OMAHA, Neb. — The offensive statistics for the eight teams at this year’s College World Series suggest there will be home runs aplenty at Charles Schwab Field over the next 10 days.
Five of the top 10 homer-hitting squads in college baseball this season are in Omaha, and so are individual national leaders Jac Caglianone of Florida and Brock Wilken of Wake Forest.
“Balls were flying today,” Florida shortstop Josh Rivera said after the Gators took batting practice Thursday. “We had Jac Caglianone hitting balls out of the stadium. It was really cool. All of us from a BP standpoint, we were seeing the balls fly.”
Conditions were favorable during the teams’ practice day with a light wind blowing out to left field. The forecast calls for the wind to blow in from center when the CWS opens Friday.
“It was flying out to all parts of the field,” Tennessee’s Jared Dickey said. “We have some strong guys. If it plays like it did today, I think we’re in a good spot.”