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Home Stand To get back to Omaha, the Gamecocks must pass these five home tests
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BY SCOTT HOOD Sophomore Logan Koch is a strong candidate to take over for Grayson Greiner behind the plate.
WIN ANYWAY Expectations remain high despite new faces at key positions he standard at South Carolina has been set, and there is no going back. That pair of national championship flags flying just beyond the centerfield fence at Carolina Stadium — along with the large mural painted on its north face — ensures that expectations for Gamecock baseball remain exceptionally high. The College World Series is the goal every year, and the upcoming season will be no different despite losing cornerstone contributors such as Grayson Greiner, Tanner English, Joey Pankake and Jordan Montgomery.
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Senior Kyle Martin returns to first base. photo by Chris Gillespie
However, sufficient talent appears to be in place for another possible Gamecock title run. Preseason polls have ranked Carolina as highly as No. 5, albeit the third best team in the SEC East behind Vanderbilt and Florida. The Gamecocks have believers in their corner, but coach Chad Holbrook preaches temperance. “I have some talented kids, but we can’t look too far down the road,” says Holbrook. “We’re not going to out-talent people. We’re going to have to outintangible people. I have some talented kids and good players. But we’re not going to be able to just throw the bats and balls out there and beat people. We’re going to have to outwork, outtough and out-hustle some folks. Maybe even out-mystique some folks from time to time.” CATCHER Replacing Greiner, an All-American and third-round pick in last June’s MLB Draft who played nearly every meaningful inning over the past three seasons, could be Holbrook’s greatest challenge. A group of four or five
candidates for the starting job in the fall has boiled down to two: sophomore Logan Koch and freshman Hunter Taylor. Koch was Greiner’s primary backup last season and appeared in 20 games, with six starts. “Everybody asks, ‘Is your biggest concern what’s going on behind the plate, who is going to replace Grayson Greiner?’” Holbrook says. “That’s an important position. But we feel good about those guys. I don’t see the catching position being a weakness by any stretch. They’ve both done what we asked them to do.” Holbrook could platoon Koch and Taylor since the competition is very close. “They have both put themselves in a position to play,” Holbrook says. “Logan Koch has great baseball savvy, and I love Hunter Taylor. He’s got great makeup and is strong as an ox. We can catch them both in the same game.”
at first base last year. Barring an injury, Martin will likely do so again, returning to the lineup after surprisingly spurning a pro contract — Martin was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 20th round of the 2014 draft — to Holbrook’s delight. “Kyle Martin returning is a big shot in the arm for our team,” Holbrook says. “He’s a senior leader. With Kyle leading the way, I don’t think leadership will be an issue among this team.” Martin led the Gamecocks in batting average (.336) and total bases (108) last season and should again hit in the middle of the lineup. His experience (402 at-bats in 136 career games) should prove invaluable as the season progresses. The Gamecocks have a number of options should Martin get injured: junior college transfer Collin Steagall, Taylor Widener and Connor Bright could man the position if needed.
FIRST BASE After patiently waiting his turn during his first two seasons, senior Kyle Martin started all 62 games
SECOND BASE Max Schrock dropped significant weight in the offseason and is finally healthy after missing 27 games last
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Junior second baseman Max Schrock, who looks to bounce back from injury. photo by Chris Gillespie
season with a back injury. In spite of his injuries, Schrock hit nearly .300 last season with a .472 slugging percentage, one of the highest on the team. Defensively, he committed only two errors at second base. “Max is one of the best players in the country,” Holbrook says. “I don’t think our fans or the media have been able to see him perform at the level he is capable of performing on a consistent basis. He has been hurt and banged up. He has lost about 25 pounds and he looks different in a uniform. He is more agile; he’s quicker and he’s faster.” THIRD BASE Junior D.C. Arendas started 34 games at second base last season while Schrock was sidelined with injuries, but he’s slated to succeed Pankake at the hot corner. Arendas, Holbrook’s nephew, is one of the most versatile infielders on the team; he started games at second, third and short in 2014. He was a monster at the plate in the fall after batting .271 last season with four homers and 29 RBI, and sustained the momentum into spring practice. “He led our team in hitting in the
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fall,” Holbrook says of his nephew. “We know how gifted he is defensively. He is just so quiet, he goes unnoticed with his performance. He continues to get stronger. He gives us a good at-bat.”
the season unfold,” he says. “By the halfway point, I have a feeling one of them will be playing shortstop every day. Right now, I’m going to let them both play.”
SHORTSTOP Like his older brother Peter, the shortstop on the 2011 national championship team, Marcus Mooney is a defensive whiz. He started 57 games at shortstop in 2014, but he’ll have to fight off a hard charge from sophomore Jordan Gore, who impressed Holbrook with a great fall, to keep his job when the regular season begins. “They have both played great,” Holbrook says. “You have to beat out Marcus Mooney just because he was our shortstop a year ago and he made some big plays. He is a year older and a year wiser. He is gifted defensively. He is going to be a much better offensive player this year than he was a year ago.” Mooney batted lead-off 40 times last season, but he’ll likely be dropped to the bottom third of the order, where Holbrook believes he will be more productive. Early in the season, at least, Holbrook expects both players to see significant time. “We’ll let
LEFT FIELD If competition at any outfield position is wide open, it’s left field. Elliott Caldwell should regain his starting job after struggling with injuries and production (.254 batting average in 39 games in 2014) last season, but Gore and Patrick Harrington are lurking behind him ready to pounce if he falters. Caldwell bounced back in the fall, but must battle to keep his starting job. “There are a number of things that could happen [with left field],” Holbrook says. “Elliott Caldwell had a great fall and has been great since we’ve been back to school. But I also have some depth in the infield. I love the way Jordan Gore has played. He is champing at the bit [to play].” CENTER FIELD Sophomore Gene Cone, who started 30 games in the outfield last season, has been tabbed as Tanner English’s successor in center field. Cone won’t
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Junior Marcus Mooney returns to shortstop. photo by Chris Gillespie
match English’s blazing speed, but he is a far more patient hitter and has shown the ability to draw walks (he took 26 free passes in 2014), which is why Holbrook could hit him at the top of the lineup. “I’m a little more experienced and confident [than last year],” Cone says. “I’m looking forward to it. Right now, I have to hold it down. It’s going to be tough to replace Tanner. But I’m going to go out there and try to run them down as best I can. I feel like I’ll be all right.”
Senior Elliott Caldwell is slated to start in left field, but faces some stiff competition. photo by Chris Gillespie
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RIGHT FIELD As long as he remains healthy, senior Connor Bright, who missed 18 games in 2014, should return to right field, where he started 41 games last season. Like Martin, Bright brings a senior presence to the lineup, with 113 starts in his career. But he also produces, hitting .311 with 11 doubles a season ago. “Connor Bright has been an everyday player for us,” Holbrook says. “He was banged last year up quite a bit, but he did hit over .300 and had some big hits for us. And he’s a senior. Typically around here, the seniors tend to have their best years. I would expect
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Junior left-hander Jack Wynkoop is penciled in as one of the team’s weekend starters. photo by Chris Gillespie
Connor to do that.” DESIGNATED HITTER Freshman Alex Destino, who pitches and plays the field, was one of the crown jewels of Carolina’s highly regarded recruiting class, and proved in the fall and the early stages of preseason camp that he is capable of excelling both at the plate and on the mound. The Weaverville, North Carolina, native slots in the lineup as the designated hitter, and could emerge as one of the top young twoway players in the SEC. How highly is Destino regarded by talent evaluators? He earned thirdteam Preseason All-America honors from Baseball America, even though he has yet to play in a college game. “Destino has big-time power,” Holbrook says. “Going along with that, he also has a great plate approach. With a lot of young hitters, you don’t see that. I don’t want to put the cart before the horse, but I love what I’ve seen from him. He is one of our better hitters. He is a big, strong physical kid. He can mishit balls and hit them out of the park, which is something we haven’t had around here in a while.”
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Sophomore Wil Crowe is slated to be the Gamecocks’ other weekend starter. photo by Paul Collins
STARTING PITCHERS Junior southpaw Jack Wynkoop (7-6, 2.86 ERA) and sophomore righthander Wil Crowe (8-3, 2.75) are locked and loaded as the top two weekend starters. The duo combined for 31 starts and
179.2 innings pitched last season. The only remaining question is which one will earn the coveted role of Friday night starter. The other will start on Saturday. Holbrook and pitching coach Jerry Meyer will choose the Sunday
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for me is whoever we put into that role, they haven’t been there before. But it’s hard not to feel good about our pitching staff.”
Sophomore Taylor Widener is penciled in as the team’s closer. photo by Paul Collins
starter from a quintet of candidates: junior Vince Fiori; sophomores Josh Reagan, Reed Scott and John Parke; and freshman Clarke Schmidt. Scott started three mid-week games last
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season, and Reagan one. “We’ve got some guys that are capable of that Sunday role,” Holbrook says. “There is a lot of competition going on. The scary part
BULLPEN Carolina has a history of producing excellent closers, and this year should be no different. Holbrook will likely hand the ball to hard-throwing sophomore Taylor Widener and ask him to get the final three to six outs of the game. Cody Mincey (5-0, 1.04 ERA) was mostly sensational last season as the setup man and should remain in that role. But Mincey could step up should Widener falter. Whichever pitchers lose the battle to become the third weekend starter will likely be utilized as weeknight starters or fill out the balance of the bullpen as
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BY PATRICK WALL
South Carolina players huddle at Carolina Stadium. photo by Paul Collins
Home stand To get back to Omaha, the Gamecocks must pass these five home tests
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Teams line up for the national anthem at Carolina Stadium. photo by Chris Gillespie
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ince the ballpark opened in 2009, South Carolina is 189-39 at Carolina Stadium — and that 83 percent winning clip has helped carry the Gamecocks to the Super Regionals seven times in the past 10 years. But Omaha has eluded the Gamecocks the past two years, and while going all of two years without advancing past the Super Regionals wouldn’t be a source of consternation for most programs, reaching three straight College World Series finals — and those back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011 — means expectations run a little higher in Columbia. Can this year’s squad make it back to Omaha? Perhaps. But first, the Gamecocks must pass muster in these critical home tests.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (Feb. 13-15)
The Gamecocks opened last season with a cupcake, outscoring the Pa-
triot League’s Bucknell by 35 runs in a three-game sweep. This season? Not so much: The Cougars notched 44 wins last year en route to an NCAA Super Regional appearance, knocking off national No. 2 seed Florida in the process, and a No. 17 ranking in Baseball America’s end-of-season poll. The Cougars rank No. 25 in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason Top 25, largely on the strength of their pitching; sophomore righthander Bailey Ober and junior righthander give the Cougars a strong one-two punch to open the weekend series. And the Cougars return six starters in the field, including middleof-the-order sluggers in third baseman Carl Wise, who drove in 54 runs, and first baseman Nick Pappas, who belted five homers as a freshman. Second baseman Blake Butler is a dangerous top-of-the-lineup hitter.
CLEMSON (Feb. 27-March 1)
Clemson underachieved with a talented roster in 2014, and the Tigers lost several key pieces of last season’s team to the major league draft, including second baseman Steve Wilkerson,
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catcher/outfielder Garrett Boulware, closer Matt Campbell and ace pitcher Daniel Gossett. But Clemson returns a talented nucleus this season: leading hitter and rangy shortstop Tyler Kreiger; speedy outfielders Steven Duggar and Tyler Slaton; and premium defensive catcher and power bat Chris Okey. The Tigers boast a reliable pair of lefties atop their rotation in Matthew Crownover and Zack Erwin, who both have an advanced feel for three pitches; righthander Clate Schmidt has swing-and-miss stuff and is slated to be the No. 3 starter. Clemson and Carolina, as usual, split a home-and-home series, with the rubber game played at Greenville’s Fluor Field.
KENTUCKY (March 13-15)
Kentucky is, like most squads at the bottom of the SEC pecking order, a good-but-not-great team that nonetheless has the potential to surprise. And the Wildcats return several key players on a team that took two of three from the Gamecocks in Lexington last year. The offense is paced by second baseman JaVon Shelby and outfield-
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Players celebrate a game-winning run at Carolina Stadium. photo by Chris Gillespie
ers Ka’ai Tom, Kyle Barrett and Storm Wilson, but the big bat to watch is third baseman Thomas Bernal, who could end up being the most productive corner bat in the SEC. And Kentucky has one of the most intriguing arms in the nation in Kyle Cody, a 6-foot-7 righthander with an overpowering fastball and an above-average slider and changeup. Freshman righty Zach Pop, too, is a quality arm with a mid-90s heater and good breaking ball.
VANDERBILT (April 16-18)
Pitching, like defense, wins championships, and Vanderbilt rode its crop of elite arms to its first national title last year. The preseason No. 1 Commodores’ rotation, anchored by All-American junior righthander Carson Fulmer. Fulmer’s fastball, which routinely
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hits the high 90s, is one of the best and liveliest in college baseball, and his slider gives him a killer out pitch. Junior righthanders Walker Buehler (111 Ks in 102 innings pitched) and Tyler Ferguson, the No. 2 and 3 starters, would anchor almost any other pitching staff in the country, and the Dores have no shortage of quality arms in the bullpen, either. Sparkplug shortstop Dansby Swanson, Vandy’s team leader in doubles and steals, returns to anchor a dangerous lineup, given some thump by left fielder Bryan Reynolds, first baseman Zander Wiel and freshman third baseman Will Toffey.
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Fraley and Andrew Stevenson, catcher Kade Scivicque and first baseman Conner Hale each hit above .300; Scivicque and Stevenson each knocked in more than 30 runs, and Fraley and Hale both drove in 29. But they’re all overshadowed by junior shortstop Alex Bregman, who might be college baseball’s best hitter and whose compact stroke gives him power to all fields; his 47 RBI and 12 steals led the team last year. While LSU’s lineup might be the deepest in the nation, the Tigers will rely heavily on talented but inexperienced arms to lead their pitching staff. While its young pitching staff may be a wildcard, there is no doubt that LSU is among the most potent teams in the nation.
(May 14-16) LSU returns five of its top six hitters from a year ago: stud outfielders Jake
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DC Arendas
L/R INF
6-0 185
JR
Greensboro, N.C. (Northern Guilford HS)
33 Kyle Martin
L/L 1B/LHP 6-1 240
SR
Greenville, S.C. (Wade Hampton HS)
4
Connor Bright
R/R OF/INF 5-11 175
SR
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Wando HS)
54 Cole McMillan
L/L LHP
6-1 185
FR
Lexington, SC (Lexington HS)
Easley, S.C. (Spartanburg Methodist College)
42 Cody Mincey
R/R RHP
5-9 170
SR
Hartsville, S.C. (Spartanburg Methodist College)
Marcus Mooney
R/R INF
5-8 160
JR
Loxahatchee, Fla. (Palm Beach State College)
Brandon Murray R/R RHP
30 Elliott Caldwell
R/R OF
6-2 220
SR
NAME
B-T POS.
HT. WT.
6-3 180
FR
La Plata, Md. (La Plata HS)
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50 Thatcher Coleman R/R C
5-8 185
SO
Hartsville, S.C. (Spartanburg Methodist College)
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6-4 200
FR
Hobart, Ind. (Hobart HS)
19 Gene Cone
6-0 175
SO
Columbia, S.C. (Spring Valley HS)
28 John Parke
L/L LHP
6-4 205
SO
Greenville, S.C. (Greenville HS)
Columbia, S.C. (A.C. Flora HS)
31 Weber Pike
R/R INF
5-10 185
SO
Beaufort, S.C. (Beaufort HS)
Salisbury, Md. (James M. Bennett HS)
47 Josh Reagan
L/L LHP
6-0 185
SO
Lexington, S.C. (Lexington HS)
Sevierville, Tenn. (Pigeon Forge HS)
45 Dylan Rogers
R/R RHP
6-2 170
JR
Union, S.C. (Spartanburg Methodist College)
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R/R RHP
6-1 190
FR
Acworth, Ga. (Allatoona HS)
L/R INF
5-9 180
JR
Chapel Hill, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons HS)
10 Clark Scolamiero L/L OF
6-0 175
FR
Simpsonville, S.C. (Greenville HS)
39 Reed Scott
R/R RHP
6-1 185
SO
Marietta, Ga. (Blessed Trinity School)
34 Collin Steagall
L/R 1B
6-1 240
JR
Lexington, S.C. (Spartanburg Methodist College)
14 Madison Stokes
R/R INF
6-2 195
FR
Columbia, SC (A.C. Flora HS)
38 Hunter Taylor
R/R C
5-11 210
FR
Onley, VA (Nandua HS)
26 Matthew Vogel
R/R RHP
6-0 185
SO
Medford, N.Y. (Patchogue-Medford HS)
17 Taylor Widener
L/R RHP/1B 6-0 200
SO
Aiken, S.C. (South Aiken HS)
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Jared Williams
R/R INF
5-10 190
FR
Gilbert, S.C. (Gilbert HS)
48 Matt Williams
L/R INF
6-1 200
FR
Honea Path, S.C. (Belton-Honea Path HS)
13 Jack Wynkoop
L/L LHP
6-5 210
JR
Virginia Beach, Va. (Cape Henry Collegiate HS)
49 Alex Calvert
40 Banks Cromer
R/R RHP L/L OF L/L LHP
32 Canaan Cropper R/R RHP 37 Wil Crowe
R/R RHP
6-3 170 5-11 175 6-2 240
FR FR SO
24 Alex Destino
L/L LHP/OF 6-2 215
FR
Weaverville, N.C. (North Buncombe HS)
43 Everett Eynon
L/R INF
5-11 160
FR
Columbia, S.C. (A.C. Flora HS)
23 Vince Fiori
L/R LHP
5-11 180
JR
Ramsey, N.J. (Ramsey HS)
15 Jordan Gore
S/R INF/RHP 6-0 165
SO
Conway, S.C. (Conway HS)
5-9 200
SR
Virginia Beach, Va. (Kellam HS)
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Patrick Harrington R/R OF
18 Tyler Haswell
R/R RHP
5-11 185
FR
Lawrenceville, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge HS)
46 Dillon Hodge
R/R LHP
5-10 180
JR
Lexington, S.C. (USC Sumter)
44 Preston Johnson R/R RHP
5-11 185
JR
Duluth, Ga. (Chipola College (Fla.))
21 Tyler Johnson
R/R RHP
6-2 180
FR
Midlothian, Va. (Trinity Episcopal HS)
16 Logan Koch
S/R C
5-10 195
SO
Charlotte, N.C. (South Mecklenburg HS)
11 Zack Madden
L/R OF
5-11 185
FR
Charleston, S.C. (Bishop England HS)
36 Jared Martin
R/R C
6-0 195
JR
Dunwoody, Ga. (Chattahoochee Valley JC (Ala.)
Clarke Schmidt
22 Max Schrock
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