Mississippi State Baseball Releases 2019 Roster

Mississippi State baseball has released their 2019 roster. Get to know the new faces of the team and see who will be leading the charge this season!

2019 Roster

The Mississippi State baseball team has announced their 2019 roster. The team will be composed of 27 players, including 15 pitchers and 12 Position players The pitching staff will be led by starters Ethan Small, JT Ginn, and Konnor Pilkington, who will all be looking to build on their successful 2018 campaigns. The bullpen will feature a mix of experienced arms and young talent, including closer Will Bednar. The position player group is highlighted by preseason All-Americans Jake Mangum and Elijah MacNamee, as well as rising star Bryce Jordan.

Mississippi State

Mississippi State Baseball has announced its 2019 roster, highlighted by the return of 19 letterwinners and 11 players who started at least 10 games a season ago. The Bulldogs welcome back seven everyday starters and their entire weekend pitching rotation from a year ago.

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The Mississippi State Baseball Team has announced its 2019 roster. The Bulldogs have 32 players on the roster, including 16 freshmen.

The roster includes 14 pitchers, six infielders, five outfielders, and seven utility/position players.

Pitchers:
Riley Self, Cole Gordon, Ethan Small, Will Bednar, JT Ginn, Keegan James, Justin Foshee, Houston Roth, Jacob Billingsley, Trysten Barlow, Peyton Gray, Logan Tanner Dalton Kirby, and Connor Nixon.

Infielders:
Josh Hatcher, Jordan Westburg Luke Alexander, Rowdey Jordan Justin Foshee Dustin Skelton Elijah MacNamee Brandon Daniels.

Outfielders:
Jake Mangum Cody Brown Hunter Stovall Joe Vranesh Tanner Poole Justin Jordan.

Utility/Position Players:
Gunner Halter Matt Spruill Jack Eagan Brayden Lewis Collin Strall Hunter Stovall.

2019 Season

Mississippi State Baseball has announced its 2019 roster, which includes 26 freshmen and 21 returners from last season.

Headlining the returners are pitchers Will Bednar (9-4, 2.84 ERA in 2018) and Keven Pimentel (4-3, 2.68 ERA in 2018), who will look to lead a strong pitching staff once again this season. The Bulldogs also return position players Luke Alexander (6 HR, .257 AVG in 2018), Hunter Stovall (9 HR, .261 AVG in 2018), and Jake Mangum (SEC-best .408 AVG in 2018), who will look to anchor the offense.

The Bulldogs will open their 2019 campaign on February 15th against Wright State

Roster Additions

The 2019 Mississippi State baseball roster is now available online, as the team has announced its full list of players. The Bulldogs will have 34 roster spots this season, with 27 being filled by returning players and seven by newcomers.

The roster includes 14 pitchers, six infielders, five outfielders, and nine utility/outfielders. Of the 27 returners, 19 are upperclassmen while eight are freshmen or sophomores. Among the newcomers are seven freshmen and one transfer who have all enrolled in classes at MSU this spring.

Fans can view the full 2019 Mississippi State baseball roster on the team’s website.

Roster Subtractions

The Mississippi State baseball team has announced their 2019 roster, which includes a few notable subtractions from last year’s team.

Pitcher Blake Smith, who was a key member of the team’s bullpen last season, has graduated and will not return for his senior year. Outfielder Elijah MacNamee, who was also a key contributor, has decided to transfer to another school.

The Bulldogs have also lost pitcher Konnor Pilkington and catcher Kyle Walters to the MLB Draft

Key Returners

Mississippi State Baseball has released its 2019 roster, which includes a number of key returners from last year’s team. Among them are pitchers Ethan Small and Konnor Pilkington, who were both All-SEC performers in 2018. The Bulldogs also return outfielder Jake Mangum, who was named SEC Player of the Year last season. Mississippi State will open its 2019 campaign on February 15th against Indiana State

Newcomers

The Mississippi State baseball team has announced its 2019 roster, which includes 14 newcomers.

The new players include six pitchers, four infielders, three outfielders and one catcher.

Pitchers:
Dylan Coleman, RHP
Jake Dyer, RHP
Will Bednar, RHP
Seth Lonsway, LHP
Zack Mozingo, RHP
Tanner Burns, RHP

Infielders: Jarrod Jansen, C Jordan Westburg, SS Brandon Turner, 3B Luke Alexander , 2B

Outfielders: Jake Mangum , CF Rowdey Jordan , OF Elijah MacNamee , OF

Schedule

The Mississippi State Baseball Team released its 2019 schedule Wednesday. The Bulldogs will open the season Feb. 15 against Eastern Illinois at Dudy Noble Field

MSU will play 33 home games and 30 road/neutral site contests this season. The Bulldogs’ home slate includes games against Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.

The SEC tournament will be held May 21-26 at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Alabama. The NCAA tournament will begin June 1 with regionals.

Outlook

The Mississippi State Baseball team announced its 2019 roster on Tuesday morning. The Bulldogs will look to build on their success from last season, when they won the SEC regular season title and made it to the College World Series

The 2019 team will have a mix of experience and youth, with 14 players who have been in the program for two or more years and 13 who are in their first or second year.

The pitching staff will be led by seniors Will Bednar and Cole Gordon, who were both All-SEC performers last season. Bednar was also named SEC Pitcher of the Year. The Bulldogs will also have junior transfer JT Ginn, who was ranked as the No. 2 overall prospect in the nation by Baseball America coming into this season.

In the infield, Mississippi State will have senior Jake Mangum at shortstop and junior Justin Foscue at second base. Both players were All-SEC performers last season and are considered to be among the best defenders in the country. The Bulldogs will also have a new face at third base in freshman Jarrian Jones.

In the outfield, Mississippi State will have junior Elijah MacNamee in left field senior Jake Magnum in center field, and junior Rowdey Jordan in right field. MacNamee is coming off a breakout 2018 campaign in which he hit .315 with 19 home runs and was named SEC Co-Player of the Year. Jordan is also a returning starter from last season, while Magnum will be taking over for departed senior Brent Rooker.