Redraiders.com · Jun 17, 2016
Premium pitching will be on display at College World Series
UC Santa Barbara starter Shane Bieber pitches against Washington on June 3 in Nashville, Tennessee.OMAHA, Neb. — For all the walk-off hits and grand slams that have highlighted the NCAA baseball tournament so far, the stage is set for pitching to take over when the College World Series opens Saturday.
Thirteen pitchers who will be in Omaha were taken in the first 10 rounds of the Major League Baseball draft, with No. 1 national seed Florida leading the way with six, including five in the first four rounds. There are the high-quality freshman and sophomore arms sprinkled throughout all eight teams.