The USF baseball team held their annual Media Day today inside the Hall of Fame room at the Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center. Head coach Mark Kingston, junior shortstop Kevin Merrell (yes, you read that right) and senior pitcher Phoenix Sanders were on hand to address the assembled media.
The 2016 season was an injury-plagued mess that seemed to never end. Before the season even started, USF lost three pitchers to UZL injuries and Tommy John surgery: Shane McClanahan, Matthew Sellers and Peter Strzelecki. Another pitcher, Ryan Valdes, managed a whopping three innings before going on the shelf with a season-ending injury of his own.