Alex Swenson ranks the ten D1 mid-major baseball programs most likely to play freshmen. Mount Saint Mary's, Oral Roberts, Albany, Texas Southern, Binghamton, Dayton, East Carolina, North Alabama, Oakland, and Stonehill all gave rookies significant innings last season, unlike Power Four schools where draft prospects lock down the lineup.
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These D1 schools are playing freshmen. We're going to be talking about the top 10 non power four baseball schools that are giving freshmen an opportunity to play and make an impact. These set of 10 schools is even more important than the Power 4 schools that I've covered in my last videos. Why? Because Honestly, those Power 4 schools, those freshmen that are starting, they are dogs, man. They a lot of those guys are draft guys. And not to say that these non Power 4 freshmen that are playing there are not good players, it's just there's more opportunity here. There's 230 division one mid major schools. There's about a 70 power four schools. So just gives you kind of a good lay of the land of the schools that are giving freshmen opportunities to go and play. So we're going to be talking about the top ten non power four schools with freshman's innings pitch this past year. Number one, Mount Saint Mary's. Number two, Oral Roberts University. Went to the college world reaches a couple years ago. Number three, the University at Albany. Number four, Texas Southern University. Number five, Bington University. Great facilities there. Number six, University of Dayton. Number seven, East Carolina University. Very, very good Division one mid major program. Number eight, University of Northern North Alabama. Number nine, Oakland University. And number ten, Stone Hill College. Good luck.