The 2014 season for the Kentucky baseball team was a historic one. Not only did the Wildcats advance to their eighth all-time NCAA Tournament, but folks in Lexington and around the country were treated to one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in the sport. Two-way star AJ Reed swept the national player of the year awards while pacing the nation’s most explosive offense. UK led all major conference schools in runs scored while Reed powered a NCAA-best 23 homers, also leading the Southeastern Conference in pitching wins, in one of the most remarkable individual seasons in college baseball history. “You don’t replace AJ with one guy,” UK head coach Gary Henderson said. “And clearly we are going to have a different team offensively. You know we were old and strong last year. We had several kids who were physical. We will have a different club. You can win a lot of different ways in baseball which is one of the great things about it. It is pretty safe to say that we are not going to lead the league in home runs or have the home run leader in the program this year and that’s fine.”The 2015 UK roster will look quite different than the physical lineup employed a year ago. Gone are Reed and fellow sluggers Austin Cousino, Max Kuhn and Micheal Thomas. UK will be built through speed, defense and pitching depth in Henderson’s seventh season at the helm – with his previous six years the most successful in program history. “Well we’re going to run well,” Henderson said. “I don’t know how that’s going to translate into stolen bases yet but we’re going to have a group of people they can get from home to first quickly.”Kentucky returns first-team All-SEC outfielder Ka’ai Tom, who narrowly missed the league batting crown in conference play with a .373 average. In addition, UK boasts the return of 2013 Freshman All-SEC selections Kyle Barrett and Greg Fettes, and 2014 Freshman All-SEC second baseman JaVon Shelby. UK’s lineup will be anchored by fifth-year senior Thomas Bernal, who will transition to third base to accommodate freshman first baseman Evan White. Bernal, who hit .475 on SEC Friday nights last year, is a preseason All-SEC selection at the hot corner by Perfect Game. On the mound, UK’s history of talented arms continues as junior right-hander Kyle Cody enters the season as the 17th-best prospect available for the 2015 MLB Draft. A 6-foot-7, 245-pound product of Chippewa Falls, Wis., Cody is coming off an all-star summer in the prestigious Cape Cod League. UK also returns southpaw Dylan Dwyer and right-hander Andrew Nelson, a duo that helped fill UK’s weekend rotation a year ago. UK will be boosted by junior transfer Dustin Beggs, who has been tabbed to make UK’s opening-day start. “I love the beginning of the season every year and our kids do as well,” Henderson said. “I’m really fortunate for the people that I get to work with on a daily basis. We’re really eager to get this thing started.”