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
2016 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
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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 – 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.

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 
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^ 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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