2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team

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2019 Missouri Tigers baseball
Mizzou Athletics wordmark.svg
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2019 record34–22–1 (13–16–1 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‡‍y 23 – 7 – 0   .767 58 – 12 – 0   .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 46 – 17 – 0   .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 40 – 21 – 0   .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16 – 1   .450 34 – 22 – 1   .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17 – 0   .433 34 – 26 – 0   .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 28 – 28 – 0   .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23 – 0   .233 26 – 29 – 0   .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 52 – 15 – 0   .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 46 – 20 – 0   .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 40 – 26 – 0   .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 – 13 – 1   .550 39 – 23 – 1   .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 41 – 27 – 0   .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 38 – 28 – 0   .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7 – 23 – 0   .233 30 – 26 – 0   .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Taylor Stadium.

NCAA Investigation[]

On January 31, 2019, the NCAA gave the Tigers a postseason ban for the 2019 season. The Tigers' football and softball teams were also suspended from postseason play. However, due to an ongoing NCAA investigation, the baseball and softball teams will be eligible for postseason in 2019. The NCAA found that a former University of Missouri tutor violated NCAA tules by completing coursework for 12 student athletes in football, baseball, and softball.[2] The tutor or any of the athletes involved in the investigation were not named in the NCAA's report. The tutor received a 10-year show-cause for her involvement in the penalties. The NCAA issued the following penalties:[3]

  • 3 years of probation.
  • a 10-year show-cause order for the former tutor. During that period, any NCAA member school employing the tutor must restrict her from any athletically related duties.
  • a 2018–19 postseason ban for the baseball and softball programs.
  • a 2019–20 postseason ban for the football program.
  • a vacation of records in which football, baseball and, softball student-athletes competed while ineligible. The university must provide a written report containing the matches impacted to the NCAA media coordination and statistics staff within 45 days of the public decision release.
  • a 5 percent reduction in the amount of scholarships in each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year.
  • Recruiting restrictions for each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year, including: A 7-week ban on unofficial visits, A 12.5 percent reduction in official visits, A 7-week ban on recruiting communications, A 7-week ban on all off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations, A 12.5 percent reduction in recruiting-person or evaluation days.
  • a disassociation of the tutor.
  • a fine of $5,000 plus 1 percent of each of the football, baseball, and softball budgets.

Preseason[]

Preseason All-American teams[]

2nd Team

SEC media poll[]

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to finish last in the Eastern Division.[6]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Vanderbilt 87 (9)
2 Florida 81 (4)
3 Georgia 68 (1)
4 South Carolina 53
5 Tennessee 40
6 Kentucky 30
7 Missouri 26

Roster[]

2019 Missouri Tigers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 4 Tommy Springer – Freshman
  • 6 Seth Halvorsen – Freshman
  • 11 Konnor Ash – Sophomore
  • 12 Tyler LaPlante – Senior
  • 16 Luke Mann – Freshman
  • 17 T. J. Sikkema – Junior
  • 18 Art Joven – Junior
  • 19 Luke Anderson – Sophomore
  • 24 Nick Swanson – Freshman
  • 31 Ian Bedell – Sophomore
  • 32 Jacob Cantleberry – Junior
  • 35 Cameron Dulle – Redshirt Senior
  • 39 Lukas Veinbergs – Junior
  • 41 Nick Lommen – Freshman
  • 42 Cameron Pferrer – Sophomore
  • 43 Spencer Juergens – Senior
  • 47 Trey Dillard – Sophomore
  • 48 Trae Robertson – Freshman
  • 49 Jordan Gubelman – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 5 Tre Morris – Freshman
  • 20 Chad McDaniel – Sophomore
  • 21 Jake Matheny – Junior
  • 26 Trevor Mallett – Senior

Infielders

  • 3 Paul Gomez – Senior
  • 7 Chris Cornelius – Junior
  • 9 Mark Vierling – Sophomore
  • 13 Cameron Swanger – Freshman
  • 23 Austin James – Junior
  • 28 Tony Ortiz – Senior
  • 40 Peter Zimmerman – Junior
  

Outfielders

  • 1 Josh Holt Jr. – Freshman
  • 2 Thomas Broyles – Sophomore
  • 8 Connor Brumfield – Senior
  • 10 Clayton Peterson – Sophomore
  • 14 Alex Peterson – Sophomore
  • 22 Cade Bormet – Sophomore
  • 25 Ty Olejnik – Freshman
  • 30 Kameron Misner – Junior
  • 44 Zach Hanna – Senior
  

Coaching staff

  • Steve Bieser – Head Coach – 3rd year
  • Lance Rhodes – Assistant Coach – 3rd year
  • Fred Corral – Assistant Coach – 2nd year
  • Jae Fadde – Director of Baseball Operations – 2nd year
  • Ryan Johnson – Strength and Conditioning Coach – 1st year

Schedule and results[]

Legend
  Missouri win
  Missouri loss
  Postponement
Bold Missouri team member
2019 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (18–10–1)
February (5–4–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
Feb. 15 at North Florida Harmon Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida		 L 4–5 Nick Marchese (1–0) Ian Bedell (0–1) Trace Norkus (1) 521 0–1
Feb. 16 at North Florida Harmon Stadium W 5–4 Konnor Ash (1–0) Ethan Michaelis (0–1) T. J. Sikkema (1) 621 1–1
Feb. 17 at North Florida Harmon Stadium L 2–4 Max McKinley (1–0) Lukas Veinbergs (0–1) Eddie Miller (1) 449 1–2
Feb. 19 at Florida A&M Moore–Kittles Field
Tallahassee, Florida		 W 5–3 Cameron Dulle (1–0) Josh Barr (0–1) Trey Dillard (1) 186 2–2
Feb. 21 vs. Northeastern City of Palms Park
Fort Myers, Florida		 L 3–4 Josh Winkler (1–0) Cameron Dulle (1–1) Andrew Misiaszek (2) 103 2–3 –
Feb. 22 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park L 6–8 Tyler Brosius (1–0) Trey Dillard (0–1) Cam LaFleur (2) 101 2–4 –
Feb. 23 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park W 12–4 Art Joven (1–0) Vitaly Jangols (0–1) 111 3–4 –
Feb. 24 vs. Rhode Island City of Palms Park W 7–0 Jacob Cantleberry (1–0) Nick Robinson (0–2) 151 4–4 –
Feb. 26 Alabama A&M Taylor Stadium
Columbia, Missouri		 W 13–5 Tommy Springer (1–0) Logan Smith (0–1) SECN+ 806 5–4 –
Postseason (0–1)
SEC Tournament (0–0)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
May 21 vs. (7) Ole Miss (10) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, Alabama		 L 1–2 Ethridge (6–6) Jacob Cantleberry (4–5) Ryan Olenek (2) SEC Network 4,135 34–22–1 0–1

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings[]

Main article: 2019 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 Final 
Coaches'[7] * 25 22 23  
Baseball America[8] 24 20 21  
Collegiate Baseball^[9]  
NCBWA†[10] 27 29 23 24  
D1Baseball 21 24 21 24

^ 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.


References[]

  1. ^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Gray, Nicklaus (January 31, 2019). "NCAA bans Missouri football from postseason play in 2019–20". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. ^ @GabeDeArmond (31 January 2019). "The NCAA report is out on #Mizzou. Softball and baseball banned from 2018–19 postseason. Football banned from 2019–20 postseason. Each of those programs will have a 5% reduction in scholarships for the 2019–20 year. Full penalties in the pic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Rooney, Mike; Ebert, Patrick (January 8, 2019). "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  5. ^ Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  6. ^ http://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship
  7. ^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  8. ^ "Baseball America Poll". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  9. ^ "2018 Collegiate Baseball Polls – Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  10. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
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