2022 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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2022 UCLA Bruins baseball
UCLA Bruins primary logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
CB No. 15
Record40–24 (19–11 Pac-12)
Head coach
Hitting coachBryant Ward (8th season)
Home stadium Jackie Robinson 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 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach John Savage, in his 18th season at UCLA.

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Previous season

The Bruins finished with a record of 37–20, and 18–12 in conference play. [2] In the postseason, the Bruins were invited and participated in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to North Carolina and the #8 national seed Texas Tech in the Lubbock Regional in Lubbock, Texas. [3]

Preseason

Long time assistant coach Rex Peters has retired after 29 years of coaching baseball, with the last 10 years at UCLA. To fill the vacancy on John Savage's staff, Niko Gallego was promoted from volunteer assistant coach to assistant and former UCLA pitcher David Berg took over as volunteer assistant coach. Berg played an important part as a member of the Bruins' 2013 College World Series championship team.

Personnel

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster [4]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 – Max Rajcic – Sophomore
  • 10 – Nate Leibold – Freshman
  • 12 – Gage Jump – Freshman
  • 14 – Charles Harrison – Junior
  • 19 – Jared Karros – Junior
  • 20 – Josh Alger – Freshman
  • 25 – Thatcher HurdFreshman
  • 27 – Jack Filby – Senior
  • 28 – James Hepp – Freshman
  • 30 – Alonzo TredwellFreshman
  • 31 – Chris Aldrich – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 32 – Josh Hahn – Junior
  • 33 – Jake Saum – Junior
  • 34 – Jake Brooks – Sophomore
  • 35 – Luke Jewett – Freshman
  • 40 – Ethan Flanagan – Freshman
  • 43 – Daniel Colwell – Senior
  • 51 – Caedon Kottinger – Sophomore
  • 55 – Kelly Austin – Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Catchers

  • 9 – Darius Perry – Junior
  • 17 – Jack Holman – Freshman
  • 36 – Tommy Beres – Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 – Cody Schrier – Freshman
  • 3 – Ethan Gourson – Freshman
  • 5 – Daylen Reyes – Sophomore
  • 6 – Michael Curialle – Junior
  • 7 – Bryce Grudzielanek – Freshman
  • 11 – Jake Moberg – Senior
  • 27 – Jack Filby – Senior
  • 37 – Eli Paton – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 44 – Kyle Karros – Sophomore
  • 45 – Alex Fernandes – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Nick McLain – Freshman
  • 6 – Michael Curialle – Junior
  • 15 – Kenny Oyama – Grad. student
  • 16 – Emanuel Dean – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 18 – Carson Yates – Sophomore
  • 21 – JonJon Vaughns – Sophomore
  • 24 – Malakhi Knight – Freshman
  • 32 – Josh Hahn – Junior
  • 38 – Jake Palmer – Grad. student

Coaches

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff [4]
  • John Savage – Head coach – 18th season
  • Bryant Ward – Assistant coach – 7th season
  • Niko Gallego – Assistant coach – 8th season
  • David Berg – Volunteer assistant coach – 4th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

2022 UCLA Bruins Game Log (38–22)
Regular season: 35–20 (Home: 22–9; Away: 11–10; Neutral: 2–1)
Postseason: 5–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0; Neutral: 5–4)
NCAA Auburn Regional: 2–2
GameDateRankOpponentStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallNCAAT
61June 3(2) No. 19vs. (3) Florida State Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
3–5Messick (7–5)Rajcic (8–5)Hare (4)3,71438–230–1
62June 4(2) No. 19vs. (4) Southeastern Louisiana Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
16–2Saum (4–0)Landry (3–6)3,21839–231–1
63June 5(2) No. 19vs. (3) Florida StatePlainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
2–1Tredwell (4–1)Hare (1–4)1,00040–232–1
64June 5(2) No. 19vs. (1) No. 25 Auburn Plainsman Park
Auburn, Alabama
4–11Barnett (3–2)Hepp (1–2)3,34640–242–2
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Bruins team member
  • Rankings from D1 Baseball.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • * indicates a non-conference game.

Source: [5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [6] 2424*RV25RVRV17131414824232225
Baseball America [7] 2221231518131614922221819
Collegiate Baseball^ [8] 18212724251291212615141313
NCBWA [9] 21232522RVRVRV19131512820252116
D1Baseball [10] 15121313823232019

^ 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.

2022 MLB draft

UCLA had an NCAA-High ten players selected in the 2022 MLB draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Max Rajcic RHP6 St. Louis Cardinals
Michael CurialleUT12 St. Louis Cardinals
Jared Karros RHP16 Los Angeles Dodgers

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