"Baseball America" just released their Big Ten preseason predictions for teams and awards for individuals. Because you must have a paid subscription to view all of the information, I will list the key parts below:
HOW THEY'LL FINISH
Conference Overall
W L W L Indiana 15 17 31 30 *Michigan 26 5 46 14 Ohio State 15 15 30 26 Illinois 16 15 31 25 Purdue 21 10 32 26 Penn State 17 15 27 31 Minnesota 10 21 20 35 Iowa 10 22 22 33 Michigan State 12 18 24 29 Northwestern 14 18 21 28 Projected NCAA Teams (2): Indiana, Michigan. Conference Schedule: 24 games, begins March 27. Conference Tournament: Six teams, May 20-23 at Columbus, Ohio.
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM C<Josh Phegley, Jr., Indiana (.438-15-80). 1B<Justin Miller, Sr., Ohio State (.395-4-61). 2B<Kevin Cislo, Sr., Michigan (.348-1-28, 18 SB). 3B<Dan Black, Jr., Purdue (.320-18-70). SS<Justin Toole, Sr., Iowa (.395-0-49, 24 SB). OF<Eric Decker, Jr., Minnesota (.329-3-28); Jake Goebbert, Jr., Northwestern (.353-10-48); Matt Nohelty, Sr., Minnesota (.397-1-39, 24 SB). DH<Brandon Haveman, So., Purdue (.379-2-24, 12 SB). SP<Matt Bashore, Jr., Indiana (7-3, 3.59, 83 IP/86 SO); Matt Bischoff, Jr., Purdue (6-3, 3.96, 77 IP/55 SO); Chris Fetter, Sr., Michigan (10-2, 2.47, 95 IP/82 SO). RP<Scott Matyas, So., Minnesota (3-4, 4.45, 2 SV, 32 IP/33 SO).
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Josh Phegley, c, Indiana PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Matt Bashore, lhp, Indiana
TOP NEWCOMERS 1. Blake Monar, lhp, Indiana (HS<Rockport, Ind.) 2. Michael Stephens, of, Ohio State (Tr.<Fullerton, Calif., JC) 3. Michael Glantz, ss, Penn State (Tr.<Young Harris, Ga., JC) 4. Barrett Serrato, ss, Purdue (HS<West Chicago, Ill.) 5. Bryan Roberts, rhp, Illinois (HS<Lesle, Ill.)
PROJECTED TOP PROSPECTS, 2009 DRAFT 1. Josh Phegley, c, Indiana 2. Matt Bashore, lhp, Indiana 3. Eric Decker, of, Minnesota 4. Derek McCallum, ss, Minnesota 5. Matt Nohelty, of, Minnesota
