2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record26–32 (13–17 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coachMike Goff (1st season)
Hitting coachTravis Buck (1st season)
Pitching coachSam Peraza (1st season)
Home stadiumPhoenix Municipal Stadium
2022 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Stanford ‍†‍‡‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700 47 – 16 – 0   .746
No. 3 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 48 – 18 – 0   .727
No. 19 UCLA ‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 40 – 24 – 0   .625
Oregon ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 36 – 25 – 0   .590
Arizona ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 39 – 25 – 0   .609
Washington ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 30 – 26 – 0   .536
California ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Arizona State ‍‍‍ 13 – 17 – 0   .433 26 – 31 – 0   .456
Washington State ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 27 – 26 – 0   .509
Utah ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 26 – 27 – 1   .491
USC ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267 25 – 28 – 0   .472
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 13, 2022[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach Willie Bloomquist, in his 1st season at ASU.

Previous season

The Sun Devils finished with a record of 33–22, and 16–14 in conference play.[2] In the postseason, the Sun Devils were invited and participated in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they lost to the #2 national seed Texas and Fairfield in the Austin Regional in Austin, Texas.[3]

In the offseason, Tracy Smith was fired from his role as head coach after 7 seasons with the program.[4] A few days later, it was announced that Willie Bloomquist was hired as the new head coach.[5]

Personnel

Roster

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 – Dom Cacchione – Redshirt Junior
  • 4 – Luke La Flam – Redshirt Junior
  • 6 – Kai Murphy – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 10 – Christian Bodlovich – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 13 – Tyler Meyer – Sophomore
  • 15 – Jared Glenn – Sophomore
  • 19 – Boyd Vander Kooi – Redshirt Senior
  • 25 – Will Levine – Redshirt Junior
  • 26 – Graham Osman – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 31 – Josh Hansell – Sophomore
  • 33 – Brock Peery – Sophomore
  • 36 – Adam Tulloch – Redshirt Junior
  • 40 – Chase Webster – Junior
  • 43 – Danny Marshall – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 44 – Kyle Luckham – Redshirt Junior
  • 45 – Andrew Lucas – Redshirt Junior
  • 46 – Jacob Walker – Redshirt Senior
 

Catchers

  • 12 – Nate Baez – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 – Ryan Campos – Freshman
  • 21 – Will Rogers – Freshman
  • 41 – Bronson Balholm – Redshirt Senior

Infielders

  • 2 – Sean McLain – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 7 – Conor Davis – Grad. student
  • 8 – Cam Magee – Freshman
  • 9 – Blake Pivaroff – Sophomore
  • 12 – Nate Baez – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 18 – Jacob Tobias – Freshman
  • 27 – Hunter Haas – Sophomore
  • 35 – Ethan Long – Sophomore
  • 37 – Alex Champagne – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 5 – Joe Lampe – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 6 – Kai Murphy – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 11 – Kade Higgins – Sophomore
  • 23 – Michael Brueser – Sophomore
  • 28 – Ivan Brethowr – Freshman
  • 32 – Trey Rucker – Freshman

Coaching staff

2022 Arizona State coaching staff[6]
Name Position Seasons at
Arizona State
Alma mater
Willie Bloomquist Head Coach 1 Arizona State
Mike Goff Assistant Coach 1 UAB
Sam Peraza Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 1 San Diego State
Travis Buck Hitting Coach 1 Arizona State

Schedule

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils game log (26–32)
Regular season: 26–32 (Home: 19–13; Away: 6–17; Neutral: 1–2)
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Sun Devils team member
  • Rankings from D1 Baseball.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • * indicates a non-conference game.

Source:[7]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[8]——*
Baseball America[9]——
Collegiate Baseball^[10]43—
NCBWA†[11]RVRV
D1Baseball——

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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. ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "2021 NCAA tournament Field Of 64". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ray Anderson Announces Change in Leadership for Sun Devil Baseball". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "Willie Bloomquist Named Head Coach for Sun Devil Baseball". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "2022 Baseball Roster". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". thesundevils.com. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  8. ^ USA Today Coaches Poll
  9. ^ Baseball America Poll
  10. ^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  11. ^ NCBWA Poll