Kendall Rogers | D1Baseball.com | February 6, 2020

College baseball: Arizona State, UCLA and Stanford lead Pac-12 preseason standouts

A look at the top college baseball matchups you don't want to miss before conference play

It should be a rather interesting year in the Pac-12. Oregon State ushers in a new era with former standout catcher Mitch Canham taking over, UCLA looks to get back to the College World Series after a disappointing finish to its terrific 2019 campaign and Arizona State is finally back in the national spotlight with the return of Spencer Torkelson and others. The Devils are expected to be back in the national title discussion. Southern California and Oregon have new coaches in Jason Gill and Mark Wasikowski, respectively. Can those two make big strides in year one? Those questions and more will be answered in due time, as we take a deep dive into the Pac 12.

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The conference preview below includes the projected order of finish, preseason awards, top prospects and a team by team breakdown.

Projected standings

*Bold indicates 2019 regional team, and records are from 2019. Teams are listed in order of projected 2020 finish.

	Record	Overall
Arizona State	16-13	38-19
UCLA	24-5	52-11
Stanford	22-7	45-14
Arizona	15-14	32-24
Oregon State	21-8	36-20-1
California	17-11	32-20
Washington	12-17	28-24
Southern California	13-15-1	25-29-1
Oregon	10-19	27-29
Utah	6-24	16-33
Washington State	3-26	11-42-1

Projected Regional Team (5): Arizona State, UCLA, Stanford, Arizona, Oregon State
Player of the Year: Spencer Torkelson, 1B, Arizona State
Pitcher of the Year: Zach Pettway, RHP, UCLA
Freshman of the Year: Cooper Benson, LHP, Arizona State

Top prospects/impact freshmen

TOP PROSPECTS, 2020 DRAFT
1	Spencer Torkelson	1B	Arizona State
2	Garrett Mitchell	OF	UCLA
3	Austin Wells*	C	Arizona
4	Alika Williams	SS	Arizona State
5	Gage Workman	3B	Arizona State
6	Kevin Abel	RHP	Oregon State
7	RJ Dabovich	RHP	Arizona State
8	Jacob Palisch	LHP	Stanford
9	Braiden Ward	OF	Washington
10	Kenyon Yovan	RHP	Oregon
11	Matthew Dyer	C	Arizona
12	Justin Fall	LHP	Arizona State
13	Hunter Breault	RHP	Oregon
14	Kyle Hurt	RHP	USC
15	Cullen Kafka	RHP	Oregon
16	Tim Tawa	SS/OF	Stanford
17	Chandler Champlain*	RHP	USC
18	Trevor Hauver	OF	Arizona State
19	Brendan Beck	RHP	Stanford
20	Ben Ramirez	SS	USC
21	Darren Baker	2B	California
22	Boyd Vander Kooi	RHP	Arizona State
23	Jamal O'Guinn	OF	Southern California
24	Holden Powell	RHP	UCLA
25	Stevie Emanuels	RHP	Washington
26	Jack Enger	RHP	Washington
27	Robert Ahlstrom	LHP	Oregon
28	Quentin Selma	IF	California
29	Carson Rudd	RHP	Stanford
30	Zach Pettway	RHP	UCLA
31	Kevin Kendall	SS/2B	UCLA
32	Christian Chamberlain	LHP	Oregon State
33	Adrian Chaidez	RHP	UCLA
34	Brandon McIlwain	OF	California
35	Erik Tolman*	LHP	Arizona State
36	Gil Luna	LHP	Arizona
37	Kyle Mora	RHP	UCLA
38	Jake Mulholland	LHP	Oregon State
39	Alex Cornwell	LHP	USC
40	AJ Block	LHP	Washington State
41	Jack DeCooman	LHP	Washington
42	Donta Williams	OF	Arizona
43	Drew Swift	2B	Arizona State
44	Mitchell Verburg	RHP	Oregon State
45	Jacob Blas	SS	Arizona
46	Troy Claunch	C	Oregon State
47	Jonathan Guardado	RHP	Arizona
48	Christian Robinson	OF	Stanford
49	Collin Montez	OF	Washington State
50	John Beller	LHP	USC
TOP PROSPECTS, 2021 DRAFT
1	Matt McLain	SS	UCLA
2	Nick Nastrini	RHP	UCLA
3	Tyler Thornton	RHP	Arizona State
4	Sean Sullivan	RHP	California
5	Noah Cardenas	C	UCLA
6	Jack Filby	RHP/IF	UCLA
7	Ryan Holgate	OF	Arizona
8	Jacob Pfennigs	RHP	Oregon State
9	JT Schwartz	1B	UCLA
10	Tony Bullard	3B	Arizona
11	Grant Holman	1B/RHP	California
12	Ian Villers	RHP	California
13	Dayton Dooney	2B/3B	Arizona
14	Brandon Dieter	SS/2B	Stanford
15	Seth Tomczak	RHP	Arizona State
16	Will Levine*	RHP	Arizona State
17	Blake Burzell	RHP	Arizona State
18	Sean Mullen	RHP	UCLA
19	Jesse Bergin	RHP	UCLA
20	Sam Stoutenborough	RHP	California
21	Alex Williams	RHP	Stanford
22	Brandon Boissiere	1B/OF/LHP	Arizona
23	Cody Jensen	RHP	Stanford
24	David Rhodes	RHP	Washington
25	Christian Ciufetelli	RHP	Oregon
26	Carson Lambert	RHP	Southern California
27	Henry Gargus*	1B	Stanford
28	AJ Miller	OF	Oregon
29	Dustin Garcia	OF	Arizona State
30	Jake Dukart	IF	Oregon State
31	Bryce Collins-INJ	RHP	Arizona
32	Joey Mundt	RHP	Oregon State
33	Jake Harvey	IF	Oregon State
34	Brandon White	RHP	Washington State
35	Tyler Smith	RHP	Arizona
36	David Watson	RHP	Utah
37	Cole Elvis	C	California
38	Preston Hartsell	OF	Southern California
39	Zane Mills	RHP	Washington State
40	Quinn Flanagan	RHP	Arizona
IMPACT FRESHMEN
1	Cooper Benson	LHP	Arizona State
2	Will Frisch	RHP	Oregon State
3	Michael Curialle	SS	UCLA
4	Sean McLain	OF	Arizona State
5	JT Schwartz	1B	UCLA
6	Henry Gargus	OF	Stanford
7	Aaron Roberts	INF/RHP	California
8	Will Simpson	1B	Washington
9	Brock Jones	OF	Stanford
10	Josh Hahn	LHP/1B	UCLA
11	Jack Scanlon	C	Oregon
12	Kyson Donahue	SS	Arizona
13	Jake Saum	LHP	UCLA
14	Nick Wallerstedt	RHP	Arizona State
15	Dawson Netz	RHP	Arizona
16	Nathan Martorella	INF	California
17	Kody Huff	DH	Stanford
18	Chandler Murphy	RHP	Arizona
19	Joseph King	RHP	California
20	Kayler Yates	SS	Utah
21	Christian Dicochea	SS/2B	Washington
22	Cesar Valero Sanchez	INF	Oregon State
23	Steven Zobac	RHP	California
24	Will Levine	RHP	Arizona State
25	Nate Weeldreyer	RHP	Washington
26	Anthony Hall	DH	Oregon
27	Jack Washburn	RHP	Oregon State
28	Nathan Swarts	OF	Washington State
29	Tyresse Turner	OF	Southern California
30	Jared Karros	RHP	UCLA

Projected regional teams

Three preseason top 25 teams made the Pac-12's projected regional teams, including Arizona State, UCLA and Stanford. For an in-depth report on each of the three Pac-12 clubs, click their coinciding links below.

No. 9 Arizona State
No. 14 UCLA
No. 17 Stanford

To read the full, in-depth Pac-12 conference preview and more team previews, check out D1Baseball.com.

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