(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball will begin its quest for Omaha and the College World Series on Friday as it hosts the Sacramento State Hornets in the first of a three-game series to open up the 2021 season. The new season brings a lot of unknowns, and not all are
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ASU Baseball: Sun Devils prepare for 2021 with revamped, small-ball offense
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) With Arizona State Baseball losing several offensive weapons after the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, head coach Tracy Smith and the Sun Devils will be doing their best “Moneyball” impression in 2021. The program has been known in recent years to be a powerful, home-run centric team, but in the
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils picked to finish third in Pac-12 among coaches
(Photo: Karli Matthias/WCSN) The results of the 2021 Pac-12 Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll were released Wednesday and picked Arizona State Baseball to finish third in the conference. The consensus No. 1 pick was UCLA, gaining all 10 first-place votes totalling 100 points. ASU received 83 points in the poll. The Sun Devils were ranked
ASU Baseball: Fall adjusting to new role as Sun Devils’ closer
(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) It wouldn’t be too far fetched to consider the pitching staff to be the strength of Arizona State Baseball heading into the 2021 season. With second-year pitching coach Jason Kelly at the helm and loads of depth, the Sun Devils' staff has turned heads this offseason, and it’s
ASU Baseball: Transfers look to make a big impact in 2021 season
Arizona State Baseball was the recipient of a fourth Top-10 recruiting class in the last five years, Collegiate Baseball News announced in September. The class saw a slew of transfers come to ASU, highlighted by junior outfielder Allbry Major from Xavier and redshirt senior infielder Conor Davis from Auburn. In the
ASU Baseball: HC Tracy Smith’s contract extended two years
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball has extended the contract of Head Coach Tracy Smith for two more years, according to Sun Devil Source. His contract was set to expire at the end of the 2021 season. The Arizona Board of Regents is scheduled to review the contract extension in their
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils release 55-game 2021 schedule with 25 non-conference games
ASU Baseball: Maroon and Gold World Series Wrap Up
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The color commentator on the broadcast of the ‘Maroon and Gold World Series’ — Arizona State baseball’s fall intrasquad scrimmage competition — head baseball coach Tracy Smith said he always looks for an opportunity to send his fall ball championship series to a decisive Game 5. When he said
ASU Baseball: Fall Ball showcases improvement from pitching staff
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) If one was looking for the direct and immediate impact new Arizona State Baseball pitching coach Jason Kelly had in his first 17 games, a case study of junior right-handed pitcher Boyd Vander Kooi would have turned up impressive results. Vander Kooi was coming off a bad year when
