High expectations are nothing new for the Gators baseball program. They’ve advanced to the College World Series seven times under coach Kevin O’Sullivan, winning the national championship in 2017. They annually recruit as well as anyone in the country and churn out MLB Draft picks like a conveyor belt.
Still, this team feels a little different. Thanks to the cancelation of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 and MLB shortening its draft to five rounds, this is a super team. The unanimous No. 1 Gators return eight starters in the field, all three weekend starting pitchers and every key piece of the bullpen from a team that finished the truncated 2020 season ranked No.