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2012 Arizona State Baseball

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Even though ASU has a post season ban this year, they should be pretty good. I will do a thorough write up later. Smoked door mat Western Michigan this weekend 40-2 in overall scoring in 3 games.
 
The 2012 ASU Sun Devils baseball schedule is obviously the regular Pac-12 opponents, plus a non-conference schedule of:

Western Michigan
UC Riverside
Saint Louis
Northern Illinois
Winthrop
Saint Mary's
Texas Tech
Long Beach State
Utah Valley
UNLV
Cal State Fullerton
New Mexico
Gonzaga

ASU's 2012 roster consists of:

10 True Freshman
2 Redshirt Freshman
8 Sophomores
12 Juniors
3 Seniors

ASU only returns 3 regular fielding starters because everyone else got drafted in the MLB draft. ASU returns 4 pitchers that got significant playing time last year. So lots of new guys going to have to step up and produce.

ASU had 11 players drafted in 2011 MLB draft:

Riccio Torrez, 4th Round, Tampa Bay Rays
Johnny Ruettiger, 8th Round, Baltimore Orioles
Austin Barnes, 9th Round, Florida Marlins
Zack MacPhee, 13th Round, Cleveland Indians
Xorge Carrillo, 14th Round, New Yok Mets
Mitchell Lambson, 19th Round, Houston Astros
Brandon Magee, 21st Round, Oakland A's
Zach Wilson, 21st Round, New York Yankees
Kyle Ottoson, 24th Round, Washington National
Kramer Champlin, 33rd Round, Toronto Blue Jays
Andy Workman, 34th Round, Los Angeles Angels
 
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If season started today, ASU would play teams ranked: (According to Perfect Game top 50 poll):

Stanford #2 - 3 games
Arizona #11 - 5 games (2 nonconference)
Oregon State #16 - 3 games
Cal St. Fullerton #22 - 2 games
California #30 - 3 games
UCLA #33 - 3 games
USC #41 - 3 games
Texas Tech #42 - 1 game

23 games vs. top 50 competition / 56 total games
 
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reagdog;2113304; said:
The 2012 ASU Sun Devils baseball schedule is obviously the regular Pac-12 opponents, plus a non-conference schedule of:

Western Michigan
UC Riverside
Saint Louis
Northern Illinois
Winthrop
Saint Mary's
Texas Tech
Long Beach State
Utah Valley
UNLV
Cal State Fullerton
New Mexico
Gonzaga

ASU's 2012 roster consists of:

10 True Freshman
2 Redshirt Freshman
8 Sophomores
12 Juniors
3 Seniors

ASU only returns 3 regular fielding starters because everyone else got drafted in the MLB draft. ASU returns 4 pitchers that got significant playing time last year. So lots of new guys going to have to step up and produce.

ASU had 11 players drafted in 2011 MLB draft:

Riccio Torrez, 4th Round, Tampa Bay Rays
Johnny Ruettiger, 8th Round, Baltimore Orioles
Austin Barnes, 9th Round, Florida Marlins
Zack MacPhee, 13th Round, Cleveland Indians
Xorge Carrillo, 14th Round, New Yok Mets
Mitchell Lambson, 19th Round, Houston Astros
Brandon Magee, 21st Round, Oakland A's
Zach Wilson, 21st Round, New York Yankees
Kyle Ottoson, 24th Round, Washington National
Kramer Champlin, 33rd Round, Toronto Blue Jays
Andy Workman, 34th Round, Los Angeles Angels
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Non league schedule doesn't look that strong but with the way the PAC 12 is and with 20 1st or 2nd year players I guess you're going to need some games to get them their innings
 
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I agree. ASU usually plays a really strong schedule, but this year is pretty weak. The only good team is Cal State Fullerton and Texas Tech is okay and New Mexico, Long Beach State and UC Riverside are usually decent. The others are cupcakes.

ASU usually has a lot of new guys every year because so few make it to their senior seasons, but this year is almost like an entirely new team. Will be interesting to see how the starting lineup shakes out when Pac-12 play begins because I have no idea with so many young guys getting looks. Pitching is a big question mark too.
 
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reagdog;2113964; said:
I agree. ASU usually plays a really strong schedule, but this year is pretty weak. The only good team is Cal State Fullerton and Texas Tech is okay and New Mexico, Long Beach State and UC Riverside are usually decent. The others are cupcakes.

ASU usually has a lot of new guys every year because so few make it to their senior seasons, but this year is almost like an entirely new team. Will be interesting to see how the starting lineup shakes out when Pac-12 play begins because I have no idea with so many young guys getting looks. Pitching is a big question mark too.
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I listened to Coach Esmay speak a while ago and came away knowing his team is always going to be aggressive offensively. They're not going to get cheated
 
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darbypitcher22;2113989; said:
I listened to Coach Esmay speak a while ago and came away knowing his team is always going to be aggressive offensively. They're not going to get cheated
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I really like Esmay even though no one outside of Arizona had probably heard of him. He is an ASU alum and LOVES everything ASU and the baseball program. His son is on the team and has tons of passion for the program. Unfortunately, I think as soon as the one year ban on the post season is over, that he is going to get let go. I think ASU is going to go after a big name coach at the end of this year. Sucks in my opinion becuase his recruiting class is ranked 3rd in the country right now, so it's not like he can't recruit. He does a good enough job managing the lineup too. Oh well. I guess it's kind of like tOSU with their interim football coach this past year.
 
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darbypitcher22;2119981; said:
Sun Devils appear to be off to a good start. Did they get new unis with the new logo design that Nike went with?
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Lost to St. Mary's last night in extra innings 4-3.

Nike doesn't have the ASU baseball contract. I think the baseball team uses Wilson, but I forget, but I know it's not Nike and that's why the uniforms aren't drastically different like the football & basketball teams.

ASU baseball actually has a tradition of winning, unlike our football and basketball teams, so I don't think they want to change the interlocking AS on the hats to the new pitchfork logo because they don't need to be rebranded to get recruits, unlike our football team who does.
 
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I am slipping Gator...

Here's what's been happening with ASU baseball:


Split a mid-week series with Utah Valley :(
Lost 2 of 3 at UCLA
Beat UNLV in a mid-week game
Won 2 of 3 at home vs. Cal
Split a mid-week series with Cal State Fullerton
Game last night in Oregon was postponed so they will have a double header today.

This years team just isn't as good as years past. They still have some good players, but not a whole team of them like they usually have.
 
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