2021 Baylor Bears baseball team explained

Year:2021
Team:Baylor Bears
Sport:baseball
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:13–7
Conf Record:1–2
Head Coach:Steve Rodriguez
Hc Year:6th
Asst Coach1:Jon Strauss
Ac1 Year:6th
Asst Coach2:Mike Taylor
Ac2 Year:6th
Asst Coach3:Mitch Karraker
Ac3 Year:2nd
Stadium:Baylor Ballpark

The 2021 Baylor Bears baseball team represented Baylor University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bears played their home games at Baylor Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Steve Rodriguez, in his 6th season at Baylor.

Previous season

The 2020 Baylor Bears baseball team notched a 10–6 record in February and early March; however, the remainder of the season was abruptly halted on March 13, 2020, when the Big 12 Conference canceled the remainder of the athletics season due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Personnel

Coaching Staff

Name Position Seasons at BaylorAlma Mater
Head Coach 6 Pepperdine (2001)
Jon Strauss Pitching Coach 6 Long Beach State (1996)
Mike Taylor Hitting Coach 6 Prairie View A&M (1997)
Mitch Karaker Volunteer Assistant Coach 2 Oregon (2012)

Roster

2021 Baylor Bears Roster[2]
 Pitchers
  • 10 - Ryan Leckich - Senior
  • 15 - Will Rigney - Freshman
  • 16 - Tyler Thomas - Junior
  • 22 - Blake Helton - Sophomore
  • 24 - Jimmy Winston - RS Senior
  • 26 - Hambleton Oliver - Freshman
  • 27 - Evan Godwin - Freshman
  • 28 - Hayden Kettler - Senior
  • 30 - Jacob Ashkinos - RS Junior
  • 31 - Luke Thompson - Freshman
  • 34 - Anderson Needham - Sophomore
  • 35 - Brooks Helmer - Sophomore
  • 39 - Adam Muirhead - Freshman
  • 40 - Zac Childers - Freshman
  • 41 - Luke Boyd - Senior
  • 43 - Andy Owen - Freshman
  • 44 - Logan Freeman - Senior
  • 45 - Travis Hester - RS Sophomore
  • 46 - Ty Fontenot - Freshman
  • 49 - Grant Golomb - Freshman
  • 51 - Cole Stasio - Freshman
  • 52 - Joey Schott - Freshman
  • 53 - Drew Leach - Freshman
 Catchers
  • 8 - Kyle Harper - RS Sophomore
  • 19 - Cade Currington - Freshman
  • 21 - Nicolas Balsano - Freshman
  • 25 - Andy Thomas - Senior
  • 29 - JD Gregson - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 - Blake Shapen - Freshman
  • 3 - Antonio Valdez - Sophomore
  • 11 - Ricky Martinez - Sophomore
  • 12 - Esteban Cardoza-Oquendo - Junior
  • 13 - Alex Gonzales - Freshman
  • 23 - Kyle Nevin - Freshman
  • 32 - Tre Richardson - Freshman
  • 33 - Jack Pineda - Junior
  • 37 - Chase Wehsener - RS Sophomore
  • 38 - Chandler Freeman - Freshman
  • 47 - Beau Wimpee - Freshman
 Outfielders
  • 1 - Nolan Rodriguez - Freshman
  • 9 - Davion Downey - Junior
  • 18 - Jared McKenzie - Freshman
  • 20 - Cam Caley - Freshman
  • 36 - Ryan Patterson - Freshman
  • 42 - Jacob Schoenvogel - Freshman
  • 50 - Ben Kesler - Freshman
 

Schedule and results

! style="" | Regular Season (13–7)|- valign="top"|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| February 21 || 11:00 am || || at * || || UTRGV Baseball Stadium
Edinburg, TX || W
12–7 || Oliver
(1–0) || Stevens
(0–1) || Ashkinos
(1) || 119 || 1–0 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 21 || 2:00 pm || || at UTRGV* || || UTRGV Baseball Stadium
Edinburg, TX || L
8–9 || Serbantez
(1–0) || Freeman
(0–1) || - || 119 || 1–1 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 22 || 1:00 pm || || at UTRGV* || || UTRGV Baseball Stadium
Edinburg, TX || L
4–7 || Davis
(1–0) || Winston
(0–1) || Bridges
(1) || || 1–2 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 26 || 6:00 pm || FloSports || vs. * || || Dell Diamond
Round Rock, TX || L
4–12 || Saenz
(1–1) || Helton
(0–1) || - || || 1–3 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| February 27 || 12:00 pm || FloSports || vs. #21 * || || Dell Diamond
Round Rock, TX || W
12–6 || Thomas
(1–0) || Fitts
(0–1) || - || || 2–3 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 28 || 5:00 pm || FloSports || vs. * || || Dell Diamond
Round Rock, TX || L
3–9 || Bennett
(1–0) || Caley
(0–1) || - || || 2–4 || - || Stats
Story|-|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 2 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || Sam Houston State* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
4–0 || Oliver
(2–0) || Rudis
(0–1) || - || 1,036 || 3–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 5 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || * || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
5–4 || Helton
(1–0) || Wimberley
(0–1) || Boyd
(1) || 1,250 || 4–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 6 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || Memphis* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
9–0(7) || Thomas
(2–0) || Durham
(0–1) || - || 1,250 || 5–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 6 || 5:00 pm || ESPN+ || Memphis* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
20–4 || Winston
(1–1) || Cothren
(0–1) || - || 1,250 || 6–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 7 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || Memphis* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
8–7 || Ashkinos
(1–0) || Kelly
(1–1) || Boyd
(2) || 1,179 || 7–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 12 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || * || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
7–3 || Freeman
(1–1) || Chatham
(0–1) || - || 1,051 || 8–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 13 || 3:00 pm || ESPN+ || Xavier* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
11–4 || Winston
(2–1) || Kelly
(0–1) || - || 1,240 || 9–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 14 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || Xavier* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
10–0 || Kettler
(1–0) || Bosacker
(1–1) || - || 1,073 || 10–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 16 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || UTSA* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
10–8 || Ashkinos
(2–0) || Miller
(0–1) || Boyd
(3) || 1,193 || 11–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 17 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || * || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
12–2(7) || Childers
(1–0) || Maldonado
(0–2) || - || 1,167 || 12–4 || - || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 19 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || #10 Texas || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || L
3–5 || Madden
(3–1) || Thomas
(2–1) || Nixon
(1) || 2,168 || 12–5 || 0–1 || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 20 || 3:00 pm || ESPN+ || #10 Texas || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || L
3–4 || Stevens
(2–1) || Winston
(2–2) || Nixon
(2) || 2,336 || 12–6 || 0–2 || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 21 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || #10 Texas || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || W
11–2 || Kettler
(2–0) || Kubichek
(2–2) || - || 1,753 || 13–6 || 1–2 || Stats
Story|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 23 || 6:30 pm || || at UT Arlington* || || Clay Gould Ballpark
Arlington, TX || L
3–4(11) || Austin
(1–0) || Boyd
(0–1) || - || 314 || 13–7 || - || Stats
Story|- align="center" bgcolor=""| March 26 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || at #13 TCU || || Lupton Stadium
Fort Worth, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| March 27 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || at #13 TCU || || Lupton Stadium
Fort Worth, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| March 28 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || at #13 TCU || || Lupton Stadium
Fort Worth, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| March 30 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || Texas State* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |-|- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 1 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || * || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 2 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || North Carolina A&T* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 2 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || North Carolina A&T* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 3 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || North Carolina A&T* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 6 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || Texas State* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 9 || 7:30 pm || ESPNU || || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 10 || 3:00 pm || ESPN+ || West Virginia || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 11 || 12:00 pm || ESPN+ || West Virginia || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 16 || 6:00 pm || || at || || Hoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 17 || 2:00 pm || || at Kansas || || Hoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 18 || 1:00 pm || || at Kansas || || Hoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 23 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || at Texas Tech || || Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 24 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Texas Tech || || Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 25 || 2:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Texas Tech || || Dan Law Field
Lubbock, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| April 27 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || Prairie View A&M* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |-|- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 7 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || Kansas State || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 8 || 3:00 pm || ESPN+ || Kansas State || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 9 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || Kansas State || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 11 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || Incarnate Word* || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || - || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 14 || 6:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Oklahoma State || || O'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 15 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Oklahoma State || || O'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 16 || 1:00 pm || ESPN+ || at Oklahoma State || || O'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 20 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 21 || 6:30 pm || ESPN+ || Oklahoma || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor=""| May 22 || 3:00 pm || ESPN+ || Oklahoma || || Baylor Ballpark
Waco, TX || || || || || || || || |-|-| style="font-size:88%" | Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled      Bold = Baylor team member|-| style="font-size:88%" |"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.
"" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

Rankings

See also: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

2021 MLB Draft

See main article: 2021 MLB Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Andy Thomas C5144Seattle Mariners
Luke BoydRHP17520San Diego Padres

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 Season Cancellation. Big 12 Conference. February 19, 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021 Baseball Roster. Baylor Bears. March 20, 2021.

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