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Wake Forest Demon Deacons

ACC#4 PreseasonOmaha Favorite
Winston-Salem, NCDavid F. Couch Ballpark2-Min Readout
54-11
2025 Record
#4
BSI Rank
2025 Record
54-11
Postseason
CWS Final
BSI Tier
Omaha Favorite
Conference
ACC

Key Players

Pierce BennettSS
Brock Wilken3B
Josh HartleLHP

BSI Outlook

Omaha Favorite

One game from a national title. The Demon Deacons ran roughshod over the ACC and reload with enough returning talent to make another run.

Scouting IntelPre-Season

Scouting intelligence for Wake Forest Demon Deacons activates once season stats are available. Grades, Pythagorean projections, and narrative analysis generate automatically from game data.

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2026

#15 Wake Forest vs App State | 2026 College Baseball Highlights

The Demon Deacons take on in-state rival Appalachian State.

2026

High Point vs #22 Wake Forest | 2026 College Baseball Highlights

A wild game at David F. Couch Ballpark in Winston-Salem.

2026

Stanford vs #15 Wake Forest | 2026 Baseball Highlights

The Cardinal visit Winston-Salem to face the ranked Demon Deacons.

2024

Wake Forest vs #16 East Carolina | 2024 Regionals

An elimination-game thriller in the 2024 NCAA Regional.

wOBA: The Best Offensive Stat in Baseball

How weighted on-base average captures total offensive value better than batting average or OPS.

FIP: The New ERA — Best Pitching Statistic

Fielding Independent Pitching strips out defense and luck to measure what a pitcher actually controls.

wRC+ Explained: Weighted Runs Created Plus

Weighted runs created plus adjusts for park factors and league context — 100 is average, higher is better.

Baseball Statistics Explained: OPS, WAR, FIP

A primer on the advanced stats that separate surface-level takes from real analysis.

BSI Preseason Intelligence|NCAA / D1Baseball