Provo • After a season in which his BYU baseball team failed to reach expectations, was riddled by player dissent and “guys not buying in,” coach Mike Littlewood cleaned house in the offseason, including the dismissal of one of the most highly recruited prospects in program history.
The Cougars, with 17 newcomers and three recently returned missionaries on their 35-man roster, begin the 2019 season Friday with a three-game series against Northwestern in Mesa, Ariz. Having gone a disappointing 22-28 last year, and 11-16 in the West Coast Conference, which left it out of the four-team WCC tournament last May, the program is looking to rebound in a big way, the seventh-year coach said Monday.