2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 4

2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	20	–	9	–	0		.690			46	–	18	–	0		.719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			52	–	16	–	0		.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			26	–	30	–	0		.464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			44	–	18	–	1		.706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			49	–	16	–	0		.754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			45	–	21	–	0		.682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Alabama  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			23	–	33	–	0		.411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents the Mississippi State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Personnel

Roster

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs roster
	Pitchers 17 Paul Young – Junior 18 Keegan James – Freshman 20 Jared Padgett – Freshman 23 Austin Sexton – Junior 25 Dakota Hudson – Junior 28 Ryan Cyr – Freshman 31 Ryan Rigby – Sophomore 32 Vance Tatum – Junior 33 Parker Ford – Freshman 34 Kale Breaux – Freshman 38 Trent Waddell – Senior 39 Logan Elliot – Junior 41 Zac Houston – Junior 42 Blake Smith – Junior 44 Ethan Small – Freshman 45 Jacob Billingsley – Sophomore 46 Trysten Barlow – Freshman 47 Myles Gentry – Junior 48 Konnor Pilkington – Freshman 49 Daniel Brown – Freshman 51 Noah Hughes – Freshman		Catchers 9 Elih Marrero – Freshman 16 Josh Lovelady – Senior 35 Jack Kruger – Junior Infielders 6 Luke Alexander – Freshman 10 Ryan Gridley – Sophomore 13 John Holland – Senior Outfielders 5 Mike Smith – Senior 7 Jacob Robson – Junior 19 Brent Rooker – Sophomore 26 Cody Brown – Junior 52 Tanner Poole – Junior 53 Brant Blaylock – Freshman		Utility 2 Hunter Stovall – Freshman 3 Luke Reynolds – Junior 8 Gavin Collins – Junior 12 Reid Humphreys – Junior 14 Cole Gordon – Freshman 15 Jake Mangum – Freshman 36 Nathaniel Lowe – Junior

Coaching staff

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff

John Cohen – Head Coach – 7th year Nick Mingione – Assistant Coach, 7 years at Mississippi State – (4th as AC) Wes Johnson – Assistant Coach – 1st year Lee VanHorn – Coordinator of Baseball Operations – 1st year Will Coggin – Coordinator of Camps – 1st year

Schedule and results

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Rankings

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	17	17*	17	23	15	16	12	10	8	11	4	4	4	4	3 6	4	4*	4*	11
Baseball America	20	24	24	24	15	10	5	5	2	7	3	3	3	3	2	4	4*	4*	10
Collegiate Baseball^	11	—	23	26	13	11	7	8	5	10	8	8	7	5	1	4	4	10	10
NCBWA†	19	24	19	20	14	14	11	8	4	7	3	3	3	3	1	4	4	4*	11

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

MLB Draft

A school record 11 players were selected in the draft. It is 3rd most in the NCAA for the 2016 season trailing only Texas A&M with 13 and Southern California with 12.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Dakota Hudson	RHP	1	34	St. Louis Cardinals
Reid Humphreys	RHP/OF	7	200	Colorado Rockies
Daniel Brown	LHP	7	201	Milwaukee Brewers
Jacob Robson	OF	8	235	Detroit Tigers
Zac Houston	RHP	11	325	Detroit Tigers
Nathaniel Lowe	1B	13	390	Tampa Bay Rays
Gavin Collins	C/3B	13	392	Cleveland Indians
Vance Tatum	LHP	18	553	Kansas City Royals
Austin Sexton	RHP	18	556	St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Kruger	C/DH	20	606	Los Angeles Angels
Brent Rooker†	OF/DH	38	1143	Minnesota Twins

† Rooker returned to Mississippi State rather than signing with the Twins. In 2017 the Minnesota Twins draft him in the 1st round.