Since they just released the roster yesterday I've had little time to guess the starting lineup, so I'll just paraphrase some of what Bruce Galludet said in the Davis Enterprise and add some assumptions.

Looks like the same starting rotation from last season minus Wyatt Tucker (one of the few players not to return), so that's Bret Erwin, Jake Spillane, and Nolan Meredith. They'll need a 4th starter on weekends now. Hopefully it will be one guy and the game won't be treated like Tuesdays usually are, like an audition for several pitchers. That is part of the why (aside from their being on Tuesdays) Tuesday games are so poorly attended. Who wants to sit through a game with five or more guys pitching only one or two innings-that really drags. Part of the fun and excitement of baseball is watching two pitchers duel-not 10.If I had to guess the fourth starter it would be either Tim Wieser (he's been a Tuesday starter before) or True Freshman part II Nate Freeman. Last year he was one of the most dependable relievers and actually pitched the full equivalent of a start in the 24-inning game. Speaking of that game, all of LMU's runs were unearned. You play better defense, you finish in 9 instead of 24 and don't exhaust your best relievers so they're unavailable on Sunday (which the bullpen lost in ugly fashion).

Catcher he said will be true freshmanx2 Michael Campagna. Logan Denholm transferred to Sac State. COVID or not he was done playing baseball at UCD. Had the season been played in its entirety he would have used up his eligibility. Either he'd planned to go to grad school somewhere else all along or there wasn't a program at UCD that met his educational needs and allowed him to play baseball too. Sac State's media guide has him pencilled in as the starter at DH vs. ASU.

In the infield he mentioned Jalen Smith, Spencer Gedestad, and Kyler Arenado. Taking over at shortstop will be Arenado. Gedestad would be a logical choice at first, as Smith would be at second (although he played some CF last year). I could see Gedestad as the DH sometimes with Jonah Henrickson at first. No clue off the top of my head who's on third. Henrickson ? I'll pencil in Freshman TBA.

Since they've all returned the ancient (for college) outfield trio, we could well see Alejandro Lara,Cooper Morrison, and Colton Evans there.


Looks like only five players from 2020 didn't return. Jalen Smith will probably enjoy being able to be just "Smith" in the box score, since Justin Smith and Alec Smith are among the five.