Saturday will undoubtedly go down as one of — if not the — worst day of Oregon’s baseball season.

The No. 10 Ducks entered the day looking for the series win over Ohio State, which was still searching for its first conference win of the season. 

Oregon entered with the fewest losses in the Big Ten conference with two, a number that doubled after an atrocious day at the ballpark. 

The Ducks got swept in their doubleheader with the Buckeyes (11-10 and 8-6) to lose their first series of the season to the last-place team in the Big Ten. Terrible. 

The first game of the doubleheader will likely go down as one of Oregon’s worst losses of the season. The Ducks led 4-0, 7-3 and 10-6 at different points, but disastrous pitching performances from a number of Oregon arms gifted Ohio State just its first conference win of the season. 

Maddox Molony hit a three-run jack in the first game to put Oregon ahead 4-0. Molony was the bright spot of the terrible day with his three-homer, nine-RBI doubleheader. Anson Aroz and Jacob Walsh also tallied homers, but it wouldn’t matter. The Oregon pitching staff was too bad to overcome in either game. 

Collin Clakre started the first game, but he went only two innings, allowing five runs on five hits and issuing a pair of free passes. Walks were perhaps the Ducks’ main catalyst on Saturday. Across the two games, Oregon pitchers walked 13 hitters and hit five of them, providing the Buckeyes with chances to drive them in, which they did. Ohio State was 14/30 (.358) with runners on base on Saturday. 

The Ducks used six pitchers in the first game, but they allowed 10 earned runs on 12 hits and blew a slew of leads. Aroz and Molony drove in nine of Oregon’s 10 runs in the first game. Game two was just as rough on the Oregon bullpen.

After starter Will Sanford (two innings, three hits, four runs, five walks) was pulled, three more Oregon arms were used, but they too were of little use aside from Ryan Featherston, who recorded 4.1 shutout innings in the loss. 

A three-run homer from Ohio State’s Tyler Pettorini in the bottom of the eighth erased yet another Oregon lead and sunk the Ducks’ chances at redemption or a series win. 

Aroz and Molony again combined for five RBIs in a game in which they both homered, but game two of the doubleheader proved to use the same script as game one, one that spelt disaster and embarrassment for No. 10 Oregon. 

The Ducks will surely plummet in the national rankings and the Big Ten standings after their disastrous Saturday in Columbus. The series loss needs to be a serious wake-up call for Oregon as the Ducks return home for a midweek game against Portland on Wednesday and a three-game series against Michigan next weekend.

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The Ducks put together about the most team-effort win they could imagine in their 7-0, series-opening win over Ohio State. Oregon smacked four homers, pitched a shutout and had each starter record at least one hit. 

That’s complete and utter dominance. 

Entering this weekend’s series, No. 10 Oregon sat atop the Big Ten baseball standings while Ohio State ranked dead last and winless in conference play. Everything sign pointed to the Ducks leaving Columbus with (at least) a series win. 

They got off to the right start. Three batters into the series, Oregon had the lead. Mason Neville wore a pitch to start the game and Dominic Hellman plated him with an RBI double.

However, Oregon starter Grayson Grinsell’s day also got off to a shaky start. The lefty hit the first two batters he faced to set Ohio State up with an early scoring opportunity. His defense stepped up, though, and rolled a double play while working out of the scoreless frame. 

The score stayed knotted with both pitchers recording fast innings until the top of the fourth when Anson Aroz’s sixth homer of the season doubled the Oregon lead. One batter later, Maddox Molony left the yard with his seventh blast of 2025. Ryan Cooney tallied an RBI single later in the frame as the Ducks jumped ahead 4-0.

That would be all for Ohio State’s starter, Drew Erdmann. He allowed four runs on seven hits across his four innings while fanning four. His season ERA is up to a rough 12.71 as he earned the loss on Friday. 

Grinsell’s stretch of 10-straight retired hitters ended as a pair of Buckeyes reached to open the bottom of the fifth, but again worked out of the jam, relying on his infield for all three outs. 

Dominic Hellman added to the lead in the eighth with his eighth homer of the season. His solo shot made him the first of three Ducks to reach to start the frame, but Ohio State worked out of a jam of its own to limit the damage. 

Jason Reitz took over in the bottom of the eighth with a five-run lead and six outs remaining. Grinsell’s stellar outing ended after seven shutout frames in which he allowed just three hits, three hit-by-pitches and a walk. His five strikeouts on the night were lower than he typically produces, but his defense behind him did everything he needed them to do to keep his outing scoreless. 

Neville got in on the homer parade in the ninth with a two-run blast to put Oregon at the seven-run mark. His conference-leading 12th homer of the season put a nice bow on the Ducks’ four-homer game.  

The Ducks collected 12 hits on Friday. Each starter recorded at least one hit while Neville, Hellman and Molony both boasted multi-hit days. 

Kellan Knox recorded the game’s final three outs to lock down the series-opening win for Oregon. The two squads will go back at it Saturday at 11:05 a.m. PST.

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For the first time all season, No. 9 Oregon faced a new test: a decisive rubber match. With the pressure of dropping a home series to inferior Rutgers on their shoulders, the Ducks got it done. 

Freshman Will Sanford was good enough for his second win of the season while the Oregon offense found a couple timely hits. Coupled together, it resulted in a 4-2 Sunday win. 

A two-out double off the bat of Chase Meggers got the scoring in the bottom of the second. Both Parker Stinson and Ryan Cooney scored as Meggers recorded his fifth and sixth RBIs of the season. 

Stinson, who played hero in Oregon’s 4-3 walkoff win on Friday, made his first start of the season from the DH spot, but was 1-3 with two strikeouts. Still, his run in the second gave Oregon a lead it wouldn’t relent to clinch its third series win of the season. 

A sacrifice fly put the Scarlet Knights on the board for the first time, but it would be the lone run Sanford allowed in his start. 

He went six full innings, relented just one run on only two hits, walked five and fanned five. While control issues forced him into many deep counts, he avoided any real damage or continuous Rutgers’ successes. 

Burke-Lee Mabeus stepped up with the bases loaded in the fifth and continued his hot freshman season by grounding into an RBI groundout, putting Oregon back ahead by two. 

Jason Reitz threw 1.2 innings, but was tagged with another sac fly in the eighth. An RBI double from Jacob Walsh in the bottom of the frame, however, kept the momentum on Oregon’s side, giving Santiago Garcia a two-run lead to protect in the ninth. 

He did just that to earn the Ducks the series win. Oregon will remain atop the Big Ten baseball standings for another week. The Ducks take to the road for a three-game set with Ohio State this next weekend.

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The No. 10-seeded Ducks (20-12) went to the Durham, North Carolina Regional looking to prove their worth and shock the world in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. 

An upset overtime win over seventh-seeded Vanderbilt on Friday was a great start, but a win over second-seeded Duke (28-7) on the road would have been one of the biggest statements in recent Oregon women’s basketball history. 

The Ducks fought valiantly, but losing Peyton Scott and turnover troubles sunk their upset hopes, ending their season with a 59-53 loss. 

Oregon caught Duke sleeping early, breaking open a 7-2 lead in the first quarter. The Ducks held Duke — which entered the contest 14-1 at home — to just nine points in the opening frame. A gritty, 16-point second quarter saw the Ducks take a five-point advantage into the break. 

Deja Kelly led the Oregon offense with 20 points in the loss. The former North Carolina Tar Heel entered the contest with a good amount of experience against Duke, but her record against the Blue Devils sunk to 5-3 in the season-ending loss. 

Down low, Phillipina Kyei battled in the paint in what will be her final game as a Duck. She tallied another double-double (14 points, 13 rebounds) to close out her Oregon career. 

To pull the upset, Oregon needed a big day from guard Peyton Scott, but she struggled against the Blue Devils’ defense and had just four points when a scary-looking leg injury ended her day — and likely her collegiate career — in the third quarter. 

Duke exploded out of the locker room in the third quarter, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to erase the Ducks’ lead just seconds into the frame. A slew of Oregon turnovers — the Ducks finished with 17 — and some timely shooting from the Blue Devils saw Duke take a 10-point advantage — their largest of the game — into the fourth quarter. 

Oregon got very little production from anyone not named Kyei or Kelley. The Ducks only tallied five bench points (all from Sofia Bell) and the non-Kyei-or-Kelley starters combined for a measly 14 points. 

The Ducks pulled within a possession in the fourth, but never regained the lead as their season came to a close. It was a great season from head coach Kelly Graves’ Ducks in their first season in the Big Ten. Oregon bounced back significantly from a disastrous final year in the Pac-12 and carries significant momentum into the offseason. 

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Rutgers’ Landon Mack had a career day to shock No. 9 Oregon in Eugene and even up the weekend series. 

He limited the Ducks to just two hits and a hit-by-pitch across his seven terrific scoreless innings as the Scarlet Knights (10-13, 2-3 Big Ten) blanked Oregon 8-0.

The Scarlet Knights’ freshman righty dominated the Ducks (18-5, 6-2 Big Ten) across all facets of the contest as Oregon dropped just its second conference game of the season and was shut-out for the first time in 2025.

Oregon’s Collin Clarke struck-out four batters in the second frame. The Scarlet Knights’ leadoff man fanned, but reached on a wild pitch, allowing Clarke to accomplish the rare four-strikeout-inning-feat. 

Rutgers recorded its first hit off Clarke in the third frame as two-straight hitters reached to open the frame. A sacrifice bunt from Trevor Cohen put a pair of runners in scoring position for Ty Doucette, who launched his fifth bomb of the season to put the Scarlet Knights ahead 3-0. 

He worked a clean fourth frame but allowed a pair of runners to reach with two outs in the fifth. This time, however, he worked out of the jam without allowing further damage. 

Oregon’s offense, meanwhile, was nowhere to be found. Mason Neville led the bottom of the first off with a single, but his knock would serve as the Ducks’ only hit until the seventh inning. 

Two more Rutgers runners reached to start the sixth and another sacrifice bunt moved them into scoring position. It looked to be a replica of the third frame, but RJ Johnson’s RBI groundout would be the extent of the Knights’ scoring for the inning. 

The sixth would be Clarke’s final frame. Across his 107 pitches, he allowed four runs on five hits while fanning seven and only walking one. Had he had even an ounce of run support, he could have had Oregon in a good spot to earn the series win. 

Ryan Featherston took over for the seventh and things quickly unraveled for the Ducks. A string of four hits and two Oregon defensive errors gave way to a four-run inning that opened up an 8-0 Rutgers advantage. As they stretched at PK Park, the Ducks had just one hit, which was also their only baserunner to that point.  

Mack entered the bottom of the seventh having thrown just 71 pitches. A Chase Meggers double finally ended his string of 19-straight retired hitters, but Meggers would be stranded as Mack continued his scoreless outing. 

On the bright side, Drew Smith pinch-hit in the eighth inning. He’s been recovering from an injury he sustained early in the season, but appears closer to a return after getting an at-bat in on Friday. 

Mack turned the pitching duties over to the bullpen in the eighth and the Knights’ relievers went the rest of the way as they evened the series. The rubber match is slated for 12:05 p.m. tomorrow.

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Parker Stinson hadn’t touched the field in an Oregon uniform until head coach Mark Wasikowski called his number with the winning run on third in the ninth. 

He made an immediate impact with his new team, driving in the winning run and handing Oregon a 4-3 win over Rutgers.

No. 9 Oregon (18-4, 6-1 Big Ten) opened its series with Rutgers (9-13, 1-3 Big Ten) in first place in the Big Ten standings after sweeping USC to open conference play and taking two of three from Minnesota last weekend. 

It was a slow and steady, evenly-placed game on a rainy Friday afternoon at PK Park, but the Ducks outlasted their opponents for another conference win. 

A four-hit third inning from the Scarlet Knights gave Rutgers the series’ first advantage. Both Peyton Bonds and Ty Doucette picked up RBIs as Oregon starter Grayson Grinsell relented his only earned runs of the game. Mason Neville’s team-leading 11th homer of the season got Oregon on the board in the bottom of the frame, but the Ducks trailed 2-1 after three frames. 

Grinsell recorded his 200th-career strikeout as a part of his 6.1-inning outing. He allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits while fanning eight and walking two. 

After the third inning, neither team could push much offense across. The teams were a combined 1-15 with two outs and 6-28 with runners on base in the series opener. 

A two-RBI knock from Jacob Walsh put Oregon ahead in the sixth as he drove in Anson Aroz and Chase Meggers, but a fielding error from Jack Brooks in the top of the seventh ended Grinsell’s outing and extending the frame, allowing the game-tying run to cross on a Santiago Garcia wild pitch. 

Garcia responded with a scoreless eighth, but the Ducks were unable to generate any sort of offense against Rutgers’ bullpen after the Walsh single. 

Jaxon Jordan took the mound for the Ducks in the ninth, but allowed two runners to reach on free passes before he was subbed for Cole Stokes, who worked out of the frame to keep Rutgers off the board. Stokes earned his first win of the season despite recording just one out.

Walsh was struck by a pitch to get on to start the bottom of the ninth, but Brooks’ sacrifice bunt attempt failed to bring him into scoring position. But a Maddox Molony one-out double brought the winning run to third as Parker Stinson stepped up as a pinch hitter. 

Stinson, who’d been injured all season after transferring from Indiana State, made his first appearance of the season in the ninth as the Ducks needed a ball to the outfield. 

That’s exactly what he gave them. A fly ball to left plated Brooks on a sacrifice fly to give the Ducks the series-opening win. 

The win serves as Oregon’s second walkoff win of the season (Dominic Hellman ended a game against Rhode Island with a fielding error in the 11th inning) and its first in Big Ten play. Collin Clarke will take the mound tomorrow at 2:05 pm as the Ducks hunt their third series win of conference play.

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This season’s Oregon baseball team is blessed with incredible depth at a number of positions, but maybe none more so than catcher. 

This was a big theme of last year’s team and identity. It wasn’t uncommon to see two or three traditional catchers in the lineup with Bennett Thompson, Anson Aroz and Chase Meggers filling the lineup card both behind the dish and in the outfield. 

Meggers and Aroz are back in 2025, but the addition of three freshmen keeps the catcher competition fresh. Meggers has been banged up to start the year, but it was originally expected that he’ll be the main backstop when he gets healthy as the season rolls along. 

But these freshmen are making it really tough to take anyone out of the lineup.

First, there’s Burke-Lee Mabeus, a 6-foot-4 option from Henderson, Nevada. He’s been hitting the cover off the ball so far in the young season. His first-career home run came in grand-slam fashion in a win over The University of Rhode Island and is racking up extra-base hits on the daily. Mabeus already has a Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week under his belt.

“He’s a special kid on and off the field,” Aroz said of Mabeus. “He’s been one of my favorites to work with so far and in a short amount of time has made an impact on my life both within baseball and outside of it.”

Then there’s Coen Niclai, a young backstop from Anchorage, Alaska. Niclai has made a handful of starts, and while he’s not swinging the bat the same way Mabeus is, Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski has praised his defense on several occasions. With weekends chalked-full of four-game series opened the season, Niclai has been a solid option to give guys some much-needed rest. 

“Coen’s a great player,” Mabeus said. “I’m great friends with Coen, (he’s) one of my best friends here. The talent that he has, I can feel it on my side for sure and it pushes me.”

Even Zach Justice, a local kid from Bend, Oregon, has seen playing time in the young season. Wasikowki has a constant conundrum on his hands each time he fills out his lineup card. Each guy can contribute, but that only makes his decisions harder. 

Of course, we can’t forget about Aroz. He’s been slugging like nobody’s business through the early parts of the season. He only hit six homers in 2024, but was already up to five by March of this year. He’s more of a utility option for the Ducks and has spent a lot of time in the outfield. When Meggers returns, Aroz may establish himself as Oregon’s everyday left fielder. 

“We’re not a team that chases stats,” Aroz said. “We’re a team that’s very process-oriented.” 

Several pitchers have praised each option behind the plate. They’ve had good things to say both about each individual option, but also the core as a whole. It would appear that the majority of the pitching staff is comfortable with whoever their backstop is on any given day. 

“That’s good to hear,” Mabeus said. “I spend a lot of time with the pitchers (in) bullpens or practices. My overall goal is to make sure they’re pitching good. I think they can feel that that’s my intent and I think it rubs off on them pretty good.”

As the season progresses, it’s entirely possible that we see these names flowing in and out of the lineup and even flexing from position to position. That’s the privilege Wasikowski has with this season’s loaded catching core. 

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This season’s Oregon baseball team is blessed with incredible depth at a number of positions, but maybe none more so than catcher. 

This was a big theme of last year’s team and identity. It wasn’t uncommon to see two or three traditional catchers in the lineup with Bennett Thompson, Anson Aroz and Chase Meggers filling the lineup card both behind the dish and in the outfield. 

Meggers and Aroz are back in 2025, but the addition of three freshmen keeps the catcher competition fresh. Meggers has been banged up to start the year, but it was originally expected that he’ll be the main backstop when he gets healthy as the season rolls along. 

But these freshmen are making it really tough to take anyone out of the lineup.

First, there’s Burke-Lee Mabeus, a 6-foot-4 option from Henderson, Nevada. He’s been hitting the cover off the ball so far in the young season. His first-career home run came in grand-slam fashion in a win over The University of Rhode Island and is racking up extra-base hits on the daily. Mabeus already has a Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week under his belt.

“He’s a special kid on and off the field,” Aroz said of Mabeus. “He’s been one of my favorites to work with so far and in a short amount of time has made an impact on my life both within baseball and outside of it.”

Then there’s Coen Niclai, a young backstop from Anchorage, Alaska. Niclai has made a handful of starts, and while he’s not swinging the bat the same way Mabeus is, Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski has praised his defense on several occasions. With weekends chalked-full of four-game series opened the season, Niclai has been a solid option to give guys some much-needed rest. 

“Coen’s a great player,” Mabeus said. “I’m great friends with Coen, (he’s) one of my best friends here. The talent that he has, I can feel it on my side for sure and it pushes me.”

Even Zach Justice, a local kid from Bend, Oregon, has seen playing time in the young season. Wasikowki has a constant conundrum on his hands each time he fills out his lineup card. Each guy can contribute, but that only makes his decisions harder. 

Of course, we can’t forget about Aroz. He’s been slugging like nobody’s business through the early parts of the season. He only hit six homers in 2024, but was already up to five by March of this year. He’s more of a utility option for the Ducks and has spent a lot of time in the outfield. When Meggers returns, Aroz may establish himself as Oregon’s everyday left fielder. 

“We’re not a team that chases stats,” Aroz said. “We’re a team that’s very process-oriented.” 

Several pitchers have praised each option behind the plate. They’ve had good things to say both about each individual option, but also the core as a whole. It would appear that the majority of the pitching staff is comfortable with whoever their backstop is on any given day. 

“That’s good to hear,” Mabeus said. “I spend a lot of time with the pitchers (in) bullpens or practices. My overall goal is to make sure they’re pitching good. I think they can feel that that’s my intent and I think it rubs off on them pretty good.”

As the season progresses, it’s entirely possible that we see these names flowing in and out of the lineup and even flexing from position to position. That’s the privilege Wasikowski has with this season’s loaded catching core. 

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This season’s Oregon baseball team is blessed with incredible depth at a number of positions, but maybe none more so than catcher. 

This was a big theme of last year’s team and identity. It wasn’t uncommon to see two or three traditional catchers in the lineup with Bennett Thompson, Anson Aroz and Chase Meggers filling the lineup card both behind the dish and in the outfield. 

Meggers and Aroz are back in 2025, but the addition of three freshmen keeps the catcher competition fresh. Meggers has been banged up to start the year, but it was originally expected that he’ll be the main backstop when he gets healthy as the season rolls along. 

But these freshmen are making it really tough to take anyone out of the lineup.

First, there’s Burke-Lee Mabeus, a 6-foot-4 option from Henderson, Nevada. He’s been hitting the cover off the ball so far in the young season. His first-career home run came in grand-slam fashion in a win over The University of Rhode Island and is racking up extra-base hits on the daily. Mabeus already has a Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week under his belt.

“He’s a special kid on and off the field,” Aroz said of Mabeus. “He’s been one of my favorites to work with so far and in a short amount of time has made an impact on my life both within baseball and outside of it.”

Then there’s Coen Niclai, a young backstop from Anchorage, Alaska. Niclai has made a handful of starts, and while he’s not swinging the bat the same way Mabeus is, Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski has praised his defense on several occasions. With weekends chalked-full of four-game series opened the season, Niclai has been a solid option to give guys some much-needed rest. 

“Coen’s a great player,” Mabeus said. “I’m great friends with Coen, (he’s) one of my best friends here. The talent that he has, I can feel it on my side for sure and it pushes me.”

Even Zach Justice, a local kid from Bend, Oregon, has seen playing time in the young season. Wasikowki has a constant conundrum on his hands each time he fills out his lineup card. Each guy can contribute, but that only makes his decisions harder. 

Of course, we can’t forget about Aroz. He’s been slugging like nobody’s business through the early parts of the season. He only hit six homers in 2024, but was already up to five by March of this year. He’s more of a utility option for the Ducks and has spent a lot of time in the outfield. When Meggers returns, Aroz may establish himself as Oregon’s everyday left fielder. 

“We’re not a team that chases stats,” Aroz said. “We’re a team that’s very process-oriented.” 

Several pitchers have praised each option behind the plate. They’ve had good things to say both about each individual option, but also the core as a whole. It would appear that the majority of the pitching staff is comfortable with whoever their backstop is on any given day. 

“That’s good to hear,” Mabeus said. “I spend a lot of time with the pitchers (in) bullpens or practices. My overall goal is to make sure they’re pitching good. I think they can feel that that’s my intent and I think it rubs off on them pretty good.”

As the season progresses, it’s entirely possible that we see these names flowing in and out of the lineup and even flexing from position to position. That’s the privilege Wasikowski has with this season’s loaded catching core. 

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This season’s Oregon baseball team is blessed with incredible depth at a number of positions, but maybe none more so than catcher. 

This was a big theme of last year’s team and identity. It wasn’t uncommon to see two or three traditional catchers in the lineup with Bennett Thompson, Anson Aroz and Chase Meggers filling the lineup card both behind the dish and in the outfield. 

Meggers and Aroz are back in 2025, but the addition of three freshmen keeps the catcher competition fresh. Meggers has been banged up to start the year, but it was originally expected that he’ll be the main backstop when he gets healthy as the season rolls along. 

But these freshmen are making it really tough to take anyone out of the lineup.

First, there’s Burke-Lee Mabeus, a 6-foot-4 option from Henderson, Nevada. He’s been hitting the cover off the ball so far in the young season. His first-career home run came in grand-slam fashion in a win over The University of Rhode Island and is racking up extra-base hits on the daily. Mabeus already has a Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week under his belt.

“He’s a special kid on and off the field,” Aroz said of Mabeus. “He’s been one of my favorites to work with so far and in a short amount of time has made an impact on my life both within baseball and outside of it.”

Then there’s Coen Niclai, a young backstop from Anchorage, Alaska. Niclai has made a handful of starts, and while he’s not swinging the bat the same way Mabeus is, Oregon head coach Mark Wasikowski has praised his defense on several occasions. With weekends chalked-full of four-game series opened the season, Niclai has been a solid option to give guys some much-needed rest. 

“Coen’s a great player,” Mabeus said. “I’m great friends with Coen, (he’s) one of my best friends here. The talent that he has, I can feel it on my side for sure and it pushes me.”

Even Zach Justice, a local kid from Bend, Oregon, has seen playing time in the young season. Wasikowki has a constant conundrum on his hands each time he fills out his lineup card. Each guy can contribute, but that only makes his decisions harder. 

Of course, we can’t forget about Aroz. He’s been slugging like nobody’s business through the early parts of the season. He only hit six homers in 2024, but was already up to five by March of this year. He’s more of a utility option for the Ducks and has spent a lot of time in the outfield. When Meggers returns, Aroz may establish himself as Oregon’s everyday left fielder. 

“We’re not a team that chases stats,” Aroz said. “We’re a team that’s very process-oriented.” 

Several pitchers have praised each option behind the plate. They’ve had good things to say both about each individual option, but also the core as a whole. It would appear that the majority of the pitching staff is comfortable with whoever their backstop is on any given day. 

“That’s good to hear,” Mabeus said. “I spend a lot of time with the pitchers (in) bullpens or practices. My overall goal is to make sure they’re pitching good. I think they can feel that that’s my intent and I think it rubs off on them pretty good.”

As the season progresses, it’s entirely possible that we see these names flowing in and out of the lineup and even flexing from position to position. That’s the privilege Wasikowski has with this season’s loaded catching core. 

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