2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team

The 2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represents Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal play their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under third year coach David Esquer.

2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2020 record4–8 (0–1 Pac-12)
Head coachDavid Esquer (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Thomas Eager (3rd season)
  • Tommy Nicholson (3rd season)
  • Steve Rodriguez (1st season)
Home stadiumKlein Field at Sunken Diamond
2020 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 UCLA  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  13–2 .867
No. 9 Arizona State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  13–4 .765
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  10–5 .667
USC  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  10–5 .667
Washington  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  9–6 .600
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  9–7 .563
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  8–7 .533
Utah  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  6–7 .462
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  5–9 .357
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  5–11 .313
California  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –  5–11 .313
† – Conference champion
As of March 12, 2020[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous Season

The Cardinal started February off hot winning the 2019 Angels College Classic and kept going through March winning the series against ranked Cal State Fullerton and ranked Texas five of the seven games. They continued winning when they got into the conference season but would stumble against #1 ranked UCLA losing two of three to them.

Stanford finished second in the Pac-12 conference and got their own Regional beating Sacramento State twice and then would take two of three against Fresno State. Next, the Cardinal went to the Starkville Super Regional and lose in double elimination to Mississippi State.

2019 MLB Draft

The Cardinal had nine players drafted in the 2019 MLB draft.[2]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Kyle StowersOutfield271Baltimore Orioles
Erik MillerPitcher4120Philadelphia Phillies
Jack LittlePitcher5161Los Angeles Dodgers
Maverick HandleyCatcher6168Baltimore Orioles
Will MatthiessenOutfield6184Pittsburgh Pirates
Andrew DaschbachFirst Base11318Baltimore Orioles
Brandon WulffLeft Field17521Los Angeles Dodgers
Duke KinamonSecond Base24728Tampa Bay Rays
Daniel BakstShortstop28857Boston Red Sox
Kody HuffCatcher32968Tampa Bay Rays
Owen CobbShortstop371103San Diego Padres

Players in bold are signees drafted from high school that will attend Stanford.

Personnel

Roster
2020 Stanford Cardinal roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 18 - Cody Jensen - Sophomore
  • 20 - Brendan Beck - Junior
  • 26 - Quinn Mathews - Freshman
  • 27 - Carson Rudd - Junior
  • 28 - Alex Williams - Sophomore
  • 30 - Zach Grech - Senior
  • 34 - Luke Sleeper - Junior
  • 36 - Jonathan Worley - Senior
  • 37 - Jackson Parthasarathy - Senior
  • 38 - Nathan Fleischli - Freshman
  • 39 - Jacob Palisch - Junior
  • 40 - Nicolas Lopez - Sophomore
  • 41 - Matt Swartz - Freshman
  • 42 - Austin Weiermiller - Junior
  • 45 - Max Meier - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 16 - Vincent Martinez - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 - Owen Cobb - Freshman
  • 4 - Carson Greene - Freshman
  • 5 - Austin Kretzschmar - Sophomore
  • 6 - Zach Sehgal - Sophomore
  • 10 - Adam Crampton - Freshman
  • 24 - Nick Brueser - Junior
  • 31 - Nick Bellafronto - Senior
  • 33 - Brett Barrera - Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 11 - Brock Jones - Freshman
  • 15 - Grant Burton - Sophomore
  • 21 - Tim Tawa - Junior
  • 23 - Nickolas Oar - Senior
  • 44 - Christian Robinson - Junior

Utility

  • 2 - Christian Molfetta (OF/INF/C) - Senior
  • 7 - Brandon Dieter (INF/P) - Sophomore
  • 13 - Justin Moore (INF/P) - Sophomore
  • 19 - Henry Gargus (INF/OF) - Freshman
  • 25 - Kody Huff (C/INF) - Freshman
  • 29 - Cole Hinkleman (OF/INF) - Freshman
  

Coaching Staff
2020 Stanford Cardinal coaching staff[3]
NamePosition
David EsquerClarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball
Thomas EagerAssistant Coach
Tommy NicholsonAssistant Coach
Steve RodriguezAssistant Coach
Jeanette MorgantiDirector of Baseball Operations
Sky ValenzuelaVideo Coordinator

Schedule and results
Legend
 Stanford win
 Stanford loss
 Postponement
BoldStanford team member
2020 Stanford Cardinal Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (3-8)
March (0-0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record Pac-12 Record
Mar. 1Grand CanyonKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAW 8-2Williams (2-1)McCarville (1-2)Rudd (1)Stanford Live Stream1,0443-8
Mar. 3#16 MichiganKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAW 5-4Parthasarathy (1-0)Smith (0-1)Grech (2)Stanford Live Stream1,0674-8
Mar. 6Kansas StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 1-6Seymour (2-2)Beck (0-3)Lockwood (1)Stanford Live Stream8084-9
Mar. 7Kansas StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAW 7-5Mathews (1-2)McCullough (2-1)Dieter (1)Stanford Live Stream8375-9
Mar. 7Kansas StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 1-11Herbers (1-0)Meier (1-2)Stanford Live Stream8605-10
Mar. 8Kansas StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAL 1-6Wicks (3-0)Dieter (0-1)Stanford Live Stream8155-11
Mar. 21CaliforniaKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAPac-12 Network-
Mar. 22CaliforniaKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAPac-12 Network-
Mar. 23CaliforniaKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAPac-12 Network-
Mar. 25Cal PolyBaggett Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA
Mar. 27Arizona StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAPac-12 Network-
Mar. 28Arizona StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAPac-12 Network-
Mar. 29Arizona StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAPac-12 Network-
Mar. 31Sacramento StateKlein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAStanford Live Stream-

Rankings
Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
Coaches'[4] 15 15* 15*  
Baseball America[5] NR NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^[6] 25 NR NR  
NCBWA†[7] 16 26 NR  
D1Baseball 17 25 NR

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

References
  1. "2020 Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?key_school=b6ff1406&exact=1&query_type=key_school
  3. "Official Baseball Roster". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. "DI Baseball Rankings - D1Baseball.com Top 25 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. "College Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  6. "Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll 12-18-18 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  7. "NCBWA > News > Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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