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2019 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans

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Last year’s College World Series Finalists, Oregon State and Arkansas, are tied for the most players on D1Baseball’s 2019 Preseason All-America teams. The Beavers and Razorbacks each placed three players on the three All-America teams, as did Baylor and NC State.

The trio of All-Americans for reigning national champion Oregon State includes 2018 CWS Most Outstanding Player Adley Rutschman, 2018 D1Baseball Freshman of the Year Kevin Abel, and bullpen stalwart Brandon Eisert. Rutschman and fellow Pac-12 stars Andrew Vaughn of California and Jack Little of Stanford are the only players who earned first-team honors last June and returned to college baseball. All three of them are preseason first-teamers heading into 2019. Abel joined Rutschman on the first team, while Eisert landed on the third team.

Arkansas joined Oregon State as the only teams to place multiple players on the first team: shortstop Casey Martin and outfielder Heston Kjerstad, two of just three sophomores to make the first team (along with Arizona State’s Spencer Torkelson). Arkansas closer Matt Cronin cracked the second team.

Baylor landed three players on the second team: catcher Shea Langeliers, third baseman Davis Wendzel and ace Cody Bradford. NC State put three players on the third team: catcher Patrick Bailey, shortstop Will Wilson and bullpen stopper Kent Klyman.

Eight other teams had two All-Americans apiece: Auburn, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Sain’t Mary’s, Texas Tech and UCLA. Five of the 12 teams that earned multiple preseason All-America nods are ranked inside the top 10 of D1Baseball’s Preseason Top 25.

The Pac-12 leads all conferences with six players on the first team and 12 All-Americans overall. The ACC is next with three first-teamers and 10 overall. The SEC and Big 12 are tied for third with seven total All-Americans, followed by the Big Ten (four). The American Athletic, Big East and West Coast conferences had two All-Americans apiece, while the Atlantic Sun, Big West, Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA and Mountain West each placed one player on the teams.

D1Baseball’s editors selected the Preseason All-America teams with one guiding principle in mind: To identify the best and most valuable college baseball players for the 2019 season. Past performance and future upside factored into the deliberations, but the goal was neither to identify the best future major leaguers nor to reward the players who have put up the gaudiest numbers in past seasons (particularly since the level of competition varies significantly from one conference to another). The objective was to select the players who would provide the most value for a team that wanted to win the College World Series in 2019 — the players who are best equipped to perform at an elite level if they were matched up against elite college competition this spring.

First Team

California’s Andrew Vaughn (Cal)

Pos. Name, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Adley Rutschman, Oregon State Jr. .408/.505/.628 1.133 250 9 83 53 40 1 1B Andrew Vaughn, California Jr. .402/.531/.819 1.350 199 23 63 44 18 4 2B Chase Strumpf, UCLA Jr. .363/.475/.633 1.108 226 12 53 45 53 2 3B Josh Jung, Texas Tech Jr. .392/.491/.639 1.130 263 12 80 39 32 4 SS Casey Martin, Arkansas So. .345/.418/.556 .974 252 13 49 27 64 8 OF Michael Busch, North Carolina Jr. .317/.465/.521 .986 240 13 63 55 30 8 OF Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas So. .332/.419/.553 .972 262 14 58 26 55 3 OF Bryant Packard, East Carolina Jr. .406/.462/.671 1.133 219 14 50 20 46 6 DH Spencer Torkelson, Arizona State So. .320/.440/.743 1.183 206 25 53 38 44 4 UT Matt Wallner, Southern Miss Jr. .351/.474/.618 1.092 228 16 67 48 53 2

Pos. Name, School Year W-L ERA G SV IP BB SO OBA SP Kevin Abel, Oregon State So. 8-1 2.88 23 1 81.1 46 108 .181 SP Kyle Brnovich, Elon Jr. 8-2 1.71 15 0 105 36 147 .159 SP Andre Pallante, UC Irvine Jr. 10-1 1.60 15 0 101.1 30 115 .220 SP Drew Parrish, Florida State Jr. 5-1 2.52 16 0 107 37 128 .186 SP Graeme Stinson, Duke Jr. 5-1 1.89 23 0 62 19 98 .200 RP Jack Little, Stanford Jr. 3-0 0.60 25 16 45.1 8 58 .167 RP Max Meyer, Minnesota So. 2-3 2.27 26 16 43.2 13 54 .177 UT Matt Wallner, Southern Miss Jr. 1-0 7.98 12 6 14.2 4 16 .354

Second Team

Baylor’s Shea Langeliers (Baylor)

Pos. Name, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Shea Langeliers, Baylor Jr. .252/.351/.496 .847 226 11 44 35 45 4 1B Michael Toglia, UCLA Jr. .336/.449/.588 1.037 226 11 58 48 60 5 2B Cameron Cannon, Arizona Jr. .321/.427/.549 .976 215 8 50 37 22 7 3B Davis Wendzel, Baylor Jr. .310/.435/.532 .967 216 8 49 39 40 4 SS Bryson Stott, UNLV Jr. .365/.442/.556 0.998 252 4 32 32 18 14 OF JJ Bleday, Vanderbilt Jr. .368/.494/.511 1.005 133 4 15 31 23 2 OF Matt Gorski, Indiana Jr. .356/.404/.554 .958 222 8 40 18 37 24 OF Jake Mangum, Mississippi State Sr. .351/.434/.479 .913 288 3 33 30 29 14 DH Logan Davidson, Clemson Jr. .292/.408/.544 .952 250 15 46 43 68 10 UT Tristin English, Georgia Tech Jr. .279/.324/.442 .766 226 6 50 8 50 1

Pos. Name, School Year W-L ERA G SV IP BB SO OBA SP Tanner Burns, Auburn So. 7-4 3.01 17 0 86.2 37 77 .225 SP Cody Bradford, Baylor Jr. 7-6 2.51 14 0 96.2 26 87 .247 SP John Doxakis, Texas A&M Jr. 8-5 2.70 17 0 93.1 29 92 .212 SP Mitchell Senger, Stetson Jr. 9-2 2.51 15 0 93.1 28 114 .196 SP Kenyon Yovan, Oregon Jr. 6-4 2.98 21 5 84.2 37 98 .204 RP Parker Caracci, Ole Miss Jr. 5-2 2.25 27 10 48 14 73 .227 RP Matt Cronin, Arkansas Jr. 2-2 3.54 25 14 48.1 14 59 .154 UT Tristin English, Georgia Tech Jr. 2-4 4.11 56 1 57 13 51 .306

Third Team

Auburn’s Will Holland (Aaron Fitt)

Pos. Name, School Year AVG/OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Patrick Bailey, NC State So. .321/.419/.604 1.023 187 13 40 28 32 0 1B Logan Wyatt, Louisville Jr. .339/.490/.522 1.012 230 6 69 63 37 1 2B Michael Massey, Illinois Jr. .326/.369/.514 .883 218 6 46 12 25 2 3B Nick Quintana, Arizona Jr. .313/.413/.592 1.005 211 14 55 32 47 0 SS Will Holland, Auburn Jr. .313/.406/.530 .936 249 12 52 28 49 9 OF Thomas Dillard, Ole Miss Jr. .310/.439/.563 1.002 229 13 59 49 50 17 OF Gabe Holt, Texas Tech So. .348/.440/.485 .925 270 6 44 38 35 29 OF Will Robertson, Creighton Jr. .333/.412/.641 1.053 198 12 59 17 31 4 DH Will Wilson, NC State Jr. .307/.376/.588 .964 238 15 53 27 41 1 UT Kevin Milam, Saint Mary's Jr. .302/.430/.455 .885 189 5 29 32 42 1