![]() 3 Southern Arkansas: The Muleriders return seven hitters and three of their four starting pitchers that got them to Cary for the first time as a DII program. RANKING AND MORE: The final Power 10 of 2022, plus annual awards The Spartans also have the top five hitters back this year, so as usual, to win the SSC and South Region, you’ll have to go through Tampa. Yes, their ace was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays, but the Spartans have Michael Paul back on the bump and a few intriguing transfers that were starters at their last stop. This team hasn’t won eight national championships (four in the past decade at that) by mistake. This team is deep down to the last man on the bench. The reliever is nicknamed The Nightmare and struck out 36 guys in 14 innings this fall. On the bump, Conference Carolinas pitcher of the year Reece Fields will lead the way but keep an eye on southpaw Mike Rodriguez. Faile is one of the best bats in the game and has Marek Chlup, the 2022 Conference Carolinas player of the year, back in the lineup with him. It starts with John Michael Faile, the All-American catcher who is my pick for DII baseball player of the year right now. When you take into account the amount of returners and head coach Landon Powell’s best recruiting class of his tenure, this team seems like it will go from 0 to 60 on the first pitch. 1 North Greenville: The Crusaders return entirely too much firepower from their national championship run and are No. The 2023 DII baseball preseason Power 10 rankings Because of that, the next Power 10 won’t come out until the week of Feb. DII baseball is a rolling start, with teams in the Northeast and Midwest not starting until mid-February. ![]() With this being the first rankings of the season, and metrics and eye tests not available just yet, much of these initial rankings were based on returners and historical dominance. I mix my observations, conversations with coaches, and the metrics used by the selection committee to come up with a different version of the top 10. 2.Ģ022 RECAP: How North Greenville won its first DII baseball titleīefore the Road to Cary begins, let’s take a look at the preseason Power 10 rankings. for the DII baseball championship, as Tampa enters the season No. That very same Tampa team could be one of North Greenville’s obstacles should both make it to Cary, N.C. 1 and have arguably the best chance to be the first repeat champions since Tampa went back-to-back in 2006-07. The Crusaders enter the season firmly locked in at No. That’s a Week 1 matchup of two Power 10 teams. 3 from the Houston Winter Invitational at Minute Maid Park. Two days later, North Greenville gets its national title defense rolling against Central Missouri - the 2021 national runner-up - on Feb. ![]() With the first day of February, comes the first pitch of the DII baseball season.
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