Numerous players selected in the 2014 MLB draft had little time to celebrate because the team they were still on was in the College World Series. Eight teams remain in double-elimination play. Here are the best players on those eight teams to watch out for—they may be competing in another World Series soon enough.   5. OF Mike Papi, Virginia Selected 38th overall by the Cleveland Indians Mike Papi isn't quite the size of Big Papi, but he has great ...

Following three win-or-go-home games in the Super Regionals on Monday, the 2014 College World Series field is set. There have been some upsets along the way, but with five No. 1 seeds still remaining, the powerhouse teams are still going to be the story in Omaha.  In addition to the caliber of teams still playing, there is plenty of star power on display. There are eight players who were taken on Day 1 of the 2014 ...

Just eight teams remain in the college baseball season, meaning that the 2014 College World Series is officially underway. It has been a long road to Omaha, Nebraska, for these final eight teams. Aside from finding success during the regular season, each team had to make its way through their own regionals and super regionals. Only then were they granted a berth to the College World Series. UCLA defeated Mississippi State in the tournament last season, but ...

And then there were eight. The road to Omaha has officially hit Omaha, and we are set for the always-scintillating College World Series to begin. With the MLB draft recently in the books, much of the focus in Nebraska will be on players such as Nick Burdi, Brandon Finnegan and others who will soon be playing professional baseball. However, the amount of young talent that will be on display at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha is going ...

The final eight teams in college baseball are officially heading to Omaha for the 2014 College World Series, and there are a few already-drafted MLB prospects to keep an eye on over the next couple of weeks. The College World Series will officially begin on Saturday, as UC Irvine will take on Texas and Louisville will play Vanderbilt. There will be plenty of pressure heading into the first games, but it won't be the end of ...

The eight teams set to play in the 2014 College World Series have braved a tough schedule over the course of the past several weeks. The teams remaining represent the best of the best of college baseball, and they'll surely deliver exciting results during the course of the tournament. The College World Series is double-elimination until the final two teams remain. At that point, wins and losses are reset for a best-of-three series. Last year, UCLA ...

The Super Regionals have come to an end, as the final three teams have secured their places in the 2014 College World Series. Day 4 featured nothing but win-or-go-home action, as each of the remaining series stood knotted at a game apiece. UC Irvine, Texas, Louisville, Vanderbilt and Texas Tech had already punched their tickets, and nine innings were all that stood between Omaha and an untimely season's end for the remaining hopefuls. TCU, Louisiana-Lafayette and Virginia ...

With the 2014 Major League Baseball draft taking place last week, many of the top college stars playing on teams in the NCAA Super Regionals suddenly find themselves generating a lot more attention.  The good news is the draft helps bring attention to what has been a very surprising and unpredictable college baseball season. There were 64 teams that entered, only to be whittled down to 16 for the Super Regionals, and five of those teams ...

With three teams punching their tickets for the 2014 College World Series on Saturday, Sunday's slate guaranteed that at least one more would join them, but also gave an opportunity for all of the eight spots to potentially be filled.  Texas, Louisville and UC Irvine all saw their way into the final eight by going 2-0 in the super regionals while Vanderbilt fell to Stanford, making their Sunday game the decider for who advances to the ...

Two days of the NCAA baseball super regionals has delivered fans of America's pastime some great baseball at the collegiate level. A few series wrapped up after those two days of play, but there are four games on the schedule for Day 3 on Sunday. All four games represent Game 2 of the three-game sets, and the team's holding the advantage leading up to first pitch will look to get on the opposition early in hopes ...