2020 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team

2020 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
2020 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
CB	No. 8
Record	13–4 (0–0 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tracy Smith (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Ben Greenspan (4th season); Jason Kelly (1st season); Michael Earley (4th season);
Home stadium	Phoenix Municipal Stadium
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sun Devils played their home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, off campus in Phoenix, Arizona. It was Tracy Smith's sixth season as head coach.^{[citation needed]}

2020 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 UCLA ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	13	–	2	.867
No. 9 Arizona State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	13	–	4	.765
Arizona ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	5	.667
USC ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	5	.667
Washington ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	6	.600
Washington State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	9	–	7	.563
Oregon ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	8	–	7	.533
Utah ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	6	–	7	.462
Oregon State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	5	–	9	.357
Stanford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	5	–	11	.313
California ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	5	–	11	.313

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 12, 2020^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 30, 2020, the NCAA canceled the upcoming College World Series,^[2] but announced that senior spring athletes would have the opportunity to return to school for the 2021 spring season if they wished.^[3]

Personnel

Roster

2020 Arizona State Sun Devils roster^[4]

Pitchers

3 - Dom Cacchione - Sophomore
4 - Luke La Flam - Sophomore
11 - RJ Dabovich - Junior
12 - Cooper Benson - Freshman
15 - Erik Tolman - Sophomore
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
36 - Seth Tomczak - Freshman
40 - Alexander Ogg - Freshman
41 - Christian Bodlovich - Freshman
43 - Danny Marshall - Freshman
45 - Cam Dennie - Freshman

Catchers

8 - Nick Cheema - Senior
9 - Sam Ferri - Senior

Infielders

5 - Alika Williams - Junior
6 - Drew Swift - Junior
14 - Gage Workman - Junior
20 - Spencer Torkelson - Junior
46 - Nathan Baez - Freshman
48 - Brian Kalmer - Freshman

Outfielders

10 - Dusty Garcia - Sophomore
17 - Myles Denson - Senior
18 - Trevor Hauver - Junior
27 - Hunter Jump - Junior
35 - Sean McLain - Freshman
37 - Alex Helmin - Freshman
38 - Seth Nager - Freshman

Coaching staff

2020 Arizona State Sun Devils coaching staff^[4]
Name	Position
Tracy Smith	Head coach
Ben Greenspan	Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator
Jason Kelly	Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach
Michael Earley	Assistant Coach/Hitting Coach
David Greer	Undergraduate Student Assistant Coach
Jesse Lowman	Athletic Trainer
Jason Robbins	Strength and Conditioning
Armando Flores	Director of Community Relations
Danny Stolper	Director of Operations
Jon Erwin	Academic Coach
Paul Lopez	Equipment operations coordinator
Caleb Longley	Director of Hitting Development and Analytics

Schedule and results

Legend
	ASU win
	ASU loss
	Postponement
Bold	Arizona State team member

2020 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball game log

Regular Season (13–4)

February (8–3)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	Pac-12 Record
Feb. 14	vs. Villanova	#5	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	4–1	Levine	Kingsbury	Dabovich	ASU Live Stream	2,311	1–0	-
Feb. 15	vs. Villanova	#5	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	1–2	Graceffo	Vander–Kooi		ASU Live Stream		1–1	-
Feb. 15	vs. #10 Michigan	#5	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	0–5	Hajjar	Benson	White	ASU Live Stream	4,740	1–2	-
Feb. 16	vs. Villanova	#5	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	6–4	Osman	Arella	Osman	ASU Live Stream	2,399	2–2	-
Feb. 18	vs. #28 Oklahoma State	#11	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	1–2	Standlee	Tolman	Leeper	ASU Live Stream	2,403	2–3	-
Feb. 21	vs. Boston College	#11	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	10–4	Vander–Kooi	Pelio		ASU Live Stream	2,509	3–3	-
Feb. 22	vs. Boston College	#11	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	8–4	Thornton	Mancini	Dabovich	ASU Live Stream		4–3	-
Feb. 23	vs. Boston College	#11	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	8–4	Dennie	Walsh		ASU Live Stream		5–3	-
Feb. 25	vs. New Mexico State	#12	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	6-5				ASU Live Stream		6-3	-
Feb. 28	vs. Nebraska	#12	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	13-5				ASU Live Stream		7-3	-
Feb. 29	vs. Nebraska	#12	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	14-1				ASU Live Stream		8-3	-

March (5–1)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	TV	Overall Record	Pac-12 Record
Mar. 1	vs. Nebraska	#12	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	10-18	ASU Live Stream	8-4	-
Mar. 3	at. Cal State		Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA	12-2	Big West TV	9-4	-
Mar. 4	at. Cal State		Goodwin Field • Fullerton, CA	9-3	Big West TV	10-4	-
Mar. 6	vs. Fresno State		Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	4-3	ASU Live Stream	11-4	-
Mar. 7	vs. Fresno State		Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	9-4	ASU Live Stream	12-4	-
Mar. 8	vs. Fresno State		Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	8-3	ASU Live Stream	13-4	-
Mar. 10	vs. Arizona	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ				-
Mar. 13	vs. Utah	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ				-
Mar. 14	vs. Utah	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ				-
Mar. 15	vs. Utah	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ				-
Mar. 20	at. Oregon State	Canceled	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR				-
Mar. 21	at. Oregon State	Canceled	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR				-
Mar. 22	at. Oregon State	Canceled	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field • Corvallis, OR				-
Mar. 27	at. Stanford	Canceled	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA				-
Mar. 28	at. Stanford	Canceled	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA				-
Mar. 29	at. Stanford	Canceled	Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA				-
Mar. 31	at. Santa Clara	Canceled	Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA				-

April (0–0)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Pac-12 Record
Apr. 3	vs. Washington	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 4	vs. Washington	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 5	vs. Washington	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 7	vs. Grand Canyon	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 9	vs. California	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 10	vs. California	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 11	vs. California	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 15	at. Long Beach State	Canceled	Blair Field • Long Beach, CA	-
Apr. 17	at. UCLA	Canceled	Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	-
Apr. 18	at. UCLA	Canceled	Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	-
Apr. 19	at. UCLA	Canceled	Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	-
Apr. 21	at. Grand Canyon	Canceled	Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark • Phoenix, AZ	-
Apr. 24	at. Arizona	Canceled	Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ	-
Apr. 25	at. Arizona	Canceled	Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ	-
Apr. 26	at. Arizona	Canceled	Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ	-
Apr. 28	at. UNLV	Canceled	Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, NV	-

May (0–0)

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Pac-12 Record
May. 1	at. USC	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 2	at. USC	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 3	at. USC	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 8	vs. Washington State	Canceled	Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA	-
May. 9	vs. Washington State	Canceled	Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA	-
May. 10	vs. Washington State	Canceled	Bailey–Brayton Field • Pullman, WA	-
May. 15	at. Oregon	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 16	at. Oregon	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 17	at. Oregon	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 21	at. UC Riverside	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 22	at. UC Riverside	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-
May. 23	at. UC Riverside	Canceled	Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ	-

Source:^[5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	13	13*		13
Baseball America	3	8	8	8
Collegiate Baseball^	5	11	12	10
NCBWA†	7	14	11	9
D1Baseball	9	13	12	10

^ 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.

2020 MLB draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Team
1	1	Spencer Torkelson	First/Third baseman	Detroit Tigers
CBA Round A	37	Alika Williams	Shortstop	Tampa Bay Rays
3	99	Trevor Hauver	Second baseman	New York Yankees
4	102	Gage Workman	Third baseman	Detroit Tigers
4	114	R. J. Dabovich	Pitcher	San Francisco Giants

References

^ "2020 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". cbssports.com.
^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". ncaa.com.
^ ^a ^b "Official Baseball Roster". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
^ "2020 Baseball Schedule". Arizona State Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2020.

[1] "2020 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[2] "2020 NCAA Tournament canceled due to growing threat of coronavirus pandemic". cbssports.com.

[3] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". ncaa.com.

[roster-4] "Official Baseball Roster". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

[5] "2020 Baseball Schedule". Arizona State Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2020.

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