2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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

2022 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2022 record20–21 (9–9 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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Oregon State ‍‍‍ 15–6–0 .71434–9–0 .791
No. 8 UCLA ‍‍‍ 14–7–0 .66730–13–0 .698
Arizona ‍‍‍ 13–8–0 .61932–14–0 .696
Oregon ‍‍‍ 13–8–0 .61928–15–0 .651
No. 11 Stanford ‍‍‍ 12–9–0 .57125–14–0 .641
Utah ‍‍‍ 10–11–0 .47625–17–1 .593
California ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45821–22–0 .488
Arizona State ‍‍‍ 9–12–0 .42920–25–0 .444
Washington State ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .37519–23–0 .452
Washington ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .33318–23–0 .439
USC ‍‍‍ 6–15–0 .28621–20–0 .512
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 2, 2022[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season
Main article: 2021 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

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

Catchers

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

Infielders

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

Outfielders

  • 5 – Joe Lampe – Sophomore
  • 6 – Kai Murphy – 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]
NamePositionSeasons at
Arizona State		Alma Mater
Willie BloomquistHead Coach1Arizona State
Mike GoffAssistant Coach1UAB
Sam PerazaPitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator1San Diego State
Travis BuckHitting Coach1Arizona State

Schedule
2022 Arizona State Sun Devils Game Log (20–21)
Regular Season: 20–21 (Home: 15–10; Away: 5–11; Neutral: 0–0)
April: 9–6 (Home: 7–1; Away: 2–5; Neutral: N/A)
Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12
27April 1CaliforniaPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		8–3Luckham
(4–1)		White
(0–3)		–2,99412–154–3
28April 2CaliforniaPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		7–14King
(2–1)		Glenn
(0–4)		–2,71112–164–4
29April 3CaliforniaPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		16–9Webster
(1–2)		Zobac
(1–2)		–2,50613–165–4
30April 5No. 11 Arizona*Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		10–6Levine
(2–1)		Arias Jr.
(1–1)		Pivaroff
(1)		3,90314–16–
31April 8at StanfordSunken Diamond
Stanford, California		0–8Williams
(3–1)		Luckham
(4–2)		–1,55014–175–5
32April 9at StanfordSunken Diamond
Stanford, California		6–10O'Rourke
(1–3)		Levine
(2–2)		Mathews
(2)		1,68114–185–6
33April 10at StanfordSunken Diamond
Stanford, California		10–16Mathews
(5–1)		Webster
(1–3)		–1,96914–195–7
34April 11at Santa Clara*Stephen Schott Stadium
Santa Clara, California		21–1Vander Kooi
(1–0)		Reelfs
(3–4)		–17815–19–
35April 14USCPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		14–12Levine
(3–2)		Lambert
(4–2)		Peery
(5)		2,64816–196–7
36April 15USCPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		8–2Luckham
(5–2)		Stromsborg
(1–3)		–4,43217–197–7
37April 16USCPhoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		9–8Webster
(2–3)		Keating
(2–2)		Peery
(6)		2,73118–198–7
38April 19Cal State Northridge*Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona		6–1Walker
(1–0) 		Wilson
(1–1)		–2,20319–19–
39April 22at ArizonaHi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona		6–7 (10)Long
(3–0)		Pivaroff
(0–2)		–5,66319–208–8
40April 23at ArizonaHi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona		8–5Luckham
(6–2)		Murphy
(1–2)		–6,61720–209–8
41April 24at ArizonaHi Corbett Field
Tucson, Arizona		4–14Irvin
(4–2)		Vander Kooi
(1–1)		–3,58320–219–9
42April 26UNLV*Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Phoenix, Arizona
43April 29at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium
Los Angeles, California
44April 30at UCLAJackie Robinson Stadium
Los Angeles, California
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Sun Devils team member
  • Rankings from D1 Baseball.
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  • * indicates a non-conference game.

Source:[7]

Rankings
Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball 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 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.

References
  1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  2. "2021 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. 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. "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
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