(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Opening Night is fast approaching, beginning what some might say is a make-or-break season for head coach Tracy Smith at the helm of Arizona State baseball. One crucial aspect of Smith’s quest to bring a national championship back to the Valley of the Sun has been filled: the
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ASU Baseball: Breaking down the Sun Devil starters
Friday night, Sun Devil Baseball’s 2018 campaign will be underway, with the lights shining bright on Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The Devils kick off their season with a four-game series against head coach Tracy Smith’s former team (player: 1985-1988, HC 1997-2005), the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks. Below is the full breakdown of the
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ASU Baseball: 10 Takeaways from Media Day
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) It was all smiles at Phoenix Municipal Stadium on Friday morning, where the Arizona State baseball team held their annual Media Day. Throughout the morning, the Sun Devils made their way through several different stations where they got to sport their uniforms for the first time in 2018. The
ASU Baseball: Maroon and Gold World Series fall report
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State baseball team concluded fall practice last weekend, with Game 5 of the Maroon and Gold World Series taking place on October 21. Tracy Smith's staff split the roster into two teams, maroon and gold for a series of five intrasquad scrimmages over the course of 12 days. The typical
ASU Baseball: Smith announces 2018 non-conference schedule
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After Arizona State’s baseball team sustained perhaps its worst season in program history in 2017, on Thursday Oct. 5 head coach Tracy Smith released its non-conference schedule for the upcoming season. The announced schedule features 20 homes games, including four series against NCAA tournament teams from 2016. A year
ASU Baseball: Mike Cather hired as Sun Devils’ new pitching coach
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils hired former major league player and minor league coach Mike Cather as the program's new pitching coach on Tuesday, the program announced in a press release. Cather, 46, has been a minor league pitching coach for four different MLB organizations since 2006. Most recently,
ASU Baseball: Higgins Lone ASU Player Selected in 2017 MLB Draft
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Three days. 40 rounds. 1,215 selections. The 2017 MLB Draft has come and gone and the Arizona State Sun Devils only had one player hear his name called, left-handed pitcher Connor Higgins He was selected in the 35th round (no. 1064 overall) by the Texas Rangers. ASU had a difficult
