CWS Bracket 2 Preview: LSU, TCU, CSF, & Vanderbilt

The boys are back home in Omaha! The LSU Tigers are making their 17th trip to somewhere in middle America and are just 5 wins away from their 7th National Championship and first since 2009. The task at hand will not be an easy one with a very strong field in this year’s College World Series. LSU will compete in Bracket 2 with TCU, Cal State Fullerton, and Vanderbilt. The MLB Draft was held earlier this week and 22 players from these 4 teams alone were drafted in the top 10 rounds and 31 players overall. Now let’s get to the heart of the matter…


This won’t be the preview that you have come to know from me due to a schedule conflict, but I have provided all of the stat charts and such. There won’t be any commentary or scouting report to go with those stats. I also included a screenshot of Baseball America’s Magazine, which previews each team.


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NCAA Interactive Bracket
D1 Baseball’s CWS Preview
Baseball America’s Bracket 2 Preview





TCU Horned Frogs
Record: 49-13
Conference: 18-5, 1st in Big 12
Non-Conf: 25-4
Home: 33-4
Away: 15-7
Neutral: 1-2

Common Opponents w/ LSU
Kansas 2-0 (LSU went 3-0)
Texas A&M: 2-1 (LSU went 2-1 also)

How They Got Here:
---Received #7 national seed with at-large bid
Fort Worth Regional – defeated Sacred Heart 10-0, lost to NC State 5-4, defeated Stony Brook 8-3, defeated NC State 8-2 and 9-8 (in 10)
Fort Worth Super Regional – defeated Texas A&M 13-4, lost 2-1 (in 10), and won 5-4 (in 16)

Players Taken in the MLB Draft This Week
LHP Alex Young – 2nd round
LHP Tyler Alexander – 2nd round
RHP Riley Ferrell – 3rd round
OF Cody Jones – 6th round
RHP Preston Morrison – 8th round
RHP Trey Teakell – 9th round
SS Keaton Jones – 15th round
RHP Mitchell Traver – 28th round















Links
TCU Season Stats
TCU Roster
TCU Schedule (via Warren Nolan)






Cal State Fullerton Titans
Record: 39-23
Conference: 19-5, 1st Big West
Non-Conf: 15-17
Home: 21-8
Away: 17-13
Neutral: 1-2
Common Opponents: NONE

How They Got Here:
---Received Big West automatic bid (no conference tournament)
Fullerton Regional – defeated Pepperdine 9-3, defeated Arizona State 3-2 (in 14), defeated Pepperdine 10-1
Louisville Super Regional – defeated Louisville 3-2 (in 10), lost 9-3, won 4-3 (in 11)

Players Taken in the MLB Draft This Week
RHP Thomas Eshelman – 2nd round
RHP Justin Garza – 8th round
LHP Tyler Peitzmeyer – 9th round
OF David Olmedo-Barrera – 12th round
A.J. Kennedy – 30th round
2B Jake Jefferies – 39th round














Links
CSF Season Stats
CSF Roster
CSF Schedule (via Warren Nolan)





Vanderbilt Commodores
Record: 47-19
Conference: 20-10, 2nd SEC, 1st SEC East
Non-Conf: 19-7
Home: 27-8
Away: 15-7
Neutral: 5-4

How They Got Here:
---Received at-large bid and regional host matched with #6 national seeded Illinois
Nashville Regional – defeated Lipscomb 9-1, Indiana 6-4, and Radford 21-0
Champaign Super Regional – defeated Illinois 13-0 and 4-2

Players Taken in the MLB Draft This Week
SS Danby Swanson – 1st overall pick
RHP Carson Fulmer – 1st round
RHP Walker Buehler – 1st round
LHP Phillip Pfiefer – 3rd round
OF Rhett Wiseman – 3rd round
RHP Tyler Ferguson – 6th round
1B Zander Wiel – 12th round
3B Xavier Turner – 19th round
LHP John Kilichowski – 39th round

















Links
Vanderbilt Season Stats
Vanderbilt Roster
Vanderbilt Schedule (via Warren Nolan)