D3P: A DIII Baseball Podcast

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we welcome back Keith Bateman. Keith is a 23-year DIII baseball head coach and administrator, as well as the father of Toronto Blue Jays starting center fielder Brett Bateman—who was called up to the MLB from AAA just six weeks ago.

During our conversation with Coach Bateman we walk through Brett's entire baseball journey from Keith's perspective—including youth ba...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review our SECOND ANNUAL Way Too Early Preseason Top 10 rankings, this time for the 2027 season. During our conversation we discuss the accuracy of past preseason ranking processes, key evaluation factors, and our 2027 Way Too Early Top 10—in addition to bubble teams, wildcards and potential snubs.

00:00:00-Introduction

00:06:08- Last Year's Wildcard Predictions

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In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we talk with Head Baseball Coach Kevin Anderson from Shenandoah University. During this interview we cover Coach Anderson’s playing and coaching career, his time as the Head Coach at DI James Madison, his transition to Shenandoah, and his 40+ years of sustained coaching success—including 856 career wins, two College World Series appearances, four Regional titles a...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in with Head Baseball Coach Rob Schrier from Rhodes College. During this interview we cover Coach Schrier's DIII baseball playing career, his path into coaching, his time in Travel and Club baseball, and his 21 years as an assistant on the Rhodes staff before being named Head Coach just one season ago.

We also recap Rhodes' 2026 season including the team's 30-17 overa...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we break down the NCAA’s proposed baseball rule changes for the 2027 and 2028 seasons, including changes that could affect field dimensions, player safety, pace of play, technology, electronic communication and officiating.

Over the course of this episode we review the NCAA rules-making process, then translate each proposed rule into plain English—discussing why th...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in with Head Baseball Coach Mitchell Griffiths from Wittenberg. During this interview we cover Coach Griffiths' DII baseball playing career, his path into coaching, and his last-minute promotion from Interim Head Coach to Head Coach two seasons ago.

We also recap Wittenberg's 2026 season including the team's 31-13 overall record, 12-4 conference record and NCAA-leadin...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we talk with Head Baseball Coach Travis Beazley from the University of Lynchburg. During this interview we cover Coach Beazley's college and MiLB playing career, his path into coaching, his time at Lynchburg as an Assistant Coach, his transition into the Head Coach role, and his program's 2023 National Title run.

We also recap Lynchburg's 2026 season, including the ODAC regula...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we check in with Head Baseball Coach Justin Scali from Piedmont University. During this interview we cover Coach Scali’s DIII baseball playing career, his path into coaching, his 12 years as an assistant at Piedmont, and his transition into the Head Coach role.

We also recap Piedmont’s 2026 season, including the CCS regular-season and tournament championships, an u...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we interview the newly hired Head Baseball Coach of UW Platteville Aidan Wojciehowski. During this interview we cover Coach Woj's experience as a player, his path to coaching, his experience as an assistant at Loras College, and his road to the WIAC. We also discuss the UW Platteville opportunity, what made the job the right fit, what Coach Woj has learned in his first few da...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we wrap up the 2026 season with our biggest show of the year—our End of Season Awards Show—and, completely by accident, our historic 100th episode.

Over the course of this episode we hand out 60 Division III baseball awards across 12 different categories, recognizing players, units, and programs from across Division III in a way that goes well beyond the standard p...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast, we break down the 2026 NCAA Division III Baseball Super Regional Round—one matchup at a time. We start by walking through the final 16 teams in the national tournament, looking at which teams came up one series short of the College World Series, and which eight teams punched their tickets to Eastlake, Ohio. We also talk through the biggest Super Regional storylines&mda...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast, we break down the 2026 NCAA Division III Baseball Regional Round. Instead of our normal weekly scoreboard format, this episode goes regional-by-regional through the full 64-team field, looking at which teams went 0-2, which teams were eliminated second, which teams finished one series short of a Super Regional, and which 16 teams advanced. We also talk through the biggest re...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we speak with Ben Cooprider, Chair of the National DIII Baseball Committee, on the eve of the 2026 National Tournament. During our conversation Ben breaks down his own path through DIII athletics and explains the role of the National Committee—and also walks us through how Regional and Super Regional host sites are selected, what the committee actually controls during p...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast, we take a conference-by-conference look at the Division III baseball postseason picture as of May 10th, 2026. Instead of our normal weekly scoreboard format, this episode focuses on automatic qualifiers, conference tournament champions, runner-ups, and the NPI landscape across all 43 DIII baseball conferences. We also walk through which tournaments are complete, which automa...

In this D3P Short, we ask and answer a simple question: in a sport with 380 teams and nearly 20,000 players, is there a way to make the DIII baseball end-of-season more aligned to the size of the league? The focus of this episode will be on the idea of creating a privately sponsored National Invitational Tournament—to extend the season for top teams who do not make the College World Series, and generate more exposure for DIII...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review rankings, scores and schedules across the league as of May 3rd of 2026. During our conversation we cover season records, key wins and losses upcoming games and NPI implications—as well as bubble teams, national programs to watch, current conference standings, and conference tournament results across DIII baseball. We also shout out over 100 players across the ...

In this episode of the D3P Division III Baseball Podcast we review rankings, scores and schedules across the league as of April 26th of 2026 with special guest Will Miner from D3 Region 10 Baseball on Twitter / X. During our conversation we cover season records, key wins and losses upcoming games and NPI implications—as well as bubble teams, national programs to watch and current conference standings across DIII baseball. We ...

In this D3P Short, we break down the current game-streaming mess in DIII baseball—from inconsistent broadcast quality and hard-to-find games, to paywalls that frustrate families and limit the sport’s reach. Then, we lay out a potential solution built around a centralized Free Ad Supported Television model (FAST Network) that could make games easier to find, free to watch, and more profitable for schools at the same time...