Div. 2 baseball at a glance

PRESEASON SUPER SIX

1. WHITMAN-HANSON (15-6) — Panthers have a lot of talent back from a team that won 15 games a season ago.

2. BEVERLY (16-5) — Panthers will benefit greatly from the return of Spencer Brown, an All-Scholastic player two years ago, who was slowed by injury last season.

3. BELMONT (17-5) — A Super Eight participant last year, the Marauders have their ace, Nate Espelin, back in the fold.

4. MASCONOMET (139) — Chieftains have a lot of experienced pitching back.

5. DANVERS (20-5) — Like death and taxes, you can make book on the fact that Roger Day will somehow have his Falcons in the hunt.

6. HOPKINTON (14-9) — Hillers took eventual Div. 2 state champion Greater New Bedford to nine innings before losing in the sectional semifinals.

PRESEASON DREAM TEAM

P— Nate Espelin (Belmont)

P— David Hunter (Masconomet)

P— Will McFadden (Reading)

P— Ryan Murphy (Billerica)

P— Jim Dolan (WhitmanHanson)

P— Aidan Wilde (Milford)

C— Zach DeMattio (North Attleboro)

1B — Zach Dillon (Danvers)

2B — Tim McCarthy (Beverly)

SS — Jake McElroy (North Andover)

3B — Spencer Brown (Beverly)

OF — Connor Dacey (Belmont)

OF — Ben McKenzie (Hopkinton)

OF — Andrew Vinagre (Greater New Bedford) DH — Jacob Rogers (Dighton-Rehoboth)