2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record26–30 (9–21 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Foxhall
  • Jake Gautreau
Home stadium Dudy Noble Field
Seasons
  2021
2023  
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee  xy255 .833579 .864
No. 21 Florida  y1515 .5004224 .636
Georgia  y1515 .5003623 .610
Vanderbilt  y1416 .4673923 .629
South Carolina  1317 .4332728 .491
Kentucky  1218 .4003326 .559
Missouri  1020 .3332823 .549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M  xy1911 .6334420 .688
No. 4 Arkansas  y1812 .6004621 .687
No. 25 LSU  y1713 .5674022 .645
No. 7 Auburn  y1613 .5524322 .662
No. 1 Ole Miss  y1416 .4674223 .646
Alabama  1217 .4143127 .534
Mississippi State  921 .3002630 .464
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field. They entered this season as the defending national champions.

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Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 50–18, 20–10 in the SEC to finish in second place in the West. The Bulldogs swept the Starkville Regional and then hosted Notre Dame in the Starkville Super Regional. They advanced to the College World Series where they defeated Vanderbilt in the Championship Series to win the program's and institution's first team national championship, as there have been individual national champions in various sports. [1]

Schedule and results

2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (26–30)
May (1–11)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
May 1at Missouri Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MOL 6–7Ian Lohse (2–2)KC Hunt (2–2)noneSECN1,46725–209–12
May 6 Florida Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, MS L 6–8 Brandon Sproat (6–4)Brandon Smith (3–4)Ryan Slater (3)SECN11,53325–219–13
May 7FloridaDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 3–9Ryan Slater (3–3)KC Hunt (2–3)noneESPNU12,29725–229–14
May 8FloridaDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 2–6Fisher Jameson (1–0)Pico Kohn (2–1)noneSECN+9,35625–239–15
May 10vs. Samford Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL L 6–8Alex Goff (5–2)Mikey Tepper (1–2)Carson Hobbs (9)ESPN+1,17525–24
May 13at No. 10 Texas A&M Blue Bell ParkCollege Station, TX L 7–8Joseph Menefee (4–2)KC Hunt (2–4)Will Johnston (1)SECN+6,17525–259–16
May 14at No. 10 Texas A&MBlue Bell Park • College Station, TXL 6–9Chris Cortez (5–2)Pico Kohn (2–2)noneSECN+6,09425–269–17
May 15at No. 10 Texas A&MBlue Bell Park • College Station, TXL 2–8Robert Hogan (3–1)Cade Smith (4–3)Will Johnston (2)SECN5,25225–279–18
May 17 North Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 14–48Drew Talley (1–1)Jacob Bradshaw (1–8)noneSECN+8,51526–27
May 19No. 1 Tennessee Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 2–27 Chase Dollander (8–0)Brandon Smith (3–5)noneSECN10,20626–289–19
May 20No. 1 TennesseeDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 3–4Blade Tidwell (2–1)Preston Johnson (3–4)noneSECN+10,59226–299–20
May 21No. 1 TennesseeDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 5–10Ben Joyce (3–1)Cade Smith (4–4)noneSECN+10,77426–309–21
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold = Mississippi State team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

[2]

Standings

West Division
PosTeamPldCWCLCPCTGBWLPCTQualification
1y Texas A&M 641911.6334420.688Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament
2 Arkansas 671812.60014621.687
3 LSU 621713.56724022.645
4 Auburn 651613.5522.54322.662Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
5 Ole Miss 651416.46754223.646
6 Alabama 581217.4146.53127.534Qualification for the first round
7 Mississippi State 56921.300102630.464
Source: SEC [3]
y Division champion

Results

Home \ Away ALA ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU MISS MSST MIZZ SC TENN TAMU VAN
Alabama 2–11–21–21–22–1
Arkansas 3–03–02–12–11–2
Auburn 2–01–21–23–02–1
Florida 2–12–11–22–10–3
Georgia 3–02–11–21–21–2
Kentucky 2–12–11–22–11–2
LSU 1–22–10–33–01–2
Ole Miss 0–31–23–00–31–2
Mississippi State 2–12–10–30–30–3
Missouri 1–21–22–12–12–1
South Carolina 3–01–22–12–12–1
Tennessee 2–12–12–13–03–0
Texas A&M 1–21–22–13–02–1
Vanderbilt 2–10–33–00–31–2
Source: SEC [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

MLB Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Landon Sims RHP134 Arizona Diamondbacks
Logan Tanner C255 Cincinnati Reds
Preston JohnsonRHP7197 Baltimore Orioles
K.C. HuntRHP12350 Pittsburgh Pirates
Jackson FristoeRHP12370 New York Yankees
Kamren JamesSS16494 Tampa Bay Rays

[5]

Player Eligibility

The following players have used up their eligibility and will not return for the next season: Jess Davis OF, RJ Yeager INF, and Drew Talley RHP. [6]

High School Recruits

Before any draftees are signed by their major league team, Mississippi State was ranked 6th in the nation by Perfect Game. Perfect Game ranks players nationwide as the top 500. If there is no ranking, then the player was not in the top 500. If draft is not indicated, then the player was not drafted in this years draft. [7]

PlayerPositionPGRnkDftRdDftOADraft MLB Team
Jett Williams SS20114 New York Mets
Jurrangelo Cijntje BHP3418552 Milwaukee Brewers
Dakota Jordan OF69
Ross HighfillC73
Bradley LoftinLHP98
McClain RayRHP342
Logan ForsytheRHP353
Will GibbsRHP380
Evan SiaryRHP394
Charlie Keller3B433
Colton BradleyOF
Bryce HubbardC
David MershonSS
Jay Murdock1B
Jackson Parker1B
Brock TapperLHP
Austin TommasiniRHP
Ryan WilliamsC

[8] [5]

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