2023 Michigan Wolverines baseball team

2023 Michigan Wolverines baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	28–28 (13–11 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tracy Smith (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Ben Greenspan (1st season) Tyler Graham (1st season)
Pitching coach	Brock Huntzinger (1st season)
Home stadium	Wilpon Baseball Complex
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2023 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Maryland  ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			42	–	19	–	0		.689
Indiana  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			41	–	18	–	0		.695
Iowa  ‍‍‍y	15	–	8	–	0		.652			43	–	14	–	0		.754
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			33	–	23	–	1		.588
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	14	–	10	–	0		.583			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Purdue  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			18	–	34	–	0		.346
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Penn State  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			25	–	25	–	0		.500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	4	–	20	–	0		.167			10	–	40	–	0		.200
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines were led by head coach Tracy Smith in his first season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2022 season 34–28, including 12–12 in conference play, finishing in fifth place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines won the 2022 Big Ten baseball tournament to receive an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost in the regional final to Louisville. ^[2]

Preseason

Following the conclusion of the regular season, head coach Erik Bakich accepted the head coaching position at Clemson, after a ten-season run at Michigan which saw the Wolverines win two Big Ten baseball tournament championships and finish runner-up in the 2019 College World Series. ^[3] On July 3, 2022, Tracy Smith was named head coach of the Wolverines. ^[4]

Roster

2023 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) Jr Craig Milton, Wisconsin 2 INF Camden Gasser L/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 160 lb(73 kg) So Southridge Huntingburg, Indiana 3 INF Ted Burton R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 190 lb(86 kg) Sr Edison Huntington Beach, California 4 INF Brandon Lawrence S/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb(86 kg) Jr Dunn Santa Ynez, California 5 C Jimmy Obertop R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 230 lb(104 kg) Sr Westminster Christian Academy St. Louis, Missouri 6 OF Greg Pace Jr. R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 185 lb(84 kg) Fr Edison Academy Southfield, Michigan 7 OF Jake Marti S/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 200 lb(91 kg) Sr Normal West Bloomington, Illinois 8 RHP John Torroella R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb(93 kg) RS Sr Mount Saint Joseph Ellicott City, Maryland 9 INF Dylan Stanton R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 190 lb(86 kg) RS Jr Gull Lake Richland, Michigan 10 INF Cody Hultink R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 175 lb(79 kg) So Pennfield Battle Creek, Michigan 12 INF Cody Jefferis L/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 165 lb(75 kg) RS Sr Hart Santa Clarita, California 14 RHP Avery Goldensoph R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 170 lb(77 kg) So Swan Valley Saginaw, Michigan 15 C Gabe Sotres R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 208 lb(94 kg) Jr Brother Rice Allen Park, Michigan 17 OF Robert Pitts Jr. S/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 107 lb(49 kg) Fr Birmingham Los Angeles, California 18 C Jordan Rodgers R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 175 lb(79 kg) RS Sr Simeon Career Academy Chicago, Illinois 19 LHP Logan Wood L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 180 lb(82 kg) Jr OLSM Prep Macomb, Michigan 20 LHP Connor O'Halloran R/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb(86 kg) Jr St. Martin Mississauga, Ontario 21 OF Jonathan Kim L/L 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb(84 kg) Fr Brookfield Academy Brookfield, Wisconsin 22 OF Tito Flores R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb(86 kg) Sr Brother Rice Detroit, Michigan 23 C Joe Longo R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 215 lb(98 kg) So Academy of Holy Angels Apple Valley, Minnesota 24 OF Joey Velazquez L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 230 lb(104 kg) Sr St. Francis DeSales Lewis Center, Ohio 25 RHP Kurt Barr R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 170 lb(77 kg) Fr University Liggett Saint Joachim, Ontario 27 INF Marc Willi L/L 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 230 lb(104 kg) Fr Noble and Greenough Weston, Massachusetts 28 INF Cam Hart R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 210 lb(95 kg) Sr Armada Armada, Michigan 30 C Nate Voss R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb(84 kg) Fr Marist Oak Lawn, Illinois 32 RHP Eamon Horwedel R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 183 lb(83 kg) RS Sr Skyline Ann Arbor, Michigan 34 RHP Ahmad Harajli R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 240 lb(109 kg) Jr IMG Academy Dearborn, Michigan 35 LHP Walker Cleveland L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 175 lb(79 kg) RS Sr North Gwinnett Suwanee, Georgia 36 INF Trevor Kilinski L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 200 lb(91 kg) Jr Zeeland West Zeeland, Michigan 37 RHP Chase Allen R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 220 lb(100 kg) Jr Regis Jesuit Littleton, Colorado 39 RHP Jake Keaser R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb(88 kg) So OLSM Prep Rochester, Michigan 42 OF Ian Kennedy R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 230 lb(104 kg) Jr Whitefield Academy Douglasville, Georgia 47 LHP Jacob Denner L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb(88 kg) Sr Bergen Catholic Closter, New Jersey 48 RHP Noah Rennard R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 205 lb(93 kg) Sr Maria Carrillo Santa Rosa, California 50 C Casey Buckley L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb(88 kg) RS Sr Los Alamitos Long Beach, California 51 INF Jack Van Remortel R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 215 lb(98 kg) RS Sr Carmel Carmel, Indiana 54 RHP Ryan Zimmer R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 230 lb(104 kg) Jr St. Clair High School St. Clair, Michigan 55 INF Mitch Voit R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb(86 kg) Fr Whitefish Bay Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin	Head coach Tracy Smith Assistant coach(es) Ben Greenspan Tyler Graham Pitching coach(es) Brock Huntzinger Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 24, 2022

Schedule and results

2023 Michigan Wolverines Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (26–26)
February (4–3) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 1 February 17 vs. Fresno State MLB Desert Invitational Sloan Park Mesa, AZ 6–2 O'Halloran (1–0) Henderson (0–1) Rennard (1) 175 1–0 – 2 February 17 vs. Michigan State MLB Desert Invitational Sloan Park 8–15 Dzierwa (1–0) Goldensoph (0–1) Rush (1) 305 1–1 – 3 February 18 vs. UC San Diego MLB Desert Invitational Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, AZ 2–11 Forcucci (1–0) Denner (0–1) Rissas (1) 501 1–2 – 4 February 19 vs. Grand Canyon MLB Desert Invitational Sloan Park 6–4 Rennard (1–0) Young (0–1) Voit (1) 907 2–2 – — February 24 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field Fullerton, CA Postponed (inclement weather) [5] — February 25 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field Postponed (inclement weather) 5 February 26 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 9–5 O'Halloran (2–0) Stultz (1–1) — 1,011 3–2 – 6 February 26 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field 7–3 Allen (1–0) Hinkel (0–1) — 833 4–2 – — February 27 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field Cancelled [6] 7 February 28 at UC Irvine Cicerone Field Irvine, CA 3–15 Stanford (1–0) Torroella (0–1) — 824 4–3 –
March (10–8) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 8 March 1 at No. 17 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, CA 4–9 Aldrich (2–0) Denner (0–2) — 458 4–4 – 9 March 3 vs. No. 10 TCU Shriners College Classic Minute Maid Park Houston, TX 0–6 Vanderhai (1–1) O'Halloran (2–1) Savage (1) 1,250 4–5 – 10 March 4 vs. No. 24 Texas Tech Shriners College Classic Minute Maid Park 7–10 Molina (2–0) Allen (1–1) Lopez (1) — 4–6 – 11 March 5 vs. No. 14 Louisville Shriners College Classic Minute Maid Park 0–10 (7) Liggett (2–0) Denner (0–3) — 5,003 4–7 – 12 March 8 Oakland Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 1–4 Konitzer (1–0) Barr (0–1) — 207 4–8 – 14 March 10 vs. UAB Mike Sansing Classic Fred Stillwell Stadium Kennesaw, GA 7–5 (10) Rennard (2–0) Haines (0–3) — 395 5–8 – 13 March 10 at Kennesaw State Mike Sansing Classic Fred Stillwell Stadium 3–4 Wehunt (2–1) Allen (1–2) Pinson (1) 558 5–9 – 15 March 11 vs. UAB Mike Sansing Classic Fred Stillwell Stadium 3–2 Voit (1–0) Walton (1–1) — 391 6–9 – — March 12 at Kennesaw State Mike Sansing Classic Fred Stillwell Stadium Cancelled [7] 16 March 15 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field Cincinnati, OH 7–3 Barr (1–1) Hoskins (1–1) — 250 7–9 – 17 March 17 Bradley Ray Fisher Stadium 8–4 O'Halloran (3–1) Edders (1–1) — — 8–9 – — March 17 Bradley Ray Fisher Stadium Postponed (inclement weather) 18 March 19 Bradley Ray Fisher Stadium 6–4 Allen (2–2) Lutz (1–1) Rennard (2) 730 9–9 – 19 March 19 Bradley Ray Fisher Stadium 1–5 Flack (2–0) Denner (0–4) Langrell (4) 730 9–10 – 20 March 21 Akron Ray Fisher Stadium 10–11 Biglin (1–0) Harajli (0–1) — 193 9–11 – 21 March 24 Penn State Ray Fisher Stadium 13–4 O'Halloran (4–1) Ouderkirk (1–2) — 783 10–11 1–0 22 March 25 Penn State Ray Fisher Stadium 12–3 Allen (3–2) Luensmann (4–1) — 966 11–11 2–0 23 March 26 Penn State Ray Fisher Stadium 3–1 Rennard (3–0) Henline (2–1) Denner (1) 1,201 12–11 3–0 24 March 28 Central Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium 6–5 (10) Voit (2–0) Insco (0–1) — 863 13–11 – 25 March 31 at Illinois Illinois Field Champaigh, IL 12–9 O'Halloran (5–1) Gowens (1–2) — 327 14–11 4–0
April (7–9) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 26 April 1 at Illinois Illinois Field 10–5 Rennard (4–0) Bunselmeyer (1–1) — 571 15–11 5–0 27 April 2 at Illinois Illinois Field 1–11 Wenninger (4–1) Cleveland (0–1) — 1,253 15–12 5–1 28 April 4 Western Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium 12–5 Torroella (1–1) Crandell (0–1) Voit (2) 258 16–12 – 29 April 7 Nebraska Ray Fisher Stadium 1–3 (10) Schanaman (2–2) Rennard (4–1) — 1,372 16–13 5–2 30 April 8 Nebraska Ray Fisher Stadium 8–6 Allen (4–2) Kaminska (5–2) Voit (3) 1,990 17–13 6–2 31 April 9 Nebraska Ray Fisher Stadium 3–11 Garza (2–3) Denner (0–5) — 1,598 17–14 6–3 32 April 11 Butler Ray Fisher Stadium 13–2 Rennard (5–1) Thune (1–1) — 785 18–14 – 33 April 14 at Rutgers Bainton Field Piscataway, NJ 0–13 Coppola (2–3) O'Halloran (5–2) — 1,352 18–15 6–4 — April 15 at Rutgers Bainton Field Suspended (inclement weather). Continuation held on April 16. [a] 34 April 16 at Rutgers Bainton Field 13–8 O'Halloran (6–2) Gorski (1–1) — 552 19–15 7–4 35 April 16 at Rutgers Bainton Field 3–6 Conover (3–3) Rennard (5–2) — 607 19–16 7–5 36 April 19 Toledo Ray Fisher Stadium 7–10 Music (4–2) Danner (0–6) McCune (2) 311 19–17 – 37 April 21 Michigan State Ray Fisher Stadium 5–3 Rennard (6–2) Dzierwa (4–2) Voit (4) 1,766 20–17 8–5 38 April 22 Michigan State Ray Fisher Stadium 8–3 O'Halloran (7–2) Cook (4–3) — 1,960 21–17 9–5 39 April 23 Michigan State Ray Fisher Stadium 2–14 Powers (4–0) Allen (4–3) — 2,595 21–18 9–6 — April 28 Oklahoma State Ray Fisher Stadium Postponed (inclement weather) [8] 40 April 29 Oklahoma State Ray Fisher Stadium 3–5 Root (5–1) O'Halloran (7–3) Stebens (4) 1,619 21–19 – 41 April 30 Oklahoma State Ray Fisher Stadium 5–8 Abram (6–2) Rennard (6–3) Stebens (5) 1,410 21–20 –
May (5–6) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 42 May 3 Kent State Ray Fisher Stadium 7–5 Allen (5–3) Dell (1–3) Voit (5) 283 22–20 – 43 May 5 at Minnesota Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN 0–4 Novotny (2–5) O'Halloran (7–4) — 669 22–21 9–7 44 May 6 at Minnesota Siebert Field 2–4 Wietgrefe (1–3) Voit (2–1) Clausen (4) 775 22–22 9–8 45 May 7 at Minnesota Siebert Field 4–1 Denner (1–6) Holetz (2–5) — 770 23–22 10–8 46 May 12 Northwestern Ray Fisher Stadium 12–5 O'Halloran (8–4) Farinelli (1–9) — 679 24–22 11–8 47 May 13 Northwestern Ray Fisher Stadium 5–2 Volt (3–1) Dyke (0–1) — 1,764 25–22 12–8 48 May 14 Northwestern Ray Fisher Stadium 15–5 Denner (2–6) Benneche (0–8) — 1,470 26–22 13–8 49 May 16 Xavier Ray Fisher Stadium 2–14 Niedringhaus (2–0) Cleveland (0–2) — 712 26–23 – 50 May 18 at Ohio State Nick Swisher Field Columbus, OH 3–7 Jenkings (6–4) O'Halloran (8–5) — 1,615 26–24 13–9 51 May 19 at Ohio State Nick Swisher Field 5–9 Coupet (4–3) Rennard (6–4) Jones (1) 2,116 26–25 13–10 52 May 20 at Ohio State Nick Swisher Field 2–7 Bruni (5–3) Torroella (1–2) — 2,268 26–26 13–11
Postseason (2–2)
B1G Tournament (2–2) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1GT Record 53 May 23 vs. (3) Iowa (6) Charles Schwab Field Omaha, NE 3–13 (8) Whitlock (7–0) O'Halloran (8–6) — — 26–27 0–1 54 May 24 vs. (7) Illinois (6) Charles Schwab Field 6–3 Rennard (7–4) Gowens (2–3) Denner (2) 5,650 27–27 1–1 55 May 26 vs. (2) Indiana (6) Charles Schwab Field 13–6 Voit (4–1) Bothwell (4–2) Denner (3) — 28–27 2–1 56 May 27 vs. (3) Iowa (6) Charles Schwab Field 0–5 Langenberg (6–3) Mann (0–1) — — 28–28 2–2
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Wolverines team member Reference: [9] [10] Rankings from D1Baseball.com. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Notes:

• ^a The April 15 game at Rutgers was suspended due to lightning in the top of the fourth inning with the score tied 6–6. It was completed on April 16 prior to the regularly scheduled game that afternoon. ^[11]

Rankings

Main article: 2023 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'	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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.

Awards and honors

Individual Awards

Player	Award	Ref.
Connor O'Halloran	Big Ten Pitcher of the Year	[12]

All-Big Ten

Player	Selection	Ref.
Connor O'Halloran	First Team	[12]
Ted Burton	Third Team
Jonathan Kim	Third Team
	Freshman Team
Mitch Voit	Freshman Team

All-American

Player	Selection	Ref.
Mitch Voit	Freshman Team	[13]

Major League Baseball Draft

The following Wolverine was selected in the 2023 Major League Baseball draft: ^[14]

List of Drafted Players
Name	2023 Class	Pos.	Team	Overall
Connor O'Halloran	Junior	LHP	Toronto Blue Jays	157th

References

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3. "Erik Bakich Departs Michigan". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. June 16, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
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11. Stemme, Conor (April 15, 2023). "Lightning Forces Suspension of Wolverines' Saturday Game Against Rutgers". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved April 15, 2023.
12. Stemme, Conor (May 23, 2023). "O'Halloran Named B1G Pitcher of the Year, Four Other Wolverines Earn Postseason Honors". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved January 30, 2024.
13. Stemme, Conor (May 15, 2023). "Awards and Honors: Voit Named to Baseball America Freshman All-America Team". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved January 30, 2024.
14. Stemme, Conor (July 10, 2023). "O'Halloran Drafted by Blue Jays on Day Two of MLB Draft". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive . Retrieved January 30, 2024.