This past season Northwestern baseball found itself in a position it never should have been. And that’s not even talking about how the Wildcats were on their third coach in three consecutive seasons, their 10-40 record after opening the season with 12 straight losses or the fact that the team hasn’t actually had a winning record since 2000. None of that is good, but what was avoidable, what probably never should have happened, was the hiring of Jim Foster. Foster’s hiring led to a transfer exodus and questions of whether Northwestern can field a team this upcoming season.
Yet, despite the program hitting an all-time low, the hiring of Ben Greenspan as the new head coach may have just restored some hope.