Saturday, February 18
Santa Clara, Calif.
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Huskies Open On The Road At Santa Clara
February 15, 2017 | Baseball
Dates: February 17-20, 2017
Time: Feb. 17,18, 20 - 6 p.m.; Feb. 19 - 3:00 p.m.
Stadium: Stephen Schott Stadium (1,500)
Location: Santa Clara, Calif.
Live Stream: W.TV
Live Scoring: UW.Statbroadcast.com
Twitter Updates: @UW_BaseballΒ
Washington (33-21, 17-13 Pac-12) opens the 2017 season on the road with eight games in the Bay Area of California. First up is a four-game series at Santa Clara (Feb. 17-20). The Huskies will remain in California and travel to Moraga and face St. Mary's for four game (Feb. 23-26) afterwards.
The Huskies are coming off a second-place finish in the Pac-12 Conference and their 10th trip to the NCAA Regionals, where they were 1-2 in Nashville, Tenn. UW was picked fourth in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll and are ranked in four of five of the major national polls, including a high of 12th in Baseball America's rankings.
The Huskies will have four non-conference series over the next four weeks before starting Pac-12 play, and Coach Lindsay Meggs is confident that the non-conference schedule will help prepare his team for the rigors of what will be a very challenging year.
"Knock on wood, if we get good weather, I'm excited about the way our schedule lays out," said Meggs, who is entering his eighth season as the Huskies' head man. "Our mindset is in those first four weeks to get as many guys on the field as possible in as many different combinations so we can see how guys handle leading off an inning, coming out of the bullpen, closing and coming off the bench to play defense. By the time we roll in the Pac-12Β play we want to have a good feel about us against righties and lefties. We're ready to get our guys going and hit the ground running."
SERIES HISTORY VS. SANTA CLARA:
The Huskies lead all-time 14-8 and have won 9 for the last 10 games in the series. The first game between the two squads was 105 years ago in 1912 when the Huskies won 3-1. The teams did not meet again until 1960. The two teams met in Seattle in 2016 and UW won the series 2-1. The last time the teams met was in California was Β 2014 when the Huskies beat the Broncos twice on the road. The last win by the Broncos at home over UW came in game one of a double-header, 5-2, on Feb. 20, 2005.
WHO ARE THESE HUSKIES:Β
β’ The Huskies are comprised of 17 returners and 18 newcomers. The group of returners includes every starter in the field except 2016 All-Pac-12 third baseman Chris Baker. The pitching staff returns Noah Bremer and Joe DeMers, who combined to make every Friday-Saturday start during the season. The five returning pitchers combined to throw 250.2 out of 511.2 inning from last season. The Huskies do have to replace unanimous All-American Troy Rallings, who was 4-1 with a 0.89 ERA and 16 saves in 2016.
β’ The 18 newcomers are ranked as high as 9th by Baseball America for best recruiting classes. There are three redshirt-freshmen, one junior-college transfer and 14 true freshmen on the Huskies' roster.Β
β’ The Huskies return two players that earned All-Pac-12 honors in 2016: outfielder Jack Meggs and catcher Joey Morgan. Meggs also earned All-Pac-12 Defensive Team honors. Pitcher Noah Bremer, first baseman John Naff and second baseman Levi Jordan each earned honorable mention All-Pac-12.
β’ UW (33-23, 17-13 Pac-12) fought all the way until the end last year, finishing second in the Conference behind champion Utah after dropping the final game of the series on the last day of the season to the Utes. The Huskies earned their 10th all-time NCAA bid and were sent to Nashville, Tenn., where they went 1-2. Their lone win eliminated host Vanderbilt from the tournament.Β
β’ The Huskies are picked to finish 4th in the Pac-12 Conference, according to coaches. Oregon State was picked first, followed by Stanford and Arizona. The Huskies did receive one first-place vote. Nationally the Huskies are ranked in four of the five major polls. The highest ranking they have is 12th by Baseball America.
PAC-12 COACHES POLL: Β
The Huskies were picked to finish fourth out of 11 teams by the Pac-12 coaches in the pre-season poll. They received one first-place vote. Oregon State was the Β pick to win the conference, garnering eight first-place votes, while Stanford was picked second with two first-place votes. Here is the complete order of finish predicted by the coaches: 1. Oregon State, 2. Stanford, 3. Arizona, 4. Washington, 5. UCLA, 6. Utah, 7. Arizona St., 8. Oregon, 9. California, 10. USC Β and 11. Washington State.
LAST THREE YEARS:
UW baseball is enjoying one of the best stretches among Pac-12 teams over the last three years. Not only have they went to a NCAA Regional in two of the last three years, the Huskies have the second-best overall winning percentage at .612 (103-65-1) in the Pac-12, trailing only Oregon State who has a .696 (119-51-1) winning percentage. The Huskies have also seen 15 players on their roster hear their names called for the MLB Baseball Draft during that span.
SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM:
The Husky Baseball team has been one of the top squads on Washington's campus academically for several years now and this past fall quarter, they reached a new all-time high standard. With a 3.31 combined grade point average, baseball set a team record and was the highest GPA of all men's large squads at UW. Eleven Huskies earned Dean's List honors (3.5 or higher) and 28 players were at 3.0 or higher for the quarter.
HOME SWEET HOME: Β
The Huskies opened 2,400-seat Husky Ballpark on March 24, 2014. The park features permanent seating, open main-level concourses with views of the field from every vantage and a top floor concourse that houses a press box, radio & TV booths, club seating and an AD booth. In addition, there is a new video board, a full complement of restrooms and concessions, plus new field turf. The Gittinger Team Building houses a home locker room, team lounge, coaches offices, meeting rooms, training rooms and study spaces. It is also available for rental during home games. The team also has access to a Team Performance Center with five indoor batting tunnels and state-of-the-art computer pitching system.
SQUAD BREAKDOWN: Β
Among the 35 players on the 2017 Husky roster, there are 8 seniors, 7 juniors, 3 sophomores and 17 freshmen. The squad includes 17 returners and 18 newcomers (14 true freshmen, 3 redshirt-freshmen and one JC transfers). The group of newcomers were ranked No. 9 overall by Baseball America. The roster includes players from six different states and Canada: 17 are from Washington, 13 are from California, and one each from Arizona, Deleware, Oregon, Utah and British Columbia. Washington's baseball roster has traditionally been heavily dominated by in-state players. All 17 players from Washington come from west of the Cascade Mountains, (the western half of the state).
MORE ON NEWCOMERS: Β
Coach Lindsay Meggs and his assistants compiled one of the best recruiting classes in team history for 2017. The class had a final ranking of 9th overall by Perfect Game (PG) and included three players among the nation's top-120 recruits. Christian Jones out of Federal Way HS was ranked 55th by PG and 71st by Baseball America (BA). Infielder Ben Baird from Augora, Calif. was 69th by BA and 72nd by PG. Catcher Nick Kahle from Simi Valley, Calif. checked in at 116th by PG.
HUSKIES IN THE MLB DRAFT: Β
Since Coach Lindsay Meggs arrived at Washington, Huskies have heard their names called in the MLB Draft 25 times (complete list on pg. 6). Last season, three Huskies were selected by MLB teams, with the first to hear his name called being RHP Spencer Jones in the 10th round by the Tampa Bay Rays. Shortstop Chris Baker (17th, Padres) and RHP Troy Rallings (22nd, Angels) also heard their names called in the draft. In 2014, a record eight Huskies were selected by MLB teams. On the current roster, four Huskies were drafted prior to arriving on campus at Washington. Sophomore AJ Graffanino was picked in the 26th round of the 2015 draft by Β the Cleveland Indians. In 2016, three incoming freshmen heard their names called during the draft: Ben Baird (20th, Indians), Josh Burgmann (30th, Cardinals) and Christian Jones (31st, Red Sox).
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Time: Feb. 17,18, 20 - 6 p.m.; Feb. 19 - 3:00 p.m.
Stadium: Stephen Schott Stadium (1,500)
Location: Santa Clara, Calif.
Live Stream: W.TV
Live Scoring: UW.Statbroadcast.com
Twitter Updates: @UW_BaseballΒ
Washington (33-21, 17-13 Pac-12) opens the 2017 season on the road with eight games in the Bay Area of California. First up is a four-game series at Santa Clara (Feb. 17-20). The Huskies will remain in California and travel to Moraga and face St. Mary's for four game (Feb. 23-26) afterwards.
The Huskies are coming off a second-place finish in the Pac-12 Conference and their 10th trip to the NCAA Regionals, where they were 1-2 in Nashville, Tenn. UW was picked fourth in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll and are ranked in four of five of the major national polls, including a high of 12th in Baseball America's rankings.
The Huskies will have four non-conference series over the next four weeks before starting Pac-12 play, and Coach Lindsay Meggs is confident that the non-conference schedule will help prepare his team for the rigors of what will be a very challenging year.
"Knock on wood, if we get good weather, I'm excited about the way our schedule lays out," said Meggs, who is entering his eighth season as the Huskies' head man. "Our mindset is in those first four weeks to get as many guys on the field as possible in as many different combinations so we can see how guys handle leading off an inning, coming out of the bullpen, closing and coming off the bench to play defense. By the time we roll in the Pac-12Β play we want to have a good feel about us against righties and lefties. We're ready to get our guys going and hit the ground running."
SERIES HISTORY VS. SANTA CLARA:
The Huskies lead all-time 14-8 and have won 9 for the last 10 games in the series. The first game between the two squads was 105 years ago in 1912 when the Huskies won 3-1. The teams did not meet again until 1960. The two teams met in Seattle in 2016 and UW won the series 2-1. The last time the teams met was in California was Β 2014 when the Huskies beat the Broncos twice on the road. The last win by the Broncos at home over UW came in game one of a double-header, 5-2, on Feb. 20, 2005.
WHO ARE THESE HUSKIES:Β
β’ The Huskies are comprised of 17 returners and 18 newcomers. The group of returners includes every starter in the field except 2016 All-Pac-12 third baseman Chris Baker. The pitching staff returns Noah Bremer and Joe DeMers, who combined to make every Friday-Saturday start during the season. The five returning pitchers combined to throw 250.2 out of 511.2 inning from last season. The Huskies do have to replace unanimous All-American Troy Rallings, who was 4-1 with a 0.89 ERA and 16 saves in 2016.
β’ The 18 newcomers are ranked as high as 9th by Baseball America for best recruiting classes. There are three redshirt-freshmen, one junior-college transfer and 14 true freshmen on the Huskies' roster.Β
β’ The Huskies return two players that earned All-Pac-12 honors in 2016: outfielder Jack Meggs and catcher Joey Morgan. Meggs also earned All-Pac-12 Defensive Team honors. Pitcher Noah Bremer, first baseman John Naff and second baseman Levi Jordan each earned honorable mention All-Pac-12.
β’ UW (33-23, 17-13 Pac-12) fought all the way until the end last year, finishing second in the Conference behind champion Utah after dropping the final game of the series on the last day of the season to the Utes. The Huskies earned their 10th all-time NCAA bid and were sent to Nashville, Tenn., where they went 1-2. Their lone win eliminated host Vanderbilt from the tournament.Β
β’ The Huskies are picked to finish 4th in the Pac-12 Conference, according to coaches. Oregon State was picked first, followed by Stanford and Arizona. The Huskies did receive one first-place vote. Nationally the Huskies are ranked in four of the five major polls. The highest ranking they have is 12th by Baseball America.
PAC-12 COACHES POLL: Β
The Huskies were picked to finish fourth out of 11 teams by the Pac-12 coaches in the pre-season poll. They received one first-place vote. Oregon State was the Β pick to win the conference, garnering eight first-place votes, while Stanford was picked second with two first-place votes. Here is the complete order of finish predicted by the coaches: 1. Oregon State, 2. Stanford, 3. Arizona, 4. Washington, 5. UCLA, 6. Utah, 7. Arizona St., 8. Oregon, 9. California, 10. USC Β and 11. Washington State.
LAST THREE YEARS:
UW baseball is enjoying one of the best stretches among Pac-12 teams over the last three years. Not only have they went to a NCAA Regional in two of the last three years, the Huskies have the second-best overall winning percentage at .612 (103-65-1) in the Pac-12, trailing only Oregon State who has a .696 (119-51-1) winning percentage. The Huskies have also seen 15 players on their roster hear their names called for the MLB Baseball Draft during that span.
SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM:
The Husky Baseball team has been one of the top squads on Washington's campus academically for several years now and this past fall quarter, they reached a new all-time high standard. With a 3.31 combined grade point average, baseball set a team record and was the highest GPA of all men's large squads at UW. Eleven Huskies earned Dean's List honors (3.5 or higher) and 28 players were at 3.0 or higher for the quarter.
HOME SWEET HOME: Β
The Huskies opened 2,400-seat Husky Ballpark on March 24, 2014. The park features permanent seating, open main-level concourses with views of the field from every vantage and a top floor concourse that houses a press box, radio & TV booths, club seating and an AD booth. In addition, there is a new video board, a full complement of restrooms and concessions, plus new field turf. The Gittinger Team Building houses a home locker room, team lounge, coaches offices, meeting rooms, training rooms and study spaces. It is also available for rental during home games. The team also has access to a Team Performance Center with five indoor batting tunnels and state-of-the-art computer pitching system.
SQUAD BREAKDOWN: Β
Among the 35 players on the 2017 Husky roster, there are 8 seniors, 7 juniors, 3 sophomores and 17 freshmen. The squad includes 17 returners and 18 newcomers (14 true freshmen, 3 redshirt-freshmen and one JC transfers). The group of newcomers were ranked No. 9 overall by Baseball America. The roster includes players from six different states and Canada: 17 are from Washington, 13 are from California, and one each from Arizona, Deleware, Oregon, Utah and British Columbia. Washington's baseball roster has traditionally been heavily dominated by in-state players. All 17 players from Washington come from west of the Cascade Mountains, (the western half of the state).
MORE ON NEWCOMERS: Β
Coach Lindsay Meggs and his assistants compiled one of the best recruiting classes in team history for 2017. The class had a final ranking of 9th overall by Perfect Game (PG) and included three players among the nation's top-120 recruits. Christian Jones out of Federal Way HS was ranked 55th by PG and 71st by Baseball America (BA). Infielder Ben Baird from Augora, Calif. was 69th by BA and 72nd by PG. Catcher Nick Kahle from Simi Valley, Calif. checked in at 116th by PG.
HUSKIES IN THE MLB DRAFT: Β
Since Coach Lindsay Meggs arrived at Washington, Huskies have heard their names called in the MLB Draft 25 times (complete list on pg. 6). Last season, three Huskies were selected by MLB teams, with the first to hear his name called being RHP Spencer Jones in the 10th round by the Tampa Bay Rays. Shortstop Chris Baker (17th, Padres) and RHP Troy Rallings (22nd, Angels) also heard their names called in the draft. In 2014, a record eight Huskies were selected by MLB teams. On the current roster, four Huskies were drafted prior to arriving on campus at Washington. Sophomore AJ Graffanino was picked in the 26th round of the 2015 draft by Β the Cleveland Indians. In 2016, three incoming freshmen heard their names called during the draft: Ben Baird (20th, Indians), Josh Burgmann (30th, Cardinals) and Christian Jones (31st, Red Sox).
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