Projected 2022 Ole Miss football starting lineup. He gives the Rebels another exciting option at first base. Calcagno, Jacob / Madison-Ridgeland Academy. 2023 www.clarionledger.com. Among returners, two other pitchers stand out as being in the mix. 1 after the first week of the season, immediately lost that spot after losing a series to Central Florida at home, got off to a 6-0 start in SEC play, lost four consecutive conference series immediately after the 6-0 start, lost starting pitcher Gunnar Hoglund and slugger Tim Elko to injury midway through the season and made a late push, spurred in part by Elkos return to a part-time role on a still-injured knee, to host (and win) a regional in Oxford. PREVIOUS SEC BASEBALL TEAM 2022 SEASON EARLY LOOK ARTICLES: MISSISSIPPI STATE | VANDERBILT | OLE MISS | FLORIDA | LSU | TENNESSEE | ARKANSAS | SOUTH CAROLINA | TEXAS A&M | GEORGIA | AUBURN | KENTUCKY | ALABAMA | MISSOURI. DH, Ben Van Cleve, Sr.: Career .281 hitter in two seasons at Ole Miss but is still looking for that first elusive home run Hit 14 home runs his last season at Northwest Mississippi Community College Started 28 games as the teams designated hitter in 2021. Kramer, Mitch The freshmen are 6-3 LHP Hunter Elliott, 6-1 LHP Luke Ellis, 6-1 RHP Riley Maddox, 6-5 RHP Mason Nichols, 6-0 RHP Brayden Jones, 5-10 RHP Brayden Sanders, 6-0 RHP Blake McGehee, 6-0 infielder Tim Simay (R/R), 6-4 infielder Tywone Malone (R/R) and 6-1 outfielder John Kramer (L/L). Maddox, Will Especially when Horton and Sandlin are coming off star turns in wins against Notre Dame and Texas A&M, where they combined to throw 13 innings with three earned runs (2.08 ERA), 10 hits, two walks and 23 strikeouts. But if Ole Miss can put together competitive at-bats and drive those starters' pitch counts up, the Rebels can swing the tide. Sign up to view our weekly e-editions each Wednesday with just a click. Arkansas countered DeLucia with its staff ace in Connor Noland who was impressive in his own right, throwing eight complete innings and allowing two earned runs. Disbro, Xavier The unconventional strategy of having Tim Elko bat cleanup. Dougherty strikes out the side in the third. There is no additional information to display: Chatagnier follows with a single. It is almost time for the first pitch in the three game series between No. Ole Miss opens its season Friday in a three-game series against Delaware. Nikhazy was a first-team All-SEC honoree who posted a 2.45 ERA with 142 strikeouts in 92 innings on the way to being selected in the second round of the MLB Draft. Want the latest in breaking news and insider information on the Rebels? Create a password that only you will remember. John Macon Gillespie is the publisher of The Grove Report and has experience on the Ole Miss beat spanning six years. Replacing that pair was always going to be difficult. Are you a Mississippi Business Journal subscriber? Jaylynn Nash-USA TODAY Sports. What Elko did last season was nothing short of amazing. Nothing else for the Rebels, but they now hold a six-run lead. A good gauge for a pitcher'sall-around success is if he has an ERA below 3.00, a batting average against below .225and a strikeout-to-walk ratio above 2.50. Jones, Sam His fastball was up to 95 mph last season and he has two distinct breaking balls, both of which had 35% or higher whiff rates a season ago. Of the 12 players listed above, only Burford was not on the team last season. Equally important, Ole Miss' offense hasn't been nearly as dominant as Oklahoma's. Derek Diamond is projected to be the Friday night starter to begin the 2022 season, but the starting spots in the rotation behind him are yet to be determined. In all, the Ole Miss lineup last season hit 85 home runs, and with everybody back again in 2022, its safe to assume there will be plenty of celebratory beer showers at Swayze Field again. OMAHA, Neb. He has big-time power that could help him force his way into the lineup. Gaddis, a fifth-year senior, provides a bit of a different look. Sign up to view our weekly e-editions each Wednesday with just a click. Hes another player to put on any list of potential players of the year in the conference. Chase Parham. Of course, any of those guys being true centerpieces in the lineup for Ole Miss in 2022 is a real break glass in case of emergency situation for a team that brings back so much from a productive offense from last season. Follow @nicksuss on Twitter. Of the 39 players on Ole Miss' roster in 2023, 12 of them hail from the state of Mississippi. Wood grounds into a force out at first. Lockhart sometimes found himself a bit outmanned against good SEC lineups, but he emerged as one of the most dependable arms the Razorbacks had in the end, and Ole Miss would likely be very satisfied if Gaddis followed his path. 2021 Ole Miss Baseball Roster NO. 2 min read. He advances to second on a wild pitch. He advances to second on a wild pitch. Listed at 6-foot-4, Saunier was ranked as the No. A sacrifice fly from Dunhurst gives Ole Miss a 10-3 lead. Calarco, JT Bennett strikes out Calvin Harris, but Oklahoma is going to the pen as its starter is now at 106 pitches. Burford also pushed Hayden Leatherwood out of the lineup. Ole Miss is headed to the 2022 Men's College World Series finals after eliminating Arkansas 2-0 on Thursday afternoon. Geoff Pontes' picks for breakout prospects in the minor leagues at every position. 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An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. 0:37. "A guy that can certainly play center field. As Ole Miss baseball begins its victory tour as national champions Friday afternoon at Swayze Field against Delaware, Mike Bianco isn't wasting time naming his starting rotation. Draft expert Carlos Collazo will be hosting a chat at noon ET Thursday to answer any questions you might have regarding the 2023 draft class. Last year was a team that stole 44 bases. OMAHA, Neb. Download 2023 Ole Miss Baseball Roster Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the 2020 baseball season was cut short and all participating student-athletes are able to retain their year of eligibility from the NCAA. There is no additional information to display. Its not just that Nikhazy and Hoglund made up two-thirds of the weekend rotation over the better part of the last three seasons. Bianco going to the pen. Ole Miss is 16-4 since May 1, including 8-1 in the NCAA Tournament. The college baseball season has been narrowed down to two teams, and on Saturday the Ole Miss Rebels and Oklahoma Sooners commence the finals of the 2022 College World Series with Game 1 of. Ole Miss now leads 8-2. The second true freshman to crack this list, Furniss is the son of Eddy Furniss, whom Bianco coached while at LSU. Ole Miss baseball will potentially play the biggest game in its 121-year history on Thursday. A good gauge for all-around offensive success is a batting average above .300, an on-base percentage above .400 or a slugging percentage above .500. Nichols retires the Sooners in order in the bottom half. I think for both of those guys to take the next step is can they deliver the pitch at the right time? Look for him to flourish for the Rebels at first base this spring. Another single has two on with no outs for the Sooners. This is the single biggest question the Rebels have to answer in 2022. Here is the Clarion Ledger's scouting report and prediction for the College World Series championship. Our top headlines each morning, seven days a week, as well as each weekday afternoon. VETERAN PRESENCE:What CWS finals means to Ole Miss baseball's Mike Bianco and the coaches who stuck around, BIG LOOSH:Dylan DeLucia pitched his way into Ole Miss baseball lore. Dougherty strikes out two and gets a fly out to stay perfect through four. It appears the other primary relievers/spot starters could all be newcomers, including senior LHP John Gaddis (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi transfer), junior RHP Dylan DeLucia (Northwest Florida State transfer) and true freshmen LHP Hunter Elliott, RHP Riley Maddox and RHP Blake McGehee. Weekly recaps during Mississippi's annual legislative session, plus breaking alerts and weekly updates throughout the year, from our state politics team. Simay, Will Ole Miss lost two critical pieces to its 2020 success to the MLB Draft this week. Of the 20 teams that were eligible for post-season play, 17 have advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Are you an Itawamba Times subscriber? Lafferty, Chris We won't share it with anyone else. He enrolled at Ole Miss in fall 2020 before transferring to Northwest Florida Stateand returning to Ole Miss in fall 2021. Advantage:Ole Miss' bats are cold right now and Oklahoma's starters are peaking at the right time. HT WT Class City ST; 12: Kemp Alderman: UT/RHP: 6'-3" 265: So. After a strikeout, Mallitz called for a balk. Full Ole Miss Rebels roster for the 2022 season including position, height, weight, birthdate, years of experience, and college. Here are five names to watch when the Rebels open their season with a three-game set against Delaware, beginning Feb. 17. Plattner, John The Rebels punched their ticket to the College World Series finals on Thursday with a 2-0 win over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the semifinals, sending the Razorbacks home with a masterful pitching performance from Dylan DeLucia. The 2022 Men's College World Series finals kicked off Saturday with Ole Miss bursting on the scene, defeating Oklahoma 10-3. Make sure you are in the loop --- take five seconds to Sign up for our FREE Bulldogs newsletters now!). Per SEC guidelines, the experience level of participating players has been advanced to mirror academic progress. We like to be aggressive, but can we steal a few more bases with guys like (T.J.) McCants and (Justin) Bench and others throughout the lineup? Ole Miss leads 2-0. We wish we knew what made guys excel immediately and delayed other guys from being great that you thought coming in that they would be great players. Just a good addition by our staff.". Oklahoma is in this position because of its offense. 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