College Hardball- Tom’s Top Teams
Here’s a look at the top teams in D1 baseball as of May 16th.
- Texas – Texas becomes first team to win SEC in first season since league’s inaugural campaign in 1933
- LSU- Closes out season against South Carolina
- Florida State- Finish with UNC, results I’ll speak volumes
- UNC- if they take 2 of 3 from Seminoles they will be giddy
- Oregon- they are sitting back and waiting to get their chance in Omaha
- Arkansas- finale is with Volunteers for three games.
- Auburn- lost yesterday to Ole Miss is a crushing defeat.
- Vanderbilt- Coach Corbin has them playing well but is it too late to make a serious run?
- Tennessee- Former national champs learning how hard it is to repeat.
- Oregon State- I might have them a bit low on Top 25
- Georgia- Nice win on Thursday over Texas A&M
- NC State- Looking to sweep Stanford at the Doak.
- Coastal Carolina- They dominated the Sun Belt.
- UCLA- The Bruins lost to Northwestern on Thursday and need better
- UC Irvine- lost to UC Santa Barbara on Thursday
- Alabama- good win and shutout of the Gators on Thursday
- West Virginia- weekend series with Jayhawks could be meaningful
- Clemson- Finishing the season as strong as anyone..Looks to make noise.
- Louisville- Wake Forest defeated them on Thursday.
- Florida- Gators started 1-11 and now are paying for it.
- Ole Miss- Great win over Auburn.. peaking at right time.
- So Miss-No. 22 Golden Eagles (38-13, 21-6 Sun Belt) have won 12 consecutive games, dating back to April 19 and a 15-9 home victory against Georgia State.
- Duke- Looks like they are in and headed to Arkansas Regional
- Dallas Baptist- The Patriots play an exciting brand of baseball.
- Troy- lost to Southern Miss on Thursday. Now wait fate.
first out: Northeastern
Baseball Hardball- Best Five Pitchers to This point of season
Three of the top five starting pitchers in 2025 are left-handers. Let’s give their name and some stats in no particular order.
Lefty Jamie Arnold is a junior and is dominating his opponents . He has a rangy body and a loose, whippy arm.
The Volunteers look for Liam Doyle to solidify their rotation in Knoxville.
Although only junior, his strikeout to walk ratio is ridiculously good. Top 5 draftee.
LSU Sophomore lefty finds Kade Anderson just a small tick under the other two but mighty good. Another season might bring a top draft prospect for him.
Moving to a pair of right-handers we find junior Kyson Witherspoon of Oklahoma looking to be in the top ten mix of the MLB Draft.
Grad student Jake Knapp of UNC has opened some eyes after winning a match-up over Florid with Arnold on the mound. He has been exceedingly good this season.
Baseball Hardball will return weekly. In the next issue is the top catchers in college baseball along with top first baseman .
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