Ramping Up the Action for Week Two

Here we go, with our first weekend preview of the season. The usual suspects are off to great starts for the most part, and they'll look to keep things rolling over the course of this weekend. We have a number of great non-conference, in-region match-ups going on this weekend, and it will surely give fans of Division II baseball a chance to weed out the contenders from the pretenders early on.

Recapping Week One of 2017

The first weekend of Division II baseball in 2017 is in the books, and we got off to some pretty fun starts across the country. Okay, maybe not across the country, but at least south of the Mason/Dixon line and west of the Mississippi. The usual suspects did not falter, your defending national champions are rolling, and a number of teams around the country are still chomping at the bit to get started over the next month. Let's take a look at what unfolded in the first weekend of action.

Previewing the 2017 D-II Baseball Season

It is that time yet again! After what seemed like maybe a couple weeks of off-season, we are back on to the diamond for another season of exciting baseball. Here, in our first post of the year, we look at the PerfectGame Top 25 to start the season and let you know when they kick off their year, as well as point out a couple names of teams to look out for.

Again, just to remind everyone, we use the PerfectGame rankings on this blog as they are, in my opinion, the most educated and knowledgeable rankings year after year of all the Division II polls.

2016 Draftees First Professional Seasons

The 2016 First-Year Player Draft was a banner year for Division II baseball, with 92 players drafted across baseball in 40 rounds of picks. With our last bit of acknowledging the 2016 Division II baseball players, we take a look at what each of those 92 draft picks went ahead and did in their first professional seasons between the draft and the end of the year. Below is a look at how every one of those players did, including a couple all-star performances and quick moves up the ladder.

2016 MLB Draft Division II Recap

An underrated, yet very important part of the Division II baseball season has just concluded, and that is the MLB Draft. The returns are good for Division II, as the overall number of draftees went up this year, from 84 in 2015 to 92 in 2016. Although there were no draft picks higher than the fourth round, the landscape certainly shifted this year. Below, we have a multitude of breakdowns when it comes to the Division II field that was drafted.

2016 Division II MLB Draft Preview

The 2016 MLB First Year Player Draft begins on Thursday (June 9) with the opening two rounds at 6 p.m. Eastern, while Friday (June 10) is rounds 3-10 at 1 p.m. Eastern and Saturday (June 11) concludes the draft with rounds 11-40 at noon Eastern. Thursday's action can be seen on MLB Network, while the final two days will be available on MLB.com. In this post, we preview the 58 Division II players who are included in the MLB's draft prospects list.

Nova Southeastern Wins 2016 National Championship

The if necessary game turned out to be entirely unnecessary on Saturday, as the Sharks of Nova Southeastern University weathered an early 3-0 hole and came back to win, 8-6 over Millersville, to claim the program's first national championship.

2016 Finals Friday Recap, Saturday Preview

One game down, one, possibly two, to go. The national championship series got started on Friday with game one of a possible three, and it was the South representative, Nova Southeastern, inching one step closer to a national championship, claiming a hard-fought 2-1 victory in the title series opener.

2016 Day Five Recap, Championship Series Preview

There wasn't much drama to be had on Thursday heading in to the weekend. The two teams which entered Thursday's pair of games undefeated so far in the tournament went on to victory, allowing the championship series to get under way on Friday rather than any winner-take-all games on Friday.

2016 Day Four Recap, Day Five Preview

We are down to the final four! We lost two more teams on Wednesday's elimination day, and that leaves us with four teams remaining to claim the title of the top baseball program in 2016. Pitching made a strong comeback on Wednesday, and Thursday is looking like a wonderful day for fans of Division II baseball.