The combination of the NCAA’s decision to extend eligibility and Major League Baseball shortening its draft will make for crowded college baseball clubhouses.
Translation: better baseball.
“Across the board, there’s going to be a lot more parity and the quality is going to be as good as it has been,” Western Kentucky baseball coach John Pawlowski said in a recent edition of WKU’s “Beyond the Hill” podcast.
Pawlowski’s Hilltoppers appeared to be on their way to a successful season with a 10-6 record before the coronavirus pandemic led to the season’s cancellation.
The NCAA on March 30 approved all spring-sports athletes the opportunity to return in 2021 with their same eligibility status from 2020.