INDIANAPOLIS – For the second consecutive season, the Oakland baseball team was picked to finish fifth in the 2019 Horizon League Baseball Preseason Poll announced by the league office on Wednesday and voted on by the league's head coaches. The Golden Grizzlies received 12 overall points.
 
Wright State was picked to repeat as conference champions after receiving all six first-place votes with 36 points followed by UIC in second with 28 points. Milwaukee and Youngstown State were picked to finish third and fourth respectively and Northern Kentucky was selected sixth.
 
Oakland opens the 2019 campaign with a 22-game road swing beginning with a series at Western Carolina, Feb. 15-17.
 
2019 Horizon League Baseball Preseason Poll
Pl.        School – Pts. (First-place votes)
1.         Wright State – 36 (6)
2.         UIC – 28
3.         Milwaukee – 26
4.         Youngstown State – 15
5.         Oakland – 12
6.         Northern Kentucky – 9
 
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