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College | Story | 1/26/2023

Conference Preview: Big West

Steve Fiorindo

Photo: Jonathon Long (Long Beach State Athletics)

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2022 Records

Teams are listed in alphabetical order*

Team	W	L	W	L
Cal Poly	37	21	22	8
Cal State Bakersfield	18	34	11	19
Cal State Fullerton	22	33	14	16
Cal State Northridge	32	22	17	13
Hawai’i	28	24	19	11
Long Beach State	29	27	17	13
UC Davis	6	35	5	25
UC Irvine	32	24	16	14
UC Riverside	8	45	4	26
UC San Diego	24	32	13	17
UC Santa Barbara	44	14	27	3

Preseason All-Conference Team

Pos	Name	School	Stats/Notes
C	Ryan Stafford	Cal Poly	First Team All Big West in ’22, slashed .321/.384/.431 in 2022
1B	Joe Yorke	Cal Poly	First Team All Big West in ’22, hit .353/.440/.464 as sophomore
2B	Stone Miyao	Hawai’i	2nd Team All Big West in ’22, hitting .292 for Rainbow Warriors
SS	Nick Marinconz	Long Beach State	2nd Team All Big West in ’22 transfers in from Cal Poly, .309 BA in 2022
3B	Jonathon Long	Long Beach State	Honorable Mention All Big West in ’22, primed for big year for Dirtbags
OF	Caden Kendle	UC Irvine	First Team All Big West in ’22, slashing .327/.414/.460
OF	Broc Mortensen	UC Santa Barbara	Second Team All Big West in ’22, swatted 16 HR
OF	Mark Wolbert	UC Davis	Big West Freshman of the Year; posted .925 OPS in 2022
OF	Andrew Sojka	CSUN	First Team All Big West in ’22 hitting .335 w/ .908 OPS in 2022
DH	Christian Kirtley	UC Santa Barbara	First Team All Big West in ’22 posting .300/.412/.526 slash line
UT	Jalen Smith	UCSD	Second Team All Big West in ’22 as 3B, shifts to OF in 2023
SP	Michael Gutierrez	UC Santa Barbara	Second Team All Big West in ’22 compiling 9-1 record w/ 3.19 ERA
SP	Matthew Ager	UC Santa Barbara	Second Team All Big West in ’22 as RP, jumping to rotation in 2023, 9.95 K/9 in 2022
SP	Lucas Braun	CSUN	Second Team All Big West in ’22 posting 1.06 WHIP w/ sub 3 ERA
SP	Tyler Stultz	Cal State Fullerton	Second Team All Big West in ’22 with 3/36 ERA tossing 88 1/3 innings
RP	Alex Schrier	UC Santa Barbara	25 K’s in 18.2 IP in 2022, looking to step in to closer role for Gauchos

Player of the Year: Jonathon Long, Long Beach State
Pitcher of the Year: Michael Gutierrez, UCSB
Freshman of the Year: Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC Santa Barbara

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2023 MLB Draft Prospects

1. Bryce Warrecker, Cal Poly

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