Hagen Smith Vs. Travis Bazzana Is On In Oregon State And Arkansas Baseball
Hagen Smith Vs. Travis Bazzana Is On In Oregon State And Arkansas Baseball
The first at-bat of the Oregon State baseball vs. Arkansas game features a pair of All-Americans going head-to-head in the Kubota College Baseball Series
All-American Hagen Smith of Arkansas Baseball and Travis Bazzana of Oregon State Baseball are in the lineup as the No. 3 prospect in college baseball, Bazzana, will face No. 15 Hagen Smith to start the nightcap of Day 1 of the Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 2.
Arkansas is the home team in the game.
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In one poll this weekend, Arkansas (3-1) rose to No. 2 in the country. In another poll, Oregon State (5-0) moved to No. 3. Every poll had both teams somewhere in the top 10 of the rankings, and in some rankings Oregon State was higher than the Razorbacks.
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Hagen Smith and Travis Bazzana were both All-Americans last season. While Hagen Smith didn't have a great outing to start 2024, Bazzana has been one of the best players in the country. The Australian infielder is batting .450 through five games while slugging 1.050 and an on-base percentage of .560. he also has two steals. He hit 11 home runs in 2023, and already has three along with a triple and a double.
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Bazzana is college baseball's No. 3 MLB Draft prospect while Smith, who had a 3.64 ERA in 71.2 innings with 109 strikeouts in 2023, is No. 15 and third-highest pitcher-only player in the top-100 rankings.
Smith has not pitched since Opening Day for Arkansas His first hitter he faces today is Bazzana, who hits leadoff for the Beavers.
2024 MLB Draft Prospects And 2024 MLB Draft Prospects In Oregon State vs. Arkansas Baseball
Travis Bazzana, Oregon State Baseball
The Sydney, Australia native is the No. 3 overall prospect for this year’s draft behind only JJ Wetherholt of West Virginia and Nick Kurtz of Wake Forest. He enters the weekend batting .450 with an OPS of 1.492 and a slugging percentage of 1.050. The leadoff hitter has three home runs, a double and a triple in five games.
Hagen Smith, Arkansas Baseball
Hagen Smith had a 3.64 ERA in 71.2 innings with 109 strikeouts in 2023 and is No. 15 and third-highest pitcher-only player in the top-100 rankings.
Smith has not pitched since Opening Day for Arkansas and the team hasn't announced its starter for Friday's game as of Feb. 22. But it seems to lineup for the ace to face Oregon State on Friday. His first hitter he faces would be Bazzana, who hits leadoff for the Beavers.
Gavin Turley, Oregon State
Gavin Turley is the No. 16 overall prospect in the 2025 MLB Draft. He slashed 309/.438/.664 as freshman for Oregon State. The outfielder is the No. 8 college player in his draft. He started this season with a slash line of .333/1.256/.778 through five games.
Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas Baseball
The sophomore is eligible for the 2025 draft and is currently the No. 13-ranked overall prospect in his class. At 6-foot-2, 195-pound, Aloy has a powerful frame at shortstop and had a slashline of .376/.427/.662 in 2023 when he played for Sacramento State. Baseball America also rates him as the No. 7 college prospect in the draft.
It’ll be a tough task to overtake high school prospect Ethan Holliday as the top infielder in the class, but a strong SEC season would surely move him up the rankings. In the first four games, Aloy is batting .294 with two walks, four RBI and five hits.
Trent Caraway, Oregon State
Trent Caraway was the No. 30 recruit in the country at Perfect Game. He was also the California Gatorade Player of the Year as a high school senior. His college career is starting with a five-game hitting streak with two home runs across his first two games.
He enters the Arkansas game with a slash line of .474/1.492/.947. He has two homers, three doubles and nine hits in five games. He has even stolen two bases.
The third baseman has also done this as the No. 9 hitter in the lineup batting ahead of All-American Travis Bazzana.
He is the No. 24 overall prospect in 2025 and the No. 11 college prospect in that draft.
When Is Oregon State Baseball Vs. Arkansas?
The game is the nightcap of Day 1 and follows the Michigan vs. Oklahoma State game at Globe Life Field. The scheduled first pitch for Oregon State vs. Arkansas game is 8 p.m. EST, but could be delayed depending on the first game's outcome.
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2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 2 Schedule
All times Eastern
Friday, February 23
- 4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oklahoma State
- 8 p.m. – Oregon State vs. Arkansas
Saturday, February 24
- 4 p.m. – Michigan vs. Oregon State
- 8 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Oklahoma State
Sunday, February 25
- 2 p.m. – Arkansas vs. Michigan
- 6 p.m. – Oklahoma State vs. Oregon State
D1Baseball Top 25 Poll On Feb. 19
- Wake Forest
- Arkansas
- LSU
- Florida
- TCU
- Vanderbilt
- Oregon State
- Texas A&M
- Tennessee
- Clemson
- East Carolina
- Duke
- NC State
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Alabama
- Iowa
- Texas Tech
- UCLA
- South Carolina
- UC Santa Barbara
- Indiana
- Kansas State
- Coastal Carolina
NCBWA Top 25 Poll
TCU (3-0) moved up to No. 3 in the first update. The Horned Frogs, who play in the College Baseball Showdown Weekend 3, moved up from No. 6. Arkansas dropped a spot to No. 5. The writers moved Oregon State four spots to No. 8.
- Wake Forest
- LSU
- TCU
- Oregon State
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Tennessee
- Clemson
- Texas A&M
- Vanderbilt
- Virginia
- Duke
- East Carolina
- North Carolina
- Texas
- South Carolina
- NC State
- Alabama
- UCLA
- Texas Tech
- Iowa
- Auburn
- Stanford
- Kentucky
- DBU
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama State (2-2), Arizona (2-1), Bethune-Cookman (2-1), Cal State Fullerton (2-1), Campbell (2-1), Coastal Carolina (1-2), Connecticut (2-1), Grand Canyon (2-0), Houston (3-0), Indiana (2-1), Indiana State (2-0), Kansas State (2-1), Lehigh (1-2), Maryland (2-1). Miami (Fla.) (3-0), Mississippi State (2-1), Northeastern (1-2), Notre Dame (3-0), Oklahoma (2-1), Oklahoma State (1-2), Ole Miss (2-2), Oral Roberts (1-2), Oregon (2-1), Sam Houston (2-1), St. John’s (1-0), Southern Miss (2-1), UC Irvine (3-0), UC Santa Barbara (1-2), UNCW (2-1), West Virginia (1-1).
2024 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 3 Schedule
All times Eastern
Friday, March 1
- 3 p.m. – USC vs. TCU
- 7 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M
Saturday, March 2
- 3 p.m. – Texas A&M vs. USC
- 7 p.m. – TCU vs. Arizona State
Sunday, March 3
- 12 p.m. – Arizona State vs. Texas A&M
- 4 p.m. – USC vs. TCU
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