2023 Missouri Tigers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2023
Team:	Missouri Tigers
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Division:	Eastern Division
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	30–24
Conf Record:	10–20
Head Coach:	Steve Bieser
Hc Year:	7th
Asst Coach1:	Jason Hagerty (hitting)
Asst Coach2:	Ricky Meinhold (pitching)
Asst Coach3:	Tyler Packanik
Stadium:	Taylor Stadium

The 2023 Missouri Tigers baseball team represents the University of Missouri in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Taylor Stadium.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the season 28–23 overall and 10–20 in conference play. They finished seventh in the Eastern division in the SEC and did not qualify for the SEC tournament or NCAA tournament.

2022 MLB Draft

The Tigers had 5 players drafted in the 2022 MLB Draft.^{[1] [2]}

Spencer Miles	Pitcher	4	136	San Francisco Giants
Torin Montgomery	1st base	14	412	Miami Marlins
Joshua Day	Shortstop	15	438	Arizona Diamondbacks
Nathan Landry	Pitcher	15	459	Boston Red Sox
Jackson Lovich	Shortstop	19	569	New York Mets
Drew Garrett	Pitcher	19	572	Philadelphia Phillies

• Jackson Lovich was drafted in the 19th round out of high school, but chose to attend Missouri.

Departures

+ style="text-align:center;"	Offseason Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dexter Swims	6	INF	5’10”	180 lbs	Junior		Transferred to Memphis
Mike Coletta	2	C	5’11”	200 lbs	Senior		Graduated
Nander De Sedas	4	INF	6’2”	200 lbs	Junior		Transferred to Florida State
Garrett Rice	13	INF	6’2”	240 lbs	Sophomore		Transferred to Missouri Southern State
Shea McGahan	18	C	6’0”	185 lbs	Freshman		Transferred to Johnson County Community College
Jacob Kush	20	P	5’10”	175 lbs	Senior		Transferred to Austin Peay
Holden Phelps	37	P	6’6”	195 lbs	Sophomore		Transferred to Pittsburgh
Shane Wilhelm	39	P	5’10”	190 lbs	Junior		Transferred to Southern Illinois
Zach Hise	41	P	6’5”	210 lbs	Sophomore		Transferred to Kentucky
Trae Robertson	48	P	6’5”	190 lbs	Senior		Transferred to Kansas State

Transfer in

+ style="text-align:center;"	Offseason Transfers In
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dylan Leach	2	Catcher	6’0”	215 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Arkansas^[3]
Matt Garcia	4	INF	6’0”	190 lbs	Senior		Transferred from Bethune–Cookman
Brock Daniels	5	INF/OF	6’1”	181 lbs	Sophomore		Transferred from Oklahoma
Ririk Maltrud	13	P	6’4”	223 lbs	Senior		Transferred from New Mexico State^[4]
Cam Chick	6	INF/OF	5’9”	179 lbs	RS-Senior		Transferred from Nebraska^[5]
Chandler Murphy	22	P	6’3”	203 lbs	Senior		Transferred from Arizona
Javyn Pimental	43	P	6’3”	213 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Arizona

Incoming Recruits

+ style="text-align:center;"	Missouri Recruits
Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Source
Samuel Horn	R/R	SS	6’4”	200 lbs			^[6]
Jackson Lovich	R/R	SS	6’4”	190 lbs			^[7]
Logan Lunceford	R/R	P	6’0”	170 lbs			^[8]
Jordan Austin	L/L	OF	5’11”	160 lbs			^[9]
Dalton Bargo	L/R	C	6’1”	190 lbs			^[10]
Israel Delgado	S/R	C	5’11”	185 lbs			^[11]
Aiden Heberlie	R/R	OF	6’3”	195 lbs			^[12]
Tucker Moore	S/R	C	6’2”	192 lbs			^[13]
Jack Mosh	L/R	SS	5’10”	170 lbs			^[14]
Peyton Nelson	R/R	SS	6’0”	165 lbs			^[15]
Nic Smith	L/L	P	6’3”	190 lbs			^[16]
Bobby Walker	R/R	OF	6’1”	185 lbs			^[17]
Gage Watson	L/L	P	6’3”	165 lbs			^[18]
Andrew Lyons	R/R	3B	6’1”	207 lbs			^[19]
Cameron Haag	R/R	SS	6’0”	160 lbs			^[20]

Personnel

Coaching Staff

2023 Missouri Tigers coaching staff
Name	Position
	Head Coach
	Pitching Coach
Jason Hagerty	Hitting Coach
Tyler Packanik	Volunteer Assistant Coach
Brian Sharp	Graduate Assistant

Schedule and results

2023 Missouri Tigers baseball game log
Regular season (30–23)
February (6–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 17 vs. Oklahoma State* Globe Life Field Arlington, TX L 3–5 Blake (1–0) Murphy (0–1) McLean (1) FloBaseball.TV 15,271 0–1 Feb. 18 vs. Texas* Globe Life Field W 6–5 Maltrud (1–0) Walbridge (0–1) FloBaseball.TV 20,295 1–1 Feb. 19 vs. TCU* Globe Life Field W 9–8 Franklin (1–0) Wright (0–1) FloBaseball.TV 16,100 2–1 Feb. 23 Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL L 3–4 McKennitt (1–0) Troesser (0–1) Knox (1) 511 2–2 Feb. 24 FIU* Infinity Insurance Park W 5–2 Nuebeck (1–0) Santana (0–1) Franklin (1) 567 3–2 Feb. 25 FIU* Infinity Insurance Park W 10–4 Horn (1–0) Tiburcio (0–1) Lunceford (1) 512 4–2 Feb. 26 FIU* Infinity Insurance Park W 9–5 Wissler (1–0) Knox (0–1) Troesser (1) 501 5–2 Feb. 28 Taylor Stadium Columbia, MO W 17–27 Smith (1–0) James (0–2) 603 6–2
March (13–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar. 4 Taylor Stadium W 8–07 Murphy (1–1) Deleon (1–1) 1,130 7–2 Mar. 4 Texas Southern* Taylor Stadium W 8–77 Franklin (2–0) Marquez (0–1) 1,130 8–2 Mar. 5 Texas Southern* Taylor Stadium W 15–7 Troesser (1–1) Head (1–1) 1,261 9–2 Mar. 7 Taylor Stadium W 6–0 Lunceford (1–0) Sampson (0–3) 952 10–2 Mar. 10 Taylor Stadium W 6–1 Murphy (2–1) Fischer (0–3) 931 11–2 Mar. 10 NJIT* Taylor Stadium L 1–2 Kidd (3–1) Loshe (0–1) 931 11–3 Mar. 12 NJIT* Taylor Stadium W 5–3 Franklin (3–0) de Jong (0–1) 969 12–3 Mar. 15 Lamar Taylor Stadium W 10–8 Lunceford (2–0) Hesseltine (0–1) Neubeck (1) 1,075 13–3 Mar. 17 Taylor Stadium W 9–1 Murphy (3–1) Dollander (3–2) Maltrud (1) 1,761 14–3 1–0 Mar. 19 No. 2 Tennessee Taylor Stadium W 7–4 Franklin (4–0) Burns (2–1) 2,764 15–3 2–0 Mar. 19 No. 2 Tennessee Taylor Stadium W 7–1 Troesser (2–1) Beam (3–1) 2,764 16–3 3–0 Mar. 22 vs. * No. 22 Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, MO W 8–3 Wissler (2–0) Hewlett (0–3) 1,522 17–3 Mar. 24 No. 22 Founders Park Columbia, SC L 8–9 Williamson (1–0) Franklin (4–1) SECN 8,242 17–4 3–1 Mar. 25 at No. 11 South Carolina No. 22 Founders Park L 1–8 Hall (5–0) Loshe (0–2) 8,242 17–5 3–2 Mar. 25 at No. 11 South Carolina No. 22 Founders Park L 4–512 Becker (2–0) Wilmsmeyer (0–1) SECN 7,019 17–6 3–3 Mar. 28 at * GCS Ballpark Sauget, IL W 6–5 Lunceford (3–0) Swartz (0–1) Franklin (2) 2,389 18–6 Mar. 29 at Lindenwood* Lou Brock Sports Complex St. Charles, MO W 7–5 Brock (1–0) Roach (1–1) Wissler (1) 402 19–6 Mar. 31 Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY L 2–12 Williams (2–0) Troesser (2–2) 2,018 19–7 3–4
April (5–12) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Apr. 1 at No. 18 Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park L 0–10 Bosma (4–1) Franklin (4–2) 3,156 19–8 3–5 Apr. 2 at No. 18 Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park L 1–3 Moore (1–0) Murphy (3–2) Chavez (1) SECN 2,646 19–9 3–6 Apr. 6 Taylor Stadium L 6–7 Ginther (1–0) Lunceford (3–1) Maldonado (4) SECN+ 1,320 19–10 3–7 Apr. 7 No. 4 Vanderbilt Taylor Stadium W 5–4 Franklin (5–2) Hiboki (3–3) SECN+ 1,912 20–10 4–7 Apr. 8 No. 4 Vanderbilt Taylor Stadium L 0–5 Futrell (6–0) Murphy (3–3) SECN+ 2,389 20–11 4–8 Apr. 11 at * Hammons Field Springfield, MO W 10–1 Lucas (2–0) Tscherter (3–3) 2,787 21–11 Apr. 13 at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park College Station, TX L 5–13 Sdao (1–1) Lunceford (3–2) ESPNU 6,125 21–12 4–9 Apr. 14 at Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park L 1–13 Aschenbeck (5–0) Maltrud (1–1) 5,942 21–13 4–10 Apr. 15 at Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park W 13–5 Troesser (3–2) Lambert (1–1) 6,820 22–13 5–10 Apr. 18 Missouri State* Taylor Stadium W 7–6 Franklin (6–2) Ferguson (1–1) 1,516 23–13 Apr. 21 Taylor Stadium L 4–6 Banks (1–0) Troesser (3–3) Davis II (4) 1,934 23–14 5–11 Apr. 22 Alabama Taylor Stadium L 4–10 Hoopes (1–0) Maltrud (1–2) Quick (2) SECN 2,822 23–15 5–12 Apr. 23 Alabama Taylor Stadium L 2–3 Woods (3–1) Lunceford (3–3) Davis II (5) 1,641 23–16 5–13 Apr. 26 Roy E. Lee Field at Simmons Baseball Complex Edwardsville, IL W 8–3 Lucas (3–0) Smith (0–2) 308 24–16 Apr. 28 Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL L 1–11 Sproat (6–2) Murphy (3–4) 5,516 24–17 5–14 Apr. 29 at No. 4 Florida Condron Ballpark L 7–11 Slater (6–0) Franklin (6–3) Neely (6) SECN 5,546 24–18 5–15 Apr. 30 at No. 4 Florida Condron Ballpark L – Fisher (4–0) Lunceford (3–4) Neely (9) 5,698 24–19 5–16
May (6–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 2 Kansas* Taylor Stadium W 9–7 Potthoff (1–0) Andrews (0–1) SECN 2,582 25–19 May 4 Taylor Stadium W 11–9 Troesser (4–3) Dougherty (3–4) SECN 1,309 26–19 6–16 May 5 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium W 13–3 Pimental (1–0) Quinn (3–2) 1,484 27–19 7–16 May 6 Ole Miss Taylor Stadium L 14–20 Nichols (4–4) Lunceford (3–5) 2,077 27–20 7–17 May 12 Taylor Stadium W 13–3 Murphy (4–4) Smith (2–3) 1,383 28–20 8–17 May 13 Georgia Taylor Stadium W 14–12 Troesser (5–3) Finley (2–2) 1,846 29–20 9–17 May 14 Georgia Taylor Stadium W 5–4 Potthoff (2–0) Rhadans (3–2) SECN 1,447 30–20 10–17 May 16 Taylor Stadium Canceled^[21] May 18 Plainsman Park Auburn, AL L 0–4 Allsup (1–1) Murphy (4–5) Bauman (1) 4,096 30–21 10–18 May 19 at Auburn Plainsman Park L 2–7 Copeland (4–1) Pimental (1–1) 4,096 30–22 10–19 May 20 at Auburn Plainsman Park L 7–9 Cannon (3–1) Hasty (0–1) 4,096 30–23 10–20
Postseason (0–1)
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled Bold = Missouri team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.^[22]

Rankings

See also: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from.
2. Web site: Five Tigers Selected in MLB Draft.
3. News: Choate. Former Razorback Catcher Transferring to SEC Rival. SI.com. June 27, 2022. March 24, 2023.
4. News: Zimmerlee. Missouri Lands New Mexico State Transfer P Rorik Maltrud. SI.com. July 3, 2022. March 24, 2023.
5. News: Zimmerlee. Missouri Lands Nebraska Transfer OF Cam Chick. SI.com. July 3, 2022. March 24, 2023.
6. News: Samuel Horn. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
7. News: Jackson Lovich. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
8. News: Logan Lunceford. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
9. News: Jordan Austin . Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
10. News: Dalton Bargo. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
11. News: Israel Delgado. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
12. News: Aiden Heberlie. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
13. News: Tucker Moore. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
14. News: Jack Mosh. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
15. News: Peyton Nelson. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
16. News: Nic Smith. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
17. News: Bobby Walker. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
18. News: Gabe Watson. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
19. News: Andrew Lyons. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
20. News: Cameron Haag. Perfect Game. March 24, 2023.
21. Web site: Baseball Cancels Final Nonconference Contest Against Indiana State . May 11, 2023 . mutigers.com . Missouri University . May 15, 2023.
22. News: 2023 Baseball Schedule. University of Missouri Department of Athletics. March 24, 2023.