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College  | Story  | 1/25/2018

Conference Preview: Big Ten

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Preseason College Top 25 | Preseason All-American Team | 2018 College Baseball Preview Index

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Predicted Order of Finish

Overall/conference win-loss records from 2017 indicated | * Denotes projected conference automatic bid
No. Team W L W L
1 Indiana* 34 24 14 9
2 Nebraska 35 22 16 7
3 Iowa 39 22 15 9
4 Maryland 37 22 15 9
5 Michigan 42 17 16 8
6 Minnesota 36 20 15 8
7 Illinois 23 28 9 15
8 Michigan State 29 23 10 14
9 Ohio State 22 34 8 16
10 Northwestern 26 29 13 11
11 Purdue 29 27 12 12
12 Penn State 18 37 4 20
13 Rutgers 19 34 7 16


Preseason All-Conference Team
Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Cole McDevitt
 Jr.
 Minnesota
 .296 in '17, very good defender behind the plate
1B Toby Hanson
 Sr.
 Minnesota
 Extremely polished hitter w/ very good power potential
MIF Nick Dunn               Jr.
 Maryland
 Outstanding hitting tools, really good Cape performance
MIF Ako Thomas Jr.
 Michigan .354 in '17 w/ 23 SB and 28:23 BB:K, impact glove
3B Micah Coffey
 Sr.
 Minnesota .340/.396/.493 w/ 21 XBH; strong defender at 3B
OF Jack Yalowitz Jr.
 Illinois
 .335/.409/.590 in '17 w/ 12 HR, exc. hit/power combo
OF Robert Neustrom Jr. Iowa .310/.358/.486 w/ 26 XBH, 55 RBI in '17, good OF glove
OF Scott Schreiber Sr. Nebraska .330/.376/.494 w/ 23 XBH in '17, Rays (26) draft pick
DH Marty Costes
 Jr.
 Maryland
 .322/.429/.548 in '17 w/ 13 HR, Astros (25) draft pick
UT Matt Lloyd
 RJr. Indiana .301-11-46 w/ bat in '17; 2.23 w/ 9 saves on the mound
SP Jonathan Stiever
 Jr.
 Indiana
 3.68 career ERA, plus FB w/ command, off-speed
SP Ryan Feltner Jr.
 Ohio State
 Power-armed draft prospect, into upper-90s w/ good CH
SP Riley McCauley Jr. Michigan State Converted closer, power arm, 2.10 ERA/25.2 IP/49 K in '17
SP Brady Schanuel
 Jr.
 Iowa
 Twice-drafted JC trans., 1.83 ERA/131 K in 83.2 IP in '17 
RP Ross Learnard
 Sr. Purdue 6-0, 0.58 ERA in 46.1 IP in '17, lockdown reliever.
  

Player of the Year: Robert Neustrom, of, Iowa
Pitcher of the Year: Jonathan Stiever, rhp, Indiana
Freshman of the Year: Max Meyer, rhp/if, Minnesota


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