2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
CBNo. 14
Record40–27 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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

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 2 vs. (3) #19 South Alabama (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 3–6 Randy Bell (7–3) Cole Gordon (2–3) none ESPN3 4,248 36–25 0–1
June 3 vs (4) UIC (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS Postponed to 6/4, inclement weather
June 4 vs (4) UIC (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 5–4 Konnor Pilkington (8–5) Reid Birlingmair (7–5) Riley Self (7) ESPN3 4,149 37–25 1–1
June 4 vs (3) #19 South Alabama (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 7–3 Denver McQuary (3–3) Andy Arguelles (3–3) Peyton Plumlee (1) ESPN3 4,181 38–25 2–1
June 5 at (1) #14 Southern Miss (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 8–1 Jacob Billingsley (2–3) Colt Smith (6–2) none ESPN3 4,261 39–25 3–1
June 5 at (1) #14 Southern Miss (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 8–6 Spencer Price (4–1) Nick Sandlin (10–2) Riley Self (8) ESPN3 4,235 40–25 4–1
NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 10 at (4) #2 LSU #11 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–4 Zack Hess (7–1) Riley Self (5–2) none ESPN2 11,836 40–26 4–2
June 11 at (4) #2 LSU #11 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–14 Caleb Gilbert (6–1) Denver McQuary (3–4) none ESPN2 11,706 40–27 4–3

† 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.

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2017 SEC baseball records

Source: 2017 SEC baseball game results

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 5–24 1–2 3–0 0–3 . . 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 . 0–3 0–2 ALA W7 1–9 1–6
ARK 18–11 2–1 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 . 1–1 2–1 2–1 ARK W2 6–3 2–0
AUB 16–14 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 . 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 . AUB W5 7–3 1–2
FLA 21–9 3–0 . 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 . 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 FLA E1 8–2 4–1
UGA 11–19 . 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 UGA E6 4–6 0–3
KEN 19–11 . . . 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 KEN E2 7–3 2–0
LSU 21–9 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 . LSU W1 7–3 4–0
MSU 17–13 3–0 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 . 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 . MSU W3 6–4 3–2
MIZZ 14–16 3–0 1–2 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 MIZZ E4 4–6 2–2
MISS 14–16 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 . . 2–1 2–1 MISS W6 5–5 1–2
SCAR 13–17 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 SCAR E5 2–8 1–0
TENN 7–21 . 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 . 0–3 1–2 1–1 TENN E7 1–7 0–4
TAMU 16–14 3–0 1–2 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 TAMU W4 5–5 2–1
VAN 15–13 2–0 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 . . 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 VAN E3 5–4 0–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

Rankings

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[1]——*—*———RV2521161313913191818*18*12
Baseball America[2]———————22131189611182020*20*14
Collegiate Baseball^[3]———————19151477692122111313
NCBWA†[4]322725RV———302116131391320201212*13

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 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.

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 July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Baseball America Poll
  3. ^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
  4. ^ NCBWA Poll
  5. ^ "MLB draft tracker". MLB Advanced Media. 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "MSU baseball update: Rooker returning, Kruger signs professionally". The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "Jake Mangum to stay at MSU; A's draft Ryan Gridley". The Clarion-Ledger. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.