2025 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

2025 Stanford Cardinal baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	27–25 (11–19 ACC)
Head coach	David Esquer (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Thomas Eager (8th season) Steve Rodriguez (6th season) Andre Mercurio (4th season)
Home stadium	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Georgia Tech  ‍†‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			41	–	19		.683
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			41	–	14		.745
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	11		.621			46	–	13		.780
NC State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	11		.607			35	–	21		.625
No. 14 Clemson  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	18		.714
Virginia  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			32	–	18		.640
Duke  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	19		.678
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			39	–	22		.639
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y	15	–	14		.517			34	–	26		.567
Louisville  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			39	–	21		.650
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			32	–	21		.604
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			31	–	25		.554
Stanford  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			27	–	25		.519
Boston College  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			28	–	29		.491
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			28	–	27		.509
California  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			24	–	31		.436
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represents Stanford University in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal play their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under eighth year coach David Esquer. This is their first year in the ACC.

Previous season

The Cardinal finished eighth in their final year of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished with an overall record of 22–33 and a conference record of 11–19. In the Pac-12 Tournament, the 8 seed Cardinal was placed in Pool B with #2 seed Oregon State and #5 seed Arizona State. The Cardinal would beat Arizona State 8–7 and beat Oregon State 2–1 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals the Cardinal would face off against #1 Seed Arizona but lost 3–6 to end their season.

2024 MLB Draft

The Cardinal had one player drafted in the 2024 MLB draft. ^[2]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Malcolm Moore	Catcher	1	30	Texas Rangers

Departures

All Offseason Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jade Bruno	23	Pitcher	6’4”	222 lbs	Senior	Wellington, FL	Graduated
Owen Cobb	1	Shortstop	6’3”	195 lbs	Graduate Student	Seattle, WA	Graduated
Tommy O'Rourke	37	Pitcher	6’2”	218 lbs	Senior	Morristown, NJ	Graduated
Nathan Fleischli	20	Pitcher	6’4”	204 lbs	Graduate Student	Atherton, CA	Graduated
Champ Hampton	15	Outfield	5’10”	208 lbs	Freshman	Ooltewah, TN	Left baseball team for football

Incoming recruits

2025 Stanford Recruits

Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Source
Charlie Bates	L/R	SS	6’1”	185 lbs	Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto High School	[3]
Tatum Marsh	R/R	OF	6’1”	185 lbs	San Jose, CA	Valley Christian Schools	[4]
Cohen Gomez	R/R	P	6’4”	215 lbs	Anaheim Hills, CA	Canyon High School	[5]
Sammy Petrocelli	R/R	P	6’2”	215 lbs	Los Angeles, CA	Notre Dame High School	[6]
Liam Golden	R/R	P	6’4”	200 lbs	Sacramento, CA	Christian Brothers High School	[7]
JJ Moran	R/R	SS	6’1”	195 lbs	Carlsbad, CA	San Marcos High School	[8]
Dominic Panella	R/R	P	6’1”	190 lbs	San Jose, CA	Leigh High School	[9]
Austin Steeves	L/L	P	6’0”	180 lbs	Petaluma, CA	Petaluma High School	[10]
Nathan Stiveson	R/R	SS	6’1”	197 lbs	Redondo Beach, CA	Redondo Union High School	[11]
Parker Warner	R/R	P	6’1”	185 lbs	Livermore, CA	Granada High School	[12]
Chase Klemke	R/R	SS	5’11”	160 lbs	San Diego, CA	Torrey Pines High School	[13]
Daxton Lindgren	R/R	2B	5’7”	134 lbs	Layton, UT	Clearfield High School	[14]
Rintaro Sasaki	L/R	1B	6’0”	275 lbs	Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan	Hanamaki Higashi High School	[15]

Personnel

Roster

2023 Stanford Cardinal roster [16]
	Pitchers 12 – Toran O'Harran – Junior 18 – Kassius Thomas – Junior 19 – Joey Volchko – Sophomore 24 – Aidan Keenan – Sophomore 25 – Nick Dugan – Junior 26 – Sam Garewal – Junior 28 – Matt Scott – Junior 30 – Ryan Speshyock – Sophomore 31 – Sammy Petrocelli – Freshman 34 – Trevor Moore – Junior 36 – Ty Uber – Senior 37 – Dominic Panella – Freshman 38 – Jack Svinth – Sophomore 40 – Ben Reimers – Sophomore 41 – Liam Golden – Freshman 42 – Christian Lim – Sophomore 45 – Cohen Gomez – Freshman 49 – Austin Steeves – Freshman		Catchers 21 – Charlie Saum – Senior Infielders 1 – JJ Moran – Freshman 2 – Temo Becerra – Senior 3 – Rintaro Sasaki – Freshman 5 – Trevor Haskins – Senior 6 – Jimmy Nati – Junior 10 – Charlie Bates – Freshman 14 – Sebastia David – Sophomore 16 – Brandon Larson – Junior 33 – Gabe Springer – Junior 39 – Jake Sapien – Senior 43 – Nate Stiveson – Freshman		Outfielders 4 – Tatum Marsh – Freshman 13 – Ethan Hott – Junior 22 – Cort MacDonald – Junior 27 – Brady Reynolds – Sophomore 47 – Sanborn Campbell – Senior Utility 11 – Luke Lavin (C/1B) – Sophomore 23 – Parker Warner (P/OF) – Freshman 44 – Brett Blair (OF/C) – Senior

Coaching staff

2025 Stanford Cardinal coaching staff [16]
Name	Position
David Esquer	Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball
Thomas Eager	Kathy Wolff Assistant Baseball Coach
Steve Rodriguez	Assistant Coach
Andre Mercurio	Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

Legend
	Stanford win
	Stanford loss
	Postponement
Bold	Stanford team member

2025 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log (27–25)
Regular season (27–24)
February (9–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Acc record Feb 15 at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 13–17 Scott (1–0) Blood (0–1) ESPN+ 1,424 1–0 Feb 15 at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 6–3 Lim (1–0) Negrete (0–1) Uber (1) ESPN+ 1,804 2–0 Feb 16 at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 14–11 Speshyock (1–0) Goff (0–1) Keenan (1) ESPN+ 1,907 3–0 Feb 17 at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA W 9–710 Keenan (1–0) Wright (0–1) ESPN+ 1,037 4–0 Feb 21 Washington* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 2–0 Scott (2–0) Banks (1–1) Keenan (2) ACCNX 1,553 5–0 Feb 22 Washington* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 11–9 Dugan (1–0) Nichols (0–1) Keenan (3) ACCNX 1,998 6–0 Feb 23 Washington* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 9–5 Moore (1–0) Jase (0–1) Uber (2) ACCNX 1,572 7–0 Feb 24 Washington* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–3 Reimers (1–0) Gilbert (0–1) ACCNX 1,058 8–0 Feb 28 Xavier* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 10–2 Scott (3–0) Hooker (0–1) ACCNX 1,116 9–0
March (7–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC record Mar 1 Xavier* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 4–5 Peich (1–0) Lim (1–1) Lambdin (1) ACCNX 1,475 9–1 Mar 1 Xavier* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 8–3 Volchko (1–0) Nobe (1–1) Keenan (4) tv 1,615 10–1 Mar 2 Xavier* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–11 Weber (1–2) Warner (0–1) ACCNX 1,190 10–2 Mar 7 at No. 4 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 13–9 Uber (1–0) DeCaro (3–1) ACCNX 3,075 11–2 1–0 Mar 8 at No. 4 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 1–117 Knapp (2–0) Lim (1–2) ACCNX 3,393 11–3 1–1 Mar 9 at No. 4 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 7–0 Volchko (2–0) Haugh (2–1) ACCNX 2,906 12–3 2–1 Mar 14 Duke No. 18 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–1 Scott (4–0) Easterly (2–1) ACCNX 1,521 13–3 3–1 Mar 15 Duke No. 18 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 11–18 Lim (2–2) Healy (1–2) ACCNX 1,776 14–3 4–1 Mar 16 Duke No. 18 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 10–5 O'Harran (1–0) Nard (1–1) ACCNX 2,041 15–3 5–1 Mar 21 California No. 14 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–137 Turkington (4–2) Scott (4–1) ACCNX 1,667 15–4 5–2 Mar 22 California No. 14 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 4–13 Eddy (2–1) Lim (2–3) ACCNX 2,147 15–5 5–3 Mar 23 California No. 14 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 5–610 Tremain (3–1) O'Harran (1–1) ACCNX 2,726 15–6 5–4 Mar 24 San Jose State* No. 20 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–1 Dugan (2–0) Pereria (0–1) ACCNX 1,004 16–6 Mar 27 at Virginia No. 20 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park • Charlottesville, VA L 8–11 Woolfolk (2–2) O'Harran (1–2) ACCN 3,910 16–7 5–5 Mar 28 at Virginia No. 20 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park • Charlottesville, VA L 7–13 Buchanan (1–0) Uber (1–1) ACCNX 4,354 16–8 5–6 Mar 29 at Virginia No. 20 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park • Charlottesville, VA L 8–910 Buchanan (2–0) Moore (1–2) ESPN 5,364 16–9 5–7
April (6–10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC record Apr 1 Santa Clara* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 6–510 Thomas (1–0) Wooster (0–2) ACCNX 1,168 17–9 Apr 4 No. 25 Georgia Tech Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 6–8 Patel (8–1) Volchko (2–1) ACCNX 1,838 17–10 5–8 Apr 5 No. 25 Georgia Tech Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–10 Paden (3–0) Keenan (1–1) ACCNX 1,859 17–11 5–9 Apr 6 No. 25 Georgia Tech Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 2–187 Spivey (2–0) Scott (4–2) ACCNX 2,040 17–12 5–10 Apr 7 at UC Davis* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 4–0 Dugan (3–0) Woolridge (0–1) ACCNX 1,402 18–12 Apr 11 at No. 4 Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 1–117 Knaak (6–0) Volchko (2–2) ESPNU 4,982 18–13 5–11 Apr 12 at No. 4 Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 10–11 Garris (3–0) Garewal (0–1) Mahlstedt (12) ACCN 5,326 18–14 5–12 Apr 13 at No. 4 Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC W 11–6 Scott (5–2) Bailey (2–1) ACCN 4,765 19–14 6–12 Apr 18 Notre Dame Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–9 Radel (4–3) Volchko (2–3) Reeth (1) ACCNX 1,962 19–15 6–13 Apr 19 Notre Dame Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 0–117 Fox (1–3) Moore (1–3) ACCNX 2,340 19–16 6–14 Apr 20 Notre Dame Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 9–10 McDonough (2–0) Uber (1–2) ACCNX 1,582 19–17 6–15 Apr 21 UC Davis* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 11–17 Dugan (4–0) Meek (0–1) ACCNX 1,093 20–17 Apr 25 Wake Forest Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–612 Garewal (1–1) Schmolke (3–1) ACCNX 1,766 21–17 7–15 Apr 26 Wake Forest Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 9–12 Bedford (5–3) Keenan (1–2) Bowie (1) ACCNX 1,558 21–18 7–16 Apr 27 Wake Forest Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 0–10 Levonas (3–1) Steeves (0–1) ACCNX 2,339 21–19 7–17 Apr 28 Sacramento State* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 2–1 Dugan (5–0) Carey (1–2) Garewal (1) ACCNX 1,062 22–19
May (5–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record ACC record May 2 at Boston College Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA W 2–0 Volchko (3–3) Colarusso (1–6) Keenan (5) ACCNX 872 23–19 8–17 May 3 at Boston College Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA L 2–6 Soares (3–0) Speshyock (1–1) ACCNX 778 23–20 8–18 May 4 at Boston College Eddie Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA W 11–7 Dugan (6–0) Kipp (3–3) ACCNX 685 24–20 9–18 May 6 at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA L 6–13 Wooster (1–3) Speshyock (1–2) ESPN+ 805 24–21 May 9 Grand Canyon* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 3–4 Smith (1–0) Keenan (1–3) Quinn (1) ACCNX 1,617 24–22 May 10 Grand Canyon* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 6–10 Higginbottom (5–0) Garewal (1–2) ACCNX 1,513 24–23 May 11 Grand Canyon* Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 16–1510 Gomez (1–0) Bailey (2–1) ACCNX 1,660 25–23 May 15 at No. 13 NC State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC L 2–7 Marohn (7–3) Speshyock (1–3) Anderson (1) ACCNX 2,631 25–24 9–19 May 16 at No. 13 NC State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC W 4–310 Keenan (2-3) Dudan (2-2) ACCNX 2,904 26–24 10–19 May 17 at No. 13 NC State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC W 6–3 Thomas (1-1) Consiglio (1-4) Uber (3) ACCNX 2,924 27–24 11–19
Postseason (0–1)
ACC Tournament (0–1) Date Opponent (Seed) Rank (Seed) Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 20 Virginia Tech (12) (13) Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC L 4–7 Crowl (2–0) Volchko (3–4) Manning (1) ACCN 2,197 27–25 0–1

Source: ^[17] Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

See also: 2025 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	Final
Coaches' [18]		*	RV	18	14	14	22	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America [19]				—	17	14	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA† [20]					RV	23	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball [21]	—	—	—	—	18	14	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Perfect Game [22]	—	23	23	—	25	15	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

† 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. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
2. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from".
3. "Charlie Bates". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
4. "Tatum Marsh". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
5. "Cohen Gomez". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
6. "Sammy Petrocelli". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
7. "Liam Golden". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
8. "JJ Moran". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
9. "Dominic Panella". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
10. "Austin Steeves". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
11. "Nathan Stiveson". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
12. "Parker Warner". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
13. "Chase Klemke". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
14. "Daxton Lindgren". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
15. "Rintaro Sasaki". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
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18. Baseball Coaches Poll
19. Baseball America College: Top 25
20. NCBWA Division I poll
21. Division 1 Baseball Rankings
22. Perfect Game Preseason Top 25 Rankings