After being in the top 15 in both D1Baseball and Perfect Game’s preseason polls, the Rebs seem to be right at home in Baseball America’s edition, coming in at 16th in their preseason rankings. Mike Bianco’s club seems about right at this spot judging from how their offense performed last year with a heavy-freshmen lineup and some inexperienced hitters. Despite the mediocre .253 team average, more times than not, baseball is won on the mound.
And the Rebs got that covered in spades. Rated a top 10 pick for the upcoming 2018 MLB Draft by virtually everyone, true sophomore Ryan Rolison headlines a loaded group on the bump.