02-02-2017, 08:20 PM
Picked to finish second by conference coaches (from gostanford.com):
http://www.gostanford.com/news/2017/2/1/...econd.aspx
Quote:Heading into the final season under legendary head coach Mark Marquess, Stanford was picked to finish second in the 2017 Pac-12 Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll released on Thursday.
Stanford earned two first-place votes and finished just eight points behind Oregon State, which was selected as the conference favorite for the second straight season. Stanford finished with 89 points, ahead of third-place Arizona (78) and Washington (76). UCLA (54) and Utah (49) rounded out the top six, followed by Arizona State, Oregon, Cal, USC and Washington State.
Stanford was ranked in the top 25 in all five preseason baseball polls. Eleven freshmen will join a Stanford squad that returns nearly its entire starting lineup, all of its starting pitching and the majority of its bullpen. Last season on The Farm, the Cardinal finished 31-23 overall -- the 38th winning season in 40 years under Coach Marquess -- and 15-15 in conference play (t-6th in Pac-12).
http://www.gostanford.com/news/2017/2/1/...econd.aspx