As the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team open the 2024 season on Friday, we continue the preview series with the position players. As discussed in the previous feature, the UVA pitching staff has high upside but isn’t full of proven production. The bats are a completely different story, and the exact reason many are high on the ‘Hoos to return to Omaha.
Defending ACC Player of the Year Kyle Teel and all-time Virginia home run leader Jake Gelof have moved on and that’s significant. Still, the Cavaliers return 6 of 9 starters from a team that led the nation in batting average (.