The Illinois baseball team opened its season Friday night at Tulane, part of a Southern swing to start the year. Here are four more storylines, courtesy of staff writer Bob Asmussen:
Center of attention
Who is going to start in center field? That’s one item for Dan Hartleb and his coaches to figure out early in the season.
“Some of it is going to depend on what they do offensively, and some of it is going to depend on what guys do defensively,” Hartleb said.
The four candidates for center field are all freshmen: Doran Turchin, Bren Spillane, Caleb Kyle and Jack Yalowitz.