ATHENS — The Georgia baseball team checked in at No. 10 in the Perfect Game preseason top 25 poll, which was announced Wednesday.
The top 10 featured Louisville at No. 1 followed by Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Arkansas and Arizona State, Auburn, Miami, Mississippi State, UCLA and the Bulldogs.
Also on Wednesday, Baseball America rolled out its first 2020 MLB Draft list of the top 100 prospects with junior pitcher Emerson Hancock ranked No. 2 and sophomore pitcher Cole Wilcox at No. 24. Hancock registered a 1.99 Earned Run Average in 14 starts while going 8-3 in 2019 to earn All-America and All-SEC honors. Wilcox posted a 3-2 mark with a 4.07 ERA in 19 appearances last year and was named to the Freshman All-SEC squad. He pitched for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer. They helped Georgia to a consensus top 20 final national ranking. The Bulldogs went 46-17 including 21-9 in the SEC in 2019.
On Tuesday, the Perfect Game/Rawlings Preseason All-America teams were released and Hancock was named to the First Team. The All-America teams were selected based on a balance of past performance, 2020 expectations and their prospective talent relative to the MLB Draft.
The 2020 season, under the direction of Ike Cousins head coach Scott Stricklin, begins on Feb. 14. Season tickets are available at this link: http://www.gado.gs/42a
Also, tickets are now on sale to attend the University of Georgia’s 1st Pitch Banquet in the William Porter Payne and Porter Otis Payne Indoor Athletic Facility on Sunday evening, Feb. 9 featuring Savannah native Ken “Hawk” Harrelson and the 2020 Georgia baseball team. The highlights of the dinner event include hearing from the legendary baseball player and broadcaster Harrelson, meeting the 2020 Georgia Bulldogs and coaching staff plus a silent and live auction.
