Top 25 Breakdown: No. 23 Texas
Season Preview
Kendall Rogers - January 18, 2019
2018 Record: 42-23.
RPI: 22.
Coach (Record at school): David Pierce (81-47 in 2 seasons)
Ballpark: UFCU Disch-Falk Field (7,000)
Postseason History: 59 regionals (active streak: 2), 36 CWS Trips (last in 2018), 6 national titles (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005).
More: Fall Report on Texas
Schedule, Stats, Team News: Follow the Longhorns all season long at our
Texas Team Page.
Texas' Projected Lineup
| Pos. | Name, Yr. | AVG/OBP/SLG | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | DJ Petrinsky, Sr. | .257/.340/452 | 9 | 29 | 1 |
| 1B | Zach Zubia, R-So. | .275/.407/.495 | 11 | 45 | 1 |
| 2B | Lance Ford, Fr. | Freshman--Kerrville, Texas (Tivy) |
| 3B | Ryan Reynolds, Jr. | .247/.351/.370 | 4 | 37 | 1 |
| SS | Masen Hibbeler, Sr. | .261/.357/.386 | 4 | 30 | 13 |
| LF | Tate Shaw, Sr. | .252/.355/.364 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| CF | Duke Ellis, Jr. | .289/.398/.353 | 1 | 27 | 16 |
| RF | Austin Todd, Jr. | .219/.352./.301 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| DH | Eric Kennedy, Fr. | Freshman--Tampa (Calvary Christian) |
| Pos. | Name, Yr. | W-L | ERA | IP | SO | BB | SV |
| RHP | Blair Henley, Jr. | 6-7 | 3.32 | 86.2 | 64 | 37 | 1 |
| RHP | Cole Quintanilla, R-Fr. | DNP--Injured in 2018 |
| RHP | Matteo Bocchi, Sr. | 4-1 | 3.05 | 38.1 | 34 | 21 | 1 |
| RP | Kamron Fields, So. | 1-0 | 1.82 | 24.2 | 19 | 22 | 0 |
Grading The Longhorns
Just as scouts grade prospects using the 20-80 scouting scale, we use a 20-80 scale to evaluate teams in our top 25. A score of 50 in each category is average, relative to a typical NCAA tournament team; 55 is slightly above-average; 60 is above-average (plus); 70 is well above-average (plus-plus); 80 is top of the scale, historically strong. Accordingly, 45 is fringe-average or slightly below-average; 40 is below-average; 30 is well below-average; and 20 is the extreme in that direction.
Get more below!
Click Below To Subscribe And Read More!
Already a subscriber? Log In to access this article.
