MLB’s revamped Desert Invitational to kick off college season

Major League Baseball at present introduced the growth of its annual, Arizona-based event designed to rejoice the normal begin to the school baseball season. The MLB Desert Invitational event (previously often called “MLB4”) will now embrace six groups from across the nation, together with three nationally-ranked groups, and can be hosted in three areas all through the Greater Phoenix space – (1) Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, (2) Sloan Park and (3) Grand Canyon University.  The MLB-hosted occasion can be held the weekend of February Seventeenth-Nineteenth, together with three unique telecasts LIVE on MLB Network and streamed on MLB.com. MLB Network has been the unique residence of this event since its inception in 2018.

The Desert Invitational, which would be the fourth such occasion hosted by MLB in Arizona, will characteristic a number of of the most effective baseball packages within the nation – all of that are taking part for the primary time. These embrace the next:
•    University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN) –  No. 4 ranked 
•    University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) – No. 33 ranked
•    Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ) –  No. 36 ranked
•    Michigan State University, (East Lansing, MI) 
•    Fresno State University (Fresno, CA)
•    University of California San Diego (San Diego, CA)

The full schedule (all instances MT) for the 2023 Desert Invitational event is as follows (dates, instances and match-ups are topic to alter): 
Feb. 17, 11 a.m.: Michigan St. vs. Fresno St. (Sloan Park)
Feb. 17, 1 p.m.: Grand Canyon vs. San Diego (SRF at Talking Stick)
Feb. 17, 6 p.m.: Arizona vs. Tennessee (SRF at Talking Stick)
Feb. 18, 1 p.m.: Fresno St. vs. Arizona (Sloan Park)
Feb. 18,  6 p.m.: Tennessee vs. Grand Canyon (Grand Canyon University)
Feb. 18, 6 p.m.: San Diego vs. Michigan St. (Sloan Park)
Feb. 19, 1 p.m.: Fresno St. vs. Grand Canyon (Sloan Park)
Feb. 19, 1 p.m.: San Diego vs. Tennessee (SRF at Talking Stick)
Feb. 19, 6 p.m.: Michigan St. vs. Arizona (SRF at Talking Stick)
— * MLB Network/MLB.com Broadcast

The showcase is about to characteristic MLB Pipeline Top 100 Draft prospects together with:
•    No. 2 – Chase Dollander – RHP – Tennessee
•    No. 9 – Jacob Wilson – SS – Grand Canyon 
•    No. 22 – Maui Ahuna – SS Tennessee
•    No. 44 – Mitch Jebb – SS – Michigan State
•    No. 51 – Chase Davis – OF – Arizona 
•    No. 71 – T.J. Nichols – RHP – Arizona
•    No. 88 – Homer Bush Jr – Grand Canyon 

Historically, the event has featured Vanderbilt University, University of Michigan, Texas Christian University, California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), University of Connecticut, University of Virginia and California State University (Fullerton).