2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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 Pacific-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.

2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2021 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
2021 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Arizona  ‍†‍‍y 21–9 .70045–18 .714
No. 10 Oregon ‍‍‍y 20–10 .66739–16 .709
No. 7 Stanford ‍‍‍y 17–10 .63039–17 .696
No. 21 UCLA ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60037–20 .649
Arizona State ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53333–22 .600
Oregon State ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53337–24 .607
California ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50029–26 .527
Washington State ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43326–23 .531
USC ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43325–26 .490
Utah ‍‍‍ 7–23 .23317–33 .340
Washington ‍‍‍ 6–21 .22220–30 .400
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 23, 2021[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season
Main article: 2020 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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

Roster
2021 Arizona State Sun Devils roster[2]
 

Pitchers

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

Catchers

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

Infielders

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

Outfielders

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

Utility

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

Coaching Staff
2021 Arizona State coaching staff[2]
NamePositionSeasons at
Arizona State		Alma Mater
Tracy SmithHead Coach7Miami (OH)
Ben GreenspanAssociate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator7Indiana
Jason KellyAssistant Coach/Pitching Coach2Missouri Valley
Michael EarleyAssistant Coach/Hitting Coach4Indiana

Schedule and results
Legend
 Sun Devils win
 Sun Devils loss
 Postponement
BoldSun 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 1ArizonaNo. 14Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		L 5–10Murphy (3–0)Corrigan (0–1)–ASU Live Stream15–64–3
April 2ArizonaNo. 14Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		L 6–7Vannelle (3–1)Osman (1–2)Price (3)ASU Live Stream15–74–4
April 3ArizonaNo. 14Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		W 3–2Fall (4–1)Nichols (3–2)Levine (2)ASU Live Stream16–75–4
April 6at. ArizonaNo. 18Hi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona		L 2–14Abshier (1–0)Bodlovich (0–1)–ASU Live Stream16–85–5
April 9at. WashingtonNo. 18Husky Ballpark
Seattle, Washington		W 3–2Glenn (3–0)Delorefice (1–1)Bodlovich (2)ASU Live Stream17–86–5
April 10at. WashingtonNo. 18Husky Ballpark
Seattle, Washington		W 8–1Fall (5–1)Guerrero (0–1)–ASU Live Stream18–87–5
April 11at. WashingtonNo. 18Husky Ballpark
Seattle, Washington		L 6–13Lamb (3–1)Hauser (0–1)Raeth (1)ASU Live Stream18–97–6
April 16StanfordPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		ASU Live Stream–
April 17StanfordPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		ASU Live Stream–
April 18StanfordPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		ASU Live Stream–
April 20Grand Canyon*Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		ASU Live Stream–
April 21at. Grand Canyon*Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark
Phoenix, Arizona		ASU Live Stream–
April 23at. UtahSmith's Ballpark
Salt Lake City, Utah		ASU Live Stream–
April 24at. UtahSmith's Ballpark
Salt Lake City, Utah		ASU Live Stream–
April 25at. UtahSmith's Ballpark
Salt Lake City, Utah		ASU Live Stream–
April 26at. BYU*Larry H. Miller Field
Provo, Utah		ASU Live Stream–
April 30Rhode 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
Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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]29——2726—2727
D1Baseball[7]————————

^ 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.

2021 MLB draft
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
  1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. "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
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