The 2019 Baseball America Preseason All-America team has been announced.
TCU starting pitcher Nick Lodolo and Texas Tech third baseman Josh Jung were the only Big 12 players named to the first team.
Baylor catcher Shea Langeliers is the only Big 12 player on the second team.
No Big payers were named to the third team.
Baseball America annually polls major league organizations’ scouting departments to vote on the team and asks that they make their selections based on performance, talent and professional potential. In the past, the Baseball America Preseason All-America team has been a predictor both of the first round of the draft and of team success. For this year's teams, Baseball America received votes from 15 major league teams.
As a starting pitcher, Lodolo, who will be a junior and eligible for the draft, went 7-4 with a 4.32 ERA. Baseball America said, "Listed at 6-foot-6, 185-pounds, Lodolo offers plenty of future projection and while he’s been solid in his two years with TCU (12-5, 4.34), he hasn’t quite taken the jump scouts expected after he headed to college despite being drafted with the 41st overall pick of the 2016 draft. Still, his low-90s fastball comes in at a tough angle Lodolo took a big step forward in strikeout rate last season." Additionally, among pitchers on the All-America team, Lodolo is rated with the best curveball and the best changeup.
TCU starting pitcher Nick Lodolo and Texas Tech third baseman Josh Jung were the only Big 12 players named to the first team.
Baylor catcher Shea Langeliers is the only Big 12 player on the second team.
No Big payers were named to the third team.
Baseball America annually polls major league organizations’ scouting departments to vote on the team and asks that they make their selections based on performance, talent and professional potential. In the past, the Baseball America Preseason All-America team has been a predictor both of the first round of the draft and of team success. For this year's teams, Baseball America received votes from 15 major league teams.
As a starting pitcher, Lodolo, who will be a junior and eligible for the draft, went 7-4 with a 4.32 ERA. Baseball America said, "Listed at 6-foot-6, 185-pounds, Lodolo offers plenty of future projection and while he’s been solid in his two years with TCU (12-5, 4.34), he hasn’t quite taken the jump scouts expected after he headed to college despite being drafted with the 41st overall pick of the 2016 draft. Still, his low-90s fastball comes in at a tough angle Lodolo took a big step forward in strikeout rate last season." Additionally, among pitchers on the All-America team, Lodolo is rated with the best curveball and the best changeup.
Rutschman was a unanimous first-team selection. Baseball America said, "Jung has produced at a high level in both of his seasons in the Big 12 Conference and last season finished top 20 among Division I hitters in a number of categories including average (.392), hits (103), runs (69), RBIs (80) and total bases (168). He has plenty of strength and bat speed to go with an opposite-field approach and a good feel for making adjustments during plate appearances."
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