2017 Baseball Predictions (Schedule, Stats, and Other Crap)

The Official Rankings LINK

NCBWA - #3
D1Baseball.com - #5
USA Today Coaches - #3
Baseball America - #4
Perfect Game - #2
Collegiate Baseball - #2

February
17: Air Force (W)
18: Army (W)
19: Air Force (W)
21: UNO (W)
22: Hofstra (W)
24-26: Maryland (W,W,W)
28 Nicholls (W)

March
3: TCU (W)
4: Baylor (L)
5: Texas Tech (W)
7: San Diego (W)
8: McNeese St (W)
10-12: Wichita St. (W,W,W)
15: UNO (W)
17-19: Georgia (W,W,W)
22: Southeastern (L)
24-26: Florida (L,L,W)
28: Tulane (W)
30, 31, & April 1: Texas A&M (W,W,L)

April
4: Grambling (W)
7-9: Arkansas (W,L,W)
11: ULL (W)
13-15: Ole Miss (W,W,L)
18: Lamar (W)
21-23: Kentucky (W,W,L)
25: Tulane (W)
27-29: Alabama (W,L,W)

May
5-7: South Carolina (L,W,W)
9: South Alabama (W)
11-13: Auburn (W,L,W)
16: Northwestern St. (W)
18-20: Mississippi St. (W,L,W)

SEC Tournament: May 23rd thru 28th
NCAA Regionals: June 2nd thru 5th
NCAA Super Regionals: June 9th thru 12th
College World Series: June 17th thru 28th

Overall Record: 44-12
SEC Record: 20-10 (SEC West Champions, SEC Overall Champions)

2017 Hitting Projections (Regular Season Only)

Antoine Duplantis, CF: .386 Avg, 45 R, 89 H, 16 2B, 6 3B, 3 HR, 40 RBI, 25 SB
Cole Freeman, 2B: .327 Avg, 45 R, 60 H, 7 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 28 RBI, 28 SB
Kramer Robertson, SS: .325 Avg, 58 R, 70 H, 24 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR, 45 RBI, 22 SB
Jake Slaughter, 1B: .335 Avg, 35 R, 66 H, 11 2B, 2 3B, 8 HR, 45 RBI, 8 SB
Beau Jordan, LF: .295 Avg, 28 R, 50 H, 10 2B, 5 HR, 34 RBI, 8 SB
Josh Smith, 3B: .284 Avg, 40 R, 50 H, 12 2B, 4 3B, 2 HR, 35 RBI, 20 SB
Michael Papierski, C: .242 Avg, 20 R, 30 H, 8 2B, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 3 SB
Brennan Breaux, RF: .275 Avg, 24 R, 35 H, 5 2B, 12 RBI, 25 SB
Greg Deichmann, OF: .308 Avg, 40 R, 60 H, 12 2B, 3 3B, 15 HR, 62 RBI, 10 SB
Jordan Romero, C/DH: .260 Avg, 20 R, 30 H, 5 2B, 6 HR, 34 RBI
Nick Coomes, C/1B/DH: .290 Avg, 25 R, 45 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 8 HR, 38 RBI, 11 SB
Mason Templet, 2B/DH: .375 Avg, 12 R, 15 H, 3 2B, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 5 SB

Opening Weekend Lineup Projection

1. Cole Freeman, 2B
2. Kramer Robertson, SS
3. Greg Deichmann, DH
4. Jake Slaughter, 1B
5. Antoine Duplantis, CF
6. Beau Jordan, RF
7. Josh Smith, 3B
8. Michael Papierski, C
9. Brennan Breaux, LF


Fri: Alex Lange
Sat: Jared Poche
Sun: Eric Walker
Mid-Week: Zach Hess, Todd Peterson