2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Vanderbilt Athletics logo.svg
SEC tournament champions
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
CB No. 2
Record42–20 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Brown
  • Mike Baxter
Home stadium Hawkins Field
Seasons
  2022
2024  
2023 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Florida  xy20100 .66754170 .761
No. 19 Vanderbilt  y19110 .63342200 .677
No. 13 South Carolina  y16130 .55242210 .667
No. 7 Tennessee  y16140 .53344220 .667
No. 17 Kentucky  y16140 .53340210 .656
Georgia  11190 .36729270 .518
Missouri  10200 .33330240 .556
Western
No. 16 Arkansas  xy20100 .66743180 .705
No. 1 LSU  y19100 .65554170 .761
Auburn  y17130 .56734231 .595
No. 10 Alabama  y16140 .53343210 .672
Texas A&M  y14160 .46738270 .585
Mississippi State  9210 .30027260 .509
Ole Miss  6240 .20025290 .463
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores played their home games at Hawkins Field.

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Previous season

The Commodores finished 39–23, 14–16 in the SEC to finish in fourth place in the East division. Vanderbilt was eliminated in the second round of the 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament by their in-state rivals, Tennessee. They earned an at-large berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and were the second seed in the Corvallis Regional. Vanderbilt lost to top seed, and third overall seed, Oregon State in the regional final.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

Infielder Cam Redding was named to the SEC Preseason team. [2]

Preseason All-SEC First Team
PlayerNo.PositionClass
Enrique Bradfield 51SP Junior
Preseason All-SEC Second Team
PlayerNo.PositionClass
Carter Holton20SP Sophomore

Coaches poll

The SEC baseball coaches' poll was released on February 9, 2023. Vanderbilt was picked to finish third the SEC East. [2]

SEC East Coaches' Poll
Predicted finishTeamPoints
1Tennessee90 (12)
2Florida79 (2)
3Vanderbilt64
4South Carolina51
5Georgia48
6Kentucky34
7Missouri19

Game log

2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log (42–20)
Regular season (37–17)
Postseason (5–3)

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  Vanderbilt win •  L  Vanderbilt loss •  Postponement or cancellation Bold denotes Vanderbilt player

Statistics

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2023 SEC baseball game results, 2023 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 16–141–22–11–2.1–20–31–23–03–0..2–12–1ALAW45–52–1
ARK 20–102–13–0.0–3.1–23–0.2–12–13–03–01–2ARKW17–34–1
AUB 17–131–20–31–22–1.2–12–13–03–02–1.1–2.AUBW36–42–1
FLA 20–102–1.2–12–12–1..3–03–00–32–11–23–0FLAE18–23–1
UGA 11–19.3–01–21–22–11–2.0–31–20–32–1.0–3UGAE63–71–3
KEN 16–142–1..1–21–21–23–03–0.3–01–21–20–3KENE54–63–1
LSU 19–103–02–11–2.2–12–11–2.3–01–12–12–1.LSUW27–22–0
MSU 9–212–10–31–2..0–32–1.2–11–20–31–20–3MSUW63–70–4
MIZZ 10–200–3.0–30–33–00–3..2–10–33–01–21–2MIZZE73–72–5
MISS 6–240–31–20–30–32–1.0–31–21–2..1–20–3MISSW71–90–5
SCAR 16–13.1–21–23–03–00–31–12–13–0.1–2.1–2SCARE34–53–1
TENN 16–14.0–3.1–21–22–11–23–00–3.2–13–03–0TENNE45–53–2
TAMU 14–161–20–32–12–1.2–11–22–12–12–1.0–3.TAMUW56–40–2
VAN 19–111–22–1.0–33–03–0.3–02–13–02–10–3.VANE27–34–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Tiebrkrs: FLA>ARK VAN common. KEN&TENN>ALA LSU common. TENN>KEN hd–hd.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches' [3] 99*7985444
Baseball America [4] 655785444
Collegiate Baseball^ [5] 999988622
NCBWA [6] 998985444
D1Baseball [7] 10107764444

^ 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.

References

  1. "2023 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "LSU Picked To Win 2023 SEC Baseball Championship". Southeastern Conference . secsports.com. February 9, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  3. "Baseball Coaches Poll" . Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  4. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  5. "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  6. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  7. "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.