Baseball rankings

[Eric the Red]

Baseball Newspaper has the Huskers ranked #4 to start the season. Huskers open in March against Alabama.

 

Texas is number 1, again.

[hoyamannn]

NICE! Pretty upset that we've already lost Gordon's replacement to start the season. We should have a really nice pitching staff this year though.

[KansasHusker]

lost some great players after last season (gordon and company) and still ranked #4...not bad!

[formerfan]

NICE! Pretty upset that we've already lost Gordon's replacement to start the season.

Who was Gordons replacement?

[Eric the Red]

Three Huskers Honored by Collegiate Baseball

 

By

NU Sports Information

Date: Dec 27, 2005

 

A trio of Husker baseball players were honored Tuesday, as they were selected to the Collegiate Baseball’s preseason All-America team. The honorees included a pair of first-team selections in starting pitcher Joba Chamberlain and closer Brett Jensen. The three pitchers are a major reason why the Huskers were picked fourth in the publication’s top-40 preseason poll released last week.

 

Joba Chamberlain, who was a second-team pick by the NCBWA earlier this month, turned in an impressive first season at NU, going 10-2 with a 2.81 ERA to earn first-team All-Big 12 honors. A projected first-round pick in next June’s draft, Chamberlain struck out 130 in 118.2 innings in 2005, including a 13-strikeout effort against Miami. He also picked up the Huskers’ first-ever CWS win with a victory over Arizona State in Omaha.

 

Brett Jensen, a third-team pick by the NCBWA, is one of the nation’s top closers after saving a school-record 16 games in 2005. He posted a 2-5 record and a 1.96 ERA in 33 games. He was 16-of-17 in save chances, ranked third nationally in saves in 2005 and is the nation’s top returnee in saves from a year ago.

 

Johnny Dorn enjoyed the finest freshman pitching season in school history, going 12-2 with a 2.16 ERA in 104 innings of work. The Grand Island, Neb., native led all freshmen nationally in wins and ranked among the Big 12 leaders in ERA and opponent batting average (.199), as he earned third-team All-America honors in 2005. He was also a second-team preseason pick by the NCBWA.

 

The Huskers will begin the 2006 campaign on Feb. 16 against Charleston Southern, while the home opener against Alabama is set for Friday, March 10.

 

The three All-American teams include (with partial statistics from last season for first team members):

 

FIRST TEAM PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS

RHP Dallas Buck, Oregon St. (12-1, 2.09 ERA, 118 K, 51 BB) LHP Andrew Miller, North Carolina (8-4, 2.98 ERA, 104 K, 52 BB) RHP Max Scherzer, Missouri (9-4, 1.86 ERA, 131 K, 41 BB) RHP Joba Chamberlain, Nebraska (10-2, 2.81 ERA, 130 K, 33 BB) RHP Kyle McCulloch, Texas (12-4, 2.92 ERA, 99 K, 45 BB) RHP Ian Kennedy, Southern California (12-3, 2.54 ERA, 158 K, 38 BB) Relief Brett Jensen, Nebraska (16 SV, 1.96 ERA, 46 K, 9 BB) C Chad Tracy, Pepperdine (.367, 22 2B, 12 HR, 61 RBI) 1B Matt LaPorta, Florida (.328, 26 HR, 16 2B, 79 RBI) 2B Taylor Harbin, Clemson (.343, 28 2B, 10 HR, 63 RBI) 3B Wes Hodges, Georgia Tech. (.397, 18 2B, 9 HR, 51 RBI) SS Jay Heafner, Davidson (.448, 18 2B, 11 HR, 58 RBI, 13 SB) OF Shane Robinson, Florida St. (.427, 25 2B, 49 SB, 40-game hitting streak) OF Drew Stubbs, Texas (.311, 20 2B, 11 HR, 46 RBI, 32 SB) OF Nathan Southard, Tulane (.341, 24 2B, 12 HR, 53 RBI, 16 SB) DH Chris Carlson, New Mexico (.395, 24 2B, 15 HR, 79 RBI) UT Joe Savery, Rice (.382, 17 2B, 8-5 pitching record, 2.43 ERA, 129 K, 37 BB)

 

SECOND TEAM PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS

RHP Mickey Storey, Florida Atlantic

LHP Nick Hill, Army

LHP Scott Reese, Creighton

RHP Luke Trubee, Dayton

RHP Johnny Dorn, Nebraska

RHP Jonah Nickerson, Oregon St.

RHP Adrian Alaniz, Texas

Relief Blair Erickson, U.C. Irvine

Relief Kevin Gunderson, Oregon St.

C Jeff Kunkel, Michigan

C J.P. Arencibia, Tennessee

1B Matt Rizzotti, Manhattan

1B Luke Hopkins, New Mexico St.

2B Jordan Pacheco, New Mexico

3B Chris Coghlan, Mississippi

SS Josh Rodriguez, Rice

OF Mark Wright, Mississippi

OF Jon Jay, Miami (Fla.)

OF John Raynor, N.C. Wilmington

UT Heath Rollins, Winthrop

 

THIRD TEAM PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS

RHP Kenn Kasparek, Texas

RHP Eddie Degerman, Rice

RHP Blake Wood, Georgia Tech.

LHP Clay Dirks, Louisiana St.

RHP Tim Lincecum, Washington

RHP Tim Bascom, Central Florida

LHP Keith Weiser, Miami (Ohio)

LHP James Adkins, Tennessee

RHP Daniel Bard, North Carolina

Relief Daniel Best, Southern Mississippi Relief Tyler Chambliss, Florida St.

Relief Vinnie Pestano, Cal. St. Fullerton Relief Darren O'Day, Florida Relief Paul Koss, Southern California C Jordan Newton, Western Kentucky C Michael Ambort, Lamar 1B Justin Baum, Pacific 1B Aaron Bates, North Carolina St.

 

1B Mike Priest, Campbell

1B Aaron Grijalva, Liberty

1B Chris Johnson, Stetson

2B Jim Negrych, Pittsburgh

2B Chris Campbell, Charleston

2B Scott Sizemore, Va. Commonwealth

3B Evan Longoria, Long Beach St.

3B Brad Emaus, Tulane

3B Derek Schermerhorn, Wichita St.

3B Beau Mills, Fresno St.

3B Matt Poulk, N.C. Wilmington

SS Mitch Hilligoss, Purdue

SS Chuck Hargis, East Tennessee St.

OF Brennan Boesch, California

OF Mike McBryde, Florida Atlantic

OF Shane Byrne, East Tennessee St.

OF Jeremy Jones, North Carolina A&T

UT Matt Wieters, Georgia Tech.

[Ross4Ever]

Chamberlain and Dorn will carry us through the regular season, but we're gunna need to find some hitting if we want to take the next step and get back to Omaha again. Watch out for Andy Gerch. The kid looks like a big time player and clutch as well (I saw that CWS homer he hit last year vs ASU in person...best baseball game I've ever seen). Also, I'm gunna throw Drew Schwabs name out there as a starting pitcher who will step up this year. Hopefully I'm right

[NamelessHusker]

Which newspaper Eric? Baseball America Preseason College Top 25 doesn't even have the Huskers in the top25

 

Baseball America Top25

 

One other odd thing is Miami not being ranked in the top25. I don't remember the last time the Canes didn't even crack the top25. A 30-29 Fresno St team in the top25? Who the hell is voting this year?

[Benard]

We should have real good pitching but our hitting may be real poor I have a feeling. Going to have to play alot of small ball I think.