2025 California Golden Bears baseball team

2025 California Golden Bears baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–8 (1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Neu (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Bodishbaugh (3rd season) Chad Highberger (5th season)
Hitting coach	Brett Wallace
Home stadium	Evans Diamond
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	3	–	0		1.000			14	–	3		.824
No. 18 Stanford  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			12	–	3		.800
Duke  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			10	–	6		.625
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	0		1.000			5	–	5		.500
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	1	–	1		.500			12	–	3		.800
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	1	–	1		.500			11	–	4		.733
No. 6 North Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			14	–	2		.875
No. 23 Virginia  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			9	–	5		.643
California  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			7	–	8		.467
No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	0		1.000
No. 10 Clemson  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	1		.938
Louisville  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			12	–	2		.857
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
NC State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	0	–	3		.000			8	–	4		.667
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	5		.643
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 10, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears play their home games at Evans Diamond. This is their first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Mike Neu, in his 8th season at Cal.

Previous season

The 2024 California Golden Bears baseball team posted a 36-19 (17–13) season record. The Bears swept No. 5 Oregon State at home, and finished the regular season by winning 8 of their last 9 games. The Bears also made it to the semi-finals in the 2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament, but did not earn a berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Preseason

Coaches poll

ACC coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Virginia	251 (13)
2	Florida State	230 (2)
3	North Carolina	217
4	Clemson	214 (1)
5	Duke	182
6	Wake Forest	171
7	NC State	168
8	Stanford	143
9	Louisville	128
10	Georgia Tech	113
11	Miami (FL)	87
12	Virginia Tech	85
13	California	60
14	Pitt	52
15	Notre Dame	44
16	Boston College	31

Source: ^[2]

Roster

2025 California Golden Bears baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Jarren Advincula L/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Santa Clara 2 INF Cade Campbell R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Lodi 3 OF Seth Gwynn R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Concord 4 INF Max Handron L/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Glen Ellen 5 RHP Austin Turkington R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Los Gatos 6 OF Ethan Kodama L/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr West Hills 8 INF Carl Schmidt R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Petaluma 9 C Nico Button L/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr San Mateo 10 INF PJ Moutzouridis R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So San Jose 14 INF Elijah Clayton R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Westlake Village 15 UTL Jacob French L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Benicia 16 RHP Tucker Bougie L/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Mill Valley 17 C Ryan Tayman R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Grover Beach 18 INF Jeff Hoffman R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Salida 19 RHP Ryan Spalliero R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Fresno 21 RHP Lucas Alaniz R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Waterford 22 C Alex Birge L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Olathe 23 UTL Jack Johnston R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Del Mar 24 RHP JJ Hollis R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Laguna Niguel 25 OF Ryan Limerick L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Studio City 26 RHP Kaden Taque L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Porter Ranch 27 UTL Joey Donnelly L/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Alamo 28 INF Cole Tremain R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Folsom 29 RHP Miles Tenscher R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Yountville 30 UTL Jake Lavin L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Laguna Beach 31 UTL Kalen Applefield R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Carlsbad 33 RHP JM Harduvel L/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Huntington Beach 34 RHP Cole Clark R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Burbank 35 RHP Jake Guardiancic R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Brentwood 36 OF Matthew Thomas R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Garden Grove 38 INF Dominic Smaldino R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Ladera Ranch 43 RHP Max Murray R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr San Diego 44 INF Jordy Lopez L/L 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Elk Grove 45 RHP Kyle Connelly R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Oakley 46 RHP Gavin Eddy R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Claremont 48 RHP Ethan Foley R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Lancaster 51 LHP David Shaw L/L 6 ft 7 in(2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Houston 52 RHP Quinn Larson R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Gilroy 55 LHP Logan Piper L/L 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Vacaville 87 RHP Oliver de la Torre R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Pleasanton 98 RHP Spencer Dessart R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Bronxville	Head coach Mike Neu Assistant coach(es) Chris Bodishbaugh Chad Highberger Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 27, 2025

Offseason

2024 MLB Draft

Main article: 2024 Major League Baseball draft

2024 MLB draft class

Round	Pick	Overall Pick	Player	Position	MLB Team	Source
CB	6	39	Caleb Lomavita	C	Washington Nationals	[3]
4	1	104	Rodney Green Jr.	CF	Oakland Athletics	[4]
12	23	368	Christian Becerra	P	Minnesota Twins	[5]
17	21	516	Andres Galan	P	Tampa Bay Rays	[6]

Game log

2025 California Golden Bears game log (7–8)
Regular Season: 7–8 (Home: 5–5; Away: 2–3)
February: 5–4 (Home: 5–4; Away: 0–0) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC February 14 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond Berkeley, California 14–1 A. Turkington P. Fosher — 483 1–0 – February 15 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond 11–3 C. Clark A. Castro — 632 2–0 – February 16 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond 1–10 C. Burfield O. de la Torre — 626 2–1 – February 17 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond 8–0 E. Foley J. Dobie C. Tremain 609 3–1 – February 21 ACCNX Houston* Evans Diamond 4–6 R. Dollar A. Turkington R. Roman 457 3–2 – February 22 ACCNX Houston* Evans Diamond 5–1 G. Eddy P. Schmitz C. Clark 560 4–2 – February 23 ACCNX Houston* Evans Diamond 4–7 G. Drezek O. de la Torre R. Roman 555 4–3 – February 26 ACCNX Cal State Bakersfield* Evans Diamond 6–5 (11) C. Tremain M. Riley — 339 5–3 – February 28 ACCNX Santa Clara* Evans Diamond 3–5 B. Gomez A. Turkington M. Bayles 459 5–4 –
March: 2–4 (Home: 0–1; Away: 2–3) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC March 1 ACCNX Santa Clara* Evans Diamond 2–4 V. Martinez G. Eddy C. Wooster 476 5–5 – March 2 ESPN+ at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara, California 19–3 (7) E. Foley J. Gillmore S. Dessart 550 6–5 – March 3 ESPN+ at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium 0–9 H. Stewart C. Tremain — 296 6–6 – March 7 ACCNX at Duke Jack Coombs Field Durham, North Carolina 14–1 (7) A. Turkington K. Johnson — 341 7–6 1–0 March 8 ACCNX at Duke Jack Coombs Field 2–6 R. Easterly D. Shaw — 844 7–7 1–1 March 9 ACCNX at Duke Jack Coombs Field 3–7 R. Calvert S. Dessart — 494 7–8 1–2 March 11 ACCNX Utah* Evans Diamond — N/A – March 14 ACCNX No. 23 Virginia Evans Diamond — N/A – March 15 ACCNX No. 23 Virginia Evans Diamond — N/A – March 16 ACCNX No. 23 Virginia Evans Diamond — N/A – March 18 ESPN+ at Saint Mary's* Louis Guisto Field Moraga, California — N/A – March 21 ACCNX at Stanford Sunken Diamond Stanford, California — N/A – March 22 ACCNX at Stanford Sunken Diamond — N/A – March 23 ACCNX at Stanford Sunken Diamond — N/A – March 25 ESPN+ at San Francisco* Max Ulrich Field San Francisco, California — N/A – March 28 ACCNX at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Kentucky — N/A – March 29 ACCNX at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium — N/A – March 30 ACCN at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium — N/A –
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC April 1 ESPN+ at Sacramento State* John Smith Field Sacramento, California — N/A – April 4 ACCNX Clemson Evans Diamond — N/A – April 5 ACCNX Clemson Evans Diamond — N/A – April 6 ACCNX Clemson Evans Diamond — N/A – April 8 ACCNX Pacific* Evans Diamond — N/A – April 11 ACCNX at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia — N/A – April 12 ACCNX at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium — N/A – April 13 ACCNX at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium — N/A – April 15 ACCNX Fresno State* Evans Diamond — N/A – April 17 ACCNX NC State Evans Diamond — N/A – April 18 ACCNX NC State Evans Diamond — N/A – April 19 ACCNX NC State Evans Diamond — N/A – April 22 ACCNX Saint Mary's* Evans Diamond — N/A – April 25 TBA at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, Indiana — N/A – April 26 TBA at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium — N/A – April 27 TBA at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium — N/A – April 29 ACCNX at San Francisco* Evans Diamond — N/A – April 30 Mountain West Network at San Jose State* Excite Ballpark San Jose, California — N/A –
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC May 6 ESPN+ at Pacific* Klein Family Field Stockton, California — N/A – May 9 ACCNX Florida State Evans Diamond — N/A – May 10 ACCNX Florida State Evans Diamond — N/A – May 11 ACCNX Florida State Evans Diamond — N/A – May 15 ACCNX Boston College Evans Diamond — N/A – May 16 ACCNX Boston College Evans Diamond — N/A – May 17 ACCNX Boston College Evans Diamond — N/A –
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Golden Bears team member Rankings from D1 Baseball. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. * indicates a non-conference game.

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
2. "Virginia Tops 2025 ACC Baseball Preseason Poll". theacc.com. January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
3. "Caleb Lomavita First Golden Bear Selected In 2024 MLB Draft". Cal Athletics. July 14, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
4. "Rodney Green Jr. Selected By Oakland In 4th Round Of MLB Draft". Cal Athletics. July 15, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
5. "Christian Becerra Taken By Minnesota In 12th Round Of MLB Draft". Cal Athletics. July 16, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
6. "Andres Galan Selected By Tampa Bay In 17th Round Of MLB Draft". Cal Athletics. July 16, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2025.

External links

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