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Colin Simpson
2019 Cowboy Baseball: The Catchers
February 05, 2019 | Cowboy Baseball
The 2019 baseball starts next week, with Oklahoma State opening play at UT Rio Grande Valley on Feb. 15. The Cowboys are ranked as high as 16th in the preseason national polls.
OSU is coming off a 31-26-1 season in which the Cowboys finished second in the Big 12 Conference and earned an NCAA Regional berth for the sixth consecutive year under head coach Josh Holliday.
With the '19 season right around the corner, we're breaking down the OSU roster by position and continue today with the catchers, a position that Holliday says is the deepest it's been in a while.
"I like the way we'll be able to match up back there, I like the way we'll be able to provide our offensive look a right- or left-handed hitting option at the position and I like the versatility that those young men have," Holliday said.
Bryce Carter, Senior, 6-1, 221, L/R
Colin Simpson, Senior, 5-9, 228, L/R
Jake Taylor, Sophomore, 6-0, 205, R/R
Josh Spiegel, Freshman, 6-2, 202, R/R
OSU is coming off a 31-26-1 season in which the Cowboys finished second in the Big 12 Conference and earned an NCAA Regional berth for the sixth consecutive year under head coach Josh Holliday.
With the '19 season right around the corner, we're breaking down the OSU roster by position and continue today with the catchers, a position that Holliday says is the deepest it's been in a while.
"I like the way we'll be able to match up back there, I like the way we'll be able to provide our offensive look a right- or left-handed hitting option at the position and I like the versatility that those young men have," Holliday said.
Bryce Carter, Senior, 6-1, 221, L/R
- Graduate transfer from Stanford
- Spent parts of four seasons with the Cardinal and played in 97 games
- Started 20 games for Stanford's 2018 Pac-12 Conference champion ballclub
- Drafted in the 40th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft by San Diego our of Tulsa's Cascia Hall High School
Colin Simpson, Senior, 5-9, 228, L/R
- Preseason All-American and All-Big 12
- Expected to see time at catcher and in left field this season
- 2018 All-Big 12 Second Team catcher
- Hit .280 with 18 home runs, 51 RBIs, 13 doubles and eight stolen bases last season
- Has recorded 31 homers, 24 doubles and 100 RBIs in 143 career games
Jake Taylor, Sophomore, 6-0, 205, R/R
- Played in 26 games last season, starting 20
- 14 of his starts came behind the plate
- Hit .231 with a home run, four doubles and 11 RBIs
- A 25th-round draft pick of Atlanta in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft
Josh Spiegel, Freshman, 6-2, 202, R/R
- 2018 Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American and All-Atlantic Region First Team at Penn Trafford High School in Jeannette, Pa.
- Hit .300 with four home runs and 17 RBIs as a senior, also walked 23 times in 68 at-bats and posted a .556 on-base percentage
- As a junior hit .429 with five homers, eight doubles, 23 RBIs and a .786 slugging percentage
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