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| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 4 |
| CB | No. 4 |
| Record | 50–18 (16–8 Big 12) |
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| Home stadium | Lupton Stadium |
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| No. 19 Texas Tech †y | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 45 | – | 17 | .726 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 TCU y | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 50 | – | 18 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma y | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | 35 | – | 24 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor y | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 34 | – | 23 | .596 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia y | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 36 | – | 26 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 28 Texas y | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | 39 | – | 24 | .619 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 30 | – | 28 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State ‡y | 8 | – | 14 | .364 | 30 | – | 27 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 29 | – | 26 | .527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Conference Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 14th year at TCU.
The Horned Frogs entered the 2017 season on the heels of three consecutive trips to the College World Series. [1] The 2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 38–14 (15–9) regular season record to finish third in the Big 12 Conference standings. [2] In the postseason, the Horned Frogs won the Big 12 tournament Championship with wins over Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas and West Virginia, [3] were selected as one of sixteen NCAA Regional Tournament hosts for the third year in a row and the sixth time in eight years, [4] swept through the Fort Worth Regional with wins over Oral Roberts, Gonzaga and Arizona State; [5] advanced to the Super Regional round of the Tournament for the third straight year, where they faced #4 National Seed Texas A&M in College Station, TX for the best-of-three series; [6] won the College Station Super Regional after an 8–2 win, 1–7 loss and 4–1 win; and advanced to their third consecutive College World Series. [7] At the 2016 CWS, the Frogs notched a 2–2 record, winning their first two games over Texas Tech [8] and Coastal Carolina [9] before losing two consecutive games to Coastal Carolina and being eliminated from the tournament. [10] TCU finished the season with a 49–18 record and ranked third in the final polls. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
The following Horned Frogs on the 2016 roster were selected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft:
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| Name | 2016 Class | Pos. | Team | Round | No. | Signed/Returned |
| Brian Trieglaff | RS Junior | RHP | New York Yankees | 13 | 398 | Signed [17] |
| Mitchell Traver | RS Junior | RHP | Cincinnati Reds | 17 | 498 | Returned [18] |
| Brian Howard | Junior | RHP | Houston Astros | 17 | 517 | Returned [19] |
| Rex Hill | Junior | LHP | Kansas City Royals | 27 | 823 | Signed [20] |
| Elliott Barzilli | Junior | INF | Houston Astros | 29 | 877 | Returned [21] |
| Preston Guillory | Senior | RHP | Miami Marlins | 31 | 923 | Signed* [22] |
* indicates draftee had no more college eligibility
The following Horned Frogs on the 2016 roster departed the program prior to the 2017 season:
| List of Departed Players | |||
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| Name | 2016 Class | Pos. | Reason |
| Zach Alaniz | Freshman | OF | Departed |
| Drew Gooch | Sophomore | LHP | Transferred to UT Arlington |
| Preston Guillory | Senior | RHP | Graduated [23] and Drafted/Signed [22] |
| Rex Hill | Junior | LHP | Drafted/Signed [20] |
| Ryan Johnson | Sophomore | OF | Transferred to San Jacinto College [20] [24] |
| Dillon Meadows | Freshman | RHP | Transferred to Weatherford College |
| Zack Plunkett | Sophomore | C | Transferred to Arkansas [25] |
| Devon Roedahl | Freshman | RHP | Transferred to San Jacinto College |
| Mitch Sewald | Junior | RHP | Transferred to LSU Eunice |
| Dane Steinhagen | Senior | OF | Graduated [23] |
| Brian Trieglaff | RS Junior | RHP | Drafted/Signed [17] |
Between the 2015–16 and 2016–17 academic years, the following 2017 Horned Frogs participated in summer collegiate baseball leagues: [26]
| List of Players in Summer Leagues | ||||
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| Player | 2017 Class | Pos. | League | Team |
| Evan Skoug | Junior | C | USA Baseball | Collegiate National Team |
| Josh Watson | Sophomore | OF | Cape Cod Baseball League | Falmouth Commodores |
| Dalton Horton | Sophomore | LHP | Cape Cod Baseball League | Wareham Gatemen |
| Austen Wade | Junior | OF | Cape Cod Baseball League | Wareham Gatemen |
| Nolan Brown | RS Senior | OF | Cape Cod Baseball League | Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox |
| Jared Janczak | RS Sophomore | RHP | Cape Cod Baseball League | Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox |
| Connor Wanhanen | Junior | 1B/OF | Cape Cod Baseball League | Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox |
| Dalton Brown | Sophomore | RHP | New England Collegiate Baseball League | Sanford Mainers |
| Michael Landestoy | RS Junior | INF | New England Collegiate Baseball League | Sanford Mainers |
| Austin Boyles | RS Freshman | RHP | California Collegiate League | Orange County Riptide |
| Sean Wymer | Sophomore | RHP | California Collegiate League | Orange County Riptide |
The Horned Frogs added the following 11 players to the roster as part of their 2016 recruiting class:
| List of 2016 Recruits | ||||
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| Name | 2016 Class | Pos. | Previous School | Hometown |
| Cal Coughlin | Freshman | RHP/3B | Lake Forest H.S. | Lake Forest, IL |
| Alec Creel | Freshman | RHP | Homeschool | Wake Forest, NC |
| Jake Eissler | Freshman | RHP/1B | ThunderRidge H.S. | Littleton, CO |
| Haylen Green | Freshman | LHP | Lufkin H.S. | Lufkin, TX |
| Dion Henderson | Freshman | LHP | Oak Park H.S. | Detroit, MI |
| Zach Humphreys | Freshman | C | Midlothian H.S. | DeSoto, TX |
| Austin Ingraham | Junior | OF | North Central Texas College | Keller, TX |
| Charles King | Freshman | RHP | Coppell H.S. | Coppell, TX |
| Nick Lodolo | Freshman | LHP | Damien H.S. | La Verne, CA |
| Trey Morris | Freshman | RHP | Taylor H.S. | Katy, TX |
| Bryan Sturges | Freshman | C/OF | Seven Lakes H.S. | Katy, TX |
The 2017 Horned Frogs were projected as one of the "Eight for Omaha" in July 2016 by Baseball America, [27] D1 Baseball [28] and Perfect Game. [29]
The Horned Frogs started the 2017 season as the unanimous preseason #1 club, also being picked to finish first in the Big 12 Conference. [30]
TCU returned its entire coaching staff from the Frogs' 2014, 2015 and 2016 College World Series seasons. After leading the Frogs to their third consecutive College World Series and being named Baseball America's 2016 National Coach of the Year, [31] [32] Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU Horned Frogs baseball history, inked a six-year contract extension worth over $1 million per year, [33] and assistants Shane Mosiello and Kirk Saarloos inked multi-year contract extensions. [34]
| Name | Position | Season at TCU | Alma mater |
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| Jim Schlossnagle | Head coach | 14 | Elon University (1992) |
| Bill Mosiello | Associate head coach | 4 | Fresno State University (1986) |
| Kirk Saarloos | Assistant coach | 5 | California State University, Fullerton (2001) |
| Zach Etheredge | Volunteer Assistant Coach | 4 | University of Texas at San Antonio (2008) |
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The Horned Frogs started 2017 as the unanimous preseason #1 club. On December 20, 2016, TCU was ranked preseason #1 by Collegiate Baseball. [170] The Frogs' were also ranked preseason #1 by Perfect Game on January 11, 2017, [171] D1 Baseball on January 17, 2017, [172] Baseball America on January 23, 2017, [173] the USA Today Coaches Poll on January 26, 2017, [174] and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on January 31, 2017. [175]
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' [176] | 1 (24) | 1 (24)* | 1 (24)* | 1 (30) | 4 (7) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7* | 7* | 4 |
| Baseball America [177] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7* | 7* | 4 |
| Collegiate Baseball^ [178] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| NCBWA† [179] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5^ | 4 |
^ 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.
| List of Preseason All-Americans | ||||
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| Player | Class | Position | Selected By | Team |
| Luken Baker | Sophomore | DH DH 1B DH DH | Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [180] Perfect Game [181] Baseball America [182] National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [183] D1 Baseball [184] | First Team Second Team Third Team First Team First Team |
| Elliot Barzilli | Senior | 3B | Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [180] Perfect Game [181] National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [183] D1 Baseball [184] | Third Team Second Team Second Team Third Team |
| Durbin Feltman | Sophomore | RP | Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [180] Perfect Game [181] National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [183] | Second Team Second Team Second Team |
| Brian Howard | Senior | SP | Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [180] Perfect Game [181] National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [183] | First Team Second Team Third Team |
| Evan Skoug | Junior | C | Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [180] Perfect Game [181] Baseball America [182] National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association [183] D1 Baseball [184] | Second Team Second Team Second Team Second Team First Team |
| List of Preseason Big 12 Awards | ||||
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| Luken Baker | Sophomore | DH/1B | Baseball America Perfect Game D1 Baseball | Player of the Year Player of the Year Player of the Year |
| Nick Lodolo | Freshman | LHP | Baseball America Perfect Game D1 Baseball | Freshman of the Year Freshman of the Year Freshman of the Year |
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| Player | Class | Position | Date | Selected By | Award |
| Luken Baker | Sophomore | DH/1B | March 6 | Big 12 | Player of the Week [185] |
| Jared Janczak | Sophomore | RHP | March 20 April 3 | Big 12 Big 12 | Pitcher of the Week [185] Pitcher of the Week [186] |
| Nick Lodolo | Freshman | LHP | April 3 | Big 12 | Newcomer of the Week [186] |
| Austen Wade | Junior | OF | March 27 | Big 12 | Player of the Week [185] |
| Evan Skoug | Junior | C | May 8 | Big 12 | Co-Player of the Week [187] |
| Brian Howard | Senior | RHP | May 8 | Big 12 | Pitcher of the Week [187] |