Alex Faedo, a former Gators All-American, returns home to Tampa after the Detroit Tigers traded him to the Tampa Bay Rays for Enderson Delgado, a minor league catcher, and cash consideration Monday. Faedo, playing for Florida from 2015-2017, helped the team win its first national title in his junior year. For …
Read More »Run It Back: Why Evans, Shelton Put Pros On Hold, Returned To UF
Ty Evans and Colby Shelton are back for another season in orange and blue. That means the No. 7 Florida Gators baseball team will have two huge reinforcements in their lineup — and, just as important, in the clubhouse. Both players were draft eligible following the 2024 season, but opted …
Read More »Florida Baseball Gears Up For Season Through Scrimmages
The Florida baseball team is preparing for the season with scrimmages to bounce around players and test their roles. The team has quite a few strong hitters in the lineup, including Brody Donay, Colby Shelton, Justin Nadeau and Cade Kurland. Since scrimmages started, Donay, Shelton and Kurland have hit multiple …
Read More »Florida Baseball Preseason Week 2 Updates
Week two of Florida baseball’s preseason is in full swing. Updated Ranking and Staff The Gators start week two moving up in the preseason rankings. Baseball America put Florida in the seventh spot, one of five SEC programs in the top ten. No. 7 Florida 2025 College Top 25 Previewhttps://t.co/OFqoZsec7c …
Read More »Byrne Returns To Florida Baseball In New Role
The Florida baseball team is welcoming back its all-time saves leader, Michael Byrne, as a student assistant coach for the upcoming season. Byrne is rehabbing from an injury after entering free agency following the 2024 Major League Baseball season. He will assist Florida’s pitching staff while continuing his recovery. “We …
Read More »Florida Baseball Is Back
The Florida Gators baseball team started its first week of preseason, with practice and three scrimmages. Like we never left.#GoGators pic.twitter.com/7dj9O9ThSM — Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) January 26, 2025 First Look At Gators The Gators started the first scrimmage of the season strong with Orange taking victory over Blue 5-1. …
Read More »Florida Baseball Receives Highest Rank Of Preseason
The Florida baseball team is ranked No. 7 in the country in Baseball America‘s Top-25 preseason poll released Monday. In previous polls, Florida was slotted in at No. 10 and No. 11 by D1Baseball and Perfect Game, respectively. Baseball America’s poll included 10 SEC teams in its top-25, giving the …
Read More »Florida Baseball Opens Spring Practice
The No. 10 Florida baseball team takes the field at Condron Family Ballpark for spring practice Friday. Florida hopes to build off of the successes and disappointments of last season. The Gators began 2024 at No. 2 in D1 Baseball’s NCAA Division I preseason rankings, but they finished the year at …
Read More »After Hot Summer, Clemente Eager To Take Next Step For UF in ’25
Jake Clemente had a challenging start to his collegiate career. The right-handed pitcher from Coral Springs arrived in Gainesville with high expectations — he was the fifth-ranked right-handed pitcher by Perfect Game in the 2022 class coming out of high school — but a shoulder injury ended Clemente’s 2023 season …
Read More »Florida Softball Debuts As Preseason No. 1; Baseball No. 10
The Oklahoma Sooners, four-time defending women’s college world series national champions, are not the top-ranked team on Softball America’s preseason top 25 announced Monday. That title belongs to the Florida Gators. https://twitter.com/SoftbalAmerica/status/1878826878271938844 Erickson’s Return The Gators look to continue the success of their 54-win 2024 season. The team earned …
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