One of the fun college follows this season ought to be Southern Mississippi. Their key piece for the season is two-way player Matt Wallner. Wallner isn’t the only attraction in Hattiesburg this time around. However, if “tracking the guy the Cubs might pick first” is your interest, the Golden Eagles are a reasonable first choice.
Wallner is 6-4, 220, and all of it. A lefty-hitter, he’ll be the mid-week starter this season for the Conference USA side as a righty. Mid-to-high nineties are the draw, but buy the bat. As a sophomore his offensive numbers were in the same stratosphere as the Cubs 10-rounder last time around, Luke Reynolds.