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…
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…
Illinois took on ranked Indiana this past weekend and with two great pitching performances by Andy Fisher and Ty Weber, they find themselves back in the thick of things. Illinois won two of three games, keeping the Hoosiers to just one run for the first two games. As a result…
Hard to believe that after three weekend sweeps, this 2019 Illinois baseball team (10-3) hasn’t collected a Big Ten weekly award yet. Until now, that is. The Big Ten announced today that outfielder Jack Yalowitz was named Big Ten Player of the Week after his well-deserving performance against the GCU…
Illinois Baseball can boast two freshman who are named to Baseball America’s Top 50 Freshman list. Let’s take a look at them. C Jacob Campbell At #25, Jacob Campbell is the top frosh in the Big Ten and the second in the country. Campbell hails from Janesville, WI and was…
The temps are dipping into the single digits here in Champaign-Urbana and it doesn’t look like there is much relief in the near future. That’s not preventing the Illinois baseball team from getting some practice in, though. They are enjoying the relative warmth of the Irwin Practice Facility to get…
You know we’re getting close to opening day when college baseball pundits begin weighing in on who’s hot. It should be no surprise that Illini second baseman Michael Massey is being singled out as one of top players of the country. The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named Massey to their pre-season…
Yes incredibly, Bren Spillane was named the Big Ten Player of Week AGAIN. This is the third week in a row, Spillane has been honored with the award. Maybe it’s not so incredible. In the past week, Spillane went 8 for 11 with five homeruns, seven rbis, and nine…
Today, Bren Spillane was named Big Ten Player of Week for the second week in a row. It is the fourth week in a row that an Illini has been named B1G Player of the Week. March 6th: Michael Massey, Jr. March 12th: Doran Turchin, Jr. March 19th: Bren Spillane,…
With help from some big bats, Illinois baseball won two of three games down in Greenville, South Carolina. For the weekend, Illinois outscored their opponents 31-13. Their wins against Michigan State and Furman extended their winning streak to seven games until the Spartans shut them down Saturday afternoon. …