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LEADING OFF:  With roughly a month to go until the 2024 Pac-12 Tournament in Scottsdale, #4 OREGON STATE leads the conference by half a game.  The Beavers offense continues to roll with Gavin Turley swinging the hottest bat with 2 grand slams and 12 RBI in the last 3 games to take over the conference lead with 51 driven in this season.  Mitch Canham’s squad heads to Berkeley this weekend to face a CALIFORNIA team riding a 5-game win streak, matching their season high.  Rodney Green Jr. has 3 straight multi-hit games and 4 home runs in his last 6 games.

ARIZONA had their 11-game win streak snapped on Tuesday but still holds a 7-game conference win streak, one short of matching their school record.  Cam Walty leads the Pac-12 with 6 wins and has allowed 1 earned run in 18 innings over his last 3 starts.  The Wildcats host WASHINGTON STATE this weekend, who started their road trip with a win at Grand Canyon on Wednesday.  Nate Swarts has picked up right where he left off after missing 9 games, going 7-14 in the 4 games since he’s returned and has multiple hits in 6 of the last 8 games he’s played overall.

#18 OREGON has won 11 of their last 14 games and have finished on top of their last 6 weekend series.  Jacob Walsh was 4-5 with 2 home runs in Tuesday’s win over Gonzaga, giving him 6 dingers in the last 9 games.  The Ducks will be on the Farm this weekend to take on a STANFORD team that’s scored 23 runs in their last 2 games.  Jimmy Nati is 7-13 with a home run and 5 RBI over the last 3 games.

UTAH put up 27 runs on 30 hits on Tuesday, the 3rd time in the last 4 games they’ve scored 10+ runs.  The reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week, TJ Clarkson, is 12-18 in the last 4 games with 4 home runs and 12 RBI.  The Utes will host a WASHINGTON squad that has won 2 of their last 3 conference series.  Cam Clayton has hit safely in 5 straight games and is 8-11 with 4 runs scored and 4 RBI in the last 3 games.

USC looks to keep the momentum of their win over #16 UC Irvine on Wednesday as they have a non-conference weekend slate with Sacramento State and Santa Clara.  Austin Overn has 3 straight multi-hit games and the Trojans have won 10 of their last 14 overall. 

Freshman Wyatt Halvorson had one of top pitching performances of the season for ARIZONA STATE on Tuesday, striking out 13 over 5 scoreless innings at Cal State Fullerton.  The Sun Devils stay in Southern California this weekend to take on UCLA.  Duce Gourson is hitting .306 in the Bruins’ 17 home games where he’s hit 4 of his 5 home runs.

Rankings

• USA Today Coaches:  #4 Oregon State, #18 Oregon   RV:  Arizona, Utah
• Baseball America:  #8 Oregon State, #16 Oregon
• D1Baseball:  #5 Oregon State, #16 Oregon, #21 Arizona
• NCBWA:  #5 Oregon State, #14 Oregon, #25 Arizona   RV: Utah
• Perfect Game:  #4 Oregon State, #19 Arizona, #23 Oregon

RPI:  Through games of Wednesday, April 17, the Pac-12 has 7 teams in the Top 85 which is more than the other 4 West Coast conferences combined.  Oregon State, who is 14-4 against the Top 100, comes in at #14.  Arizona is the second highest rated team at #31, climbing from #93 on March 27.

NATIONAL AWARDS

NBCWA Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Month

• March - INF Travis Bazzana, Oregon State

D1Baseball National Pitcher of the Week

• April 15 - LHP Bryson Van Sickle, Utah

NBCWA Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Week

• April 2 - RHP Grant Taylor, Washington State

Perfect Game National Player of the Week

• Feb. 20 - INF Travis Bazzana, Oregon State (co-winner)
• March 26 - INF Travis Bazzana, Oregon State (co-winner)

Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Week

• April 2 - RHP Grant Taylor, Washington State (co-winner)

FIELD OF 64 PROJECTIONS:

Baseball America (April 17):  Oregon State (#1 seed, 8 overall), Arizona (#2 seed), Oregon (#2 seed),  Utah (#3 seed) 

D1Baseball (April 17):  Oregon State (#1 seed, 8 overall), Arizona (#2 seed), Oregon (#2 seed), Utah (#3 seed)

Perfect Game (April 5):  Oregon State (#1 seed, 6 overall), Arizona (#3 seed), Oregon (#3 seed, Last 4 In), Utah (Last 4 Out)

MIDSEASON WATCH LIST

Golden Spikes Award

• 2B Travis Bazzana, Oregon State
• C Caleb Lomavita, California

BEAVERS EARLY FAVORITES:  Oregon State, who has finished 2nd in the regular season standings each of the last 2 seasons, was picked by the Pac-12 coaches as the favorite to win the conference.  The Beavers received 8 of the 11 first place votes and are looking for its first Pac-12 title since 2017.  Stanford, who’s won the last 2 regular season titles, was 2nd and had 2 first place votes while UCLA was picked 3rd and received the other first place vote.

PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM:  For the 2nd straight year, the conference released a Preseason All-Conference team as voted on by the league’s 11 coaches.  Oregon State, Arizona State and California all led the league with 5 selections each. The 33-person team featured 18 players that earned Pac-12 honors last spring including 8 all-conference selections highlighted by preseason All-Americans Travis Bazzana (Oregon State), Malcolm Moore (Stanford), Austin Overn (USC), Duce Gourson (UCLA) and Micah Ashman (Utah).

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS

D1 Baseball

• 1st Team - 2B Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• 3rd Team - OF Austin Overn (USC)

Baseball America

• 1st Team - C Malcolm Moore (Stanford)
• 2nd Team - C Caleb Lomavita (California), 2B Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• 3rd Team - 2B Duce Gourson (UCLA), SP Matt Scott (Stanford)

NCBWA

• 1st Team - 2B Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• 2nd Team - RP Austin Anderson (Oregon)
• 3rd Team - RP Micah Ashman (Utah)

Perfect Game

• 1st Team - INF Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• 2nd Team - 2B Duce Gourson (UCLA), DH Malcolm Moore (Stanford)

PRESEASON AWARD WATCH LISTS

Golden Spikes Award

• INF Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• OF Rodney Green Jr. (California)
• C Caleb Lomavita (California)
• C Malcolm Moore (Stanford)

Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger

• Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• Emilio Corona (Arizona)
• Elijah Hainline (Oregon State)
• Malcolm Moore (Stanford)
• Bennett Thompson (Oregon)
• Jacob Walsh (Oregon)
• Mason White (Arizona)

NCBWA Stopper of the Year

• Austin Anderson (Oregon)
• Micah Ashman (Utah)
• Josh Emanuels (Washington)
• Chase Grillo (Washington State)
• Rashad Ruff (UCLA)

D1BASEBALL PRESEASON POSITIONAL PLAYER RANKINGS

Catchers (Top 50)

• #6 Malcolm Moore (Stanford)
• #7 Caleb Lomavita (California)
• #10 Ryan Campos (Arizona State)
• #49 Bennett Thompson (Oregon)

First Basemen (Top 50)

• #15 Mason Guerra (Oregon State)
• #44 Jacob Tobias (Arizona State)
• #50 Jacob Walsh (Oregon)

Second Basemen (Top 50)

• #1 Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• #4 Duce Gourson (UCLA)
• #45 Owen Cobb (Stanford)

Shortstops (Top 50)

• #8 Cam Clayton (Washington)
• #12 Cody Schrier (UCLA)
• #16 Elijah Hainline (Oregon State)
• #17 Mason White (Arizona)
• #50 Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek (USC)

Third Baseman (Top 50)

• #15 Trent Caraway (Oregon State)
• #18 Drew Smith (Oregon)
• #46 Nu’u Contrades (Arizona State)

Outfielders (Top 100)

• #8 Austin Overn (USC)
• #19 Rodney Green Jr. (California)
• #20 Gavin Turley (Oregon State)
• #22 TJ Clarkson (Utah)
• #29 AJ Guerrero (Washington)
• #32 Justin Cassella (Oregon)
• #78 Micah McDowell (Oregon State)
• #86 Brady Kasper (Oregon)
• #88 Harris Williams (Arizona State)

Starting Pitchers (Top 150)

• #36 Aiden May (Oregon State)
• #39 Matt Scott (Stanford)
• #47 Caden Aoki (USC)
• #79 Ian May (California)
• #91 Luke Jewett (UCLA)
• #106 Jacob Kmatz (Oregon State)
• #128 Jackson Kent (Arizona)
• #133 Nick Dugan (Stanford)
• #144 Grant Taylor (Washington State)
• #145 Tyler Stromsborg (USC)

Relief Pitchers (Top 50)

• #41 Micah Ashman (Utah)
• #45 Cody Delvecchio (UCLA)
• #48 Josh Blum (USC)

Impact Transfers (Top 130)

• #15 RHP Aiden May (Oregon State via Arizona)
• #24 INF Elijah Hainline (Oregon State via Washington State)
• #60 OF Justin Cassella (Oregon via Elon)
• #99 RHP Kassius Thomas (Stanford via Duke)
• #117 RHP Xavier Martinez (USC via Cal State Northridge)
• #119 OF Jeffery Heard (Oregon via Sacramento State)

BASEBALL AMERICA PRESEASON LISTS

• Best Pure Hitter - #2 Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• Fastest Runner -  #2 Austin Overn (USC)
• Best Defensive Outfielder - #3 Austin Overn (USC)
• Best Outfield Arm - #3 Nick McLain (Arizona State)
• Closest to the Majors - #3 Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)

FIELD OF 64 PRESEASON PROJECTIONS:

Baseball America:  Oregon State (1 seed), Stanford (2 seed), UCLA (2 seed), Oregon (3 seed), USC (3 seed), Arizona State (First Four Out)

D1Baseball:  Oregon State (1 seed), Stanford (2 seed), Arizona State (3 seed), Oregon (3 seed), UCLA (3 seed), USC (3 seed)

MADE IN AMERICA:  3 current Pac-12 players made the 2023 Collegiate National Team Roster that went 7-3 this summer, sweeping 5 games with Taiwan and going 3-2 against Japan. The Pac-12 was represented by INF Duce Gourson (UCLA), OF Rodney Green Jr. (Cal), and C Malcolm Moore (Stanford).  Former Stanford OF/P Braden Montgomery was also on the team prior to his transfer in August.

2024 PAC-12 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Once again, the Pac-12 Baseball Tournament returns to Scottsdale Stadium May 21-25, 2024 for year 3 at the Spring Training home of the San Francisco Giants. The tournament will once again feature pool play, with the top 9 teams in the Conference standings will earn berths to the tournament. The teams will be split into three pools based on their regular season finish with the top team from each pool advancing to the semifinals. The fourth semifinal spot will be determined by the top record of the non-advancing teams, with any tiebreakers going to the higher seed.  

The champion will receive the Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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