2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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.

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Starkville Regional Champions
SEC Regular Season Champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
Record44–18–1 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick Mingione (4th season)
  • Wes Johnson (1st season)
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 20–9–0 .69046–18–0 .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 19–10–0 .65552–16–0 .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50032–25–0 .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36727–30–0 .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .30029–28–0 .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .30026–30–0 .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .70044–18–1 .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 20–10–0 .66749–16–0 .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .63345–21–0 .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .50032–26–0 .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8–22–0 .26723–33–0 .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .23326–29–0 .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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)
SEC Tournament (1–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
May 25vs. Alabama#1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALW 4–1Zac Houston (5–0)Geoffrey Bramblett (5–4)Blake Smith (4)SECN13,44841–14–11–0
May 26vs. #9 LSU#1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALL 2–6Jared Poche' (7–4)Dakota Hudson (9–4)Parker Bugg (4)SECN11,39041–15–11–1
May 27vs. #6 Florida#1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, ALL 2–12 7Alex Faedo (12–1)Austin Sexton (7–3)noneSECN9,42941–16–11–2
NCAA Starkville Regional (3–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 3Southeast Missouri State#4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 9–5Daniel Brown (4–2)Joey Lucchesi (10–5)noneESPN39,37842–16–11–0
June 4#23 Cal State Fullerton#4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 4–1Austin Sexton (8–3)Colton Eastman (8–3)Blake Smith (5)ESPN310,65643–16–12–0
June 5Louisiana Tech#4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 4–0Zac Houston (6–0)Braden Bristo (5–6)Ryan Rigby (1)ESPN39,09244–16–13–0
NCAA Starkville Super Regional (0–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 10#13 Arizona#4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 0–1Bobby Dalbec (10–4)Dakota Hudson (9–5)Cameron Ming (2)ESPN212,91344–17–13–1
June 11#13 Arizona#4Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 5–6 11Cameron Ming (2–2)Blake Smith (2–1)noneESPNU13,45244–18–13–2

† 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


Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2016 SEC baseball records

Source: 2016 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA15–153–02–1.1–21–22–11–2.2–10–32–11–2.ALAW55–51–1
ARK7–230–33–00–3.2–10–30–31–20–30–3.1–2.ARKW72–81–6
AUB8–221–20–3..2–11–20–31–20–3.2–11–20–3AUBW62–80–4
FLA19–10.3–0.2–11–21–21–23–0.1–12–13–02–1FLAE26–33–0
UGA11–192–1..1–21–2.1–22–11–22–11–20–30–3UGAE53–70–2
KEN15–152–11–21–22–12–1..2–10–32–12–1.1–2KENE46–40–1
LSU19–111–23–02–12–1..1–23–01–2.3–01–22–1LSUW36–43–0
MSU21–92–13–03–02–12–1.2–13–02–1..0–32–1MSUW19–13–1
MIZZ9–21.2–12–10–31–21–20–30–3.0–33–0.0–3MIZZE72–81–4
MISS18–121–23–03–0.2–13–02–11–2.0–32–11–2.MISSW46–43–1
SCAR20–93–03–0.1–11–21–2..3–03–03–01–21–2SCARE15–45–0
TENN9–211–2.1–21–22–11–20–3.0–31–20–3.2–1TENNE62–80–3
TAMU20–102–12–12–10–33–0.2–13–0.2–12–1.2–1TAMUW29–12–1
VAN18–12..3–01–23–02–11–21–23–0.2–11–21–2VANE35–53–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings
Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[1]1717*17231516121081144443 644*4*11
Baseball America[2]20242424151055273333244*4*10
Collegiate Baseball^[3]11—232613117851088751441010
NCBWA†[4]1924192014141184733331444*11

^ 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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