2018_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_baseball_team

2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

American college baseball season

The 2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents the Mississippi State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field. Due to construction of the new Dudy Noble Field, the first home game was not played until March 6, to give construction crews time to finish the bottom seating of the stadium. The new Dudy Noble Field in its entirety will not be completed until the 2019 season.

Quick Facts Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball, Tallahassee Regional champions Nashville Super Regional champions ...
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Personnel

Coaching staff

2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs coaching staff
  • Andy Cannizaro – Head Coach (first 3 games) – 2nd year
  • Gary Henderson – Pitching Coach – 2nd year; Interim Head Coach (starting game 4)
  • Jake Gautreau – Assistant Coach – 1st year
  • Mike Brown – Coordinator of Camps/Volunteer Assistant – 2nd year
  • A.J. Gaura – Coordinator of Baseball Player Development – 1st year
  • Trevor Fitts – Coordinator of Baseball Operations – 1st year
  • Justin Aguiar – Coordinator of Video & Analytics - 1st year

Schedule and results

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† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2018 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents


Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

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Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

MLB Draft

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†Small, a redshirt sophomore, returns to MSU for the next season.[6]
‡Mangum, a junior, returns to MSU for the next season. Although Mangum had almost exclusively played CF in college and pitched very little, he was drafted as a pitcher.[7]

Recruiting

Mississippi State is ranked 8th by Perfect Game for its 2018 recruiting class, in spite of having two players, Carter Stewart and J. T. Ginn, both RHPs, go in the 1st round of the MLB draft and two more, Eric Cerantola and Sam Knowlton, both also RHPs, go in the 33rd and 39th, who did not sign to play professionally after this draft, although there is some speculation that Stewart may go JUCO instead. Stewart does go JUCO and after all teams have defections due to major league signings, Mississippi State is ranked 6th.[6][8][9] Perfect Game only covers commitments out of high school. There is also a JUCO player, Gunner Halter, SS, taken in the 26th round who plans to play for Mississippi State.[10] There are also two high schoolers that were not drafted, probably due to difficulty of being signed, who were projected as top 10 rounders, Hayden Jones, C, and Christian McLeod, LHP.[9][11][12] In addition to the four RHPs, C, LHP, and JUCO SS mentioned above, high school players also include three OFs, a RHP, two SSs, and a C.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Baseball America Poll
  3. [3]
    "2018 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  4. [4]
    "NCBWA > News".
  5. [5]
    "Mississippi State Baseball Has Seven Players Drafted In 2018 MLB Draft". FanSided Inc. June 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  6. [6]
    "MSU signee, MLB first-round pick Stewart doesn't sign with Braves". Starkville Daily News. July 6, 2018. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Jake Mangum Announces He's Returning To Mississippi State Baseball". FanSided Inc. June 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  8. [8]
    "College Recruit Rankings Class of 2018". Perfect Game. 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Mississippi State's HS Recruits Class of 2018". Perfect Game. 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  10. [10]
    "Halter chooses MSU over professional path". Starkville Daily News. July 3, 2018. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  11. [11]
    "2018 MSU Baseball Signee Hayden Jones Update". CBS INTERACTIVE. May 23, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  12. [12]
    "LHP Christian MacLeod Primed for Immediate Impact at MSU". CBS INTERACTIVE. July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
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