The Florida Gators are the 2017 National Champions.  Florida defeated LSU 6-1 in the deciding game two behind the arms of freshman Tyler Dyson, sophomore Michael Byrne, and sophomore Jackson Kowar.   The Gators have been to the College World Series in six of the last eight years, but this was the first championship in…

On Monday, the Florida Gators accomplished something that had never been done in the more than 100 year history of Florida baseball. The Gators won a game in the CWS Championship Series.   Florida defeated LSU in game one 4-3 and now stands only one win from hoisting the Championship trophy.  Where would Florida be…

18 innings pitched, 26 strikeouts, 12 hits against, and a 0.50 CWS ERA. The Florida Gators are one win away from advancing to the College World Series Championship Series after impressive wins against TCU and Louisville.  Florida has benefited from timely hits from their offense, but pitching has been the story thus far in Omaha.…

The 2018 College World Series was set up to feature pitching aces in every opening weekend matchup.  However, at the conclusion of the weekend, one starting pitcher stood above all others. Alex Faedo pitched masterfully in leading the #3 Gators to a 3-0 victory over #6 TCU on Sunday.  Faedo out-dueled second team All-American Jared…

The final day of the 2017 MLB Draft saw four Florida Gators selected.  RHP David Lee, RHP Frank Rubio, 2B Deacon Liput, and C/1B JJ Schwarz were each selected on day three.   RHP David Lee was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 27th round. Lee transferred to Florida from Santa Fe College.  Lee,…

The Florida Gators were well represented on day two of the MLB Draft.  Shortstop Dalton Guthrie, catcher Mike Rivera, and fellow backstop Mark Kolozsvary were each selected on Tuesday.  Guthrie was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the sixth round.  Guthrie, the son of long time MLB infielder Mark Guthrie, hit .272 for Florida in…

The Florida Gators are facing the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Super Regionals, but ace pitcher Alex Faedo has other business to attend to.   Faedo was selected by the Detroit Tigers with the 18th overall pick in the MLB Draft on Monday night.  Faedo is 7-2 with a 2.60 ERA for the Gators…

The 2017 Florida Gators only have two seniors on their roster, pitcher Frank Rubio and outfielder Ryan Larson.  On Saturday, Larson played the role of hero in walk-off fashion against Wake Forest in the opener of the Super Regionals.   Florida loaded the bases in the bottom of the eleventh without producing a base-hit after…

It seems that around this time every year Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sulivan’s name is brought up in rumors of moving on to a different program.  In 2015, Clemson was the front runner to steal away the Gators skipper.  In 2016, the opening at Texas created a media frenzy with O’Sullivan as a the lead…