2023 Fall Report: Florida International

Reason No. 1 why Florida International should improve this season:

Kishon Frett can hit baseballs a l-o-n-g way.

“He has as much natural power as any player I’ve ever worked with,” said Rich Witten, just the fifth baseball coach in an FIU history that goes back a half-century-plus to 1972. “We’re going to have to put up higher nets in the outfield to keep baseballs off the soccer field.”

Reason No. 2:

The Miami Marlins signed every one of their 21 draft picks this year … except lefthander Tristan Dietrich, an 18th-rounder who opted to start his post-prep career at FIU.

“In the past,” said[…]