2017 Nebraska Baseball

[AuroranHusker]

 

Nebraska and UC-Riverside meet for a four-game series February 17-19 at Tempe Diablo Stadium, home of the Angels spring training.

Edited January 24, 2017 by AuroranHusker
**FYI, it's actually 4 games, not '3' that Fox Sports West listed**

[Huskerpapa]

We should have a pretty darn good team this year...

[Row6Seat10]

Here's video of Erstad talking on the phone with MLB Network's "Hot Stove" series about facing Troy Percival's UC Riverside team, his playing days, How he got to play football at NU and Nebraska's MLB players who frequent Hay Market Park in the off season.

 

I couldn't get the video to embed. 

 

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/7417714/v1221300583/erstad-talks-about-his-playing-and-coaching-careers

[Row6Seat10]

 

 

 

[brfrad]

If Schriber can stay healthy, our pitching stays healthy, we should have a pretty good team.  We need a few bats to step up in the line-up.

[The Polish Rifle]

Listen to Nebraska Baseball on the radio religiously, probably the most psyched I get for any husker sport. Really excited for this year.

[Row6Seat10]

Perfect Game predicts the finish of the B1G

 

2017 B1G Predicted Order of Finish

Overall/conference win-loss records from 2016 indicated | * Denotes projected conference automatic bid
 

No.	Team	W	L	W	L
1	Maryland*	30	27	13	11
2	Nebraska	37	22	16	8
3	Indiana	32	24	15	9
4	Michigan	36	21	13	10
5	Michigan State	36	20	13	11
6	Ohio State	44	20	15	9
7	Illinois	28	23	12	12
8	Iowa	30	26	12	12
9	Minnesota	36	21	16	7
10	Penn State	28	27	12	12
11	Rutgers	27	28	9	15
12	Northwestern	15	39	7	17
13	Purdue	10	44	2	22

Preseason All-Conference Team
 

Pos.	Name	Class	School	Stats/Notes
C	Matt Byars	Sr.	Michigan State	Exc. defense, 24th rd pick in '16, .282 with XB juice
1B	Ben Miller	Sr.	Nebraska	.317/6 HR/46 RBI in '16, lots of power, good hit tool
MIF	Jake Bivens	Jr.	Michigan	.356/.441 OBP/13 SB in '16; very good bat, athleticism
MIF	Kevin Smith	Jr.	Maryland	Pot. 1st rounder, exc. D with hit/power developing
3B	Luke Miller	So.	Indiana	FR All-Am., .282 w/ XB pop in '16, big hitting tools
OF	Brandon Hughes	Jr.	Michigan State	.303 w/ XB pop, 17 SB in '16; toolsy w/ good defense
OF	Robert Neustrom	So.	Iowa	.307 in '16 as frosh; good bat/arm combo, pop coming
OF	Scott Schreiber	Jr.	Nebraska	.325 w/ 16 HR in '16, big power w/ hit tool, RF in '16
DH	Pat McInerney	Sr.	Illinois	.301/7 HR/27 RBI in '16; good bat w/ more power coming
UT	Jake Meyers	Jr.	Nebraska	CF/LHP, .326 w/ 10 SB/1.42 ERA in 50.2 IP in '16
SP	Brian Shaffer	Jr.	Maryland	2.60 ERA/103.2 IP in '16; lots of angle, 90-95 MPH FB
SP	Lucas Gilbreath	Jr.	Minnesota	33 IP, 1.32 ERA, 46 K in '16; 91-94 w/ 3-pitch mix
SP	Oliver Jaskie	Jr.	Michigan	3-pitch mix w/ control, above avg. CH, 3.19 ERA in '16
SP	Alex Troop	RSo.	Michigan State	Injured '16; 88-92 w/ good off-speed & command prof.
RP	Mike Rescigno	Sr.	Maryland	Power arm, up to 97 w/ power CB, commnd coming

 

Player of the Year: Kevin Smith, ss, Maryland

Pitcher of the Year: Oliver Jaskie, lhp, Michigan

Freshman of the Year: Paul Tillotson, rhp, Nebraska

 

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Perfect Game names their pre-season All-American team

 

 

Third Team
 

Pos.	Name	School	Class	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Cal Raleigh	Florida State	SO	.301	.412	.511	45	69	16	1	10	50	1
1B	K.J. Harrison	Oregon State	JR	.265	.381	.525	48	53	14	4	10	57	4
2B	Zach Kirtley	Saint Mary's	JR	.323	.428	.504	49	73	20	0	7	43	4
3B	Carl Stajduhar	New Mexico	JR	.331	.411	.623	51	85	17	2	18	66	1
SS	Taylor Walls	Florida State	SR	.355	.479	.516	72	88	20	1	6	46	14
OF	Trey Truitt	Mercer	JR	.335	.430	.636	64	79	16	2	17	54	2
OF	Kevin Strohschein	Tennessee Tech	SO	.393	.447	.707	57	90	21	3	15	73	2
OF	Stuart Fairchild	Wake Forest	JR	.293	.403	.470	50	68	20	3	5	47	14
DH	J.J. Schwarz	Florida	JR	.290	.397	.456	47	73	15	3	7	60	2
UT	Jake Meyers	Nebraska	JR	.326	.402	.458	39	74	12	6	2	29	10

 

Pos.	Name	School	Class	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	OBA
SP	Tyler Wilson	Rhode Island	JR	2.29	13-1	3	0	102.1	53	122	33	.148
SP	James Karinchak	Bryant	JR	2.00	12-3	0	0	94.2	70	112	43	.205
SP	Kade McClure	Louisville	JR	2.54	12-0	0	0	78	49	77	20	.179
SP	Darren McCaughan	Long Beach State	JR	2.03	10-1	1	0	111	76	84	16	.193
SP	Evan Kruczynski	East Carolina	SR	2.01	8-1	0	0	116.2	107	95	27	.245
RP	Glenn Otto	Rice	JR	2.26	9-2	0	8	71.2	53	76	30	.209
RP	Sam Donko	VCU	SR	2.63	3-2	0	20	54.2	48	53	14	.233
UT	Jake Meyers	Nebraska	JR	1.42	6-1	0	0	50.2	37	26	10	.210

[huskerbaseball13]

Injuries starting early this year...Burkhamper likely will not be ready the first weekend due to shoulder soreness.  Not good news considering he has had battles with this in the past and it greatly affected his velocity when he returned.  Was counting on him having a good year for us.  Hopefully they can get him fully healthy for the Big Ten season. 

[The Polish Rifle]

14 hours ago, huskerbaseball13 said:

Injuries starting early this year...Burkhamper likely will not be ready the first weekend due to shoulder soreness.  Not good news considering he has had battles with this in the past and it greatly affected his velocity when he returned.  Was counting on him having a good year for us.  Hopefully they can get him fully healthy for the Big Ten season. 

Know anything about Tillotson? Encouraging to see him get some pub. 

[huskerbaseball13]

9 hours ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Know anything about Tillotson? Encouraging to see him get some pub. 

 

I believe he was our highest rated recruit.  Will probably live in the mid to upper 80's this year.  Should get quite a few innings this year....possibly a midweek starter? 

[The Polish Rifle]

6 hours ago, huskerbaseball13 said:

 

I believe he was our highest rated recruit.  Will probably live in the mid to upper 80's this year.  Should get quite a few innings this year....possibly a midweek starter? 

Yeah im guessing he helps eat up some of the innings King had last season. Can't wait to drink some beers and watch the Frisco Tournament on watchespn.

[The Polish Rifle]

Projected 2nd in the B1G and to the tournament by baseball america. 

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/2017-conference-previews-big-ten-conference/#54yAU9gGTQYV67ZV.97

[khoock]

Hoping for some more consistency this year. Seems like we have had collapses to end the season the past couple years (One much larger than the other).

 

Should be able to get another tourney bid. But let's make some noise this year.

[Row6Seat10]

 

[The Polish Rifle]

 

[Huskerpapa]

Unbelievably, the weather in Arizona is supposed to stink this weekend.  And of course, in Lincoln it will be high 60's and even in the 70's...go figure.

[HuskerFever]

 

[The Polish Rifle]

Well gonna need to get the bats going to win this one. Down 4-0 and they are teeing off on Waldron. 

[Bugeaters1]

51 minutes ago, The Polish Rifle said:

Well gonna need to get the bats going to win this one. Down 4-0 and they are teeing off on Waldron. 

Waldron has found his stuff again , and the bat have awoke some what.

 

Edited February 17, 2017 by Bugeaters1

[The Polish Rifle]

7 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Waldron has found his stuff again , and the bat have awoke some what.

 

Yep, pitching wasn't gonna be a huge concern this weekend for me. Good to see the bats get going there. 

Edited February 17, 2017 by The Polish Rifle

[Bugeaters1]

Hope that Palkert can pick up where he left off from last year.

 

[Bugeaters1]

The 6 hole looks like a slick fielder.

[The Polish Rifle]

Man their reliever absolutely destroyed us. Not gonna win many games allowing 4 unearned either. Lets get the split. 

[Bugeaters1]

Yeah that was tough, usually Waldron is nails in that spot. but not today.

[The Polish Rifle]

10 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Yeah that was tough, usually Waldron is nails in that spot. but not today.

He must of missed his spot by a wide margin. This field is 340 to the corners, 380 to the alleys and 420 to center....so that ball had to of been pissed on.