With one month left to go until the start of the 2011 baseball season, the Kentucky baseball team has released its roster for this season, which you can find here.

If you were around for last year’s team, you’ll notice the roster has undergone a pretty significant overhaul. A total of 18 newcomers have been added to the roster, including UK quarterback Ryan Mossakowski, who was a two-time all-district baseball player at Centennial High School in Frisco, Texas.

Eight of the newcomers are from the state of Kentucky, and I’m told there is a chance we could see one more change before the season begins.

Head coach Gary Henderson had the difficult task of replacing a bulk of last year’s roster, including Lance Ray, Chris Bisson, Gunner Glad, Keenan Wiley and Andy Burns, but he somehow found the numbers and the talent in the offseason to transform the roster as UK’s class was ranked No. 16 by College Baseball Newspaper.

UK’s starting pitching rotation, which includes junior Alex Meyer, will be the backbone of the team, but there is no doubt Henderson will have to lean on some of the newcomers this year, maybe more than he would like.

We’ll see how they shake out in about a month. Until then, here’s a list of the 18 newcomers:

4              Paul McConkey                 IF            L/R         5-11       190         FR           Knoxville, Tenn./Halls6              Matt Reida                          IF            L/R         5-11       175         FR           Russiaville, Ind./Western7              Lucas Witt                           OF          R/R         6-1          190         FR           Lexington, Ky./Lexington Christian10           J.T. Riddle                            IF/RHP  L/R         6-3          180         FR           Frankfort, Ky./Western Hills12           Corey Littrell                      LHP        L/L          6-3          190         FR           Louisville, Ky./Trinity13           Alex Lester                         RHP        R/R         6-2          185         FR           Nicholasville, Ky./West Jessamine15           Ryan Mossakowski          1B/OF   R/R         6-4          225         R-FR       Frisco, Texas/Centennial22           Dallen Reber                      IF/OF     R/R         6-1          215         FR           St. George, Utah/Dixie25           Thomas McCarthy           IF            R/R         6-2          200         JR            Corvallis, Ore./Western Oregon/Feather River26           Jonathan Paquet              RHP        R/R         6-4          200         FR           Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec/Cardinal-Ray27           Damon Sanders                OF          R/R         5-10       180         FR           Louisville, Ky./Butler29           Trevor Gott                        RHP        R/R         6-0          190         FR           Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek37           Steven Hoagland              C/OF      R/R         5-8          150         FR           Lexington, Ky./Lexington Christian39           Tyler Dunaway                  RHP        R/R         6-1          225         SO          Louisville, Ky./Eastern/Wabash Valley40           Kevin Bein                           RHP        R/R         6-3          205         FR           Franklin, Tenn./Franklin44           Alex Phillips                        LHP        L/L          6-4          215         JR            Tenino, Wash./Tenino/Lower Columbia46           Thomas Bernal                  IF/C        R/R         6-0          195         FR           Paso Robles, Calif./Paso Robles47           Tyler Raymond                  LHP/1B L/L          6-4          210         FR           Grove City, Ohio/Grove City