2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team

The 2019 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Taylor Stadium.

2019 Missouri Tigers baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2019 record34–22–1 (13–16–1 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‡‍y 23–7–0 .767  58–12–0 .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  46–17–0 .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .467  40–21–0 .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13–16–1 .450  34–22–1 .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13–17–0 .433  34–26–0 .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8–22–0 .267  28–28–0 .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .233  26–29–0 .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20–10–0 .667  52–15–0 .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20–10–0 .667  46–20–0 .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .567  40–26–0 .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–13–1 .550  39–23–1 .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  41–27–0 .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .467  38–28–0 .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .233  30–26–0 .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

NCAA Investigation

On January 31, 2019, the NCAA gave the Tigers a postseason ban for the 2019 season. The Tigers' football and softball teams were also suspended from postseason play. However, due to an ongoing NCAA investigation, the baseball and softball teams will be eligible for postseason in 2019. The NCAA found that a former University of Missouri tutor violated NCAA tules by completing coursework for 12 student athletes in football, baseball, and softball.[2] The tutor or any of the athletes involved in the investigation were not named in the NCAA's report. The tutor received a 10-year show-cause for her involvement in the penalties. The NCAA issued the following penalties:[3]

  • 3 years of probation.
  • a 10-year show-cause order for the former tutor. During that period, any NCAA member school employing the tutor must restrict her from any athletically related duties.
  • a 2018–19 postseason ban for the baseball and softball programs.
  • a 2019–20 postseason ban for the football program.
  • a vacation of records in which football, baseball and, softball student-athletes competed while ineligible. The university must provide a written report containing the matches impacted to the NCAA media coordination and statistics staff within 45 days of the public decision release.
  • a 5 percent reduction in the amount of scholarships in each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year.
  • Recruiting restrictions for each of the football, baseball, and softball programs during the 2019–20 academic year, including: A 7-week ban on unofficial visits, A 12.5 percent reduction in official visits, A 7-week ban on recruiting communications, A 7-week ban on all off-campus recruiting contacts and evaluations, A 12.5 percent reduction in recruiting-person or evaluation days.
  • a disassociation of the tutor.
  • a fine of $5,000 plus 1 percent of each of the football, baseball, and softball budgets.

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

2nd Team

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to finish last in the Eastern Division.[6]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Vanderbilt87 (9)
2Florida81 (4)
3Georgia68 (1)
4South Carolina53
5Tennessee40
6Kentucky30
7Missouri26

Roster
2019 Missouri Tigers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 4 Tommy Springer – Freshman
  • 6 Seth Halvorsen – Freshman
  • 11 Konnor Ash – Sophomore
  • 12 Tyler LaPlante – Senior
  • 16 Luke Mann – Freshman
  • 17 TJ Sikkema – Junior
  • 18 Art Joven – Junior
  • 19 Luke Anderson – Sophomore
  • 24 Nick Swanson – Freshman
  • 31 Ian Bedell – Sophomore
  • 32 Jacob Cantleberry – Junior
  • 35 Cameron Dulle – Senior
  • 39 Lukas Veinbergs – Junior
  • 41 Nick Lommen – Freshman
  • 42 Cameron Pferrer – Sophomore
  • 43 Spencer Juergens – Senior
  • 47 Trey Dillard – Sophomore
  • 48 Trae Robertson – Freshman
  • 49 Jordan Gubelman – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 5 Tre Morris – Freshman
  • 20 Chad McDaniel – Sophomore
  • 21 Jake Matheny – Junior
  • 26 Trevor Mallett – Senior

Infielders

  • 3 Paul Gomez – Senior
  • 7 Chris Cornelius – Junior
  • 9 Mark Vierling – Sophomore
  • 13 Cameron Swanger – Freshman
  • 23 Austin James – Junior
  • 28 Tony Ortiz – Senior
  • 40 Peter Zimmerman – Junior
  

Outfielders

  • 1 Josh Holt Jr. – Freshman
  • 2 Thomas Broyles – Sophomore
  • 8 Connor Brumfield – Senior
  • 10 Clayton Peterson – Sophomore
  • 14 Alex Peterson – Sophomore
  • 22 Cade Bormet – Sophomore
  • 25 Ty Olejnik – Freshman
  • 30 Kameron Misner – Junior
  • 44 Zach Hanna – Senior
  

Coaching staff

  • Steve Bieser – Head Coach – 3rd year
  • Lance Rhodes – Assistant Coach – 3rd year
  • Fred Corral – Assistant Coach – 2nd year
  • Jae Fadde – Director of Baseball Operations – 2nd year
  • Ryan Johnson – Strength and Conditioning Coach – 1st year

Schedule and results
Legend
 Missouri win
 Missouri loss
 Postponement
BoldMissouri team member
2019 Missouri Tigers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (18–10–1)
February (5–4–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
Feb. 15at North FloridaHarmon Stadium
Jacksonville, Florida		L 4–5Nick Marchese (1–0)Ian Bedell (0–1)Trace Norkus (1)5210–1
Feb. 16at North FloridaHarmon StadiumW 5–4Konnor Ash (1–0)Ethan Michaelis (0–1)TJ Sikkema (1)6211–1
Feb. 17at North FloridaHarmon StadiumL 2–4Max McKinley (1–0)Lukas Veinbergs (0–1)Eddie Miller (1)4491–2
Feb. 19at Florida A&MMoore–Kittles Field
Tallahassee, Florida		W 5–3Cameron Dulle (1–0)Josh Barr (0–1)Trey Dillard (1)1862–2
Feb. 21vs. NortheasternCity of Palms Park
Fort Myers, Florida		L 3–4Josh Winkler (1–0)Cameron Dulle (1–1)Andrew Misiaszek (2)1032–3–
Feb. 22vs. Rhode IslandCity of Palms ParkL 6–8Tyler Brosius (1–0)Trey Dillard (0–1)Cam LaFleur (2)1012–4–
Feb. 23vs. Rhode IslandCity of Palms ParkW 12–4Art Joven (1–0)Vitaly Jangols (0–1)1113–4–
Feb. 24vs. Rhode IslandCity of Palms ParkW 7–0Jacob Cantleberry (1–0)Nick Robinson (0–2)1514–4–
Feb. 26Alabama A&MTaylor Stadium
Columbia, Missouri		W 13–5Tommy Springer (1–0)Logan Smith (0–1)SECN+8065–4–
Postseason (0–1)
SEC Tournament (0–0)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
May 21vs. (7) Ole Miss(10)Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, Alabama		L 1–2Ethridge (6–6)Jacob Cantleberry (4–5)Ryan Olenek (2)SEC Network4,13534–22–10–1

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings
Main article: 2019 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 Final 
Coaches'[7] * * 25 22 23  
Baseball America[8] 24 20 21  
Collegiate Baseball^[9]  
NCBWA†[10] 27 29 23 24  
D1Baseball 21 24 21 24

^ 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.

References
  1. "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. Gray, Nicklaus (January 31, 2019). "NCAA bans Missouri football from postseason play in 2019–20". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. @GabeDeArmond (31 January 2019). "The NCAA report is out on #Mizzou. Softball and baseball banned from 2018–19 postseason. Football banned from 2019–20 postseason. Each of those programs will have a 5% reduction in scholarships for the 2019–20 year. Full penalties in the pic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. Rooney, Mike; Ebert, Patrick (January 8, 2019). "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  5. Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  6. http://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship
  7. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  8. "Baseball America Poll". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  9. "2018 Collegiate Baseball Polls – Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  10. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
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