ASU Baseball: Sun Devils confident in experience on the mound

(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Last season, the underlying theme with Arizona State Baseball's roster was youth. The Sun Devils boasted one of the youngest lineups in the nation, with 24 freshmen scattered throughout. This fall and incoming spring provides a much different narrative, particularly within the pitching staff. Under an entirely new coaching staff,

ASU Baseball: Coming off UCLA sweep, Sun Devils make NCAA tournament as No. 2 seed

(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball’s roller coaster regular season is over.  After suffering critical season-ending injuries early in the season and in the fall and struggling early on in Pac-12 Conference play while trying to piece together something of a weekend rotation, the Sun Devils still managed to go 32-20 with 16

ASU Baseball: Sun Devils fueled by bullpen and timely offense en route to a 4-3 win over Utah.

(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball got struck with some misfortune.  On Thursday, it was announced that both redshirt freshman left-handed pitcher Cooper Benson and junior right-hander Boyd Vander Kooi would miss the remainder of the season due to Tommy John surgery. The demoralizing losses of the Sun Devils' Friday-night ace and veteran

ASU Baseball: Benson, Vander Kooi out for year with Tommy John Surgery

Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN Arizona State Baseball Head Coach Tracy Smith announced Thursday that redshirt freshman left-handed pitcher Cooper Benson and redshirt junior right-handed pitcher Boyd Vander Kooi will both undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery.  "We feel bad for the kids, they're tremendous workers and have put a lot of time in," Smith