Every year around this time the Florida State baseball team loses some committed prospects - and some underclassmen - to the Major League Draft. How did we fare this year? Read on for more on what prospects we can expect on campus now that the signing deadline has passed, and what our Noles are up to during the offseason.

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For the first time in 18 seasons as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Noles dropped their opening conference series. FSU used a superb individual effort by freshman Sean Gilmartin to take Game 1, and proceeded to get pounded the next 2 games. More inside.

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The Florida State baseball team posted consecutive 46-9 regular season records the past 2 years. 10 games into the 2009 campaign the Noles have already dropped 4 games and are currently sitting on the bad end of a 3 game losing streak, all before ACC play even starts. Should we hit the panick button? More inside.

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Love is in the air. With the basketball team virtually locking down their first NCAA Tournament bid in over 10 years with a win over Clemson, some might be forgetting that the 2009 Baseball season has started and that our team is off to their usual fast start. More inside on what we can expect from the Seminole baseball team this season.

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Preston Parker was found asleep behind the steering wheel of his red Dodge Charger. His car had the engine on and was stopped at the drive-thru of a McDonalds. He had a .054 blood alcohol content (the legal limit is .08) and also admitted to smoking marijuana.

One of the requirements of last year's gun and drug charges was that he undergo regular drug tests. This latest news is obviously a violation of his plea agreement and if the charges hold he is, for all intents and purposes, done at FSU.

More details following the jump...

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As we draw closer and closer to baseball season, which starts Feb. 20 at 4:00pm against Hofstra, the preseason publications are starting to come out and our Noles are getting some love... for the most part.

Most recently, the USA Today Coaches Poll came out, which has the Noles ranked at #9.

Baseball America has us at an ugly #24.

Collegiate Baseball has us at #7.

Finally, the NCBWA has us at #6, our highest of all.

So if you take all these rankings, including Baseball America's unfavorable ranking, the country thinks the Noles are roughly the #12 team in the country to start the season. Are they right?

Sorry if already posted, just thought I'd share:

SPORTING NEWS’ 2008 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

OFFENSE
QB Robert Griffin, Baylor
RB Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State
RB Victor Anderson, Louisville
WR A.J. Green, Georgia
WR Julio Jones, Alabama
TE Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame
T Elvis Fisher, Missouri
G Moe Petrus, Connecticut
C Michael Brewster, Ohio State
G Joel Foreman, Michigan State
T Andrew Datko, Florida State
K Philip Welch, Wisconsin
KR Damaris Johnson, Tulsa

DEFENSE
DE Brandon Harold, Kansas State
DT Billy Winn, Boise State
DT Lawrence Guy, Arizona State
DE Tom Keiser, Stanford
LB Travis Lewis, Oklahoma
LB Mychal Sisson, Colorado State
LB Jerry Franklin, Arkansas
CB Janoris Jenkins, Florida
CB Jordan Mabin, Northwestern
S Sean Baker, Ball State
S Earl Thomas, Texas
P Bryan Anger, California
PR T.Y. Hilton, Florida International

It is important to take Freshman AA honors into context, as in some situations the award can be won pretty much by default (Ryan McMahon comes to mind). However, what is truly remarkable here is Trickett, this being his 3rd Freshman AA in 2 years. You can expect more of the same as long as we can hang on to this hardened Marine.

Update: According to Coach Bowden, there will be no further action taken against Reed or Wade, as they already served their suspension.  Contrast Update: ESPN Sportscenter reorts at 5:35 Central time that both have been suspended, again.

WCTV Reports

FSU police, working in consultation with the State Attorney’s Office, had obtained warrants for one count of battery each against Wade and Reed. The two men turned themselves in to the Leon County Jail today, posted bond and were released. Battery is a misdemeanor.

What do we think here? Will Reed serve any additional suspensions? Is he off the team or is he playing on Saturday? Those are two extremes and I just don't know what to expect. Since they are misdemeanors it means the FSU policy on felonies does not apply. I do not know if anyone from the fraternity was arrested.  

Source: LeonCountyfl.gov

My Guess? Time Served.  These guys have no priors and these are not felonies.

The "no arrest streak" is broken.  It lasted 182 days, which is pretty impressive.  One day short of a half-year.

Was arguing with some guy that says our D is not overrated, and I came up with these numbers:

In ACC Play:

Defense is giving up an average of 24 points per game against an average 91st ranked offense.

The 1st string defense is made up of 5 seniors and 6 juniors.

Offense is putting up an average of 26.5 points per game against an average 28th ranked defense.

The 1st string offense is made up of 3 freshmen, 3 sophomores, 3 juniors, and 2 seniors.

I didn't expect the numbers to be as damning as they are.

I believe the D won't be elite, or consistent for that matter, until MA and Company are gone. We need to do what we did to the O to the D side of the ball. The D's decline has been overshadowed by our atrocious O in recent years. Now that we're turning the corner on O, it is readily apparent our D has been a smoke and mirrors show lately.