2022 Michigan Wolverines baseball team

2022 Michigan Wolverines baseball
Big Ten tournament champions
NCAA Louisville Regional, 2–2
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	34-28 (12-12 Big Ten)
Head coach	Erik Bakich (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Nick Schnabel (10th season) Brandon Inge (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Steve Merriman (2nd season)
Home stadium	Wilpon Baseball Complex
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Maryland  ‍†‍‍y	18	–	5		.783			48	–	13		.787
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			44	–	15		.746
Iowa  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			36	–	19		.655
Illinois  ‍‍‍	17	–	7		.708			31	–	22		.585
Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y	12	–	12		.500			34	–	28		.548
Penn State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			26	–	29		.473
Purdue  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			29	–	21		.580
Indiana  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	32		.458
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			24	–	27		.471
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			23	–	30		.434
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	8	–	14		.364			21	–	30		.412
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			24	–	30		.444
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			16	–	36		.308
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2022 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his tenth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines won the 2022 Big Ten baseball tournament and qualified for the NCAA tournament. ^[2]

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2021 season 27–19, including 27–17 in conference play, finishing in third place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines received an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to UConn and Central Michigan in the NCAA Regional. ^[3]

Preseason

For the 2022 Big Ten Conference poll, Michigan was voted to finish in second by the Big Ten Coaches. ^[4]

Michigan was ranked No. 30 in the preseason poll by Collegiate Baseball. ^[5]

Roster

2022 Michigan Wolverines baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year High School/Junior College Home town 0 INF Dan Blomgren R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 165 lb(75 kg) So Craig Milton, Wisconsin 2 INF Camden Gasser L/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 160 lb(73 kg) Fr Southridge Huntingburg, Indiana 3 INF Ted Burton R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 170 lb(77 kg) Jr Edison Huntington Beach, California 4 INF Brandon Lawrence S/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 195 lb(88 kg) So Dunn Santa Ynez, California 5 OF Joe Stewart R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 207 lb(94 kg) RS Sr Portage Central Portage, Michigan 6 RHP Alex Fedje-Johnson R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb(86 kg) RS Sr Minnehaha Academy Minneapolis, Minnesota 7 OF Jake Marti S/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 200 lb(91 kg) Jr Normal West Bloomington, Illinois 8 INF Jimmy Obertop R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 220 lb(100 kg) Jr Westminster Christian Academy St. Louis, Missouri 9 INF Dylan Stanton R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 190 lb(86 kg) RS So Gull Lake Richland, Michigan 10 INF Cody Hultink R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 175 lb(79 kg) Fr Pennfield Battle Creek, Michigan 12 INF Riley Bertram S/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 180 lb(82 kg) Sr Zionsville Zionsville, Indiana 13 C Joe Longo R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 215 lb(98 kg) Fr Academy of Holy Angels Apple Valley, Minnesota 14 RHP Avery Goldensoph R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 175 lb(79 kg) RS Fr Swan Valley Saginaw, Michigan 15 INF Clark Elliott L/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 170 lb(77 kg) Jr Barrington Barrington, Illinois 17 INF Joe Taylor L/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 185 lb(84 kg) Fr Chelsea Chelsea, Michigan 18 C Jordan Rodgers R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 175 lb(79 kg) RS Jr Simeon Career Academy Chicago, Illinois 19 LHP Logan Wood L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 180 lb(82 kg) So OLSM Prep Macomb, Michigan 20 RHP Willie Weiss R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 225 lb(102 kg) Sr Westview Portland, Oregon 21 RHP John Torroella R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb(93 kg) RS Jr Mount Saint Joseph Ellicott City, Maryland 22 INF Tito Flores R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb(86 kg) Jr Brother Rice Detroit, Michigan 24 INF Matt Frey L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 200 lb(91 kg) RS Sr Franklin Regional Murrysville, Pennsylvania 26 OF Joey Velazquez L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 230 lb(104 kg) Jr St. Francis DeSales Lewis Center, Ohio 27 LHP Jaylen Jones R/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 220 lb(100 kg) Fr TNXL Academy Thomasville, Georgia 28 RHP Keaton Carratini R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb(91 kg) Sr La Costa Canyon Encinitas, California 29 RHP Brayden Lybarger R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 170 lb(77 kg) Fr Elida Lima, Ohio 30 LHP Jack White L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 210 lb(95 kg) Sr Athens Academy Bethesda, Maryland 32 RHP Tyler Fullman R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 220 lb(100 kg) Fr Marian Catholic Homewood, Illinois 34 RHP Ahmad Harajli R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 240 lb(109 kg) So IMG Academy Dearborn, Michigan 35 LHP Walker Cleveland L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 175 lb(79 kg) Sr North Gwinnett Suwanee, Georgia 36 INF Trevor Kilinski L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 200 lb(91 kg) So Zeeland West Zeeland, Michigan 37 RHP Chase Allen R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 220 lb(100 kg) So Regis Jesuit Littleton, Colorado 39 LHP Cononr O'Halloran R/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb(86 kg) So St. Martin Mississauga, Ontario 40 LHP Angelo Smith L/L 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 175 lb(79 kg) RS Sr Richards Thornton, Illinois 47 LHP Jacob Denner L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb(88 kg) Jr Bergen Catholic Closter, New Jersey 48 RHP Noah Rennard R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 205 lb(93 kg) Jr Maria Carrillo Santa Rosa, California 49 OF Ian Kennedy R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 230 lb(104 kg) So Whitefield Academy Douglasville, Georgia 50 C Casey Buckley L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb(88 kg) Sr Los Alamitos Long Beach, California 51 INF Jack Van Remortel R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 215 lb(98 kg) Sr Carmel Carmel, Indiana 54 RHP Ryan Zimmer R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 230 lb(104 kg) So St. Clair High School St. Clair, Michigan 55 RHP Cameron Weston R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 215 lb(98 kg) Jr Canon-McMillan Canonsburg, Pennsylvania	Head coach Erik Bakich Assistant coach(es) Nick Schnabel Brandon Inge Pitching coach(es) Steve Merriman Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 1, 2021

Schedule and results

2022 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log
Regular season (28–25)
February (5–2) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 1 February 18 vs. No. 14 Texas Tech Globe Life Field Arlington, TX 6–7 Hampton (1–0) Weiss (0–1) — 7,112 0–1 – 2 February 19 vs. Kansas State Globe Life Field 10–2 Denner (1–0) Griffin (0–1) — — 1–1 – 3 February 20 vs. Oklahoma Globe Life Field 1–6 Atwood (1–0) O'Halloran (0–1) — 8,006 1–2 – 4 February 21 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington, TX 9–7 Allen (1–0) King (0–2) Harajli (1) 575 2–2 – 5 February 25 vs. Seton Hall Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL 8–2 Weston (1–0) Shine (0–1) Rennard (1) 400 3–2 – 6 February 26 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park 16–8 Allen (2–0) Martin (0–1) — 802 4–2 – 7 February 27 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park 13–9 Cleveland (1–0) Eckaus (0–1) Weiss (1) 422 5–2 –
March (8–9) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 8 March 1 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL 8–9 Wegielnik (1–0) Wood (0–1) — 698 5–3 – 9 March 2 at Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium 20–13 Smith (1–0) Martzolf (0–1) — 557 6–3 – 10 March 4 vs. No. 21 Maryland Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC 7–4 Rennard (1–0) Heine (0–1) Weiss (2) — 7–3 – 11 March 5 vs. East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium 8–10 Grosz (2–0) O'Halloran (0–2) Logusch (1) 4,259 7–4 – 12 March 6 vs. Indiana State Clark–LeClair Stadium 5–6 Patzner (1–0) Denner (1–1) Fenlong (3) — 7–5 – 13 March 11 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY 3–5 Kuehner (3–0) Weston (1–1) Prosecky (4) — 7–6 – — March 11 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium Suspended (inclement weather). Continuation held on March 13. [a] 14 March 13 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium 16–7 O'Halloran (1–2) Koger (0–1) — 1,021 8–6 – 15 March 13 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium 1–13 Phillips (2–0) Denner (1–2) — 703 8–7 – 16 March 15 at No. 4 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field Nashville, TN 4–5 Schultz (1–1) Weiss (0–2) — 3,802 8–8 – 17 March 17 Dayton Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 2–1 O'Halloran (2–2) Steinhauer (1–1) Allen (1) 654 9–8 – 18 March 18 Dayton Ray Fisher Stadium 18–6 Rennard (2–0) Peguero (0–1) — 457 10–8 – 19 March 20 Dayton Ray Fisher Stadium 4–2 Denner (2–2) Serwa (1–4) Allen (2) 1,241 11–8 – 20 March 23 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field Cincinnati, OH 2–8 Bell (1–0) Walker (1–1) — 518 11–9 – 21 March 25 at Nebraska Hawks Field Lincoln, NE 9–13 Koty (2–0) Rennard (2–1) — 5,109 11–10 0–1 22 March 26 at Nebraska Hawks Field 8–6 Allen (3–0) Bragg (1–2) — 6,561 12–10 1–1 23 March 27 at Nebraska Hawks Field 6–1 Denner (3–2) McCarville (2–3) Rennard (2) 5,075 13–10 2–1 24 March 30 Oakland Ray Fisher Stadium 7–14 Decker (2–1) Wood (0–2) — 347 13–11 –
April (9–6) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record — April 1 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium Postponed (inclement weather) [6] 25 April 2 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium 2–8 Nedved (2–2) Weston (1–2) — 1,200 13–12 2–2 26 April 2 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium 2–0 O'Halloran (3–2) Mazur (2–2) Allen (3) 1,605 14–12 3–2 27 April 3 Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium 3–10 Langenberg (4–0) Denner (4–2) — 1,008 14–13 3–3 28 April 6 Purdue Fort Wayne Ray Fisher Stadium 3–6 Myer (1–4) Cleveland (1–2) Miller (1) 579 14–14 – 29 April 8 Cal State Fullerton Ray Fisher Stadium 2–1 Allen (4–0) Stultz (2–2) — 742 15–14 – 30 April 9 Cal State Fullerton Ray Fisher Stadium 8–2 Weston (2–2) Yates (2–1) Rennard (3) 1,255 16–14 – 31 April 10 Cal State Fullerton Ray Fisher Stadium 11–10 Rennard (3–1) Weisberg (1–2) — 1,785 17–14 – 32 April 12 at No. 10 Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, IN 5–14 Dennies (1–0) Cleveland (1–3) — 854 17–15 – 33 April 15 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium East Lansing, MI 18–6 O'Halloran (4–2) Dunning (1–4) — 4,242 18–15 4–3 34 April 16 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium 8–2 Weston (3–2) Powers (2–4) — 2,333 19–15 5–3 35 April 17 at Michigan State Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium 6–3 Allen (5–0) Tomasic (2–1) Denner (1) 503 20–15 6–3 36 April 22 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 9–8 (10) Rennard (4–1) Karaffa (1–1) — 1,002 21–15 7–3 37 April 23 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 16–13 Weston (4–2) Coupet (2–4) Denner (2) 2,750 22–15 8–3 38 April 24 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 5–6 Brock (1–2) Denner (4–3) — 2,279 22–16 8–4 39 April 29 at Purdue Alexander Field West Lafayette, IN 4–18 Backer (2–0) O'Halloran (4–3) — 1,881 22–17 8–5 — April 30 at Purdue Alexander Field Postponed (inclement weather) [7]
May (6–8) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 40 May 1 at Purdue Alexander Field 4–12 Wendell (4–2) Weston (4–3) — 2,202 22–18 8–6 41 May 1 at Purdue Alexander Field 13–2 Allen (6–0) Wansing (6–7) — 2,202 23–18 9–6 42 May 3 Youngstown State Ray Fisher Stadium Cancelled [8] 43 May 6 Indiana Ray Fisher Stadium 8–4 Weiss (1–2) Holderfield (2–4) Rennard (3) 1,434 24–18 10–6 44 May 7 Indiana Ray Fisher Stadium 5–9 Bothwell (2–1) Smith (1–1) Sharp (3) 1,813 24–19 10–7 45 May 8 Indiana Ray Fisher Stadium 8–10 Sharp (3–6) Rennard (4–2) — 1,354 24–20 10–8 46 May 10 Xavier Ray Fisher Stadium 3–10 Olson (2–3) Denner (3–5) — 1,004 24–21 – 47 May 11 Wright State Ray Fisher Stadium 21–9 Keaser (1–0) Wirsing (1–5) — 1,174 25–21 – 48 May 13 at No. 17 Maryland Shipley Field College Park, MD 7–8 Falco (6–1) O'Halloran (4–4) Belgrave (3) 1,478 25–22 10–9 49 May 14 at No. 17 Maryland Shipley Field 6–20 Ramsey (10–0) Denner (3–6) — 1,478 25–23 10–10 50 May 15 at No. 17 Maryland Shipley Field 10–15 Dean (5–2) Allen (6–1) — 2,075 25–24 10–11 51 May 17 Michigan State Ray Fisher Stadium 11–8 Goldensoph (2–2) Arbaugh (1–1) Weiss (3) 1,734 26–24 – 52 May 19 Rutgers Ray Fisher Stadium 9–6 Rennard (5–2) Bello (4–2) Weston (1) 1,004 27–24 11–11 53 May 20 Rutgers Ray Fisher Stadium 9–7 Weiss (2–2) Stanavich (0–3) Weston (2) 1,411 28–24 12–11 54 May 21 Rutgers Ray Fisher Stadium 12–18 Bello (5–2) Smith (1–2) — 1,928 28–25 12–12
Postseason (6–3)
B1G Tournament (4–1) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1GT Record 55 May 26 vs. (4) Illinois (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, NE 7–5 Allen (7–1) Glassey (2–2) Weston (3) — 29–25 1–0 56 May 27 vs. (1) No. 10 Maryland (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 15–8 Weiss (3–2) Ramsey (10–1) — — 30–25 2–0 57 May 28 vs. (3) Iowa (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 3–7 Baumann (1–0) Allen (7–2) Schultz (1) — 30–26 2–1 58 May 29 vs. (3) Iowa (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 13–1 (7) O'Halloran (5–4) Brecht (1–4) Weston (4) — 31–26 3–1 59 May 29 vs. (2) Rutgers (5) Charles Schwab Field Omaha 10–4 Denner (4–6) Portnoy (3–1) — — 32–26 4–1
Louisville Regional (2–2) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record 60 June 3 vs. (2) Oregon (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 8–6 Weston (5–3) Britton (4–1) — 2,338 33–26 1–0 61 June 4 vs. (1) No. 8 Louisville (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 7–3 Rennard (6–2) Poland (5–5) — 3,547 34–26 2–0 62 June 5 vs. (1) No. 8 Louisville (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 1–20 Phillips (5–1) Smith (1–3) Webster (1) 2,775 34–27 2–1 63 June 6 vs. (1) No. 8 Louisville (3) Jim Patterson Stadium 9–11 Kuehner (7–3) Weston (5–4) Prosecky (11) 3,655 34–28 2–2
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Wolverines team member Reference: [9] [10] Rankings from D1Baseball.com. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Notes:

• ^a The March 11 game at Louisville was suspended due to snow in the top of the fifth inning with the score 13–4 in favor of the Wolverines. It was completed on March 13 prior to the regularly scheduled game that afternoon. ^[11]

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	RV	RV*	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV		RV
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—			—
Collegiate Baseball^	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†	RV	—	—	RV	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV			RV
D1Baseball	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—			—

^ 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.

Awards and honors

All-Big Ten Player Selection Ref. Clark Elliott First Team [12] Matt Frey Third Team Joe Stewart Third Team

Major League Baseball Draft

The following Wolverines were selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft: ^{[13] [14]}

List of Drafted Players
Name	2022 Class	Pos.	Team	Overall
Clark Elliott	Junior	OF	Oakland Athletics	69th
Cameron Weston	Junior	RHP	Baltimore Orioles	227th
Joe Stewart	Graduate Student	OF	Los Angeles Angels	268th

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