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D1 baseball staff | February 4, 2024

The top 20 second basemen, entering the 2024 college baseball season

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Editor's note: The following was first published on 

When we put together our Preseason All-America teams, we followed one guiding principle: If we were building a team to win the 2024 national title, which players would we choose? We use the same philosophy to construct our Player Rankings — think of them as an extension of our Preseason All-America teams.

These are NOT professional prospect lists, though they do take pure talent into consideration. Players who proved themselves against top competition in summer ball and look poised for breakout years might rank higher on the list than other players who had gaudier stats from last spring. We considered past performance and offensive statistics, but we also try to keep the numbers in context, because some leagues or ballparks are more offensive than others, and some leagues simply have more talent than others — so all stat lines are not created equal. So we take an amalgam of past numbers, raw talent, defensive ability (especially at premium positions), makeup and reports of development over the summer and fall. This year, we also made use of more advanced metrics like Defensive Runs Saved and WAR, courtesy of our partners at .

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Finally, remember that there are more than 300 Division I teams, and we’re ranking roughly the top 15 percent at each position. These lists reflect our projections of which players will be the best of the best this spring, but many good players in the remaining 85 percent just didn’t make the cut. We’ll revisit the Player Rankings over the course of the season and make adjustments as players prove themselves on the field.

With all that said, here’s a look at the top 20 second basemen in college baseball heading into the 2024 season. Preseason All-Americans Travis Bazzana (Oregon State), Sam Kulasingam (Air Force) and Christian Moore (Tennessee) lead the way.

Rank Name School AVG/OBP/SLG OPS PA 2B HR RBI BB-K SB
1 Travis Bazzana Oregon State .374/.500/.622 1.122 306 20 11 55 59-47 36
2 Sam Kulasingam Air Force .426/.537/.655 1.192 294 28 6 51 50-24 6
3 Christian Moore Tennessee .304/.444/.603 1.047 275 13 17 49 50-67 16
4 Duce Gourson UCLA .314/.434/.510 .944 249 10 10 48 36-51 8
5 Cade Kurland Florida .297/.404/.555 .959 312 17 17 50 26-64 4
6 Brady Day Kansas State .356/.492/.459 .951 256 9 3 26 49-22 8
7 Joichiro Oyama UC Irvine .319/.418/.500 .918 261 7 7 44 31-37 14
8 Jacob Starling East Carolina .311/.436/.506 .942 299 15 10 52 44-50 19
9 Emilien Pitre Kentucky .318/.440/.413 .853 281 16 1 51 42-35 20
10 Amani Larry Mississippi State .297/.451/.512 .963 232 16 7 30 34-26 19
11 Blake Cyr Miami .305/.427/.620 1.047 248 12 17 63 37-70 0
12 Kodey Shojinaga Kansas .374/.419/.523 .942 216 11 6 32 16-25 0
13 Jackson Van De Brake North Carolina .307/.439/.486 .925 271 15 8 48 41-38 1
14 Paul Toetz Georgia .335/.425/.579 1.004 229 14 10 53 25-42 2
15 Mike Becchetti Georgia Tech .329/.438/.586 1.024 270 16 13 54 36-41 6
16 Tyler Bischke Pittsburgh .309/.397/.530 .927 274 16 12 54 30-54 2
17 Christian Martin Virginia Tech .345/.455/.471 .926 217 7 3 26 32-28 8
18 Bobby Boser South Florida .323/.445/.621 1.066 238 7 15 41 28-73 8
19 Daniel Dickinson Utah Valley .376/.445/.596 1.041 248 19 9 42 22-32 11
20 Brice Martinez Wofford .352/.458/.418 .876 272 8 0 45 32-30 16

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