2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record33–22 (16–14 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ben Greenspan (7th season)
  • Jason Kelly (2nd season)
  • Michael Earley (5th season)
Home stadiumPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Arizona  ‍‍‍y 21 9   .700 45 18   .714
No. 10 Oregon ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 39 16   .709
No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍y 17 10   .630 39 17   .696
No. 21 UCLA ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 37 20   .649
Arizona State ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 33 22   .600
Oregon State ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 37 24   .607
California ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 29 26   .527
Washington State ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 26 23   .531
USC ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 25 26   .490
Utah ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 17 33   .340
Washington ‍‍‍ 6 21   .222 20 30   .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 23, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represents Arizona State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Arizona State is competing in the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Sun Devils play their home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Coach Tracy Smith is leading Arizona State in his 7th season with the program.

Previous season[edit]

The Sun Devils finished 13–4 overall, and 0–0 in the conference. The season was prematurely cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel[edit]

Roster[edit]

2021 Arizona State Sun Devils roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 - Dom Cacchione - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 4 - Luke La Flam - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 15 - Erik Tolman - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 - Cooper Benson - Redshirt Freshman
  • 19 - Boyd Vander Kooi - Redshirt Junior
  • 22 - Blaze Burzell - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 23 - Justin Fall - Redshirt Junior
  • 24 - Nick Wallerstedt - Redshirt Freshman
  • 25 - Will Levine - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 26 - Graham Osman - Redshirt Freshman
  • 29 - Tyler Thornton - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 30 - Brady Corrigan - Redshirt Junior
  • 32 - Bryce Barnett - Redshirt Freshman
  • 33 - Brock Peery - Freshman
  • 36 - Seth Tomczak - Redshirt Freshman
  • 38 - Joe Hauser - Freshman
  • 39 - Jared Glenn - Freshman
  • 40 - Alexander Ogg - Redshirt Freshman
  • 41 - Christian Bodlovich - Redshirt Freshman
  • 45 - Cam Dennie - Redshirt Freshman
  • 48 - Jay Baggs - Redshirt Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 8 - Nick Cheema - Redshirt Senior
  • 9 - Sam Ferri - Redshirt Senior
  • 20 - Logan Paustian - Freshman

Infielders

  • 6 - Drew Swift - Redshirt Junior
  • 7 - Jack Moss - Freshman
  • 10 - Sean Mclain - Redshirt Freshman
  • 12 - Nathan Baez - Redshirt Freshman
  • 14 - Hunter Haas - Freshman
  • 18 - Brian Kalmer - Redshirt Freshman
  • 21 - Conor Davis - Redshirt Senior
  • 44 - Blake Pivaroff - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 5 - Joe Lampe - Redshirt Freshman
  • 11 - Kade Higgins - Freshman
  • 16 - Vinny Tosti - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 27 - Hunter Jump - Redshirt Junior
  • 28 - Seth Nager - Redshirt Freshman
  • 37 - Michael Brueser - Freshman
  • 47 - Allbry Major - Redshirt Junior

Utility

  • 31 - Kai Murphy - Redshirt Freshman
  • 35 - Ethan Long - Freshman
 

Coaching staff[edit]

2021 Arizona State coaching staff[2]
Name Position Seasons at
Arizona State
Alma Mater
Tracy Smith Head coach 7 Miami (OH)
Ben Greenspan Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator 7 Indiana
Jason Kelly Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach 2 Missouri Valley
Michael Earley Assistant Coach/Hitting Coach 4 Indiana

Schedule and results[edit]

Legend
  Sun Devils win
  Sun Devils loss
  Postponement
Bold Sun Devils team member
2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log
Regular season (18–9)
April (3–4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Overall record Pac-12 Record
April 1 Arizona No. 14 Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
L 5–10 Murphy (3–0) Corrigan (0–1) ASU Live Stream 15–6 4–3
April 2 Arizona No. 14 Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
L 6–7 Vannelle (3–1) Osman (1–2) Price (3) ASU Live Stream 15–7 4–4
April 3 Arizona No. 14 Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
W 3–2 Fall (4–1) Nichols (3–2) Levine (2) ASU Live Stream 16–7 5–4
April 6 at. Arizona No. 18 Hi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona
L 2–14 Abshier (1–0) Bodlovich (0–1) ASU Live Stream 16–8 5–5
April 9 at. Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark
Seattle, Washington
W 3–2 Glenn (3–0) Delorefice (1–1) Bodlovich (2) ASU Live Stream 17–8 6–5
April 10 at. Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark
Seattle, Washington
W 8–1 Fall (5–1) Guerrero (0–1) ASU Live Stream 18–8 7–5
April 11 at. Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark
Seattle, Washington
L 6–13 Lamb (3–1) Hauser (0–1) Raeth (1) ASU Live Stream 18–9 7–6
April 16 Stanford Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
ASU Live Stream
April 17 Stanford Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
ASU Live Stream
April 18 Stanford Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
ASU Live Stream
April 20 Grand Canyon* Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
ASU Live Stream
April 21 at. Grand Canyon* Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark
Phoenix, Arizona
ASU Live Stream
April 23 at. Utah Smith's Ballpark
Salt Lake City, Utah
ASU Live Stream
April 24 at. Utah Smith's Ballpark
Salt Lake City, Utah
ASU Live Stream
April 25 at. Utah Smith's Ballpark
Salt Lake City, Utah
ASU Live Stream
April 26 at. BYU* Larry H. Miller Field
Provo, Utah
ASU Live Stream
April 30 Rhode Island* Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
ASU Live Stream
Post-season (0–0)

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[3]RVRV*RVRV23RVRVRV
Baseball America[4]
Collegiate Baseball^[5]1515221812161418
NCBWA[6]2927262727
D1Baseball[7]

^ 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.

2021 MLB draft[edit]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Drew Swift SS 8 248 Oakland Athletics
Erik Tolman LHP 14 413 Washington Nationals
Justin Fall LHP 17 509 Miami Marlins
Cooper Benson LHP 17 512 Toronto Blue Jays
Tyler Thornton RHP 17 516 Cleveland Indians

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Official Baseball Roster". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  4. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  5. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  6. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  7. ^ D1 Baseball