The 2020 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his eighth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan . On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled the remainder of all winter and spring sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[2]
Previous season [ ] The Wolverines finished the 2019 season 50–22 overall, including 16–7 in conference play, finishing in second place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines qualified to play in the 2019 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament , where the Wolverines lost in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Nebraska . Michigan received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament , where they advanced to the College World Series and lost in the championship game to Vanderbilt .[3]
Preseason [ ] Michigan was the only Big Ten Conference team to appear in every national preseason top-25 ranking. The Wolverines were ranked No. 8 by Baseball America, No. 10 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 11 by ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 12 by NCBWA, and No. 13 by D1Baseball in their respective preseason polls.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Roster [ ]
2020 Michigan Wolverines baseball team
Players
Coaches
#
Pos.
Name
Bats/Throws
Height
Weight
Year
High School/Junior College
Home town
0
C Joe Donovan R/R
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Jr
Westmont Clarendon Hills, Illinois
2
INF Jack Blomgren R/R
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Jr
Craig Milton, Wisconsin
3
INF Ted Burton R/R
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Fr
Edison Huntington Beach, California
5
OF Christian Bullock L/L
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Sr
Morgan Park Chicago, Illinois
6
RHP Danny Zimmerman R/R
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
RS So
Redondo Union Redondo Beach, California
7
OF Jesse Franklin L/L
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Jr
Seattle Prep Seattle, Washington
8
INF Jimmy Obertop R/R
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Fr
Westminster Christian Academy St. Louis, Missouri
9
INF Matthew Schmidt R/R
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
RS Sr
Regis Jesuit Parker, Colorado
10
INF Cam Hart R/R
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
So
Armada Armada, Michigan
11
C Harrison Salter R/R
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
RS Jr
St. Mary's Prep Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
12
INF Riley Bertram S/R
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
So
Zionsville Zionsville, Indiana
13
OF Dominic Clementi L/R
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Sr
Arrowhead Hartland, Wisconsin
14
LHP Benjamin Keizer L/L
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
RS Sr
Portage Northern Portage, Michigan
15
INF Clark Elliott L/R
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Fr
Barrington Barrington, Illinois
17
RHP Jeff Criswell R/R
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
Jr
Portage Central Portage, Michigan
18
C Jordan Rodgers R/R
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
RS Fr
Simeon Career Academy Chicago, Illinois
19
RHP Dillon Nowicki R/R
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
RS Fr
Stoughton Stoughton, Wisconsin
20
RHP Willie Weiss R/R
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
So
Westview Portland, Oregon
21
LHP Ben Dragani L/L
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
RS So
Catholic Memorial Brookfield, Wisconsin
22
INF Tito Flores R/R
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Fr
Brother Rice Detroit, Michigan
24
C Casey Buckley L/R
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
So
Los Alamitos Long Beach, California
25
RHP Isaiah Paige R/R
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
RS So
Damien Diamond Bar, California
26
OF Joey Velazquez L/L
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Fr
St. Francis DeSales Lewis Center, Ohio
27
LHP Steven Hajjar R/L
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
So
Central Catholic Andover, Massachusetts
28
RHP Keaton Carratini R/R
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
So
La Costa Canyon Encinitas, California
29
RHP Blake Beers R/R
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Jr
Loyola Manhattan Beach, California
30
LHP Jack White L/L
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
So
Athens Academy Bethesda, Maryland
32
RHP Joe Pace R/R
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
RS Sr
Notre Dame Valley Village, California
34
LHP Colin Czajkowski L/L
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Fr
Woodhaven Brownstown, Michigan
35
LHP Walker Cleveland L/L
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
145 lb (66 kg)
So
North Gwinnett Suwanee, Georgia
40
LHP Angelo Smith L/L
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
Jr
Richards Thornton, Illinois
42
OF Jordan Nwogu R/R
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
235 lb (107 kg)
Jr
Pioneer Ann Arbor, Michigan
45
INF Logan Pollack L/R
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Jr
Notre Dame Academy Los Angeles, California
47
LHP Jacob Denner L/L
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Fr
Bergen Catholic Closter, New Jersey
51
INF Jack Van Remortel R/R
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
So
Carmel Carmel, Indiana
55
RHP Cameron Weston R/R
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
Fr
Canon-McMillan Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Head coach Erik Bakich
Assistant coach(es) Michael Brdar
Hitting coach(es) Nick Schnabel
Pitching coach(es) Chris Fetter
Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Schedule [ ]
2020 Michigan Wolverines Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (8–7)
February (5–4)
#
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
B1G
1
February 14
vs. No. 2 Vanderbilt
No. 13
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona 4–3
Keizer (1–0)Brown (0–1)
Paige (1)4,500
1–0
–
2
February 15
vs. Cal Poly
No. 13
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
8–5
Beers (1–0)Alvarez (0–1)
Weston (1)875
2–0
–
3
February 15
at No. 9 Arizona State
No. 13
Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, Arizona 5–0
Hajjar (1–0)Benson (0–1)
White (1)4,740
3–0
–
4
February 16
vs. UConn
No. 13
Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
1–7
Krauth (1–0)
Paige (0–1)—
502
3–1
–
5
February 21
vs. UConn
No. 9
First Data Field Port St. Lucie, Florida 7–8
Haus (1–0)
Keizer (1–1)Wurster (1)
250
3–2
–
6
February 22
vs. UConn
No. 9
First Data Field
14–2
Hajjar (2–0)Dunlop (0–1)
Denner (1)440
4–2
–
7
February 23
vs. UConn
No. 9
First Data Field
2–9
Krauth (2–0)
Beers (1–1)—
475
4–3
–
8
February 28
at Cal Poly
No. 16
Robin Baggett Stadium San Luis Obispo, California 4–3 (10)
Weston (1–0)Woo (0–2)
—
1,898
5–3
–
9
February 29
at Cal Poly
No. 16
Robin Baggett Stadium
4–5 (10)
Scott (1–1)
White (0–1)—
2,040
5–4
–
March (3–3)
#
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
B1G
10
March 1
at Cal Poly
No. 16
Robin Baggett Stadium
4–2
Beers (2–1)Thorpe (1–1)
Keizer (1)1,820
6–4
–
11
March 3
at Stanford
No. 16
Klein Field at Sunken Diamond Palo Alto, California 4–5
Parthasarathy (1–0)
Smith (0–2)Grech (2)
1,067
6–5
–
12
March 4
at California
No. 16
Evans Diamond Berkeley, California 5–0
Cleveland (1–0)Gather (0–1)
—
758
7–5
–
13
March 6
at No. 24 Pepperdine
No. 16
Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California 2–12
Jensen (3��0)
Criswell (0–1)Morrow (1)
432
7–6
–
14
March 7
at No. 24 Pepperdine
No. 16
Eddy D. Field Stadium
7–4
Hajjar (3–0)Kniskern (2–1)
Weston (2)476
8–6
–
15
March 7
at No. 24 Pepperdine
No. 16
Eddy D. Field Stadium
1–6
Groen (2–1)
Beers (2–2)—
532
8–7
–
16
March 13
Canisius Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan
17
March 14
Canisius
Ray Fisher Stadium
18
March 14
Canisius
Ray Fisher Stadium
19
March 15
Canisius
Ray Fisher Stadium
20
March 20
Purdue Ray Fisher Stadium
21
March 21
Purdue
Ray Fisher Stadium
22
March 22
Purdue
Ray Fisher Stadium
23
March 25
Western Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium
24
March 27
Nevada Ray Fisher Stadium
25
March 28
Nevada
Ray Fisher Stadium
26
March 29
Nevada
Ray Fisher Stadium
April (0–0)
#
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
B1G
27
April 1
Bowling Green Ray Fisher Stadium
28
April 3
at Illinois
Illinois Field Champaign, Illinois
29
April 4
at Illinois
Illinois Field
30
April 5
at Illinois
Illinois Field
31
April 8
Eastern Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium
32
April 10
Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium
33
April 11
Ohio State
Ray Fisher Stadium
34
April 12
Ohio State
Ray Fisher Stadium
35
April 14
vs. Michigan State
Drayton McLane Stadium East Lansing, Michigan
36
April 17
at Penn State
Medlar Field State College, Pennsylvania
37
April 18
at Penn State
Medlar Field
38
April 19
at Penn State
Medlar Field
39
April 21
Central Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium
40
April 24
Nebraska Ray Fisher Stadium
41
April 25
Nebraska
Ray Fisher Stadium
42
April 26
Nebraska
Ray Fisher Stadium
May (0–0)
#
Date
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
B1G
43
May 1
at Indiana
Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, Indiana
44
May 2
at Indiana
Bart Kaufman Field
45
May 3
at Indiana
Bart Kaufman Field
46
May 5
Michigan State
Ray Fisher Stadium
47
May 8
at Minnesota
Siebert Field Minneapolis, Minnesota
48
May 9
at Minnesota
Siebert Field
49
May 10
at Minnesota
Siebert Field
50
May 12
Toledo Ray Fisher Stadium
51
May 14
Iowa Ray Fisher Stadium
52
May 15
Iowa
Ray Fisher Stadium
53
May 16
Iowa
Ray Fisher Stadium
Win Loss PostponementBold : Wolverines team memberReference:[9] Rankings from D1Baseball.com . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Final
Coaches'
11
11*
20
RV
Baseball America
8
1
5
10
25
Collegiate Baseball ^
10
3
9
11
NR
NCBWA †
12
9
18
17
27
D1Baseball
13
9
16
16
NR
^ 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.
Major League Baseball Draft [ ] The following Wolverines were selected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft :[10]
References [ ]
^ "Big Ten Conference standings" . BigTen.org. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .^ "Big Ten, Michigan Cancel Remainder of Winter and Spring Sports Seasons" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive . March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .^ Hewitt, Katie Gwinn (June 26, 2019). "Michigan's CWS Journey Ends With Runner-up Finish After Loss to Vanderbilt" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 25, 2019 . ^ "Collegiate Baseball Div. I Poll - Pre-season" . Collegiate Baseball . December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .^ "Baseball Coaches Poll" . Baseball America. January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .^ "College Top 25" . Baseball America. January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .^ "Vanderbilt Tops 2020 Preseason NCBWA POLL" . sportswriters.net. February 3, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .^ "2020 D1Baseball Preseason Top 25" . D1Baseball.com. January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .^ "2020 Baseball Schedule" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 24, 2019 .^ Ludlow, Kyler (June 11, 2020). "Four Wolverines Selected on Day Two of Major League Baseball Draft" . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive . Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
Venues People Seasons National Championships in bold ; College World Series appearances in italics
