2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
Record44–18–1 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick Mingione (4th season)
  • Wes Johnson (1st season)
Home stadium Dudy Noble Field
Seasons
←  2015
2017  →
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y20–9–0 .69046–18–0 .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y19–10–0 .65552–16–0 .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍15–15–0 .50032–25–0 .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍11–19–0 .36727–30–0 .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍9–21–0 .30029–28–0 .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍9–21–0 .30026–30–0 .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State  x‍†‍‍y21–9–0 .70044–18–1 .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y20–10–0 .66749–16–0 .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y19–11–0 .63345–21–0 .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍15–15–0 .50032–26–0 .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍8–22–0 .26723–33–0 .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍7–23–0 .23326–29–0 .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented the Mississippi State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs roster
 

Pitchers

  • 17 Paul Young – Junior
  • 18 Keegan James – Freshman
  • 20 Jared Padgett – Freshman
  • 23 Austin Sexton – Junior
  • 25 Dakota Hudson – Junior
  • 28 Ryan Cyr – Freshman
  • 31 Ryan Rigby – Sophomore
  • 32 Vance Tatum – Junior
  • 33 Parker Ford – Freshman
  • 34 Kale Breaux – Freshman
  • 38 Trent Waddell – Senior
  • 39 Logan Elliot – Junior
  • 41 Zac Houston – Junior
  • 42 Blake Smith – Junior
  • 44 Ethan Small – Freshman
  • 45 Jacob Billingsley – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 46 Trysten Barlow – Freshman
  • 47 Myles Gentry – Junior
  • 48 Konnor Pilkington – Freshman
  • 49 Daniel Brown – Freshman
  • 51 Noah Hughes – Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 9 Elih Marrero – Freshman
  • 16 Josh Lovelady – Senior
  • 35 Jack Kruger – Junior

Infielders

  • 6 Luke Alexander – Freshman
  • 10 Ryan Gridley – Sophomore
  • 13 John Holland – Senior

Outfielders

  • 5 Mike Smith – Senior
  • 7 Jacob Robson – Junior
  • 19 Brent Rooker – Sophomore
  • 26 Cody Brown – Junior
  • 52 Tanner Poole – Junior
  • 53 Brant Blaylock – Freshman
 

Utility

  • 2 Hunter Stovall – Freshman
  • 3 Luke Reynolds – Junior
  • 8 Gavin Collins – Junior
  • 12 Reid Humphreys – Junior
  • 14 Cole Gordon – Freshman
  • 15 Jake Mangum – Freshman
  • 36 Nathaniel Lowe – Junior
 

Coaching staff

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff
  • John Cohen – Head coach – 7th year
  • Nick Mingione – Assistant coach, 7 years at Mississippi State – (4th as AC)
  • Wes Johnson – Assistant coach – 1st year
  • Lee VanHorn – Coordinator of baseball operations – 1st year
  • Will Coggin – Coordinator of camps – 1st year

Schedule and results

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (40–14–1)
Post-season (4–4)
SEC Tournament (1–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSECT Record
May 25vs. Alabama #1 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 4–1Zac Houston (5–0)Geoffrey Bramblett (5–4)Blake Smith (4) SECN 13,44841–14–11–0
May 26vs. #9 LSU #1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALL 2–6Jared Poche' (7–4)Dakota Hudson (9–4)Parker Bugg (4)SECN11,39041–15–11–1
May 27vs. #6 Florida #1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALL 2–12 7Alex Faedo (12–1)Austin Sexton (7–3)noneSECN9,42941–16–11–2
NCAA Starkville Regional (3–0)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 3 Southeast Missouri State #4 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–5Daniel Brown (4–2) Joey Lucchesi (10–5)none ESPN3 9,37842–16–11–0
June 4#23 Cal State Fullerton #4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 4–1Austin Sexton (8–3)Colton Eastman (8–3)Blake Smith (5)ESPN310,65643–16–12–0
June 5 Louisiana Tech #4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 4–0Zac Houston (6–0)Braden Bristo (5–6)Ryan Rigby (1)ESPN39,09244–16–13–0
NCAA Starkville Super Regional (0–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 10#13 Arizona #4 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 0–1 Bobby Dalbec (10–4)Dakota Hudson (9–5)Cameron Ming (2) ESPN2 12,91344–17–13–1
June 11#13 Arizona#4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 5–6 11Cameron Ming (2–2)Blake Smith (2–1)none ESPNU 13,45244–18–13–2

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 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.

2016 SEC baseball records

Source: 2016 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 15–153–02–1.1–21–22–11–2.2–10–32–11–2.ALAW55–51–1
ARK 7–230–33–00–3.2–10–30–31–20–30–3.1–2.ARKW72–81–6
AUB 8–221–20–3..2–11–20–31–20–3.2–11–20–3AUBW62–80–4
FLA 19–10.3–0.2–11–21–21–23–0.1–12–13–02–1FLAE26–33–0
UGA 11–192–1..1–21–2.1–22–11–22–11–20–30–3UGAE53–70–2
KEN 15–152–11–21–22–12–1..2–10–32–12–1.1–2KENE46–40–1
LSU 19–111–23–02–12–1..1–23–01–2.3–01–22–1LSUW36–43–0
MSU 21–92–13–03–02–12–1.2–13–02–1..0–32–1MSUW19–13–1
MIZZ 9–21.2–12–10–31–21–20–30–3.0–33–0.0–3MIZZE72–81–4
MISS 18–121–23–03–0.2–13–02–11–2.0–32–11–2.MISSW46–43–1
SCAR 20–93–03–0.1–11–21–2..3–03–03–01–21–2SCARE15–45–0
TENN 9–211–2.1–21–22–11–20–3.0–31–20–3.2–1TENNE62–80–3
TAMU 20–102–12–12–10–33–0.2–13–0.2–12–1.2–1TAMUW29–12–1
VAN 18–12..3–01–23–02–11–21–23–0.2–11–21–2VANE35–53–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [1] 1717*17231516121081144443 644*4*11
Baseball America [2] 20242424151055273333244*4*10
Collegiate Baseball^ [3] 11—232613117851088751441010
NCBWA† [4] 1924192014141184733331444*11

^ 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

A school record 11 players were selected in the draft. It is 3rd most in the NCAA for the 2016 season trailing only Texas A&M with 13 and Southern California with 12. [5]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB team
Dakota Hudson RHP134 St. Louis Cardinals
Reid HumphreysRHP/OF7200 Colorado Rockies
Daniel BrownLHP7201 Milwaukee Brewers
Jacob Robson OF8235 Detroit Tigers
Zac HoustonRHP11325 Detroit Tigers
Nathaniel Lowe 1B13390 Tampa Bay Rays
Gavin CollinsC/3B13392 Cleveland Indians
Vance TatumLHP18553 Kansas City Royals
Austin SextonRHP18556 St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Kruger C/DH20606 Los Angeles Angels
Brent Rooker†OF/DH381143 Minnesota Twins

[6]

† Rooker returned to Mississippi State rather than signing with the Twins. [7] [8] In 2017 the Minnesota Twins draft him in the 1st round. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Baseball America Poll
  3. ↑ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  4. ↑ NCBWA Poll
  5. ↑ Bulldogs Set Program Record With 11 Total MLB Draftees Archived 2016-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "MLB Draft Tracker". Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ "MSU baseball update: Rooker returning, Kruger signs professionally". The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ 2016 SEC Baseball – Individual Statistics
  9. ↑ "MLB draft tracker". MLB Advanced Media. 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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