Gaeckle Named Preseason All-American by Baseball America

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas right-handed pitcher Gabe Gaeckle collected his third preseason All-America honor ahead of the 2025 campaign, earning second-team recognition from Baseball America.

Baseball America annually polls MLB scouting directors to vote for its preseason All-America teams, asking only that they make their selections based on performance, talent and professional potential.

Gaeckle, who was previously named the preseason SEC Pitcher of the Year by Baseball America as well as a preseason All-American by D1Baseball (second team) and Perfect Game (first team), enters the year looking to build upon his historic rookie campaign in which he was named a unanimous first-team Freshman All-American after emerging as the Hogs’ most dependable bullpen arm during the 2024 campaign. The Aptos, Calif., native made 22 relief appearances, posting a 3-3 record with a 2.32 ERA, 57 strikeouts and a team-leading seven saves in 42.2 innings of work to become the fifth Arkansas freshman pitcher since 2003 to record five or more saves in a season.

The Razorbacks, ranked in preseason top five by Baseball America (No. 4), D1Baseball (No. 5) and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (No. 5), open the year with a four-game series against Washington State on Feb. 14-17 at Baum-Walker Stadium. Arkansas, the winningest program in the country since 2017 with 333 total victories, is one of only two schools in the country to win 40 or more games in each of the last seven full seasons.

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