Arkansas’ two best pitchers to get Team USA tryouts

Hagen Smith and Brady Tygart will get a chance to play for their home country this summer.

Hagen Smith and Brady Tygart will have a shot to play for Team USA.

Arkansas’ two best pitchers were announced as invitees to the 2023 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp on Monday.

The camp will have 56 collegiate players play a four-game intrasquad series June 25-28. From there, Team USA will be comprised of 26 of those players for a series against Chinese Taipei and Japan from June 30 to July 12.

Smith earned All-American honors for the Razorbacks after going 8-2 with a 3.64 earned-run average and 102 strikeouts in 71 2/3 innings. He was even better in SEC play, notching a 3.07 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 44 frames and limited opponents to a .201 batting average.

Tygart missed about half the season because of injury, but still had a 3-1 record with a 3.20 ERA in 25 1/3 innings and he, too, was even better in league play, registring a 1.80 ERA with 12 strikeouts in 10 innings while opponents hit just .094 against him.

Arkansas most recently had pitcher Jaxon Wiggins and former second baseman Robert Moore make the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in 2021.

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