Maryland second baseman Nick Dunn (Aaron Fitt)

Fall Report: Maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In many ways, Maryland is the quintessential blue-collar baseball program — the kind of program other upstarts aspire to become. Players don’t go to Maryland to be pampered in the latest state-of-the-art facilities (although the Terps have made incremental improvements to Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium and hope to make further upgrades in the near future). Recruits choose Maryland because they want to work hard and become better baseball players under the tutelage of down-to-earth head coach John Szefc, whose steady leadership style permeates every facet of the program.

But while the Terrapins have kept[…]