Nice story from Sports Illustrated.
Some excerpts:
Iowa returns five starters, its designated hitter, and two-thirds of its starting rotation.
And with a week until the season-opening games in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla., Heller isn't sure how that lineup card is going to look every night.
"We still have more battles going on for many positions than I’ve ever had as a coach," Heller said. "It’s a lineup that may change quite a bit in the first 3-4 weeks. There’s going to be a learning curve in there offensively."
2nd base: Junior Izaya Fullard, the team's leading hitter at .307/.422/.376 last season, will move from first to second base this season.
The rest of the infield still has its questions.
Shortstop: Brendan Sher and Dylan Nedved are contending for the shortstop spot.
3rd base: Lorenzo Elion and Matthew Sosa are battling at third base.
1st base: Freshman Peyton Williams, a left-handed power hitter who was Iowa's high school player of the year last season, will be at first base.
Outfield: The outfield has three seniors — Ben Norman, Justin Jenkins and Zeb Adreon. Connor McCaffery will see time once basketball season is over.
Iowa's starting rotation is another puzzle that Heller will figure out in the first five weekends away from home.
* Redshirt sophomore Jack Dreyer is healthy after just pitching 7 1/3 innings last season.
* Grant Judkins was 4-7 with a 2.72 earned run average.
* Left-hander Cam Baumann went 4-5 with a 5.29 ERA.
The Bull Pen:
* Grant Leonard, who had 14 saves last season, leads a bullpen with more options this season.
The FULL story from Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/college/iowa/spring-sports/iowa-baseball-mediaday-020620
Some excerpts:
Iowa returns five starters, its designated hitter, and two-thirds of its starting rotation.
And with a week until the season-opening games in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla., Heller isn't sure how that lineup card is going to look every night.
"We still have more battles going on for many positions than I’ve ever had as a coach," Heller said. "It’s a lineup that may change quite a bit in the first 3-4 weeks. There’s going to be a learning curve in there offensively."
2nd base: Junior Izaya Fullard, the team's leading hitter at .307/.422/.376 last season, will move from first to second base this season.
The rest of the infield still has its questions.
Shortstop: Brendan Sher and Dylan Nedved are contending for the shortstop spot.
3rd base: Lorenzo Elion and Matthew Sosa are battling at third base.
1st base: Freshman Peyton Williams, a left-handed power hitter who was Iowa's high school player of the year last season, will be at first base.
Outfield: The outfield has three seniors — Ben Norman, Justin Jenkins and Zeb Adreon. Connor McCaffery will see time once basketball season is over.
Iowa's starting rotation is another puzzle that Heller will figure out in the first five weekends away from home.
* Redshirt sophomore Jack Dreyer is healthy after just pitching 7 1/3 innings last season.
* Grant Judkins was 4-7 with a 2.72 earned run average.
* Left-hander Cam Baumann went 4-5 with a 5.29 ERA.
The Bull Pen:
* Grant Leonard, who had 14 saves last season, leads a bullpen with more options this season.
The FULL story from Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/college/iowa/spring-sports/iowa-baseball-mediaday-020620
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