(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Brett Lilek, Ryan Kellogg and Ryan Burr were three of the best Arizona State pitchers in recent memory. While they aren’t irreplaceable, finding pitchers to take their place will not be easy. Sheer quantity won't be an issue, as head coach Tracy Smith has a bevy of underclassmen pitchers
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ASU Baseball: Non-conference schedule preview
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) One year ago the Sun Devils opened Phoenix Muni in grand fashion with a set of series against Oklahoma State, TCU and Long Beach State. They even added a midweek game against the Oklahoma Sooners to make their non-conference schedule even more robust. This season, ASU will only face
ASU Baseball: Woodmansee looking to continue meteoric rise in 2016
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) The date was February 13, 2015. Phoenix Municipal Stadium was hosting its first Arizona State baseball game since 1974 and Tracy Smith was coaching in his first ever Sun Devil game. Sophomore shortstop Colby Woodmansee, who was batting eighth in the game, was at the plate in a tie
ASU Baseball: Question marks aplenty in the Sun Devil outfield
(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) It is not often that a team will lose its entire starting outfield from the previous year, but that is exactly what has happened to Arizona State. Both Trever Allen and Jake Peevyhouse graduated, while Johnny Sewald opted to sign with the Houston Astros after they drafted him
ASU Baseball: Fall ball wrap-up
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) How do you celebrate a top five ranking for your 2016 recruiting class? Getting back to work. Tracy Smith's ball club closes out its fall schedule this weekend with the culmination of the M&G World Series-now only two games of intrasquad matchups at Phoenix Muni. "I've personally never been a part
ASU Baseball: Regular season ends on a sour note
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) In the grand scheme of things, the regular season finale in regards to postseason hosting chances was in dormie mode. There was pride and third place in the Pac-12 on the line, but in the end, there was little to gain for the victor. Southern California (37-19, 18-12) defeated
ASU Baseball: Risks that don’t pay off hurt Sun Devils
ASU Baseball: Hot start plenty for Devils in game one win
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) USC starter Kyle Davis came into Friday's match-up only allowing one home run in his 38 innings this season. ASU didn't get the memo. Thanks in large part to back-to-back home runs in the first inning by Colby Woodmansee and Joey Bielek, Arizona State (34-19, 18-10) kept things interesting
ASU Baseball: The pitch seen around the country, we reflect on Sewald’s weekend going viral
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) It has been almost a week, does Eric Byrnes know what happened yet? The play has appeared on sports' sites around the country and every baseball parody twitter account. Everyone has seen Johnny Sewald do what he does best--get hit by a pitch. What happened after is what drove the
ASU Baseball: Wednesday practice report
(Photo: Dominic Cotroneo/WCSN) Five games in seven days is no easy stretch, and head coach Tracy Smith knows his personnel's focus at the end of the regular season. "Just making sure we’re getting our work in and with the quick turnaround for tomorrow’s game, it’s more of just the technical stuff. We