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College  | Story  | 1/23/2018

Conference Preview: Pac-12

Mike Rooney     
Photo: Scobel Wiggins




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 Oregon State* 56 6 27 3
2 Stanford 42 16 21 9
3 UCLA 25 31 12 18
4 Arizona 38 21 16 14
5 Oregon 30 25 12 18
6 Washington 28 26 14 16
7 California 25 29 15 15
8 Arizona State 23 32 8 22
9 Southern California 21 34 8 22
10 Washington State 24 29 10 20
11 Utah 27 24 15 15


Preseason All-Conference Team
Pos. Name Class School Stats/Notes
C Adley Rutschman So. Oregon State .234-2-33; athletic for C, switch-hitter w/ pop 
1B Andrew Vaughn So. California .349-12-50; arguably best pure hitter out west
2B Nick Madrigal Jr. Oregon State .380-4-40; 20 doubles, 16 SB in 2017
3B Michael Gretler Sr. Oregon State .301-5-33; also catches, drafted in '14 and '17
SS Nico Hoerner Jr. Stanford .307-1-33; Cape all-star, led Pac-12 with 251 AB
OF Gage Canning Jr. Arizona State .332-6-29; big tools, small frame, .538 SLG
OF Cal Stevenson Sr. Arizona .311-4-30; tablesetter, led league w/ 61 runs
OF Steven Kwan Jr. Oregon State .331-1-18; elite leadoff man, 30:15 BB:K ratio
DH Alfonso Rivas Jr. Arizona .371-7-63; led Pac-12 in OBP, top 3 in RBI, BA
UT Tanner Dodson Jr. California .297-3-36; 48 Ks; mid-90s FB, Cape batting title
SP Tristan Beck R-So. Stanford 6-5, 2.48 ERA (in 2016); big arm, missed '17
SP Kris Bubic Jr. Stanford 7-6, 2.79 ERA; Cape POY, early draft promise
SP Jon Olsen Jr. UCLA 7-1, 2.86 ERA; .201 BAA in 2017
SP Matt Mercer Jr. Oregon 6-7, 3.16 ERA; big arm talent, big upside
RP Kenyon Yovan So. Oregon 1-1, 1.97 ERA, 15 SV; Freshman All-Am.

Player of the Year: Nick Madrigal, 2b, Oregon State
Pitcher of the Year: Kris Bubic, rhp, Stanford
Freshman of the Year: Drew Swift, ss, Arizona State


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