The 162-game Major League Baseball season has crossed its halfway point, and the minor leagues are soon to be flooded with new talent when the MLB Draft concludes on July 14 in Cumberland, Georgia. Having just completed one of its best seasons in recent years, the Kansas baseball program is ...
Junior-college recruiting is only one piece of the puzzle for the Kansas baseball coaching staff. It’s a big one, certainly, big enough that KU has earned the top-ranked JUCO class in the nation three years in a row. But it is far from the only tool the Jayhawks use to build their roster, ...
Updated 9:38 a.m. Friday, June 20, 2025: The return of Kansas baseball is about eight months away after the Jayhawks’ memorable season ended early in the NCAA Tournament, but fans might be able to get something vaguely resembling it in St. Cloud, Minnesota, this summer. Four members of next ...
Outgoing Kansas senior Brady Counsell on Wednesday afternoon became the first Jayhawk ever to receive a Gold Glove award from the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods. The honor, which in Counsell’s case recognizes his defensive play at third base, is only given ...
Updated 11:40 a.m. Sunday, June 15, 2025: Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald’s new contract, announced by KU last week and obtained by the Journal-World via a Kansas Open Records Act request, provides Fitzgerald a salary increase and extends his employment through the end of the 2031 ...
Gavyn Schlotterback only received limited reps at first base as a freshman for Paris Junior College last fall; by the spring, the Dragons were starting him at that position. Then, when Paris’ catcher broke his nose, Schlotterback was suddenly catching in every doubleheader and even pitching ...
After Kansas baseball’s record-breaking 2025 season, KU’s Brady Ballinger and Jackson Hauge were both named All-Americans this week by different publications. Ballinger was named a third-team All-American by Perfect Game on Tuesday and a second-team All-American by the National Collegiate ...
Reigning Big 12 Coach of the Year Dan Fitzgerald signed an amended six-year contract on Tuesday after leading Kansas baseball to its best season in over a decade. After getting the Jayhawks into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014, he received an automatic one-year contract ...
