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Cal baseball alumnus and Oakland Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien was one of baseball’s top rising stars this season, producing a .285/.369/.892 slashline while playing all 162 games in 2019. Semien’s breakout campaign landed him a spot amongst the best in baseball, as the former Cal star finished in third place
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In 2019, his second season as head coach of the Cal baseball program, Mike Neu led the Bears to their first postseason appearance since 2015.
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Baker has exclusively played second base for the Wareham Gatemen, but he is listed as both a second baseman and outfielder on the team’s website.
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McIlwain is currently playing summer baseball with the Florence RedWolves in South Carolina, where he attended college in his freshman year before transferring to Cal in March 2017.
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In 27 games for the Wareham Gatemen, Baker is slashing .333/.379/.370 (batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage) with 10 stolen bases.
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In that trio of games, the 2018 Golden Spikes Award winner went on an absolute tear, slashing .600/.625/.933 (batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage) with two doubles, a homer and four RBI.
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Selma, who hit second among the six in the first round, offered advice to his fellow contestants after his turn, noting they should “hit bombs and pull it.”
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Selma, an All-Pac-12 First Team selection, had a career-year as a sophomore in 2019, hitting .311 with 10 home runs and 27 RBI.
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Cal wasn’t expected to be in this position. This team was projected to finish eighth in the conference and miss the playoffs altogether.
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The center fielder only played 20 games for the Bears as a redshirt sophomore, slashing .258/.309/.435 (batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage) with two home runs and eight RBI.
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