It seems like just yesterday the Wake Forest Demon Deacon baseball team walked off the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, one win shy of a College World Series appearance. The 2017 version of the Diamond Deacs was one of the most memorable Wake teams in recent history and for anyone who loves the Deacs (or baseball in general) it will be a long time before the afterglow of the massive bomb from Ben Breazeale to force a decisive game three in the Super Regionals against eventual-champion Florida wears off.
However, Ben is not walking through the door for tomorrow’s opener against Georgetown and neither are several other key members of last year’s squad, including the entire weekend starting staff of Parker Dunshee, Connor Johnstone, and Donnie Sellers plus All-ACC performers Gavin Sheets, Stuart Fairchild, and Jonathan Pryor.