(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,
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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
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils get swept by Utes in final series of season
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils head to Salt Lake City to close out the year against the Utes
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Arizona State is coming off a disappointing weekend in which the Sun Devils got swept by their in-state rival Arizona. The Wildcats won three close games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium in a Territorial Cup matchup, but ASU had already clinched this year’s Territorial Cup prior to last weekend’s
ASU Baseball: Devils swept by Wildcats, ensure first losing season since 1985
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) 1985. The only season in the history of the Arizona State baseball program that the Sun Devils had finished the season with more losses than wins. Now, 2017 can be added to that list as with their loss to the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, ASU ensured that they will finish
ASU Baseball: Arizona heads to Tempe as the Territorial Cup restarts
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With the college baseball regular season dwindling down, Arizona State will have some extra energy and added motivation when the University of Arizona comes to Phoenix Municipal Stadium ahead of a three-game series. After wrapping up four games in the Pacific Northwest, the Sun Devils are home and are
ASU Baseball: 54-Year Streak Comes to end as Devils Drop Series to Huskies
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) With their loss to the University of Washington Huskies on Sunday afternoon, Arizona State Baseball's streak of 54 consecutive seasons with at least 30 wins came to an end. The 4-0 score put Arizona State's season record at 22-26, guaranteeing that with seven games left in 2017, the team would not
ASU Baseball: Higgins leads charge as Sun Devils fight past Cardinal to avoid sweep
(Photo: Nick Badders/WCSN) It would have been very easy for the Arizona State Sun Devils to not compete well against the Stanford Cardinal on Sunday at Phoenix Muni. The Sun Devils had lost Zach Dixon and Chris Isbell earlier before Andrew Shaps was dismissed and Ryan Lillard and Jackson Willeford left the
