College: Baseball America Releases 2013 Preseason All-America Teams

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Posted on01 February 2013. Tags: All-Americans, College Baseball

Baseball America released its 2013 Preseason College All-America Teams on Thursday.

The teams, voted on by MLB scouting directors, is led by Vanderbilt who placed more players on the teams than any other school with four.

Stanford University has the most first-teamers with three including senior righthander Mark Appel who was on the list last season. Appel was picked in the first round of the 2012 draft #8 overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates but chose to return to Stanford for his senior season. He looks to improve on his already impressive junior year and possibly become the first overall pick in the June draft.

Appel is joined by fellow Cardinal players Austin Wilson (OF) and Brian Ragira (1B). Baseball America has Stanford ranked #9 in their preseason poll.

Once again the power conferences dominate the teams with the SEC placing 14 players to lead all conferences. The Pac-12 produced the most first-teamers (4) and places second in the conference ranks with 9 overall players. The ACC and Big-12 each placed 5 players on the teams.

However, the smaller schools also have an impact on the teams. Gonzaga, known more for basketball, has utility player Marco Gonzales on the first team. Indiana State also has a player on the first team in lefthanded pitcher Sean Manaea.

2013 Preseason All-America Teams
Major League Baseball scouting directors vote on Baseball America’s All-America team.
First Team
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
C	Andrew Knapp, California	Jr.	B-R	6-1	192	.265	.347	.412	211	36	56	5	26	4
1B	Brian Ragira, Stanford	Jr.	R-R	6-2	200	.329	.385	.448	252	41	83	5	50	3
2B	JaCoby Jones, Louisiana State	Jr.	R-R	6-3	200	.253	.308	.363	245	42	62	4	29	11
3B	Colin Moran, North Carolina	Jr.	L-R	6-3	209	.365	.434	.494	170	30	62	3	35	1
SS	Trea Turner, N.C. State	So.	R-R	6-1	171	.336	.432	.459	259	72	87	5	43	57
OF	Phillip Ervin, Samford	Jr.	R-R	5-11	190	.327	.406	.519	260	55	85	10	52	16
OF	Aaron Judge, Fresno State	Jr.	R-R	6-7	255	.308	.453	.458	201	47	62	4	27	13
OF	Austin Wilson, Stanford	Jr.	R-R	6-5	245	.285	.389	.493	221	56	63	10	54	7
DH	Kris Bryant, San Diego	Jr.	R-R	6-5	215	.366	.483	.671	213	59	78	14	57	9
UT	Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga	Jr.	L-L	6-1	185	.325	.372	.430	151	23	49	2	29	0

Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
SP	Mark Appel, Stanford	Sr.	R-R	6-5	215	10	2	2.56	16	0	123	97	30	130
SP	Sean Manaea, Indiana State	Jr.	R-L	6-5	235	5	3	3.34	17	0	105	94	37	115
SP	Carlos Rodon, N.C. State	So.	L-L	6-3	234	9	0	1.57	17	0	115	71	41	135
SP	Ryne Stanek, Arkansas	Jr.	R-R	6-4	190	8	4	2.82	17	0	93	75	36	83
RP	Colby Suggs, Arkansas	Jr.	R-R	6-0	225	7	1	1.38	30	0	39	26	19	36
UT	Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga	Jr.	L-L	6-1	185	8	2	1.55	12	0	93	63	23	92
Second Team
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
C	Spencer Navin, Vanderbilt	Jr.	R-R	6-1	205	.298	.427	.404	188	31	56	3	27	9
1B	Conrad Gregor, Vanderbilt	Jr.	L-R	6-3	215	.328	.439	.463	229	37	75	3	35	10
2B	Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt	Jr.	L-R	5-6	160	.261	.392	.386	241	55	63	1	31	21
3B	D.J. Peterson, New Mexico	Jr.	R-R	6-1	205	.419	.490	.734	248	57	104	17	78	1
SS	Brandon Trinkwon, UC Santa Barbara	Jr.	L-R	6-1	170	.347	.460	.490	202	42	70	2	32	7
OF	Michael Conforto, Oregon State	So.	L-R	6-1	215	.349	.438	.601	218	45	76	13	76	1
OF	Austin Cousino, Kentucky	So.	L-L	5-10	178	.319	.408	.515	260	61	83	9	41	15
OF	Derek Fisher, Virginia	So.	L-R	6-3	210	.288	.375	.507	219	44	63	7	50	4
DH	Daniel Palka, Georgia Tech	Jr.	L-L	6-2	234	.303	.380	.550	238	44	72	12	47	6
UT	Michael Lorenzen, Cal State Fullerton	Jr.	R-R	6-3	200	.297	.353	.435	232	38	69	2	43	14

Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
SP	Jonathon Crawford, Florida	Jr.	R-R	6-2	205	6	2	3.13	19	0	78	75	24	73
SP	Ryan Eades, Louisiana State	Jr.	B-R	6-3	198	5	3	3.83	17	0	94	107	28	63
SP	Bobby Wahl, Mississippi	Jr.	R-R	6-3	210	7	4	2.55	17	0	99	76	32	104
SP	Trevor Williams, Arizona State	Jr.	R-R	6-3	228	12	2	2.05	16	0	110	90	13	59
RP	Corey Knebel, Texas	Jr.	R-R	6-3	195	4	5	2.08	27	9	74	50	20	68
UT	Michael Lorenzen, Cal State Fullerton	Jr.	R-R	6-3	200	2	0	1.23	20	16	22	16	5	17
Third Team
Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	AVG	OBP	SLG	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
C	Ty Ross, Louisiana State	Jr.	R-R	6-2	208	.292	.357	.384	185	19	54	3	41	2
1B	Kevin Cron, Texas Christian	So.	R-R	6-5	245	.338	.383	.503	151	20	51	6	34	0
2B	L.J. Mazzilli, Connecticut	Sr.	R-R	6-1	190	.339	.404	.548	239	43	81	9	38	16
3B	Eric Jagielo, Notre Dame	Jr.	L-R	6-3	215	.310	.399	.546	229	33	71	13	43	4
SS	Adam Frazier, Mississippi State	Jr.	L-R	5-11	174	.371	.482	.445	245	45	91	0	26	9
OF	Jared King, Kansas State	Jr.	B-L	6-1	200	.377	.453	.577	220	49	83	7	47	16
OF	Jason Monda, Washington State	Jr.	L-L	6-4	201	.275	.369	.363	193	27	53	1	18	6
OF	Mason Robbins, Southern Miss	So.	L-L	6-2	215	.330	.356	.470	215	36	71	3	38	7
DH	Johnny Field, Arizona	Jr.	R-R	5-10	195	.370	.476	.529	257	72	95	3	44	11
UT	Aaron Brown, Pepperdine	So.	L-L	6-1	222	.265	.328	.350	117	9	31	1	24	3

Pos.	Player, School	Cl.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	BB	SO
SP	Dillon Overton, Oklahoma	Jr.	L-L	6-2	160	6	3	3.15	22	0	123	127	24	126
SP	Adam Plutko, UCLA	Jr.	R-R	6-3	192	12	3	2.48	18	0	120	91	47	99
SP	Karsten Whitson, Florida	Jr.	R-R	6-4	215	4	0	3.51	14	0	33	37	18	20
SP	Kevin Ziomek, Vanderbilt	Jr.	R-L	6-3	200	5	6	5.22	19	0	79	79	39	79
RP	Andrew Mitchell, Texas Christian	Jr.	R-R	6-3	225	5	3	3.74	17	0	77	55	46	101
UT	Aaron Brown, Pepperdine	So.	L-L	6-1	222	2	1	4.64	16	4	21	21	21	19

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