It’s been three days of MLB Draft excitement for six Illini baseball players. Here’s a quick review… These are the six Illinois baseball players that were drafted in the 2019 MLB Draft this past week: Player Team Round Pick Michael Massey Kansas City Royals 4 109th Jack Yalowitz Colorado Rockies…
Zac Taylor 25th round – 762nd overall Chicago Cubs In today’s MLB Draft, outfielder Zac Taylor became the third Illini chosen in as many rounds. He was picked by the Chicago Cubs in the 25th round (762nd overall). In my opinion, senior outfielder Taylor is a great deal for the…
Yesterday, the Big Ten announced the 2019 individual player honors and awards. Not surprisingly, many Illini were among them. In fact, four Illinois players were listed on the All-Big Ten First Team. Second baseman Michael Massey, outfielder Zac Taylor, starting pitcher Andy Fisher and closer Garrett Acton all earned First…
Wow! This is a brand new ballgame folks! This past weekend, Illinois baseball won two games against the Michigan State Spartans in their last regular series of the year. A very quick recap… Thursday, Branden Comia drove home three runs and Kellen Sarver and Zac Taylor went yard as the…
This past weekend, Illinois got the job done against the Purdue Boilermakers sweeping all three games. It wasn’t easy. Illinois battled the unseasonably cool and wet weather as well as pesky Purdue. While the Illini won all three games by coming from behind. Most notably, Zac Taylor’s walk-off homerun on…
It’s going to be a big weekend for food, fun and of course, baseball! Illinois is hosting #19 Indiana for a three-game conference series. Illinois will be getting the fans out Friday night with their annual Bleacher Bum BBQ promotion. Having won seven of their last nine games, Illinois hopes…
This weekend, Illinois baseball (26-13, 6-6 Big Ten) will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (22-14, 11-4 Big Ten) in Lincoln. For the Friday-Sunday series, the Illini hope to continue their winning ways. Fighting for a Big Ten Tournament berth, the Illini are getting hot a the right time. They are…
With three one-run wins against Penn State this past weekend, Illinois baseball is back in the hunt again! Despite cold and windy weather on Friday and wind on Saturday, Illinois swept the Nittany Lions by the scores of 2-1, 7-6 and 4-3. This past weekend was the sixth time Illinois…
This weekend the Illini (22-13, 3-6 Big Ten) host slumping Penn State (17-15, 1-10 Big Ten) at Illinois Field for a three-game series. Illinois hopes to build on their 2-1 series win against Minnesota last weekend. Starting Friday, you will be able to buy beer at Illinois Field (conditions apply).…
The past few weeks have a been a bit of a roller coaster ride for Illinois baseball. Two weeks ago, Illinois was a ranked team and it seems like they couldn’t be beat. Then Iowa took them for three games. Illinois invited nationally ranked Coastal Carolina for two midweek games…