Esteemed writer Aaron Fitt of D1Baseball.com told the Miami Herald recently that he thinks FIU “has a chance to sneak up on people this year.”
The Panthers, who opened their 2017 season on Friday night under new coach Mervyl Melendez and face the University of Miami on Wednesday, are “an interesting sleeper team” in Conference USA, Fitt said.
“I don’t get the feeling that too many people outside the program are expecting much from FIU,” Fitt said. “But you can detect a quiet confidence when you talk to their coaching staff.