Eric Sorenson's Baseball Preview Out

Sorenson has left the man cave and begun his barrage of conference previews. The BigTen Preview was released this morning. Lots and lots and lots of information. Michigan related:

• We're contenders, but not favorite (OSU)
• We're #3 best OOC series at UNC

The Good News: This team has to be one of my national sleepers. Not a lot of ink or bandwidth is being used on these guys, but with a junior-senior heavy lineup I think the Wolverines could be in for a breakout season. Or, maybe a “bounce back” season would be more appropriate. A bevy of pitching comes back to campus, ... In the field, LaMarre is a stealthy defender and led the team in hitting as well. Three-fourths of the infield is back and should be much-improved. Coach Maloney has the luxury of a pair of solid two-way guys in Dufek (.242OBA) and the famous Alan Oaks (.228-6-20/1-3, 5.08), who seems like he’s been in uniform since the late 90s. And you KNOW an incoming freshman is legit when you get opposing coaches talking about him before he ever puts on a uniform, and that’s what we’ve got with SS Derek Dennis, who was a 10th round draftee of Tampa Bay. Look for an immediate Player-of-the-Year type of impact from him.

Information is pretty general. I'll have more in depth stuff starting next week. I'm so psyched for baseball season, I could absolutely care less about whatever else is going on today.