The Texas Longhorns baseball program enters the 2022 season ranked No. 1 in all three major polls and facing high expectations in head coach David Pierce’s sixth season after finishing 50-17 last year and coming up just short of reaching the College World Series finals due to a walk-off loss to the eventual champions, the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Three of the four players who hit 10-plus home runs last year are gone — center fielder Mike Antico, first baseman Zach Zubia, and third baseman Cam Williams — as well as Friday starter Ty Madden and setup man Cole Quintanilla, but there’s also plenty of talent returning, bolstered by several strategic transfer additions and a handful of talented freshmen.