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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The reigning American Athletic Conference baseball champion, Houston, was tabbed as the 2018 favorite by the league’s nine coaches in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll.
After earning the 2017 American Pitcher of the Year honor, Houston junior southpaw Trey Cumbie was voted the league’s Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Last year’s Rookie Position Player of the Year, Rylan Thomas, of UCF was named Preseason Player of the Year.
The American has had 10 NCAA tournament bids over the last three years with UCF, Houston and USF making the trip last season.