2020 #2 Baseball (14-4) // Next game: Sorry folks, Baseball’s closed

Dawgs have already been pre-season ranked #7 by Collegiate Baseball to start the year. Based on those preseason rankings, we are slated to play #2, #8, #9, #14, #21, and #28 during the regular season.

Roster notes
- Hancock and Wilcox are both expected to be taken in the 1st round of the MLB Draft in June
- This might be the best pitching staff top to bottom that UGA has ever had, backed by what should be another solid defense (all upperclassmen in the infield)
- Cam Shepherd is back after winning a Gold Glove at Shortstop last year
- Tucker Bradley is back after an early season injury last year
- Dawgs will miss Aaron Schunk (3B, Closer), LJ Talley (2B), Tucker Maxwell (CF), and John Cable (DH)
- DH in particular will be a position that may operate on a platoon system
- Ben Anderson is expected to be this year's Riley King, emerging as a big threat for us in RF
- Garrett Blaylock started his career at Vandy, transferring in from St John's River CC. Expected to provide much needed power for us from the 3B spot

Scheduling notes
- No crossover weekends this year with basketball, unfortunately
- Suntrust Park game vs Tech has been moved to Coolray Field as a result of the ski thing messing up the Suntrust turf
- Our road slate is absolutely brutal with games @Florida, @ Vandy, @ Arkansas, and @A&M
- We play Coastal Carolina in Athens midweek which is neat
- We play two neutral site games this year (the Coolray game vs Tech and a game at SRP Park in Augusta vs Ga Southern)
- Decent number of Saturday night games this year which is nice

Bring on the engagement puns for Diamond Dawgs and Valentine's day. #firestricklin

It really pisses me off this is the first time in years there isnt a home baseball/basketball double-header on a Saturday. I look forward to that wknd every year.

My daughter attends Ole Miss. We live in Bama and had we lived in state she had the grades and ACT to attend UGA, out of state they said nah. Anyhow, Ole Miss should have a good team as well this year and may need to drive up and catch a game during that series. I will be going a Vandy/Ole Miss game. That should be a good one to watch.

Last season a young man from my neck of the woods was on the roster... Hunter Goodwin. Freshman pitcher from Sylvester, GA. I don't see him on this year's roster. Anyone know where the kid went?

D1 Baseball Preseason Poll is officially out and the Dawgs are at #5. Ive updated the OP accordingly as D1Baseball is the standard poll by which most everyone operates.

Has us playing the following:
@#2 Vandy
@#4 Florida
@#7 Arkansas
#8 Auburn
#19 Georgia Tech
@#20 A&M
#25 Ole Miss

South Carolina and Clemson do it and it’s a big deal for the state so Techa and UGA have been trying to work out a weekend series for a few years now. Also allows us to throw our best pitchers at one another which we typically don’t get to do

A bit OT, but did anyone else see that Auburn hired Tim Hudson as their new pitching coach? How big a deal is that?!?

Just had knee replacement surgery Friday. If I'm up to walking and being on my feet for long stretches I might come over that weekend. Had two PT sessions this week so it looks like a possibility.