Tag: Omahogs

Diamond Hogs Going Back to Arlington

Arkansas started its magical 2021 season with three wins in Arlington, Texas, and will be back again in 2023 and 2024 according to Matt Jones with WholeHogSports.

Arkansas started its magical 2021 season with three wins in Arlington, Texas, and will be back again in 2023 and 2024 according to Matt Jones with WholeHogSports. Last year was the first of what promises to be the premiere early season college baseball tournament. The Hogs went 3-0 at the home of the Texas Rangers, beating Texas Tech, Texas, and TCU last season.

The Omahogs are playing an early season tournament in Round Rock, Texas, this season where they’ll play the Indiana Hoosiers, Stanford Cardinal, and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns.

Some familiar teams will show up in the ’23 and ’24 tournaments.

Arkansas’ opponents in 2023 will be Texas, TCU and Oklahoma State, Van Horn said. The 2024 opponents will be Michigan, Oklahoma State and Oregon State.

The Oregon State matchup is the first scheduled between the programs since the Beavers beat the Razorbacks twice in three games during the championship round of the 2018 College World Series.

Dave Van Horn will begin his 20th season as the head coach at Arkansas on Friday, February 18 at Baum Stadium against Illinois State.

 

Arkansas No. 8 in Baseball America Preseason Poll

Baseball America, one of the foremost authorities in college baseball, ranks Arkansas at No. 8 in its preseason poll released this morning.

Baseball America, one of the foremost authorities in college baseball, ranks Arkansas at No. 8 in its preseason poll released this morning. The Omahogs are one of six SEC teams in their Top Ten. Like the D1Baseball poll released last week, which had the Hogs at #2, the Texas Longhorns hold down the preseason top spot.

The Hogs likely fell a few spots in the BA poll after news last week that Peyton Pallette would miss the season due to a UCL injury in his pitching arm. He is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery.

Arkansas is scheduled to face six teams ranked in the preseason Top 25. The first of those matchups will come Saturday, February 26 when the Razorbacks take on #7 Stanford in the Karbach Round Rock Classic. That game has a scheduled first pitch of 6:00pm at Dell Diamond.

Dave Van Horn’s squad opens the season three weeks from Friday at home against Illinois State.

How does Arkansas adjust with Pallette out for the year?

Razorbacks baseball opens the season four weeks from today, and the young man expected to throw the first pitch is out for the season. Peyton Pallette will miss the 2022 season thanks to a UCL injury that will reportedly require Tommy John surgery

Razorbacks baseball opens the season four weeks from today, but the young man expected to throw the first pitch won’t be there. Peyton Pallette will miss the 2022 season thanks to a UCL injury that will reportedly require Tommy John surgery. That leaves the Omahogs without a clear Number One starter.

Recent history suggests they will adjust, and at least one pitcher will emerge. And it’s as likely as not that it will be a kid who isn’t grabbing many headlines this winter.

Matt Jones at WholeHogSports dives deep into how the Razorbacks have replaced valuable starters and relievers over the past few years. Pitching coach Matt Hobbs knows a thing or two about rebuilding a staff. And most observers believe the talent on the Arkansas pitching staff is at or near an all time high.

As Jones points out, this team is far more than one pitcher.

What Pallette’s injury doesn’t change is the perceived strength of this year’s Razorbacks, the lineup. What it lacks in experienced pitching, Arkansas has in position veterans like Robert Moore, Brady Slavens, Jalen Battles, Cayden Wallace, Braydon Webb and Zack Gregory.

The 2021 Razorbacks had a special run. Expecting them to repeat that in 2022 only sets fans up for disappointment. But the one thing that team did not do is certainly attainable for this year’s team: getting back to the College World Series.

Arkansas Baseball No. 2 in Preseason Rankings

The first of the three most respected college baseball rankings was released today with D1Baseball dropping their Preseason Top 25. The defending SEC champions start the season at #2, just behind preseason #1 Texas. The Hogs open their season on February 18 at home against Illinois State.

The first of the three most respected college baseball rankings was released today with D1Baseball dropping their Preseason Top 25. The defending SEC champions start the season at #2, just behind preseason #1 Texas. The Hogs open their season on February 18 at home against Illinois State.

Aaron Fitt is high on the Hogs, arguing that this team may be deeper and more talented top to bottom than the 2021 Hogs.

 If the unproven commodities on the mound can live up to their prodigious talent, this might wind up being the best Arkansas team ever, because the offense and defense will be elite once again.

SEC brethren Vanderbilt, defending National Champions Mississippi State, and Ole Miss round out the preseason Top 5. Arkansas has 16 games scheduled against ranked teams, the first of which will be against #6 Stanford in the Karbach Round Rock Classic on Saturday, February 26 at 6:00pm. The Cardinal are coming off a trip to Omaha last year.

Neither the Baseball America nor the USA Today Coaches Poll have been released.