CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois reliever Matthew Steidl and shortstop Kaeber Rog were named to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper 2023 Preseason All-American Teams, the publication announced Monday. Steidl was named to the Second Team while Rog earned Third Team accolades.
Steidl is coming off a strong 2022 campaign in which he appeared in 30 games, recording a 7-4 record with six saves en route to earning First Team All-MVC honors. The right-hander ranked third in the League with 91 strikeouts with a 3:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
In total, the Gallatin, Tennessee native pitched 75.2 innings, allowing 29 runs while holding opponents to a .262 average against. During the final stretch of conference play, Steidl pitched in nine of the final 12 games of the season helping the Salukis to a 10-2 record and the clubs first MVC title in 32 years.
An All-American following last year, Rog had one of the best statistical seasons in program history in his first season as a Saluki in 2022. The Willemstad, Curacao native tallied the fourth-most hits in a single-season in program history (89) and his 21 doubles and 14 home runs are tied for the sixth-most in school history. One of only two Salukis to start every game this season, Rog tallied 25 multi-hit games, which included 10 games with three or more hits and hit a conference-best .405 in MVC play.
The switch-hitting shortstop earned the MVC’s Joe Carter Player of the Year award as well as the league’s Newcomer of the Year honor, becoming just the second player in conference history to win both in the same season.
The Salukis open the 2023 season Friday, February 17 at Wofford.
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