Michigan baseball recruiting class ranked 10th in Country
Baseball America just released its list of the top 25 recruiting classes and ranks Michigan's class the 10th best in the country. Not only is that Michigan's best ranking ever, it's the best ranking ever by any B1G school. For some further perspective, five of the top six and six of the top nine are SEC schools.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^
This is great news. Now something needs to be done about the uniforms. They never look quite right to my eye.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:30 PM ^
They also need to switch the M to the skinny M. The block M doesn't look right on a hat.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
Wow. I'm certainly not an expert, but I would expect that a northern team reeling in a top 10 class is borderline unheard of
September 15th, 2017 at 12:34 PM ^
I'm not sure when they started tracking this stat. But OP did say it was the best ever in the B1G. It wouldn't surprise me if Oregon State has done this but they're much more of an exception to the rule.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
Oregon is not the north lol.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
If you'd like to get technical, Oregon State is north of every Big Ten school but Minnesota.
I get what you're saying, but Corvallis isn't exactly SoCal, Texas, or the southeast either
September 15th, 2017 at 1:00 PM ^
Guess Arizona and New Mexico are officialy the South now.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
That's significant for baseball since those are places you can play year round. They also get to play non-conference games at home.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:04 PM ^
My friends and family in Oregon best consider themselves as living in the "Pacific Northwest, West Coast, or Northwest. "North" is a term most used by people living east of the Rockies, and even more so, east of the Mississippi River.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:05 PM ^
THANK YOU
September 15th, 2017 at 1:28 PM ^
Fwiw, I agree with you 100%. And for some reason, I feel like people who live "out west" shouldn't be allowed an opinion on what's North and South.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:30 PM ^
And to expand on that, Canada isn't "North", it's just Canada. Same for Mexico. Just because it's south doesn't make it South.
September 15th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
checks out.
September 16th, 2017 at 12:40 AM ^
include Nice, France, which is a beach town ... being on the water changes things
September 15th, 2017 at 12:48 PM ^
You can't spell Northwest without...
September 15th, 2017 at 1:06 PM ^
West.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
the Yukon Territory?
September 15th, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
Links or it didn't happen
September 15th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
Most of the info is behind a paywall, but here is a LINK to an article with the top 25 listed. Michigan is the only team in the top 25 north of the Mason-dixon line though, so we got that going for us... which is nice.
September 15th, 2017 at 5:11 PM ^
Logged in to upvote the Bill Murray reference
September 15th, 2017 at 12:30 PM ^
I read the title too fast and thought that said basketball, good nonetheless.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^
Link request verified.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
If we finish in the top 10, that'll be pretty great.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^
This is for the Freshman class that just enrolled a couple of weeks ago, and will be playing in Spring 2018. They have to wait until September to publish the final recruiting ratings because the top High School players will sign a letter of intent but then will sign minor league contracts after the draft.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
I initially read this as "Basketball recruiting..." and I thought "Oh man, Maizen is gonna be so pissed!"
But I was wrong. Mea culpa.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
Michigan stands alone as the only school not south or west.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/college-recruiting/#SbEwbuC7LvAR…
Have a nice day!
September 15th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
No idea what the regional make-up is but it has to be difficult do to being up north and out of state tuition costs. Most of these kids will be paying a significant amount of their own tuition.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:00 PM ^
Looks like Michigan baseball recruits from coast to coast
September 15th, 2017 at 1:02 PM ^
40 grand plus in tuition/fees plus D1 baseball. Pretty tough to do.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:13 PM ^
Yeah only 11.7 scholarships for a team that typically has a roster of 35. Very impressive to pull a bunch of out of state kids to sign up for a 25% scholarship and play half of their season in cold weather.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
You would think that baseball would get more than 11.7 scholarships. I was thinking the number would be around 24 or 25.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^
Nope. Here's an article that shows FBS scholarships for men and women side by side.
http://www.espn.com/espnw/title-ix/article/7959799/the-silent-enemy-men…
September 15th, 2017 at 1:45 PM ^
Dang... I had no idea there was the sport of Rifle. I could have gotten a scholarship for this sport with all the deer I have shot. Does the coach go on hunting expeditions to recruit for this sport? I would have liked to have invited the coach out to the range when I was in high school to recruit me. I feel like I missed an opportunity with not knowing this was an NCAA sport. Dang it!!!
September 15th, 2017 at 5:45 PM ^
It's not called a non- revenue sport for a reason.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:25 PM ^
"Those who stay will be champions."
And thank-you for staying, Coach Bakich.
September 15th, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^
But it just bores the crap out of me.
September 15th, 2017 at 2:29 PM ^
Ok I'll bite: "baseball is dull only to dull minds" -- so says "Red Barber." This is a sign at my kids' ballpark.
September 16th, 2017 at 7:24 AM ^
People who think baseball is boring most likely have an ADHD type mind.
"Look, a shiny object!!"
September 15th, 2017 at 1:26 PM ^
Those who click through to the link will see that Vanderbilt's class is #1. Among Vanderbilt's former assistant coaches and main recruiters was Erik Bakich. I don't think those looking for why Michigan did so well need to look any further than who's running this program. It was great to see Manuel pony up and give Bakich a nice extension.
September 15th, 2017 at 1:43 PM ^
When Michigan decides and decided to go to California and recruit that's when things would change. Paige I've seen personally many times pitch and he's a beast. There are so many kids here in California that can play baseball REAL GOOD that it baffles me how the Big10 is barely coming west. I know hundreds of kids (yes I said 100's) that are better then most of these kids who play in the BIG10 that play community college baseball. Unless you have been on the Baseball Circuit here in Cali you wouldn't really understand. I know tons of kids who take 25% or 50% and go To the Midwest!
September 15th, 2017 at 5:42 PM ^
You think your better than me?
September 15th, 2017 at 2:24 PM ^
Coach B
September 15th, 2017 at 2:31 PM ^
That's very good news.
September 15th, 2017 at 7:39 PM ^
My son went to a showcase on the east coast this summer. There were coaches from really small D3 schools (what he's looking at) but there were also coaches from top D1 programs, like Vanderbilt and Texas. Some of the "boys" who were there were huge -- 6' 4", 6' 5", 220. They made my son, who is 6'2" and 155 pounds, look like a pipsqueak. It was actually pretty intimidating. I didn't see any Michigan coaches there, though. I'm not very familiar with the whole process and whether Michigan utilizes those kinds of events.
September 15th, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
Are huge! The talent lever at the Southern California and Arizona Showcases is ridiculous. These smaller schools are making out like bandits by offering 50% to all the West Coast kids. A know another one who just signed or verbal to Tennessee St or Middle Tennessee St last week, same high school as Isiah Paige went to here in Cali. And he got 50% just like that.
September 15th, 2017 at 9:43 PM ^
I know that the Michigan coaches go to the Area Code Games showcase in Southern California every year. That's one of the top showcases, if not the top one. It features players from around the country, but with Bakich and his staff recruiting California so hard (and successfully), it makes sense for them to go there. I'm sure they go to others, although I couldn't say which ones.
September 15th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^
And they likely would have been top 3 if not for a couple of their recruits deciding to enter the draft late.
September 16th, 2017 at 10:47 AM ^
Should be good times on the diamond in 2018!!