With Arizona Baseball continuing to adjust to the Chip Hale era, he and the Wildcats should have another solid piece with Tyler Casagrande returning.
It has been a whirlwind of events for Arizona Baseball the past few weeks or so as the Wildcats continue to adjust to the Chip Hale era. Well, luckily for the Wildcats, they will return a key piece in Tyler Casagrande for 2022.
A standout outfielder for the Wildcats from Leesburg, VA, the junior-to-be initially favored the idea of potentially transferring from the team, well, that is until Monday afternoon.
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Making news via social media, Tyler announced his return, and his plan to come back to Tucson marks for yet another key piece returning to the Wildcats in 2022, as he joins teammates Garrett Irvin, Daniel Susac, Tony Bullard, Tanner O’Tremba, and Quinn Flanagan among others.
While we don’t know what kind of group Arizona Baseball will have in 2022, the Cats should have a solid corps of players which includes Tyler Casagrande.
We are still a long way away from the 2022 season, and already the Wildcats’ roster is taking form. While I don’t expect Arizona to be the deep and talented team like they were in 2021, they should still have a few pieces to make them fairly competitive in the Pac-12.
With Casagrande returning, he should help the Wildcats a bit. He is a career .208 hitter with a home run and 11 RBI’s in 72 at-bats, and last season was easily his best as Tyler ended the year with a respectable .244 batting average, a home run, and seven RBI’s in 41 at-bats.
While he does not quite replace the production the Wildcats will lose in the transfer of Jacob Berry, he at least gives Arizona another experienced bat, and at minimum gives the Wildcats more veteran leadership and stability in the transition from Jay Johnson to coach Hale.