2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents the Mississippi State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
CBNo. 14
2017 record40–27 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  52–19–0 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .633  43–23–0 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 15–13–1 .534  36–25–1 .589
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  36–23–0 .610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  35–25–0 .583
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .367  25–32–0 .439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7–21–0 .250  27–25–0 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y 21–9–0 .700  52–20–0 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18–11–0 .621  45–19–0 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .567  40–27–0 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  41–23–0 .641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  37–26–0 .587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  32–25–0 .561
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 5–24–1 .183  19–34–1 .361
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Coaching staff
2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff
  • Andy Cannizaro – Head Coach - 1st year
  • Gary Henderson – Pitching Coach, 1st year
  • Will Coggin – Assistant Coach - 2nd year
  • Lee VanHorn – Coordinator of Baseball Operations - 2nd year
  • Mike Brown – Coordinator of Camps/Volunteer Assistant - 1st year

Schedule and results
2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (34–22)
Post-Season (6–5)
NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (4–1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 2vs. (3) #19 South Alabama(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSL 3–6Randy Bell (7–3)Cole Gordon (2–3)noneESPN34,24836–250–1
June 3vs (4) UIC(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSPostponed to 6/4, inclement weather
June 4vs (4) UIC(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 5–4Konnor Pilkington (8–5)Reid Birlingmair (7–5)Riley Self (7)ESPN34,14937–251–1
June 4vs (3) #19 South Alabama(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 7–3Denver McQuary (3–3)Andy Arguelles (3–3)Peyton Plumlee (1)ESPN34,18138–252–1
June 5at (1) #14 Southern Miss(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 8–1Jacob Billingsley (2–3)Colt Smith (6–2)noneESPN34,26139–253–1
June 5at (1) #14 Southern Miss(2) #22Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MSW 8–6Spencer Price (4–1)Nick Sandlin (10–2)Riley Self (8)ESPN34,23540–254–1
NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 10at (4) #2 LSU#11Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 3–4Zack Hess (7–1)Riley Self (5–2)noneESPN211,83640–264–2
June 11at (4) #2 LSU#11Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 4–14Caleb Gilbert (6–1)Denver McQuary (3–4)noneESPN211,70640–274–3

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2017 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Rankings
Main article: 2017 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] NR NR* NR* NR NR NR RV 25 21 16 13 13 9 13 19 18 18* 18* 12 
Baseball America[2] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 22 13 11 8 9 6 11 18 20 20* 20* 14 
Collegiate Baseball^[3] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 15 14 7 7 6 9 21 22 11 13 13 
NCBWA†[4] 32 27 25 RV NR NR NR 30 21 16 13 13 9 13 20 20 12 12* 13 
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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
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Brent Rooker† 1B/OF 1 35 Minnesota Twins
Ryan Gridley SS 11 321 Oakland Athletics
Jake Mangum‡ OF 30 902 New York Yankees

[5]

†Rooker had been drafted in the 38th round in 2016 but returned to Mississippi State rather than signing with the Twins.[6]
‡Mangum, a sophomore, will return to MSU for the next season.[7]

References
  1. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. Baseball America Poll
  3. Collegiate Baseball Poll
  4. NCBWA Poll
  5. "MLB draft tracker". MLB Advanced Media. 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. "MSU baseball update: Rooker returning, Kruger signs professionally". The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. "Jake Mangum to stay at MSU; A's draft Ryan Gridley". The Clarion-Ledger. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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