The list came out yesterday and Hoese was not on it. If he had been there, it would have been deserved, but the four guys on the list are very deserving, too.
Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman, the odds-on favorite, leads the nation in on-base percentage at .580 and limited opponents to 19 stolen bases (in 36 attempts) all year.
Vanderbilt outfielder JJ Bleday leads the NCAA with 26 home runs, hit .357 and had 68 RBIs, seven more than Hoese.
California first baseman Andrew Vaughn hit .387 with the third-best on-base percentage in the country at .549.
Navy pitcher Noah Song, who also was a lock, went 11-1 with a 1.44 ERA and a nation's leading 161 strikeouts in 94 innings.
Hoese hit .391 with an on-base percentage of .486 and 23 home runs and a nation's best 183 total bases. If you want to make a case for him over Vaughn, you certainly can, but it's not a slam dunk. Vaughn won the Golden Spikes Award last year, when he hit .402 with 23 home runs (he had 15 this year), but his on-base percentage was better this season.
California, by the way, did not make a regional last year, so it's not a matter of picking guys who play on top teams.
Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman, the odds-on favorite, leads the nation in on-base percentage at .580 and limited opponents to 19 stolen bases (in 36 attempts) all year.
Vanderbilt outfielder JJ Bleday leads the NCAA with 26 home runs, hit .357 and had 68 RBIs, seven more than Hoese.
California first baseman Andrew Vaughn hit .387 with the third-best on-base percentage in the country at .549.
Navy pitcher Noah Song, who also was a lock, went 11-1 with a 1.44 ERA and a nation's leading 161 strikeouts in 94 innings.
Hoese hit .391 with an on-base percentage of .486 and 23 home runs and a nation's best 183 total bases. If you want to make a case for him over Vaughn, you certainly can, but it's not a slam dunk. Vaughn won the Golden Spikes Award last year, when he hit .402 with 23 home runs (he had 15 this year), but his on-base percentage was better this season.
California, by the way, did not make a regional last year, so it's not a matter of picking guys who play on top teams.
