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All-SBC Preseason Baseball Team
Tyler Ray (Troy, Senior, SP)
Justin Hageman (WKU, Sophomore, SP)
Tanner Perkins (WKU, Junior, SP)
Hugh Adams (Florida Atlantic, Senior, RP)
Mason McVay (FIU, RS-Junior, RP)
Mike Albaladejo (Florida Atlantic, Senior, C)
Mike Martinez (FIU, Senior, 1B)
Caleb Clowers (Louisiana-Monroe, Senior, 2B)
Logan Kirkland (South Alabama, Sophomore, 2B)
Tyler Hannah (Troy, Senior, SS)
Hank LaRue (Middle Tennessee, Sophomore, 3B)
Alex Hudak (Florida Atlantic, Senior, OF)
Pablo Bermudez (FIU, Senior, OF)
Justin Guidry (Middle Tennessee, Senior, OF)
Rudy Flores (FIU, Junior, DH)

Preseason Player of the Year
Pablo Bermudez (FIU, Senior, OF)

Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Tyler Ray (Troy, Senior, SP)

2012 SBC Coaches Predicted Order of Finish
1. FIU (4) - 93 pts
1. Troy (4) - 93 pts
3. Louisiana-Lafayette (1) - 74 pts
4. Florida Atlantic - 60 pts
4. Western Kentucky - 60 pts
6. South Alabama - 56 pts
7. Arkansas State - 36 pts
8. Middle Tennessee - 31 pts
9. Louisiana-Monroe (1) - 26 pts
10. UALR - 21 pts

No Wittels ? No Cajuns ?

Dayum, FIU is loaded.

Cajuns will be young this season, but will have some very talented players. I think next year will be a much better season for the Cajuns, when these players have a little experience under their belts.

Did Wittels get drafted ? I no longer see him on the FIU roster .

(02-10-2012 03:08 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Did Wittels get drafted ? I no longer see him on the FIU roster .

After charges were dropped against him, he signed a FA contract with St. Louis.

Yeah baseball this year is going to be Troy, FIU, then everyone else. And then we probably will be a 45 win team going into the conference tournament.

I don't see to many losses on our schedule. Well lose some games between series ECU, USM, Alabama, Auburn, FIU, but we should easily win over 40 games for a second year.

(02-10-2012 05:18 PM)TrojanCampaign Wrote:  Yeah baseball this year is going to be Troy, FIU, then everyone else. And then we probably will be a 45 win team going into the conference tournament.

I don't see to many losses on our schedule. Well lose some games between series ECU, USM, Alabama, Auburn, FIU, but we should easily win over 40 games for a second year.

You guys have to go to Louisiana-Lafayette, FIU, and Western Kentucky. Last year you had a losing road record. You guys haven't played at Western since 08. So I wouldn't be so sure of all those wins just yet.

(02-13-2012 02:48 PM)bigquinton Wrote:  

(02-10-2012 05:18 PM)TrojanCampaign Wrote:  Yeah baseball this year is going to be Troy, FIU, then everyone else. And then we probably will be a 45 win team going into the conference tournament.

I don't see to many losses on our schedule. Well lose some games between series ECU, USM, Alabama, Auburn, FIU, but we should easily win over 40 games for a second year.

You guys have to go to Louisiana-Lafayette, FIU, and Western Kentucky. Last year you had a losing road record. You guys haven't played at Western since 08. So I wouldn't be so sure of all those wins just yet.

One of the big things in baseball is to keep your pitching staff injury-free. We lost half of our pitching staff last year, and it was a disaster.

We had to take our 4th string catcher on road trip just to be able to fill out a roster.

I have my fingers crossed on injuries this year.

Id like to figure out how ASU didnt get a single player on the All Conference team. Jacob Lee and Michael Faulkner are hopefully very offended.

Cajuns will get tested early. Bobcat Invitational against Wichita State, Santa Clara, & Texas State. Midweek @ SE Louisiana. UTSA Classic against Gonzaga, Kansas, & UTSA. And a home series with Southern Mississippi before conference play starts. We get both FIU and Troy at the Tigue, thank god. Taking 2 out 3 in either of those series will be a massive coup. I said it before and I will say it again, with this young team a regional bid will get me all warm and fuzzy.

Whatever happened to Bryce Brentz? That guy was a friggin stud. Did he make it to the bigs?

(02-14-2012 11:08 AM)cajunhawk Wrote:  Whatever happened to Bryce Brentz? That guy was a friggin stud. Did he make it to the bigs?

He is in the Red Sox organization by doing a google search. Has played about 2 years in the minors and has a combined average of .267 thus far in his minor league career.

(02-14-2012 11:08 AM)cajunhawk Wrote:  Whatever happened to Bryce Brentz? That guy was a friggin stud. Did he make it to the bigs?

He was named the top offensive player in the minors for the RedSox organization and got some sort of reward from them.

He should start in Double-A this season.

He just gave MT a good sum of money to improve our indoor baseball facility.