2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record36–23 (15–15 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Justin Parker (until April 28)
  • Jake Gautreau
Home stadium Dudy Noble Field
Seasons
  2024
2026 
2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 17 Texas  y228 .7334414 .759
No. 3 Arkansas  y2010 .6675015 .769
No. 1 LSU  y1911 .6335315 .779
No. 18 Vanderbilt  y1911 .6334318 .705
No. 19 Georgia  y1812 .6004317 .717
No. 11 Auburn  y1713 .5674120 .672
No. 21 Ole Miss  y1614 .5334321 .672
No. 12 Tennessee  y1614 .5334619 .708
Alabama  y1614 .5334118 .695
Florida  y1515 .5003922 .639
Mississippi State  y1515 .5003623 .610
Oklahoma  y1416 .4673822 .633
Kentucky  y1317 .4333126 .544
Texas A&M  1119 .3673026 .536
South Carolina  624 .2002829 .491
Missouri  327 .1001639 .291
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 22, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field, led by head coach Chris Lemonis.

Contents

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 40–23 and 17–13 in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) to finish 3rd place in the West. They went on to play in the Charlottesville Regional of the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and were knocked out in the regional final by Virginia.

Preseason

SEC Awards and honors

In February, the SEC named its 2025 Preseason All-SEC Teams and awards. [2]

Preseason All-SEC Team
PlayerNo.PositionTeamClass
Hunter Hines44 1B FirstSenior

SEC Coaches' Poll

In the SEC Preseason Coaches' Poll released in February, the team was predicted to finish ninth in the SEC. [2]

Coaches' Poll
PredictionTeamVotes (1st)
1Texas A&M228 (10)
2Tennessee215 (1)
3Arkansas214 (3)
4LSU204 (1)
5Florida183 (1)
6Georgia165
7Vanderbilt156
8Texas146
9Mississippi State112
10Kentucky102
11Oklahoma101
12Auburn100
13Alabama98
14South Carolina61
15Ole Miss60
16Missouri31

Roster

2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team
Roster
Pitchers
  • 27 Gavin Black
  • 45 Dane Burns
  • 15 Luke Dotson
  • 19 Robert Fortenberry
  • 8 Charlie Foster
  • 42 Jack Gleason
  • 26 Chase Hungate
  • 9 Pico Kohn
  • 31 Karson Ligon
  • 25 Bradley Loftin
  • 48 Kevin Mannell
  • 28 Ryan McPherson
  • 14 Cade O'Leary
  • 30 Jacob Pruitt
  • 47 JT Schnoor
  • 12 Evan Siary
  • 17 Stone Simmons
  • 11 Duke Stone
  • 29 Nate Williams

Two-way players

  • 16 Braden Booth
  • 35 Ben Davis
  • 36 Nolan Stevens
  • 18 Noah Sullivan
Catchers
  • 22 Ross Highfill
  • 23 Jackson Owen
  • 55 Joe Powell
  • 43 Steven Spalitta

Infielders

  • 52 Lukas Buckner
  • 13 Nate Chester
  • 10 Dylan Cupp
  • 34 Gehrig Frei
  • 44 Hunter Hines
  • 3 Ace Reese
  • 2 Sawyer Reeves
  • 49 Gatlin Sanders
  • 7 Reed Stallman
Outfielders
  • 38 Bryce Chance
  • 6 Landis Davila
  • 5 Aaron Downs
  • 32 Michael O'Brien
Head Coach

Assistant Coaches

  • Justin Parker
  • Jake Gautreau
  • Kyle Cheesebrough (camp coordinator/ volunteer assistant)

Offseason

2024 MLB Draft

Several Mississippi State players from the previous 2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball season were selected in the 2024 MLB draft and departed the team ahead of the 2025 regular season.

RoundOverall PickPlayerPositionMLB TeamSource
115 Jurrangelo Cijntje Pitcher Seattle Mariners [3]
259 Khal Stephen Pitcher Toronto Blue Jays
382 Nate Dohm Pitcher New York Mets
4116 Dakota Jordan Outfielder San Francisco Giants
6190Brooks Auger Pitcher Los Angeles Dodgers
9277Colby Holcombe Pitcher Toronto Blue Jays
12365 Tyson Hardin Pitcher Milwaukee Brewers
13396Connor Hujsak Outfielder Tampa Bay Rays
15437Tyler Davis Pitcher Kansas City Royals
18532David Mershon Shortstop Los Angeles Angels
19565Cam Schuelke Pitcher Cleveland Guardians

Schedule and results

2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (34–20)
Post-season (2–3)
NCAA Tallahassee Regional (2–2)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
May 30vs. (2) No. 19 Northeastern (3) Dick Howser StadiumTallahassee, FL W 11–2Ben Davis (4–2)Will Jones (11–1)Ryan McPherson (3) ESPN+ 4,49635–211–0
May 31at (1) No. 7 Florida State (3)Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 3–10Jamie Arnold (8–2)Pico Kohn (5–4)ESPN25,46335–221–1
June 1vs. (2) No. 19 Northeastern (DH-1)(3)Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 3–2Evan Siary (3–1)Aiven Cabral (10–3)Stone Simmons (3)ESPN+4,39336–222–1
June 1at (1) No. 7 Florida State (DH-2)(3)Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 2–5Wes Mendes (7–2)Luke Dotson (1–2)Joe Charles (4) ACCN 5,22236–232–2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold = Mississippi State team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

[4]

Record vs. conference opponents

Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule

TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMVANTmSRSW
ALA 16–14.1–21–22–1.1–21–23–02–1..1–2.3–01–2ALA4–62–0
ARK 20–10..1–21–2.1–2.3–0.2–13–02–13–01–23–0ARK6–44–0
AUB 17–132–1..0–32–13–02–1..1–23–02–10–3.2–1AUB7–32–2
FLA 15–152–12–1.0–3..2–13–0.1–23–00–32–1.0–3FLA6–42–3
UGA 18–121–22–13–03–02–1..3–02–1...0–32–10–3UGA7–33–2
KEN 13–17..1–2.1–2.0–3.3–01–22–12–11–22–10–3KEN4–61–2
LSU 19–112–12–10–3...3–03–03–0.2–12–11–21–2.LSU7–33–1
MSU 15–152–1.1–21–2.3–00–33–01–22–12–1.0–3..MSU5–52–2
MIZ 3–270–30–3.0–30–3.0–30–30–30–3..0–33–0.MIZ1–91–9
OKL 14–161–2...1–20–30–32–13–02–12–1.1–2.2–1OKL5–51–2
OMS 16–14.1–22–12–1.2–1.1–23–01–21–21–2..2–1OMS5–51–0
SCA 6–24.0–30–30–3.1–21–21–2.1–22–10–3.0–3.SCA1–90–5
TEN 16–142–11–21–23–0.1–21–2...2–13–0.1–21–2TEN4–62–0
TEX 22–8.0–33–01–23–02–12–13–03–02–1...3–0.TEX8–25–1
TAM 11–190–32–1..1–21–22–1.0–3..3–02–10–30–3TAM4–61–4
VAN 19–112–10–31–23–03–03–0...1–21–2.2–1.3–0VAN6–44–1
TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMVANTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.
Tie brkrs: LSU>VAN ARK common, OMS>TEN & OMS>ALA VAN common, TEN>ALA hd to hd, FLA>MSU hd to hd.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [5] 1919*16RVRVRVRV*RV*RV
Baseball America [6] 1816152222—*—*—*
NCBWA [7] 1917161624RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV*RV
D1Baseball [8] 181818—*—*

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. "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "2025 SEC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll, Preseason All-SEC Team Announced". SEC Sports . February 5, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  3. "2024 MLB Draft Tracker". MLB.com . Archived from the original on September 6, 2025. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  4. "Diamond Dawgs Announce Full 2023 Slate". Mississippi State University Department of Athletics. October 4, 2022.
  5. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
  6. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. June 25, 2024.
  7. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.
  8. "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com.