poll released on Tuesday.

With five Preseason All-Americans and the nation's No. 2 recruiting class, the defending national champions are primed for yet another great season.

It marks the 10th-straight season that head coach Kevin O'Sullivan's club has been ranked during the preseason in the nation's oldest college baseball poll, which began in 1959. The Gators were No. 25 in 2009, No. 9 in 2010, No. 2 in 2011, No. 1 in 2012, No. 24 in 2013, No. 16 in 2014, No. 6 in 2015, No. 1 in 2016 and No. 3 last season.

Florida joins 10 other Southeastern Conference programs in the poll, including five teams in the top 10. The SEC East figures to be among the nation's best divisions with three teams ranked in the top 10 (Florida-1, Vanderbilt-6, Kentucky-8).

Nine of the Gators 2018 opponents are ranked in the top 35 of the preseason poll. Florida will host key home series against Preseason No. 3 Arkansas (March 23-25), No. 6 Vanderbilt (March 30-April 1) and No. 35 Auburn (April 26-28). UF will also have a home game against No. 4 Florida State (March 13).

The Gators open the 2018 season on Feb. 16 against Siena at McKethan Stadium. Season tickets and Flex Passes for the 2018 Gator Baseball season are on sale now and can be purchased online through FloridaGators.com or by calling the Gator Ticket Office at 1-800-34-GATOR from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Last season, Florida won the first national title in program history with a 52-19 record. The Gators have reached the College World Series for the six times in the past eight years under head coach Kevin O'Sullivan. UF is the only program in the country to earn a top-eight national seed for NCAA play for the eighth time in the last nine years.

For all of the latest information on Florida baseball, log on to FloridaGators.com or follow the team's Twitter account @GatorsBB.

 

[MADGator]

Not gonna lie, really looking forward to seeing these guys on the field. By all appearances they'll have the talent to make another deep run. Hopefully one of the freshman catchers can have a real impact and contribute this season.

Then right down the road a bit, the girls should have a really good nucleus to take another shot this year. I mean, they've got Kelly, you don't need much else.

 

[lizardbreath]

Yeah, the Baseball team is a joy to behold. I can't wait!

 

[Durfish]

Winter/spring is a beautiful thing. Baseball, softball, gymnastics, men's track and field, women's lacrosse, women's golf,and maybe men's swimming and diving are all top-5 programs, with men's tennis and golf being top-10 programs. We should see multiple simultaneous #1 rankings again this year. Go Gators!

 

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[NCOGator]

Yeah we are a baseball school soooo

 

[FireFoley]

Went to a handful of the intra squad scrimmages this fall and actually talked to Sully the last day of practice for a few minutes and saw and/or learned the following.

Maldanado did not throw all fall, but shoulder will be good to go in the spring.
Langworthy going to be 2 way again, but Sully did not pitch him this fall to give arm a rest.
Baker going to be 2 way, but got hit hard every time I saw him
Dyson going to remain a starter.
Sully says catching should be okay and they do have one frosh who has a strong arm, but neither hit at all in the fall very well. never saw JJ catch or hit all fall. Probably got a lot of rest.
Reese hit well when I was there.
Looked like Indy going to remain at 3B and Guthrie at 2B as they both played sparingly at SS this fall. Had a frsh there mostly, good glove, very little bat.
CF still under construction not sure who they going to put out there, as Langworthy was playing LF all fall.