Texas Longhorns baseball suffered key players graduating, several transfers, and eight underclassmen leaving the program for the MLB draft in 2017, but expectations are still high for the program in David Pierce’s second year.
The Longhorns are ranked No.3 team in the conference in the 2018 Big 12 Preseason Coaches’ Poll that was released on Thursday. Texas Tech is ranked first for the first time since 1999, while TCU is the other team ranked ahead of the ‘Horns at second.
Closely trailing the Longhorns in the rankings is Oklahoma and West Virginia, two programs on the rise despite not being traditional powerhouses in the conference.