Michael Lev column: The Arizona baseball team, which opens the ’23 season Friday, should make up for its relative lack of star power with improved managing, better pitching and superior depth.
Michael Lev None of the six most prominent preseason college baseball polls places Arizona in its Top 25.Chip Hale’s Wildcats — who open the 2023 season Friday against No. 2 Tennessee in the MLB Desert Invitational in Scottsdale — feature more substance than style.
A lot has to happen between now and June for a College World Series berth to become a reality. But there’s a lot to like about the 2023 Wildcats. To Hale’s point: The Wildcats were a No. 2 seed last season playing in the Coral Gables Regional. They lost twice to Ole Miss, which went on to win the national championship.
As an illustration of the Wildcats’ newfound depth on the pitching side — the staff’s No. 1 personnel priority after a season-ending 22-6 loss to the Rebels — Hale said that two pitchers wouldn’t be available this weekend. He also said “we still feel real good about playing four games” in as many days. He went so far as to say the pitching depth is “a thousand times better.”
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