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College  | Story  | 2/4/2015

Conference Preview: Big East

Jheremy Brown     
Photo: St. John's Athletics

Preseason College Top 25 | Preseason All-American Team | 2015 College Baseball Preview Index


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Predicted Order of Finish


Overall/conference win-loss records from 2014 indicated | * Denotes projected conference automatic bid


No. Team W L W L
1 St. John's* 35 20 13 5
2 Seton Hall 39 15 11 7
3 Creighton 32 17 14 4
4 Xavier 30 29 8 10
5 Villanova 16 34 5 13
6 Butler 20 30 7 11
7 Georgetown 19 29 5 13


Preseason All-Conference Team

Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Dan Rizzie Jr.  Xavier .307-5-38; big '14, consistent offensive performer
1B Reagan Fowler Jr.  Creighton .362-0-28; co-POY, exceptional feel for the barrel
MIF D.J. Ruhlman Sr. Seton Hall .351-3-28; knows how to hit w/ barrel feel, co-POY 
MIF Todd Czinege So. Villanova .306-4-38; offensive leader w/ power bat
3B Robbie Knightes So. St. John's .399-0-26; top hitter in Big East as a freshman
OF Mike Donadio So. St. John's .328-5-45; fantastic FR year w/ loud tools
OF Derek Jenkins Jr. Seton Hall .324-0-27; + speed & knows how to use it on bases
OF Alex Caruso Jr. St. John's .326-0-13; offensive spark plug, .446 OBP, 35 BB
DH Sal Annunziata Sr.  Seton Hall .330-5-30; power bat, middle of order threat
UT Nick Collins Jr. Georgetown .351-2-28; power threat in middle of the order
SP Matt Warren Jr. Creighton 2.03, 84.1 IP, 45:25; pounds strike zone, big '14
SP Luke Cahill Jr. Seton Hall 2.65, 78 IP, 58:15; 10 W in '14, excellent command
SP Ryan McCormick Jr. St. John's 4.28, 69.1 IP, 59:25; staff ace, gets FB into low-90s
SP Matt Smith Jr. Georgetown 3.21, 84 IP, 55:38; staff ace coming off strong '14
RP Joe Kuzia Sr. St. John's 0.97, 37 IP, 29:9; Big East leader w/ 13 saves

Player of the Year: D.J. Ruhlman, SS, Villanova

Pitcher of the Year: Matt Warren, RHP, Creighton

Freshman of the Year: Zach Schellenger, RHP, Seton Hall



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