IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa baseball team has been picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten Conference preseason poll in a vote of the league's 13 head coaches, it was announced Wednesday by the conference office.
Michigan was voted as the preseason favorite, followed by Maryland, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan State. Only the top six teams were released.
Seniors Calvin Mathews, Tyler Peyton, and Nick Roscetti represented the Hawkeyes on the team's Players to Watch List.
Mathews was a second-team All-Big Ten selection in 2015 as a starting pitcher, going 5-3 with a 2.