2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
CB No. 4
Record39–29 (15–15 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium
Seasons
←  2017
2019  →
2018 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East Division
No. 3 Florida  x‍†‍‍y20–10 .66749–21 .700
No. 20 Georgia  ‍‍‍y18–12 .60039–21 .650
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y17–13 .56737–26 .587
No. 16 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y16–14 .53335–27 .565
Kentucky  ‍‍‍13–17 .43334–22 .607
Missouri  ‍‍‍12–18 .40034–22 .607
Tennessee  ‍‍‍12–18 .40029–27 .518
West Division
No. 19 Ole Miss  x‍‍‡‍y18–12 .60048–18 .727
No. 2 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y18–12 .60048–21 .696
No. 15 Auburn  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50043–23 .652
LSU  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50039–27 .591
No. 4 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50039–29 .574
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y13–17 .43340–22 .645
Alabama  ‍‍‍8–22 .26727–29 .482
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

Contents

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

2018 Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (31–24)
Post-Season (8–5)
College World Series (2–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/StadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall RecordCWS Record
June 16vs. #7 Washington #8 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 1–0Zach Neff (4–3)Alex Hardy (5–3)noneESPN24,75838–271–0
June 18vs. (6) #3 North Carolina #8TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEPostponed to 6/19, inclement weather
June 19vs. (6) #3 North Carolina#8TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW 12–2Konnor Pilkington (3–6) Austin Bergner (7–3)Cole Gordon (4)ESPN213,38739–272–0
June 22vs. (3) #1 Oregon State #8TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 2–12Brandon Eisert (5–3)Jacob Billingsley (5–4)noneESPN21,00239–282–1
June 23vs. (3) #1 Oregon State#8TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 2–5Kevin Abel (6–1)Ethan Small (5–4)noneESPN21,82139–292–2

† 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


Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2018 SEC baseball records

Source: 2018 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 8–220–30–3.1–22–11–21–22–11–2.0–30–3.ALAW72–80–4
ARK 18–123–03–01–21–23–01–20–3.1–22–1.3–0.ARKW25–54–1
AUB 15–153–00–31–2.1–22–12–11–20–3..2–13–0AUBW35–52–2
FLA 20–10.2–12–12–12–1.0–33–0.2–12–12–13–0FLAE19–12–1
UGA 18–122–12–1.1–21–2..3–01–23–02–12–11–2UGAE26–42–0
KEN 13–171–20–32–11–22–1.2–12–1.2–11–2.0–3KENE55–50–2
LSU 15–152–12–11–2...2–12–11–20–33–01–21–2LSUW45–51–1
MSU 15–152–13–01–23–0.1–21–21–22–1..1–20–3MSUW54–62–1
MIZZ 12–181–2.2–10–30–31–21–22–1.1–22–1.2–1MIZZE64–60–2
MISS 18–122–12–13–0.2–1.2–11–2.1–22–12–11–2MISSW17–31–0
SCAR 17–13.1–2.1–20–31–23–0.2–12–13–02–12–1SCARE36–42–1
TENN 12–183–0..1–21–22–10–3.1–21–20–32–11–2TENNE73–71–2
TAMU 13–173–00–31–21–21–2.2–12–1.1–21–21–2.TAMUW63–71–1
VAN 16–14..0–30–32–13–02–13–01–22–11–22–1.VANE46–42–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches' [1] 1515*15*RVRV————————RVRVRV*RV*6
Baseball America [2] —————————————25——*—*6
Collegiate Baseball^ [3] 13——————————————1684
NCBWA† [4] 1725272621RVRV——RV—RV—28RV1616*4

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* 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

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Konnor Pilkington LHP381 Chicago White Sox
J P FranceRHP14432 Houston Astros
Hunter Stovall2B21636 Colorado Rockies
Ethan Small†LHP26789 Arizona Diamondbacks
Zach NeffLHP31934 Minnesota Twins
Jake Mangum‡LHP32950 New York Mets
Jacob BillingsleyRHP32972 Houston Astros

[5]

†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]

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References

  1. ↑ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ↑ Baseball America Poll
  3. ↑ "2018 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  4. ↑ "NCBWA > News".
  5. ↑ "Mississippi State Baseball Has Seven Players Drafted In 2018 MLB Draft". FanSided Inc. June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. 1 2 "MSU signee, MLB first-round pick Stewart doesn't sign with Braves". Starkville Daily News. July 6, 2018. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jake Mangum Announces He's Returning To Mississippi State Baseball". FanSided Inc. June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "College Recruit Rankings Class of 2018". Perfect Game. 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 "Mississippi State's HS Recruits Class of 2018". Perfect Game. 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Halter chooses MSU over professional path". Starkville Daily News. July 3, 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
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