2023 Season Expectations

[Ellis Boyd Redding]

What kind of season is everyone expecting in 2023?

I have no idea what to expect and am curious how people with more knowledge feel.

Prior to last season I had high expectations and thought Bolt had brought us back to being a consistent winner. Silly me.

What should our expectations be?

 

[Ackos]

Bolt has "his guys" now. So hopefully they will be better.

 

[HuskerWeatherman]

20 days until the first pitch!

Maryland is the only Big Ten team in the preseason top 25 polls. Rutgers got some votes in one poll.

 

[Cyberbach]

We got a punchers chance, see what the boys of summer can do.

 

[Bean]

Hopefully better than last season. Back to the championship of the B1G! Maryland is the only B1G team ranked in the top 25!

2023 college baseball preview and predictions with D1Baseball

D1Baseball's co-editors Kendall Rogers and Aaron Fitt break down their preseason top 25 rankings as well as top players to watch and under-the-radar teams in 2023.

www.ncaa.com

RANK	TEAM	2022 RECORD	FINAL 2022 RANK
1	LSU	40-22	25
2	Tennessee	57-9	9
3	Stanford	47-18	5
4	Ole Miss	42-23	1
5	Texas A&M	44-20	3
6	Wake Forest	41-19-1	NR
7	Florida	42-24	21
8	Arkansas	46-21	4
9	Oklahoma State	42-22	17
10	Vanderbilt	39-23	NR
11	East Carolina	46-21	13
12	North Carolina	42-22	14
13	Maryland	48-14	18
14	Virginia Tech	45-14	11
15	TCU	38-22	23
16	Louisville	42-21-1	12
17	UCLA	40-24	22
18	Southern Miss	47-19	15
19	Virginia	39-19	NR
20	Alabama	31-27	NR
21	NC State	36-21	NR
22	Miami	40-20	20
23	South Carolina	27-28	NR
24	Texas Tech	39-22	24
25	Oregon	36-25	NR

 

[HuskerDB]

I think our pitching will be decent. Hoping we have some new bats to work with. Last year was brutal.

 

[BW22SM]

Top 3 finish, NCAA appearance, outside shot at hosting. This is what I expect for 2023.

 

[Bean]

2023 Big Ten baseball predictions, projected finishes

Predictions for the Big Ten's final standings, regional teams, player of the year, pitcher of the year and freshman of the year from D1Baseball.com.

www.ncaa.com

Projected order of finish/projected regional teams​

*Teams are listed in order of projected finish. 2022 regional teams in bold.

1.	Maryland
2.	Rutgers
3.	Iowa
4.	Illinois
5.	Nebraska
6.	Indiana
7.	Ohio State
8.	Michigan
9.	Purdue
10.	Penn State
11.	Michigan State
12.	Minnesota
13.	Northwestern

 

[bugeaters1]

Three of the top four teams always seem to be over rated.

 

[Ackos]

Captains: Shay Schanaman, Kyle Perry, Griffin Everitt, Brice Matthews and Efry Cervantes.

 

[pRED]

Three of the top four teams always seem to be over rated.

Last year was bound to be a falloff from the prior year - Povich, Schwellenbach, Hroch, Hallmark and Acker moving on - and yet the expectations were really high. But we underperformed even a rational right-sizing with lousy defense and a lack of punch overall. Weight on Max and Brice was heavy and a different thing without the older guys taking leadership and providing cover. Always optimistic, hope for few injuries, a competitive character, improvement to the end, wins and the opportunities that go with all of it: B10 title and a chance to host.

GBR! And welcome back fans.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Frost-Hoiberg-Bolt. Like Curly, Larry and Moe.

Enough said .....

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

2023 Big Ten baseball predictions, projected finishes

Predictions for the Big Ten's final standings, regional teams, player of the year, pitcher of the year and freshman of the year from D1Baseball.com.

www.ncaa.com

Projected order of finish/projected regional teams​

*Teams are listed in order of projected finish. 2022 regional teams in bold.

1.	Maryland
2.	Rutgers
3.	Iowa
4.	Illinois
5.	Nebraska
6.	Indiana
7.	Ohio State
8.	Michigan
9.	Purdue
10.	Penn State
11.	Michigan State
12.	Minnesota
13.	Northwestern

Wisconsin ???

 

[BW22SM]

Frost-Hoiberg-Bolt. Like Curly, Larry and Moe.

Enough said .....

Hooked on Crack is more like it.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Hooked on Crack is more like it.

I prefer LDS hallucinogenic drug