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2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under third year coach David Esquer.

2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record5–11 (0–0 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Thomas Eager (3rd season)
  • Tommy Nicholson (3rd season)
  • Steve Rodriguez (1st season)
Home stadiumKlein Field at Sunken Diamond
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
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

Previous season

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The Cardinal started February off hot winning the 2019 Angels College Classic and kept going through March winning the series against ranked Cal State Fullerton and ranked Texas five of the seven games. They continued winning when they got into the conference season but would stumble against #1 ranked UCLA losing two of three to them.

Stanford finished second in the Pac-12 conference and got their own Regional beating Sacramento State twice and then would take two of three against Fresno State. Next, the Cardinal went to the Starkville Super Regional and lose in double elimination to Mississippi State.

2019 MLB draft

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The Cardinal had nine players drafted in the 2019 MLB draft.[2]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Kyle Stowers Outfield 2 71 Baltimore Orioles
Erik Miller Pitcher 4 120 Philadelphia Phillies
Jack Little Pitcher 5 161 Los Angeles Dodgers
Maverick Handley Catcher 6 168 Baltimore Orioles
Will Matthiessen Outfield 6 184 Pittsburgh Pirates
Andrew Daschbach First Base 11 318 Baltimore Orioles
Brandon Wulff Left Field 17 521 Los Angeles Dodgers
Duke Kinamon Second Base 24 728 Tampa Bay Rays
Daniel Bakst Shortstop 28 857 Boston Red Sox
Kody Huff Catcher 32 968 Tampa Bay Rays
Owen Cobb Shortstop 37 1103 San Diego Padres

Players in bold are signees drafted from high school that will attend Stanford.

Personnel

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Roster

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2020 Stanford Cardinal roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 18 - Cody Jensen - Sophomore
  • 20 - Brendan Beck - Junior
  • 26 - Quinn Mathews - Freshman
  • 27 - Carson Rudd - Junior
  • 28 - Alex Williams - Sophomore
  • 30 - Zach Grech - Senior
  • 34 - Luke Sleeper -   Junior
  • 36 - Jonathan Worley - Senior
  • 37 - Jackson Parthasarathy -   Senior
  • 38 - Nathan Fleischli - Freshman
  • 39 - Jacob Palisch - Junior
  • 40 - Nicolas Lopez - Sophomore
  • 41 - Matt Swartz - Freshman
  • 42 - Austin Weiermiller - Junior
  • 45 - Max Meier - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 16 - Vincent Martinez - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 - Owen Cobb - Freshman
  • 4 - Carson Greene - Freshman
  • 5 - Austin Kretzschmar - Sophomore
  • 6 - Zach Sehgal -   Sophomore
  • 10 - Adam Crampton - Freshman
  • 24 - Nick Brueser - Junior
  • 31 - Nick Bellafronto -   Senior
  • 33 - Brett Barrera - Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 11 - Brock Jones - Freshman
  • 15 - Grant Burton - Sophomore
  • 21 - Tim Tawa - Junior
  • 23 - Nickolas Oar -   Senior
  • 44 - Christian Robinson - Junior

Utility

  • 2 - Christian Molfetta (OF/INF/C) -   Senior
  • 7 - Brandon Dieter (INF/P) - Sophomore
  • 13 - Justin Moore (INF/P) - Sophomore
  • 19 - Henry Gargus (INF/OF) - Freshman
  • 25 - Kody Huff (C/INF) - Freshman
  • 29 - Cole Hinkleman (OF/INF) - Freshman
  

Coaching staff

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2020 Stanford Cardinal coaching staff[3]
Name Position
David Esquer Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball
Thomas Eager Assistant coach
Tommy Nicholson Assistant coach
Steve Rodriguez Assistant coach
Jeanette Morganti Director of Baseball Operations
Sky Valenzuela Video Coordinator

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Stanford win
  Stanford loss
  Postponement
Bold Stanford team member
2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball game log
Regular season (5–11)

Rankings

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Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[4]1515*15
Baseball America[5]———
Collegiate Baseball^[6]25——
NCBWA†[7]1626—
D1Baseball1725—

^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from".
  3. ^ a b "Official Baseball Roster". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "DI Baseball Rankings - D1Baseball.com Top 25 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll 12-18-18 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "NCBWA > News > Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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