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Kentucky baseball is confident despite having 'a lot to prove' in 2019

UK baseball coach Nick Mingione reacted to his team being left out of the NCAA Tournament. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal

Last week, Kentucky baseball coach Nick Mingione rattled off a list of the players he and his staff had to replace after the 2018 season.

"We lost our two starting catchers, our first baseman, our second baseman, shortstop, our third baseman, our left fielder, our center fielder, our Friday night starter, our Sunday starter, and our closer," he said.

Other than that?

"We're good. We got everybody back," he said.

Mingione opens his third season as the head coach of the Wildcats on Friday — and he admittedly feels like he's starting over.