The halting of the 2020 college baseball season due to the coronavirus pandemic prompted the NCAA to make some temporary changes to eligibility, roster size and scholarship allocation for 2021. And the Arizona Wildcats appear to taking full advantage of those changes.
Arizona has reportedly added RHP Austin Smith and 1B/OF/LHP TJ Curd to the 2021 roster, which will be the program’s largest in recent memory with a one-year moratorium on the 35-player maximum. Teams are also allowed to spread their 11.7 total scholarships among 32 players for one year, up from 27, and don’t have to offer at least the equivalent of one-fourth of a scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year.