re: Could an MLB team go undefeated playing a college schedule?

It's certainly possible but anyone with a brain would never bet on it and expect any return. Regular people don't realize how big the talent gap is between a college player versus an MLB player. There's a reason the farm teams are so numerous, it takes an above average person to become a pro

if you did ten seasons of this I think a college team would win A game in 6 of the years.

Never more than 2 but I don't think that would ever happen.

Like everyone has said, it would take one pitcher throwing out of his mind. The problem for the MLB guys would be infamiliarity with who they were facing. Wouldn't matter much for the pitchers, but the hitters would have a couple issues.

The big league team would score over 30 runs at least 10 times and would shut out the other team 40+ times.

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Mike Fiers would probably find a way to give up a homerun or two.

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Fiers wouldnt even be in the rotation. Youd have Keuchel, McCullers, Morton on the weekend and Musgrove starting midweek games and the entire bullpen ready to go almost every single game.

Im honestly shocked at the responses in here. People think an NBA/NFL team would easily do it (agreed) but cant imagine an MLB doing it? MLB has in fact the LARGEST talent difference. LSU and Bama both had like 10/11 started on defense from the 2011 teams play in the NFL. The vast majority of even the best college baseball team doesnt sniff an active major league roster. MLB is still the only sport that the very best talent doesnt even go to college.

The main argument is a hot pitcher but the astros have played 40 games against MLB pitching and have only been shut out once with no complete game thrown against them. They also feast on MLB bullpens. So essentially we are talking about the best college starting pitcher going a complete game shut out against a major league lineup without major league defense behind them, without a major league catcher calling pitches, and without major league pitching coach.

Lets take the arguably best college pitcher of the last decade-Stephen Strasburg. He didnt go straight to the majors. He had a 4.26 ERA in fall league after getting drafted. He didnt throw his first complete game (his only CG btw) until his 4th season in the majors.

How is this even a question?

I'd love to see Stanton face college pitchers for a season.

I would give the MLB team greater than 50% chance of going undefeated playing a college schedule. Including postseason.

I would say the opposite. A college team COULD manage to win a game, but odds would be against it.

Frankly it's less likely an NBA team would go undefeated (though I believe they would) against a college schedule. Kentucky has more NBA starting talent any given year in a sport that requires less players than any college baseball team ever and shooters can go hot and cold just like pitchers

If we're talking mid-late 90's LSU teams with the hot bats and juiced players versus the terrible Astros teams from 5-6 years ago...maybe LSU gets a few games out of 50. With the current teams, it's not even a debate.