THE FLATS — Georgia Tech baseball fully got underway on Friday afternoon as the team took the field of Russ Chandler Stadium for the first official practice for the 2019 season.
After brief warm-ups and conditioning, the Yellow Jackets went straight to work in the field, scrimmaging for six innings, while also going through situational work.
The preseason 17th-ranked Yellow Jackets return seven starters from last season and boast one of the strongest pitching staffs in the nation heading into the 2019 campaign.
Chase Murray, Oscar Serratos and Kyle McCann help return 70 percent of Tech’s run production in an offense that led the ACC regular season in both hitting percentage and hits. Xzavion Curry, Connor Thomas and Tristin English are just three of the highly talented arms on a staff that only bolstered its depth after leading the ACC in walks/9.0 innings and strikeout-to-walk ratio last year.
Georgia Tech players and head coach Danny Hall met with media after the conclusion of practice:
Head coach Danny Hall
🔊 Skipper Danny Hall talks with media about the offseason changes and keeping the team on track pic.twitter.com/5hLbKtgARn
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) January 26, 2019
R-Junior Tristin English
🔊 Preseason All-American Tristin English talks coming off a stellar summer and experimenting with his role for this upcoming season pic.twitter.com/wBptT2bNYY
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) January 26, 2019
Sophomore Oscar Serratos
🔊 Oscar Serratos takes post opening practice with media about what he learned last year and getting ready for 2019 pic.twitter.com/7daZUHQmlE
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) January 26, 2019
Junior Amos Willingham
🔊 Junior college transfer pitcher Amos Willingham talks joining the team and getting ready for the season #FamousAmos pic.twitter.com/Bc0AVCokwN
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) January 26, 2019
Junior Connor Thomas
🔊 Connor Thomas talks about what's new this year and what his role will be after the first practice of 2019 pic.twitter.com/svfhfd2T6b
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) January 26, 2019
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