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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 14, 2024Pre-Season Rankings for Dylan Sinn
1UConn (11)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1345
Points
2Kansas (30)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 30 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Bob Ballou
1449
Points
3Alabama (14)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1428
Points
4Houston (4)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Bob Ballou
1343
Points
5Gonzaga (1)
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
1157
Points
6Iowa State
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1177
Points
7Baylor
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1109
Points
8North Carolina
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jon Wilner
1037
Points

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9Purdue
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
678
Points
10Auburn
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Scott Richey
Lowest: 18 - Stephen Thompson
901
Points

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11Arkansas
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
625
Points

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12Duke
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Parth Upadhyaya
Lowest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
1154
Points
13Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Bob Ballou
737
Points
14Creighton
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
631
Points

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15Arizona
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
905
Points
16Marquette
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
484
Points
17Indiana
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
492
Points

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18Tennessee
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - C.J. Moore
Lowest: 22 - Jon Rothstein
775
Points

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19Rutgers
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Victor Flores
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
102
Points
20Ole Miss
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 13 - Kate Rogerson
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
132
Points
21UCLA
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
210
Points
22Cincinnati
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
271
Points
23Florida
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
249
Points

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24Texas
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
332
Points
25Illinois
0-0Actual: 26
Highest: 12 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
92
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Kentucky