Place |
School |
Points |
1 |
Oregon State (9) |
98 |
2 |
UCLA (1) |
89 |
3 |
Cal (1) |
84 |
4 |
Oregon |
71 |
5 |
USC |
67 |
6 |
Arizona State |
50 |
7 |
Stanford |
49 |
8 |
Washington |
34 |
9 |
Arizona |
31 |
10 |
Washington State |
17 |
11 |
Utah |
15 |
STANFORD, Calif. - Pac-12 coaches picked Stanford baseball to finish seventh in the conference in 2016.
The Pac-12 Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Thursday morning with Oregon State selected as the favorite. The Beavers earned 98 points and eight first-place votes, while Stanford garnered 49 points.
Defending champion UCLA was picked second with 89 points, followed by Cal (84), Oregon (71), USC (67) and Arizona State (50). Behind the Cardinal was Washington (34), Arizona (31), Washington State (17) and Utah (15).
Stanford, which finished 10th in the Pac-12 last season at 24-32 overall and 9-21 in conference play, returns six everyday starters and nearly all of its pitching. Offensively, the Cardinal will have more than 75 percent of its at-bats, runs, hits, home runs, RBI and extra-base hits back for 2016. The pitching staff returns more than 70 percent of its starts, wins, innings pitched and strikeouts as well as Cal Quantrill and John Hochstatter, who each missed the majority of last season.
More than half of Stanford's home schedule features 2015 NCAA tournament teams, including 2015 national runner-up Vanderbilt, Cal State Fullerton, and Pac-12 rivals Cal and USC. In all, the Cardinal will play 27 games against teams currently ranked in the Top 25.
Individual and season tickets as well as mini-plans are now on sale. Season tickets and mini-plans are the only way to guarantee your seats at Fireworks Night on Friday, May 27.
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond received several enhancements this offseason, including a new playing surface, entrance, clubhouse, concessions, restrooms and Hall of Honor.
The Cardinal opens the 2016 season at home on Feb. 19 against Cal State Fullerton.
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