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Dylan SinnThe Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN)
E-mail: dsinn@jg.net
Twitter: @DylanSinn
About: I grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago and have been a Cubs fan since I began watching them on WGN when I was four years old. I also frequently attended Kane County Cougars games when I was younger, so I come into this job already possessing some familiarity with the Midwest League. I attended Indiana University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 2015. I covered baseball a little at Indiana, including one game in which Kyle Schwarber turned on a fastball and hit the longest home run I have ever seen. After graduating from IU, I worked toward a master's degree at the University of Maryland and graduated from there in 2017. While at Maryland, I covered the Terrapins baseball team for Maryland Baseball Network, a student-run site dedicated exclusively to the baseball team. In the last few years, I have become an avid student of sabermetrics. I have always enjoyed numbers and statistics, especially as they relate to baseball and I find that the new ways to measure performance more precisely can be extremely valuable in evaluating players objectively. I'll slip some advanced statistics into my writing when I think they can enhance a story, but I'll always explain the number in question to make it easy to understand.


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Oct 17, 2022Pre-Season Rankings for Dylan Sinn
1North Carolina (47)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 47 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Percy Allen
1532
Points
2Gonzaga (12)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Dick Vitale
1479
Points
3Kentucky (2)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Brian Holland
1364
Points
4Houston (1)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Scott Richey
Lowest: 7 - Dave Borges
1404
Points
5Kansas
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1200
Points

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6Tennessee
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Dave Borges
880
Points
7Baylor
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 4 Voters
1200
Points
8UCLA
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Sam Connon
Lowest: 14 - Justin Jackson
1093
Points
9Duke
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Stephen Tsai
Lowest: 14 - Jerry Carino
1168
Points
10Arkansas
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - Dave Borges
1026
Points
11Texas
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jerry Carino
844
Points
12Auburn
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Dave Borges
623
Points
13Creighton
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1060
Points
14TCU
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis
735
Points
15Virginia
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
462
Points
16Arizona
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
543
Points

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17Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 26
Highest: 16 - Jerry DiPaola
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
112
Points
18Villanova
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Stephen Means
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
578
Points
19Michigan
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 8 - Jerry DiPaola
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
229
Points
20Alabama
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
281
Points

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21Indiana
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 23 - Abby Schnable
745
Points
22Oregon
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
260
Points
23San Diego State
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Jerry Carino
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
394
Points

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24Purdue
0-0Actual: 29
Highest: 17 - Mike Carmin
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
56
Points

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25Ohio State
0-0Actual: 35
Highest: 18 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
23
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Illinois24-Dayton25-Texas Tech