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Baseball America released their All-American teams for the 2017 season. Florida Gators pitchers Alex Faedo and Michael Byrne were selected to the second, and third teams, respectively. Faedo has been the Gators Friday night starter for the entire season and finished with a 7-2 record and a 2.70 ERA. Faedo has struck out 123 batters…
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The Florida Gators needed a hero Monday afternoon against Bethune-Cookman. The Gators were facing the Wildcats in an afternoon elimination game and the bats had fallen silent. Florida boasts one of the top pitching staff in the country led by top prospect Alex Faedo. However, that staff is designed for a three game series with…
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The Florida Gators were awarded the number three overall seed by the NCAA Tournament selection committee on Monday. As a result of their national seed (top-8) the Gators will host the Regionals this weekend and (if they win) the Super Regionals from June 9-12. Florida will host South Florida (41-17), Bethune Cookman (33-23), and Marist…
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Florida sophomore pitcher Michael Byrne has accomplished something that no Gator before him did. When Byrne struck out Auburn’s Dylan Ingram to close out Florida’s 5-4 SEC Tournament victory it represented his 14th save of the year, a new program record. Florida has kept track of saves since 1977 and prior to this season 13…
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The Southeastern Conference announced it’s baseball honors on Monday. The Florida Gators were well represented on the All-SEC Second Team as well as the SEC All-Defensive Team. Four Gators (Michael Byrne, Alex Faedo, JJ Schwarz, and Brady Singer) were named to the Second Team while Florida’s middle infield (Deacon Liput, and Dalton Guthrie) was named…
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One swing. The Florida Gators baseball team found out just how much one swing of the bat can change things on Saturday. Florida was trailing South Carolina 7-5 in the eighth inning. Austin Langworthy led off the eighth with a single to right. Ryan Larson walked. After a pitching change, Nelson Maldonado also drew a…
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Florida right handed pitcher Alex Faedo was named the SEC’s Pitcher of the Week for his performance on Thursday against South Carolina. Faedo pitched 8.2 innings while only allowing three hits to the #18 Gamecocks. Faedo walked four in the appearance, but managed to strike out nine South Carolina hitters during the Gators 1-0 victory…
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The Tim Tebow baseball era has been more than most fans and media pundits predicted. Tebow homered in his first at-bat on Thursday, and followed it up with a three-run blast on Sunday. Tebow’s homer came in the bottom of the fifth with Columbia already leading the Augusta Green Jackets 3-0. Tebow was only 2-10…
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It didn’t take Tim Tebow very long to make an impression in baseball. Tebow hit a two-run home run to the opposite field in the bottom of the second inning. This was Tebow’s first career minor league at-bat after stints in the Arizona Fall League and Major League Spring Training with the New York Mets.…
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Tim Tebow will be assigned to the New York Mets Low Class-A affiliate in Columbia, South Carolina to begin the 2017 baseball season. Marc Craig of Newsday was the first to report the newest development. Mets GM Sandy Alderson has confirmed the report. Tebow is expected to play the full season with the Fireflies and…
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