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Hoglund Earns Third Preseason All-America Nod from Baseball America
2/1/2021 | Baseball
Junior Pitcher Tabbed to Second Team by MLB Scouts
DURHAM, N.C. – Gunnar Hoglund earned his third Preseason All-American nod for 2021, garnering a second team nod from Baseball American on Monday.
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.
D1Baseball tabbed Hoglund to the Preseason All-America Second Team last week. Hoglund was previously named to Collegiate Baseball's Preseason All-America Third Team.
Hoglund was left off of the All-American teams last season despite a fantastic season on the hill, and one that even eclipsed Nikhazy's on paper. The sophomore out of Hudson, Florida, finished second in the SEC with 37 strikeouts and third in the conference in wins with three, as well as strikeout-to-walk ratio at 9.25. He was also fifth in strikeouts-per-nine-innings at 14.3 and was sixth in ERA at 1.16.
The 2018 First Round MLB Draft pick started all four Saturday games for the Rebels, walking two batters or fewer each game while striking out seven or more in all four outings. His season-high of 12 strikeouts came against Xavier. He also fanned 10 in his final start of the season against Princeton.
Among returning SEC pitchers, Hoglund ranks first in strikeouts and strikeout-to-walk ratio, second in walks allowed per nine innings, third in strikeouts per nine innings and fourth in earned run average.
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.
D1Baseball tabbed Hoglund to the Preseason All-America Second Team last week. Hoglund was previously named to Collegiate Baseball's Preseason All-America Third Team.
Hoglund was left off of the All-American teams last season despite a fantastic season on the hill, and one that even eclipsed Nikhazy's on paper. The sophomore out of Hudson, Florida, finished second in the SEC with 37 strikeouts and third in the conference in wins with three, as well as strikeout-to-walk ratio at 9.25. He was also fifth in strikeouts-per-nine-innings at 14.3 and was sixth in ERA at 1.16.
The 2018 First Round MLB Draft pick started all four Saturday games for the Rebels, walking two batters or fewer each game while striking out seven or more in all four outings. His season-high of 12 strikeouts came against Xavier. He also fanned 10 in his final start of the season against Princeton.
Among returning SEC pitchers, Hoglund ranks first in strikeouts and strikeout-to-walk ratio, second in walks allowed per nine innings, third in strikeouts per nine innings and fourth in earned run average.
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