(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) When Arizona State Baseball players and fellow staff talk about new pitching coach Sam Peraza, they seem to have nothing but good things to say. Ahead of the Sun Devils' 2022 campaign – which is perhaps one of the most anticipated in program history – ASU faces a slew
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ASU Baseball: Willie Bloomquist hired as head coach, replaces Smith
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Four days after firing Tracy Smith, Arizona State Baseball announced Sun Devil Hall of Famer and former MLB player Willie Bloomquist as its new head coach on Friday. "Sun Devil Baseball is not ordinary in any way, it is extraordinary in many ways and is absolutely special,” Arizona State
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: Fall dominant, offense scores early in 9-0 win over Washington State
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Sunday was perhaps a long time coming for Arizona State Baseball and pitcher Justin Fall. Prior to the 2020 season, the redshirt junior left-handed JUCO transfer from New Jersey was a tantalizing figure. The hype was there, and appeared to be real. Fall’s ceiling was high, aligning with
ASU Baseball: Sun Devils lean on bevy of pitchers to beat Utah 5-0, earn series sweep
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State Baseball went through a merry-go-round of pitchers on Sunday afternoon, with a total of eight Sun Devils circulating through the final game of three against Utah. However, ASU did this not out of total necessity, but because it had the flexibility and comfort to afford it. In
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: 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
ASU Baseball: Workman’s two home runs push No. 10 Sun Devils to sweep Fresno State
(Photo: Jessica Carnivale/WCSN) Justin Fall may not have had his best stuff or the best start Sunday afternoon. That's been the case more than often than not in the young season for the Arizona State junior left-hander, as the highly-touted southpaw doesn't have the numbers most expected him to and has
