Florida baseball’s [autotag]Tyler Shelnut[/autotag]’s 2023 campaign was his first with the Gators after earning his way to the state’s flagship university playing two seasons down the road at Santa Fe College. The infielder from Ft. White, Florida, saw action in a decent amount of playing time this spring, appearing in 40 games total — starting in 37 of them.
At the plate, the junior put together a solid slash line of .279/.371/.504 in 129 at-bats, which included 11 doubles and six home runs. Sheltnut scored 24 runs while driving in 23 while drawing 17 walks (plus three hit-by-pitches) and striking out 37 times. He also grounded into three double plays and notched a pair of sac flies.
In the field, he recorded 56 putouts and 12 assists while committing two errors for a .971 fielding percentage.
Below are a few photographs from Tyler Shelnut’s junior campaign with the Florida Gators.