2024 Missouri Tigers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2024
Team:	Missouri Tigers
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Division:	Eastern Division
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	23–32
Conf Record:	9–21
Head Coach:	Kerrick Jackson
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Tim Jamieson (pitching)
Asst Coach2:	Bryson LeBlanc
Asst Coach3:	Jabari Brown
Stadium:	Taylor Stadium

The 2024 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Taylor Stadium.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the season 30–24 overall and 10–20 in conference play. They finished seventh in the Eastern division in the SEC and qualified for the SEC tournament but did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. Head Coach, Steve Bieser was fired following the season on May 28, 2023. Kerrick Jackson was named Mizzou's 15th head baseball coach on June 3, 2023.^[1]

2023 MLB Draft

The Tigers had 4 players drafted in the 2023 MLB Draft.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Austin Troesser	Pitcher	4	135	New York Mets
Zach Franklin	Pitcher	10	299	Chicago White Sox
Chandler Murphy	Pitcher	12	363	Tampa Bay Rays
Luke Mann	3rd base	14	406	Oakland Athletics

Departures

+ style="text-align:center;"	Offseason Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Dylan Leach	2	INF	5’10”	180 lbs	Junior		Transferred to Missouri State
Tre Morris	3	Catcher	5’10”	204 lbs	RS-Senior		Graduated
Cam Chick	6	INF/OF	5’9”	179 lbs	RS-Senior		Graduated
Ross Lovich	7	OF	6’0”	186 lbs	Junior		Transferred to Arkansas
Ty Wilmsmeyer	9	OF	6’1”	180 lbs	Senior		Transferred to Arkansas
Rorik Maltrud	13	RHP	6’4”	223 lbs	RS-Senior		Graduated; signed to play for the Cleveland Guardians
Jacob Hasty	26	LHP	6’2”	230 lbs	Senior		Transferred to LSU
Carlos Peña	27	OF	6’2”	228 lbs	Sophomore		Transferred to Indiana State
Parker Wright	36	RHP	6’3”	208 lbs	Junior
Hank Zeisler	40	INF	5’10”	218 lbs	RS-Senior		Graduated; signed to play for the Florence Y'alls
Aiden Heberlie	45	OF	6’3”	203 lbs	Freshman		Transferred to St. Charles CC
Kyle Potthoff	47	RHP	6’5”	218 lbs	RS-Senior		Transferred to Northwestern
Dalton Bargo	50	Catcher	6’1”	199 lbs	Freshman		Transferred to Tennessee
Jack Mosh	51	INF	5’10”	199 lbs	Freshman		Transferred to Johnson County CC
Cam Careswell	52	INF	6’2”	229 lbs	Sophomore

Transfer in

+ style="text-align:center;"	Offseason Transfers In
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Danny Corona	3	INF	6’0”	215 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Wake Forest
Jeric Curtis	6	OF	6’0”	170 lbs	Sophomore		Transferred from Texas Tech
Jacob Peaden	13	RHP	6’2”	200 lbs	Graduate Student		Transferred from Davidson
Kadden Drew	22	LHP	6’2”	210 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Paradise Valley CC
Jedier Hernandez	24	Catcher	6’0”	200 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Seton Hall
Ryan Magdic	26	LHP	6’5”	240 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Florida Southern
RJ Jimerson	28	OF	5’10”	185 lbs	Sophomore		Transferred from Memphis
Cameron Benson	29	INF/OF	6’3”	185 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Memphis
Kaden Jacobi	32	RHP	6’3”	220 lbs	Junior		Transferred from St. Charles CC
Victor Quinn	40	RHP	6’1”	217 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Oregon State
Xavier Lovett	44	RHP	6’0”	190 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Memphis
Seth McCartney	53	RHP	6’0”	200 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Meridian CC
Miles Garrett	58	RHP	5’10”	175 lbs	Junior		Transferred from Vanderbilt

Incoming Recruits

+ style="text-align:center;"	Missouri Recruits
Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Source
Drew Culbertson	R/R	SS/3B	5’11”	180 lbs			^[5]
Jack Holubowski	R/R	3B/RHP/OF	6’2”	180 lbs			^[6]
Thomas Curry	R/R	C/3B	6’1”	210 lbs			^[7]
Kaden Peer	L/R	SS/OF	5’11”	150 lbs			^[8]
Tyler Macon	R/R	SS/2B	5’11”	170 lbs			^[9]
Charlie Miller	R/R	RHP/3B, SS	6’3”	185 lbs			^[10]
Wil Libbert	L/L	LHP/1B	6’1”	195 lbs		Blair Oaks High School	^[11]
Ben Smith	R/R	RHP/3B	6’1”	185 lbs			^[12]
Josh McDevitt	R/R	RHP	6’2”	195 lbs			^[13]
Mateo Serna	S/R	C/1B	6’0”	195 lbs			^[14]

Personnel

Coaching Staff

2024 Missouri Tigers coaching staff
Name	Position
	Head Coach
	Pitching Coach
Bryson LeBlanc	Hitting Coach
Jabari Brown	Volunteer Assistant Coach
Anthony Hansen	Graduate Assistant

Schedule and results

2024 Missouri Tigers baseball game log
Regular season (14–18)
February (4–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 16 at * Baggett Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA L 2–3 Wright (1–0) Mayer (0–1) None 0–1 – Feb. 16 at Cal Poly* Baggett Stadium W 3–1 Rustad (1–0) Brooks (0–1) Peaden (1) 1,825 1–1 – Feb. 17 at Cal Poly* Baggett Stadium W 12–8 Wissler (1–0) Baum (0–1) Lucas (1) 1,139 2–1 – Tony Gwynn Legacy Feb. 22 vs. * Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, CA W 6–3 Lucas (1–0) Verdugo (0–1) Peaden (2) 3–1 – Feb. 23 vs. * Tony Gwynn Stadium L 3–10 Riordan (1–0) Mayer (0–2) None 1,127 3–2 – Feb. 24 vs. * Tony Gwynn Stadium L 4–8 Eyanson (1–0) Rustad (1–1) None 3–3 – Feb. 24 vs. UC San Diego* Tony Gwynn Stadium W 5–4^11 Peaden (1–0) Custer (0–1) None 466 4–3 – Feb. 27 Taylor Stadium Columbia, MO L 3–8^8 Heyman (1–0) Wissler (1–1) None 1,522 4–4 –
March (6–14) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar. 1 Taylor Stadium L 1–3 Gillis (1–1) Mayer (0–3) McClanahan (1) 1,124 4–5 – Mar. 2 Northern Kentucky* Taylor Stadium W 28–10^7 Rustad (2–1) Brock (0–2) None 1,450 5–5 – Mar. 3 Northern Kentucky* Taylor Stadium L 15–16 Massie (1–2) Peaden (1–1) None 1,351 5–6 – Mar. 5 Taylor Stadium W 5–4 Wissler (2–1) Walsh (0–2) Peaden (3) 926 6–6 – Mar. 8 Taylor Stadium L 7–9 Fee (2–0) Lohse (0–1) None 931 6–7 – Mar. 9 Purdue Fort Wayne* Taylor Stadium L 7–9 Caudill (2–1) Smith (0–1) Fee (2) 6–8 – Mar. 9 Purdue Fort Wayne* Taylor Stadium W 11–1^8 Rustad (3–1) Kuhns (0–3) None 1,056 7–8 – Mar. 10 Purdue Fort Wayne* Taylor Stadium W 20–2 Lunceford (1–0) Fine (0–3) None 1,313 8–8 – Mar. 12 at * Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS W 5–4^10 Lucas (2–0) Cain (0–1) Pedersen (1) 1,512 9–8 – Mar. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR L 0–8 Smith (3–0) Lunceford (1–1) None 10,109 9–9 0–1 Mar. 16 at No. 1 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium L 0–6 McEntire (2–0) Mayer (0–4) None SECN+ 10,434 9–10 0–2 Mar. 17 at No. 1 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium L 1–9 Molina (3–0) Rustad (3–2) None SECN+ 9,867 9–11 0–3 Mar. 19 vs. Kansas* Kauffman Stadium Kansas City, MO L 3–4^10 Cranton (2–0) Magdic (0–1) None 9–12 – Mar. 22 Taylor Stadium L 4–9^11 Hummel (2–0) Rustad (3–3) None SECN+ 1,011 9–13 0–4 Mar. 23 No. 21 Kentucky Taylor Stadium W 2–1 Pimental (1–0) Niman (4–2) Mayer (1) SECN+ 1,250 10–13 1–4 Mar. 24 No. 21 Kentucky Taylor Stadium L 6–7 Moore (5–0) Lohse (0–2) McCoy (1) SECN+ 977 10–14 1–5 Mar. 26 at * Grizzlies Ballpark Sauget, IL L 3–11 Bunselmeyer (2–0) McDevitt (0–1) 2,355 10–15 – Mar. 28 Hawkins Field Nashville, TN L 1–3 Carter (3–0) Rustad (3–4) Ginther (4) 3,802 10–16 1–6 Mar. 29 at No. 9 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field L 0–4 Cunningham (4–1) Lunceford (1–2) 3,802 10–17 1–7 Mar. 30 at No. 9 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field L 1–3 Holton (4–0) Pimental (1–1) Green (2) 3,802 10–18 1–8
April (6–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Apr. 2 Taylor Stadium W 13–3^8 Lucas (3–0) Diffey (2–3) None SECN+ 942 11–18 – Apr. 3 UT Martin* Taylor Stadium W 15–9 Mayer (1–4) Arender (0–1) None SECN+ 869 12–18 – Apr. 5 Taylor Stadium W 2–1^11 Rustad (4–4) McNeillie (3–4) None SECN+ 1,749 13–18 2–8 Apr. 6 No. 4 Florida Taylor Stadium W 4–3 Lucas (4–0) Peterson (1–4) Magdic (1) SECN+ 2,209 14–18 3–8 Apr. 7 No. 4 Florida Taylor Stadium W 11–10 Peaden (2–1) McNeillie (3–5) None SECN+ 1,449 15–18 4–8 Apr. 9 Taylor Stadium L 4–5 Benner (2–0) Quinn Rodriguez (1) SECN+ 1,041 15–19 – Apr. 11 Foley Field Athens, GA L 10–15 Evans (3–1) Rustad (4–5) None SECN+ 3,171 15–20 4–9 Apr. 12 at Georgia Foley Field W 6–5^10 Magdic (1–1) Zeldin (3–1) None SECN+ 3,760 16–20 5–9 Apr. 13 at Georgia Foley Field L 7–10 Smith (4–2) Pimental (1–2) None SECN+ 3,521 16–21 5–10 Apr. 16 at * Hammons Field Springfield, MO W 6–2 Peaden (3–1) Loomis (1–2) Lohse (1) 2,541 17–21 – Apr. 19 Taylor Stadium SECN Apr. 20 LSU Taylor Stadium SECN+ Apr. 21 LSU Taylor Stadium SECN+ Apr. 23 Missouri State* Taylor Stadium SECN+ – Apr. 25 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN SECN Apr. 26 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium SECN+ Apr. 27 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium SECN Apr. 30 Lindenwood* Taylor Stadium SECN –
May (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 3 Taylor Stadium SECN+ May 4 South Carolina Taylor Stadium SECN+ May 5 South Carolina Taylor Stadium SECN+ May 10 Taylor Stadium SECN+ May 11 Auburn Taylor Stadium SECN+ May 12 Auburn Taylor Stadium SECN+ May 16 Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS SECN+ May 17 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field SECN+ May 18 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field SECN+
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled Bold = Missouri team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.^[15]

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: PowerMizzou - Kerrick Jackson wants to bring belief back to Missouri baseball . December 17, 2023 .
2. Web site: MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from. Baseball-Reference.com.
3. Web site: Troesser, Franklin Selected on Day Two of MLB Draft. July 10, 2023. March 31, 2024.
4. Web site: Murphy, Mann Selected on Final Day of MLB Draft. July 11, 2023. March 31, 2024.
5. News: Drew Culbertson. March 30, 2024.
6. News: Jack Holubowski. March 30, 2024.
7. News: Thomas Curry. March 30, 2024.
8. News: Kaden Peer. March 30, 2024.
9. News: Tyler Macon. March 30, 2024.
10. News: Charlie Miller. March 31, 2024.
11. News: Wil Libbert. March 31, 2024.
12. News: Ben Smith. March 31, 2024.
13. News: Josh McDevitt. March 31, 2024.
14. News: Mateo Serna. March 31, 2024.
15. News: 2024 Baseball Schedule. University of Missouri Department of Athletics. April 1, 2024.