With seven weekends in the books and seven to go before Selection Monday, we have reached the midpoint of college baseball’s regular season. In lieu of our standard Weekend Preview, [...]
Mike Birkbeck loves teaching pitching, enough that he turned down the head job at Kent State to remain in his current role.
Anyone who has seen Carlos Rodon pitch will tell you the first thing that stands out about the southpaw—perhaps other than his blazing fastball—is his fierce competitiveness on the mound.
Freshman of the Year Carlos Rodon is one of three N.C. State players on the Freshman All-America team.
Florida State's Mike Martin wins Baseball America's Coach of the Year award.
A list of BA's College Players of the Year dating to the magazine's inception in 1981.
College baseball lacked an individual performance for the ages in 2012—the kind of seasons Stephen Strasburg, Buster Posey and Trevor Bauer had as juniors. Considering the demands of his defensive position, his leadership value and his power production, Florida catcher Mike Zunino had the best all-around season, earning him our College Player of the Year award.
Few players have had more of an impact on college baseball over the last three years than Florida catcher Mike Zunino, our 2012 College Player of the Year.
College Player of the Year Mike Zunino headlines Baseball America's 2012 College All-America team.
Our midseason picks for college baseball's best players
The 2011 college class was the type that comes around maybe once a decade. It was loaded with quality pitchers, starting with the first three picks in the draft (Gerrit Cole, Danny Hultzen, Trevor Bauer) and a total of 11 first-rounders. Far from one-sided, it had a number of gifted position players, including an elite hitter (Anthony Rendon) and an exceptional athlete (George Springer). That group was the exception that proves the rule: Big league teams usually weaken the college crops by persuading high school players to turn pro rather than continue their educations. The 2012 college draft pool pales in comparison to last year's.
Scouting directors helped picked our preseason All-America Team.
Chad Holbrook is the 2011 American Baseball Coaches Association/Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year.
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In four years at the helm, Kevin O'Sullivan has transformed the Gators into a college baseball powerhouse. After missing regionals in 2006 and '07, Florida exceeded expectations to make a regional in O'Sullivan's first season in 2008. The next year, the Gators won a regional. The year after that, they made it to Omaha. And this year, they earned a preseason No. 1 ranking, ended the regular season atop the rankings and advanced all the way to the CWS Finals. For constructing a model program with a rock-solid foundation, O'Sullivan is Baseball America's College Coach of the Year.
Colin Moran leads the way on our listing of the best college freshman for the 2011 season.
Like Dustin Ackley before him, Colin Moran was under the radar and undrafted out of high school. Like Ackley, Moran is a gifted lefthanded hitter who went to North Carolina and earned a starting job immediately as a corner infielder. And like Ackley, Moran became Baseball America's Freshman of the Year.
We present our 2011 College All-America teams.
UCLA's Trevor Bauer is our 2011 College Player of the Year.
Our picks for the best in college baseball at the halfway point.
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