2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg
Starkville Regional Champions
SEC Regular Season Champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
2016 record44–18–1 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick Mingione (4th season)
  • Wes Johnson (1st season)
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
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2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
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 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 20 – 9 – 0   .690     46 – 18 – 0   .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 19 – 10 – 0   .655     52 – 16 – 0   .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     43 – 19 – 0   .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500     32 – 25 – 0   .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367     27 – 30 – 0   .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300     29 – 28 – 0   .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300     26 – 30 – 0   .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700     44 – 18 – 1   .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667     49 – 16 – 0   .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633     45 – 21 – 0   .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     43 – 19 – 0   .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500     32 – 26 – 0   .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267     23 – 33 – 0   .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23 – 0   .233     26 – 29 – 0   .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents the Mississippi State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs roster
 

Pitchers

  • 17 Paul Young – Junior
  • 18 Keegan James – Freshman
  • 20 Jared Padgett – Freshman
  • 23 Austin Sexton – Junior
  • 25 Dakota Hudson – Junior
  • 28 Ryan Cyr – Freshman
  • 31 Ryan Rigby – Sophomore
  • 32 Vance Tatum – Junior
  • 33 Parker Ford – Freshman
  • 34 Kale Breaux – Freshman
  • 38 Trent Waddell – Senior
  • 39 Logan Elliot – Junior
  • 41 Zac Houston – Junior
  • 42 Blake Smith – Junior
  • 44 Ethan Small – Freshman
  • 45 Jacob Billingsley – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 46 Trysten Barlow – Freshman
  • 47 Myles Gentry – Junior
  • 48 Konnor Pilkington – Freshman
  • 49 Daniel Brown – Freshman
  • 51 Noah Hughes – Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 9 Elih Marrero – Freshman
  • 16 Josh Lovelady – Senior
  • 35 Jack Kruger – Junior

Infielders

  • 6 Luke Alexander – Freshman
  • 10 Ryan Gridley – Sophomore
  • 13 John Holland – Senior

Outfielders

  • 5 Mike Smith – Senior
  • 7 Jacob Robson – Junior
  • 19 Brent Rooker – Sophomore
  • 26 Cody Brown – Junior
  • 52 Tanner Poole – Junior
  • 53 Brant Blaylock – Freshman
  

Utility

  • 2 Hunter Stovall – Freshman
  • 3 Luke Reynolds – Junior
  • 8 Gavin Collins – Junior
  • 12 Reid Humphreys – Junior
  • 14 Cole Gordon – Freshman
  • 15 Jake Mangum – Freshman
  • 36 Nathaniel Lowe – Junior
  

Coaching staff[]

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff
  • John Cohen – Head Coach – 7th year
  • Nick Mingione – Assistant Coach, 7 years at Mississippi State – (4th as AC)
  • Wes Johnson – Assistant Coach – 1st year
  • Lee VanHorn – Coordinator of Baseball Operations – 1st year
  • Will Coggin – Coordinator of Camps – 1st year

Schedule and results[]

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (40–14–1)
Post-Season (4–4)
hideSEC Tournament (1–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
May 25 vs. Alabama #1 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 4–1 Zac Houston (5–0) Geoffrey Bramblett (5–4) Blake Smith (4) SECN 13,448 41–14–1 1–0
May 26 vs. #9 LSU #1 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 2–6 Jared Poche' (7–4) Dakota Hudson (9–4) Parker Bugg (4) SECN 11,390 41–15–1 1–1
May 27 vs. #6 Florida #1 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 2–12 7 Alex Faedo (12–1) Austin Sexton (7–3) none SECN 9,429 41–16–1 1–2
hideNCAA Starkville Regional (3–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 3 Southeast Missouri State #4 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–5 Daniel Brown (4–2) Joey Lucchesi (10–5) none ESPN3 9,378 42–16–1 1–0
June 4 #23 Cal State Fullerton #4 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–1 Austin Sexton (8–3) Colton Eastman (8–3) Blake Smith (5) ESPN3 10,656 43–16–1 2–0
June 5 Louisiana Tech #4 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–0 Zac Houston (6–0) Braden Bristo (5–6) Ryan Rigby (1) ESPN3 9,092 44–16–1 3–0
hideNCAA Starkville Super Regional (0–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 10 #13 Arizona #4 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 0–1 Bobby Dalbec (10–4) Dakota Hudson (9–5) Cameron Ming (2) ESPN2 12,913 44–17–1 3–1
June 11 #13 Arizona #4 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–6 11 Cameron Ming (2–2) Blake Smith (2–1) none ESPNU 13,452 44–18–1 3–2

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Rankings[]

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches'[1] 17 17* 17 23 15 16 12 10 8 11 4 4 4 4 3 6 4 4* 4* 11 
Baseball America[2] 20 24 24 24 15 10 5 5 2 7 3 3 3 3 2 4 4* 4* 10 
Collegiate Baseball^[3] 11 NR 23 26 13 11 7 8 5 10 8 8 7 5 1 4 4 10 10 
NCBWA†[4] 19 24 19 20 14 14 11 8 4 7 3 3 3 3 1 4 4 4* 11 
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.


MLB Draft[]

A school record 11 players were selected in the draft. It is 3rd most in the NCAA for the 2016 season trailing only Texas A&M with 13 and Southern California with 12.[5]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Dakota Hudson RHP 1 34 St. Louis Cardinals
Reid Humphreys RHP/OF 7 200 Colorado Rockies
Daniel Brown LHP 7 201 Milwaukee Brewers
Jacob Robson OF 8 235 Detroit Tigers
Zac Houston RHP 11 325 Detroit Tigers
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 13 390 Tampa Bay Rays
Gavin Collins C/3B 13 392 Cleveland Indians
Vance Tatum LHP 18 553 Kansas City Royals
Austin Sexton RHP 18 556 St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Kruger C/DH 20 606 Los Angeles Angels
Brent Rooker† OF/DH 38 1143 Minnesota Twins

[6]

† Rooker returned to Mississippi State rather than signing with the Twins.[7][8] In 2017 the Minnesota Twins draft him in the 1st round.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. ^ Baseball America Poll
  3. ^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  4. ^ NCBWA Poll
  5. ^ Bulldogs Set Program Record With 11 Total MLB Draftees Archived 2016-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ MLB Draft Tracker
  7. ^ "MSU baseball update: Rooker returning, Kruger signs professionally". The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. ^ 2016 SEC Baseball – Individual Statistics
  9. ^ "MLB draft tracker". MLB Advanced Media. 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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