2016_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_baseball_team

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

American college baseball season

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.

Quick Facts Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball, Starkville Regional champions SEC Regular season champions ...
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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

More information Regular season (40–14–1), February (6–2) ...

† 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.

Record vs. conference opponents


Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

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Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† 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.

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]

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