2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Record26–32 (13–17 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coach Mike Goff (1st season)
Hitting coach Travis Buck (1st season)
Pitching coachSam Peraza (1st season)
Home stadium Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Seasons
  2021
2023 
2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Stanford  y2190 .70047160 .746
No. 3 Oregon State  y20100 .66748180 .727
No. 19 UCLA  y19110 .63340240 .625
Oregon  y18120 .60036250 .590
Arizona  y16140 .53339250 .609
Washington  14160 .46730260 .536
California  14160 .46729270 .518
Arizona State  13170 .43326310 .456
Washington State  12180 .40027260 .509
Utah  10200 .33326271 .491
USC  8220 .26725280 .472
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2022 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach Willie Bloomquist, in his 1st season at ASU.

Contents

Previous season

The Sun Devils finished with a record of 33–22, and 16–14 in conference play. [2] In the postseason, the Sun Devils were invited and participated in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to the #2 national seed Texas and Fairfield in the Austin Regional in Austin, Texas. [3]

In the offseason, Tracy Smith was fired from his role as head coach after 7 seasons with the program. [4] A few days later, it was announced that Willie Bloomquist was hired as the new head coach. [5]

Personnel

Roster

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils roster [6]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 – Dom Cacchione – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 4 – Luke La Flam – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 6 – Kai Murphy – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 10 – Christian Bodlovich – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 13 – Tyler Meyer – Sophomore
  • 15 – Jared Glenn – Sophomore
  • 19 – Boyd Vander Kooi – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 25 – Will Levine – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 26 – Graham Osman – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 31 – Josh Hansell – Sophomore
  • 33 – Brock Peery – Sophomore
  • 36 – Adam Tulloch – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 40 – Chase Webster – Junior
  • 43 – Danny Marshall – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 44 – Kyle Luckham – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 45 – Andrew Lucas – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 46 – Jacob Walker – Redshirt.svg Senior
 

Catchers

  • 12 – Nate Baez – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 17 – Ryan Campos – Freshman
  • 21 – Will Rogers – Freshman
  • 41 – Bronson Balholm – Redshirt.svg Senior

Infielders

  • 2 – Sean McLain – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 7 – Conor Davis – Grad. student
  • 8 – Cam Magee – Freshman
  • 9 – Blake Pivaroff – Sophomore
  • 12 – Nate Baez – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 18 – Jacob Tobias – Freshman
  • 27 – Hunter Haas – Sophomore
  • 35 – Ethan Long – Sophomore
  • 37 – Alex Champagne – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 5 – Joe Lampe – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 6 – Kai Murphy – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 11 – Kade Higgins – Sophomore
  • 23 – Michael Brueser – Sophomore
  • 28 – Ivan Brethowr – Freshman
  • 32 – Trey Rucker – Freshman

Coaching staff

2022 Arizona State coaching staff [6]
NamePositionSeasons at
Arizona State
Alma Mater
Willie Bloomquist Head Coach1 Arizona State
Mike Goff Assistant Coach1 UAB
Sam PerazaPitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator1 San Diego State
Travis Buck Hitting Coach1 Arizona State

Schedule

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils Game Log (20–21)
Regular Season: 20–21 (Home: 15–10; Away: 5–11; Neutral: 0–0)
April: 9–6
GameDateRankOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallPac-12
27April 1 California Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
8–3Luckham
(4–1)
White
(0–3)
2,99412–154–3
28April 2CaliforniaPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
7–14King
(2–1)
Glenn
(0–4)
2,71112–164–4
29April 3CaliforniaPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
16–9Webster
(1–2)
Zobac
(1–2)
2,50613–165–4
30April 5No. 11 Arizona*Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
10–6Levine
(2–1)
Arias Jr.
(1–1)
Pivaroff
(1)
3,90314–16
31April 8at Stanford Sunken Diamond
Stanford, California
0–8Williams
(3–1)
Luckham
(4–2)
1,55014–175–5
32April 9at StanfordSunken Diamond
Stanford, California
6–10O'Rourke
(1–3)
Levine
(2–2)
Mathews
(2)
1,68114–185–6
33April 10at StanfordSunken Diamond
Stanford, California
10–16Mathews
(5–1)
Webster
(1–3)
1,96914–195–7
34April 11at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium
Santa Clara, California
21–1Vander Kooi
(1–0)
Reelfs
(3–4)
17815–19
35April 14 USC Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
14–12Levine
(3–2)
Lambert
(4–2)
Peery
(5)
2,64816–196–7
36April 15USCPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
8–2Luckham
(5–2)
Stromsborg
(1–3)
4,43217–197–7
37April 16USCPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
9–8Webster
(2–3)
Keating
(2–2)
Peery
(6)
2,73118–198–7
38April 19 Cal State Northridge*Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
6–1Walker
(1–0)
Wilson
(1–1)
2,20319–19
39April 22at Arizona Hi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona
6–7 (10)Long
(3–0)
Pivaroff
(0–2)
5,66319–208–8
40April 23at ArizonaHi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona
8–5Luckham
(6–2)
Murphy
(1–2)
6,61720–209–8
41April 24at ArizonaHi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona
4–14Irvin
(4–2)
Vander Kooi
(1–1)
3,58320–219–9
42April 26 UNLV*Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
43April 29at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium
Los Angeles, California
44April 30at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium
Los Angeles, California
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Sun Devils team member
  • Rankings from D1 Baseball.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • * indicates a non-conference game.

Source: [7]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [8] —*
Baseball America [9]
Collegiate Baseball^ [10] 43
NCBWA [11] RVRV
D1Baseball

^ 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.

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