2019 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

The 2019 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs play their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 16th year at TCU.

2019 TCU Horned Frogs baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2019 record34-28 (11-13 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bill Mosiello (6th season)
  • Kirk Saarloos (7th season)
  • John Dilaura (1st season)
Home stadiumLupton Stadium
2019 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Texas Tech y 168 .667  4620 .697
No. 23 Baylor y 148 .636  3519 .648
No. 11 Oklahoma State y 149 .609  4021 .656
No. 27 West Virginia y 1311 .542  3822 .633
Kansas  1212 .500  3226 .552
TCU y 1113 .458  3428 .548
Oklahoma  1113 .458  3323 .589
Kansas State  816 .333  2533 .431
Texas  716 .304  2727 .500
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Previous season

On the heels of four consecutive trips to the College World Series, the 2018 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team entered the season with high expectations, ranking as high as #4 in the preseason polls.[2][3] However, the team did not live up to the lofty expectations, posting a record of 33-23, including a disappointing 10-13 in conference play. Nevertheless, the Horned Frogs, entering the Big 12 Tournament as the six seed, fought to the final where they fell 5-6 to the Baylor Bears in 11-innings.[4] Despite their impressive Big 12 Tournament showing, TCU failed to make the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Preseason

MLB Draft

The following Horned Frogs on the 2018 roster were selected in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft:

List of Drafted Players
Name2018 ClassPos.TeamRoundSigned/Returned
Luken BakerJunior1BSt. Louis Cardinals2ndSigned[5]
Durbin FeltmanJuniorRHPBoston Red Sox3rdSigned[6]
Sean WymerJuniorRHPToronto Blue Jays4thSigned[6]
Jared JanczakJuniorRHPLos Angeles Angels32ndDid not sign[7]
Josh WatsonJuniorOFMilwaukee Brewers35thDid not sign[7]

* indicates draftee had no more college eligibility

Departed Players

The following Horned Frogs on the 2017 roster departed the program prior to the 2018 season:

List of Departed Players
Name2017 ClassPos.Reason
Coby BoulwareFreshman2BTransferred to Arkansas
Tristan HanoianFreshmanINFTransferred to Orange Coast College
Danny CrewsJuniorINFDeparted

Schedule & Results

2019 TCU Horned Frogs Baseball Schedule & Results
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = TCU team member
Regular Season
Postseason

"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

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'[8] 17 17* 17* RV RV RV 20 25 23 21 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR* NR* NR 
Baseball America[9] NR 24 24 NR NR NR 23 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR* NR* NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[10] 19 16 19 NR NR NR 28 25 22 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
NCBWA[11] 21 18 23 28 25 24 21 23 21 20 27 RV RV RV RV RV RV* RV* RV 
D1Baseball 19 18 18 23 21 22 19 25 19 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR* NR* NR

^ 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.

See also

References

  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "TCU Announces 2018 Baseball Schedule". TCU Athletics. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. "Baseball Coaches Poll". USA Today. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. "2018 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Tournament" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. "Baker Drafted On Day One". TCU Athletics. June 4, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  6. "Two Frogs Taken On Day 2". TCU Athletics. June 5, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  7. "Two Drafted On Final Day". TCU Athletics. June 6, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  8. Baseball Coaches Poll
  9. Baseball America College: Top 25
  10. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  11. NCBWA Division I poll
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