A season of disappointment was met with a season worth remembering. The 2023 TCU Horned Frogs toppled a loaded Fayetteville Regional then swept a Fort Worth Super Regional en route to another trip to the College World Series. Last year’s team had plenty of promise, and they hit that ceiling, but expectations were tempered on a national scale.

After debuting at No. 5 in D1 Baseball’s preseason rankings, there’s no hiding.

Now, the hunters become the hunted, even in a loaded Big 12 Conference. All of a sudden, Omaha isn’t the ceiling, it’s the expectation.

Deserved Praise

The Horned Frogs don’t come into 2024 inside the top five nationally across the board for no reason, this team is downright talented. Big 12 media selected TCU as the preseason favorite to win the conference, as well. Although many veteran players departed – namely Elijah Nunez, Brayden Taylor, Cole Fontenelle, and Garrett Wright – the Frogs return a cast of electric young players and loaded up with veterans in the transfer portal.

Ace Kole Klecker looks to add on to what was a nationally-acclaimed freshman year with another dynamic season. But he’s not alone; Ben Abeldt, Anthony Silva, and the catcher duo of Karson Bowen and Kurtis Byrne are well decorated in their own right.

Like last year, we’ll probably see Bowen and Byrne rotate appearances behind the plate and at first base. Ole Miss transfer Peyton Chatagnier comes in to man second, Silva returns at short, and third base is up for grabs between Pepperdine transfer Jack Basseer and true freshman Ryder Robinson.