Download 2023 Ole Miss Baseball Roster Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the 2020 baseball season was cut short and all participating student-athletes are able to retain their year of eligibility from the NCAA. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. CT. Want the latest in breaking news and insider information on the Rebels? Fink, Tywone Harris grounds out, and Dunhurst goes to third. Below is the Ole Miss starting lineup for game one. Dougherty strikes out the side in the third. Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen verwalten um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Ihre Einstellungen zu verwalten. Offensively, the Rebels return just about every significant bat from a roster that led the SEC in runs scored, batting average and hits. Gatlin, Ethan Wood grounds into a force out at first. But I think what youre really getting at is theres a lot of good baseball players that when they show up to college, theyre not great immediately. And in this office, we wish we knew that answer. VETERAN PRESENCE:What CWS finals means to Ole Miss baseball's Mike Bianco and the coaches who stuck around, BIG LOOSH:Dylan DeLucia pitched his way into Ole Miss baseball lore. Fourth-year junior righthander Brandon Johnson is more of a wild card in the competition after he served as a short reliever last season, putting up a 4.91 ERA in 22 innings spread across 18 appearances. Odds & lines subject to change. Rivas, Riley A walk loads the bases with no outs. OLE MISS' 2021 RECORD: The Rebels were 45-22 overall and 18-12 in the SEC last season. Ole Miss will be playing against 10 opponents this season who participated in the 2022 NCAA Baseball Tournament. McCants, Reagan He's 4-for-5 tonight. To be clear, this lineup is so good that a player who started 58 games a year ago and hit .285, isnt even in it anymore. Friday night high school football recaps, All-Area teams, and breaking updates from our Northeast Mississippi preps sports team. Follow @nicksuss on Twitter. Washburn, a third-year sophomore, had a 3.12 ERA and held opponents to a .186 batting average in 34.2 innings last season at Oregon State, mostly in relief, and spent the summer pitching for USA Baseballs Collegiate National Team. Alderman, Jordan John Macon Gillespie is the publisher of The Grove Report and has been on the Ole Miss beat for five years. There was no scenario where Ole Miss would go into 2022 feeling as confident about its rotation options as it would if those two were returning, but with that said, there are some experienced candidates for the spots Nikhazy and Hoglund vacated. Where is Tim Elko in his recovery from injury? Top performers from the Guardians 2021 draft class, sleepers to know & more. Are you an Itawamba Times subscriber? He hit a home run against Louisiana State in just his third game of the season, but that ended up being his last hit of the year as he finished the season 2-for-16. Freshman Tim Simay is a shortstop who will be behind Gonzalez on the depth chart this season, but can play anywhere on the infield. What are the expectations for transfers Jack Washburn and John Gaddis? An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. Mississippi rode quite a roller coaster during the 2021 season. Nothing going for the Rebels in the top half. When he tore his ACL on April 5 against North Alabama, it was easy to assume his season was over. Another single has two on with no outs for the Sooners. Derek Diamond is projected to be the Friday night starter to begin the 2022 season, but the starting spots in the rotation behind him are yet to be determined. The Rebels' offensereturns 77 home runs, 399 RBIs and 423 runs scored from last season. Chatagnier strikes out, and that ends the inning. Watch out for these new names on the roster as Ole Miss baseball prepares to defend its national title starting Feb. 17. . Of the 39 players on Ole Miss' roster in 2023, 12 of them hail from the state of Mississippi. Kemp Alderman hits a double. One away with Elko at first. This is its fifth arm to use tonight. Sign up to view our weekly e-editions each Wednesday with just a click. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. These teams are too hot to expect a sweep. The unconventional strategy of having Tim Elko bat cleanup. Arkansas' left-handers had a ton of success against Ole Miss, especially with their breaking balls, which bodes well for the left-handed Bennett. . Scarbrough, Michael Its not just that Nikhazy and Hoglund made up two-thirds of the weekend rotation over the better part of the last three seasons. You can listen to me walk through the lineup I expected here, but lets talk about what really happened. Arkansas countered DeLucia with its staff ace in Connor Noland who was impressive in his own right, throwing eight complete innings and allowing two earned runs. It certainly did with him. Red Cup Rebellion, an Ole Miss Rebels community, Changing the Culture of Ole Miss Athletics, Heres how Ole Miss will lineup to open the 2022 season, Coach Lane Kiffins yoga class is sold out. This week's New York high school baseball computer rankings, stat leaders, schedules & scores - live & final. We feel that he's a top-of-the-lineup bat. 21-4 (L) Irvington vs. Hastings On 4/25, the Irvington varsity baseball team lost their home conference game against Hastings (Hastings on Hudson, NY) by a score of 21-4 . 2022 | FRESHMAN. The Rebels are scoring 7.6 runs per game in the NCAA Tournament but are doing so while batting .282 and striking out 11.3 times vs. 4.9 walks per game. In order to access this exclusive content you must have a Baseball America Account. DH, Ben Van Cleve, Sr.: Career .281 hitter in two seasons at Ole Miss but is still looking for that first elusive home run Hit 14 home runs his last season at Northwest Mississippi Community College Started 28 games as the teams designated hitter in 2021. LF, Kevin Graham, Sr.: Was second on the team in 2021 with a .342 average and 14 home runs Was 7 for 17 in four Oxford Regional games Has 27-career home runs and 99 RBIs. 1 after the first week of the season, immediately lost that spot after losing a series to Central Florida at home, got off to a 6-0 start in SEC play, lost four consecutive conference series immediately after the 6-0 start, lost starting pitcher Gunnar Hoglund and slugger Tim Elko to injury midway through the season and made a late push, spurred in part by Elkos return to a part-time role on a still-injured knee, to host (and win) a regional in Oxford. Are you a Mississippi Business Journal subscriber? Oklahoma is changing pitchers again. Josh Mallitz enters the game on the mound for Ole Miss. Hes moving along and progressing and hitting all the marks through his rehab protocols that hes supposed to, Bianco said. The difference between Hoglund and Nikhazy are those guys, more times than not, made that big pitch to get off the field. Bianco's been in the game for a long time, and that's certainly the kind of praise that makes Saunier a shoo-in for this list. These teams are great reminders that championships often go to good teams that figure out how to be great at the right time. Sign up to receive our Mississippi business briefing each weekday afternoon, with a special Sunday edition featuring our top stories of the week. He has good stuff of his own. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. Ole Miss 2022 projected lineup and batting order. The Rebels punched their ticket to the College World Series finals on Thursday with a 2-0 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the semifinals, sending the Razorbacks home with a masterful pitching performance from Dylan DeLucia. Ketchum, Cole In all, the Ole Miss lineup last season hit 85 home runs, and with everybody back again in 2022, its safe to assume there will be plenty of celebratory beer showers at Swayze Field again. Porter, John Highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of Ole Miss and Arizona ahead of their super regional matchup. OLE MISS' RETURNING STARTERS: Eight position starters return, including sophomore shortstop Jacob Gonzalez (GP-67/GS-67, .355 batting average, 12 home runs, 55 RBIs), senior left fielder Kevin Graham (67/67, .342, 14-56), senior utility starter (first base/third base) Tim Elko (49/42, .325, 16-53), senior third baseman Justin Bench (65/65, .307, 7-39), sophomore center fielder TJ McCants (60/56, .300, 5-35), senior right fielder Hayden Leatherwood (63/58, .285, 7-33), junior catcher Hayden Dunhurst (65/65, .280, 7-43) and junior second baseman Peyton Chatagnier (56/56, .271, 6-43). We hit a lot of homers, we hit 85 or so home runs, but some of our better offenses stole a few more bases. Jun 20, 2022; Omaha, NE, USA; Ole Miss Rebels starting pitcher Hunter Elliott (26) throws against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the first inning at Charles Schwab Field. Freshman Hunter Elliott has dominated the postseason, but he won't start until Game 2. He yo-yoed in and out of the rotation last season, eventually putting up a 5.26 ERA that ballooned to 6.08 in 10 SEC games, seven of which were starts. He finished with a 6.08 ERA overall and a 7.82 ERA in SEC games, including seven starts. / Madison-Ridgeland Academy. Ole Miss 2022 projected lineup and batting order By MICHAEL KATZ Daily Journal Feb 17, 2022 SS, Jacob Gonzalez, So. Per SEC guidelines, the experience level of participating players has been advanced to mirror academic progress. Follow The Grove Report On Facebook and Twitter. FULL SCHEDULE: Ole Miss baseball announces schedule for 2022 season, won't play Vanderbilt, Florida Diamond replaces Rebels aces Doug Nikhazy and Gunnar Hoglund from a year ago. Here is a look at the projected starting lineup. Tied for fourth on the team recording a .281 batting average and added a .350 on-base percentage with a .375 slugging percentage. pic.twitter.com/W8aurrYbsu. Chatagnier doubles on a pop up that none of the Sooner fielders could see. Groff, Kemp CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Mississippi State Baseball/Softball (VIP), Slot to Mississippi State Bulldogs Newsletter, Sign up for our FREE Bulldogs newsletters now! He struck out 82 batters with 32 walks and opponents batted .268 against him. Create a password that only you will remember. Can we be a little more, I dont know if athletic is the right word, but produce more on the bases, Bianco said. Feb 4, 2022 3:13 PM EST OXFORD, Miss. OU's Jake Bennett is at 100 pitches. He was a 16th-round draft choice of the Milwaukee Brewers but opted to come to Ole Miss. He returned on May 1, and although he was limited to pinch-hit and DH opportunities from that point forward, he hit seven home runs down the stretch and became someone that opposing pitching staffs had to gameplan for again. Just three of those opponents are of the non-conference variety, with seven of their 10 conference opponents having made it to the big . : National Freshman of the Year by D1Baseball.com Hit .355 with 16 doubles, 12 home runs and 55 RBIs Had first career multi-home run game against Vanderbilt May 14. Invalid password or account does not exist. Gaddis, a fifth-year senior, provides a bit of a different look. But if Ole Miss can put together competitive at-bats and drive those starters' pitch counts up, the Rebels can swing the tide. Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco previews 2023 season, Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco previews 2023 baseball season, Lane Kiffin alerts Tennessee football to son's highlight tape: 'Bring the boy home', Why Mike Bianco and Ole Miss baseball aren't worried about a national championship hangover, Ole Miss athletics saw a revenue uptick, but operated at $5.2M deficit in 2022. Simay, Will Possibilities include transfers Jack Washburn (Oregon State) and John Gaddis (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) or Drew McDaniel. Just a good addition by our staff.". Burford also pushed Hayden Leatherwood out of the lineup. Two weeks ahead of the start of the season, Bianco announced junior right-hander Derek Diamond will be the Rebels' Opening Day starter to begin a three-game home series against Charleston Southern on Feb. 18. Reagan Burford starting at third base pushes Justin Bench to centerfield, which pushes TJ McCants to right. Bianco going to the pen. He enrolled at Ole Miss in fall 2020 before transferring to Northwest Florida Stateand returning to Ole Miss in fall 2021. Knock on wood, (he) should be full go come January.. Much to the disappointment of Ole Miss and its fans, that roller coaster ended with the team finishing where it often has, with an elimination in super regionals. Ole Miss opens its season Friday in a three-game series against Delaware. 2 min read. 2021 Ole Miss Baseball Roster NO. Bianco said to expect the Rebels to experiment with different options early in the season, mixing these options between the bullpen and starting rotations. He doesnt have quite the same level of high-octane stuff as Washburn, as his fastball averaged a tick under 88 mph last season, but he gets swings and misses on both his curveball and changeup, and most importantly, he simply has a long track record of getting outs. But they should easily be able to replace Baker in the lineup and be much improved hitting-wise at that position. The Rebels are two weeks away from their season opener against Charleston Southern. Tim Elko with a solo shot that gives the Rebels a 4-0 lead. Reynolds, Hayden Want the latest in breaking news and insider information on the Rebels? Garrett Wood will start at third base, and Justin Bench will be in center. 126 overall prospect in the Class of 2022 . Here are a few things that jump out at me. OLE MISS' PLAYERS LOST: Ole Miss lost three key position players and seven key pitchers from last year's squad. Bench strikes out looking to end the frame. Hes a true center fielder with the speed to match, and he has some pop in his bat. A chopper back to the pitcher ends the inning. Quinn, Tommy Sophomore righthander Jack Dougherty was supposed to redshirt last season, but due to the depth issues Ole Miss ended up facing on the mound, the coaching staff pulled the redshirt off of him in mid April. Elliott, Judd At full health, Elko will immediately be one of the best offensive threats in the SEC, with a chance to be an SEC player of the year-type player. Calarco is one of Ole Miss' key transfer portal additions. That made it tough on a pitching staff thats trying to make a name for itself," Bianco continued. ). Get our top sports stories of the week each Sunday morning. This is the single biggest question the Rebels have to answer in 2022. Lockhart sometimes found himself a bit outmanned against good SEC lineups, but he emerged as one of the most dependable arms the Razorbacks had in the end, and Ole Miss would likely be very satisfied if Gaddis followed his path. Dougherty back to the mound. Error! Dunhurst is a potential 1st to 2nd round draft pick in the 2022 MLB draft, while McCants is a potential4th round draft pick. Here is the Clarion Ledger's scouting report and prediction for the College World Series championship. The seven pitchers included two SEC starters Doug Nikhazy (GP-16/GS-15, 12-2 won-loss record, 2.45 ERA) and Gunnar Hoglund (11/11, 4-2, 2.87). One candidate is junior college transfer Reagan Burford, who Bianco thinks can fit into a bit of a Justin Bench mold as someone who can end up collecting a lot of playing time by being someone who can produce offensively and play a bunch of different positions defensively. Contact Nick Suss at 601-408-2674 or nsuss@gannett.com. Dougherty uses 14 pitches to set the Sooners down in order. The 2022 Men's College World Series finals kicked off Saturday with Ole Miss bursting on the scene, defeating Oklahoma 10-3. Furniss, Mason OMAHA, Neb. Nichols retires the Sooners in order in the bottom half. Nichols, Brayden We won't share it with anyone else. While the hitting will be as good and possibly better than last season, it appears Ole Miss pitching won't be as good as last season. Contact Nick Suss at 601-408-2674 or nsuss@gannett.com. 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