# 2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at O'Brate Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his twelfth season at Oklahoma State.

## Background

The 2023 Oklahoma State baseball team finished the season with a 41–18 overall record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12 Conference. The won the Big 12 regular season for the first time since 2014. The Pokes went 4–2 in the 2023 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, but earned an at-large berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. There, the Pokes were seeded 11th overall and hosted the Stillwater Regional. In the tournament, Oklahoma went 0–2 being eliminated by No. 18 Dallas Baptist.

## Preseason
### Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | TCU | 143 (11) |
| 2 | Texas | 131 (2) |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 119 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 107 |
| 5 | Kansas State | 98 |
| T–6 | Oklahoma | 85 |
| T–6 | West Virginia | 85 |
| 8 | Kansas | 67 |
| 9 | Houston | 56 |
| 10 | UCF | 45 |
| 11 | Baylor | 36 |
| T–12 | BYU | 21 |
| T–12 | Cincinnati | 21 |
Source:

## Offseason
### 2023 MLB Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | MLB Team |
| 3 | 89 | Juaron Watts-Brown | RHP | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 3 | 91 | Nolan McLean | 3B | New York Mets |
| 4 | 129 | Roc Riggio | 2B | New York Yankees |
| 5 | 138 | Marcus Brown | SS | Washington Nationals |
| 10 | 312 | Brian Hendry | RHP | New York Yankees |
| 16 | 478 | Isaac Stebens | LHP | Boston Red Sox |

## Schedule and results

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log (42-19) :
Regular season (36–16) :
February (4–4) :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | B12 Record |
| February 16 | at Sam Houston* | No. 21 | Don Sanders Stadium Huntsville, TX | L 2–7 | Atkinson (1–0) | Garcia (0–1) | Hewitt (1) | ESPN+ | 1,181 | 0–1 | — |
| February 17 | at Sam Houston* | No. 21 | Don Sanders Stadium | L 1–2 | David (1–0) | Cranz (0–1) | None | ESPN+ | 979 | 0–2 | — |
| February 18 | at Sam Houston* | No. 21 | Don Sanders Stadium | W 19–2 | Keisel (1–0) | Hellums (0–1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,014 | 1–2 | — |
| February 21 | at Abilene Christian* | | Crutcher Scott Field Abilene, TX | W 8–4 | Weber (1–0) | Greanead (0–1) | None | | 1,063 | 2–2 | — |
| Kubota College Baseball Series ||||||||||||
| February 23 | vs. Michigan* | | Globe Life Field Arlington, TX | W 9–3 | Garcia (1–1) | Voit (0–1) | None | FloBaseball | 13,038 | 3–2 | — |
| February 24 | vs. No. 2 Arkansas* | | Globe Life Field | W 2–1$^{14}$ | Molsky (1–0) | Fisher (1–1) | None | FloBaseball | 16,271 | 4–2 | — |
| February 25 | vs. No. 7 Oregon State* | | Globe Life Field | L 1–8 | Segura (1–0) | Keisel (1–1) | None | FloBaseball | 7,459 | 4–3 | — |
| February 27 | at Dallas Baptist* | | Horner Ballpark Dallas, TX | L 4–14$^7$ | Wilson (2–0) | Bogusz (0–1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,274 | 4–4 | — |
March (14–6) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | B12 Record |
| March 1 | Central Michigan* | O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK | W 7–4 | O'Toole (1–0) | Miller (0–2) | Davis (1) | B12N | 4,363 | 5–4 | — |
| March 2 | Central Michigan* | O'Brate Stadium | W 8–1 | Holiday (1–0) | Batka (0–2) | None | B12N | 5,204 | 6–4 | — |
| March 3 | Central Michigan* | O'Brate Stadium | W 19–0 | Keisel (2–1) | Mrakitsch (1–2) | None | B12N | 4,765 | 7–4 | — |
| March 5 | Utah Tech* | O'Brate Stadium | L 8–9 | Vasiliou (1–2) | Weber (1–1) | Hardman (1) | B12N | 3,875 | 7–5 | — |
| March 6 | Utah Tech* | O'Brate Stadium | W 12–2$^7$ | Hudgens (1–0) | Marshall (0–1) | None | B12N | 3,902 | 8–5 | — |
| March 8 | Mercer* | O'Brate Stadium | W 4–2 | Garcia (2–1) | Cosper (1–1) | Davis (2) | B12N | 5,139 | 9–5 | — |
| March 9 | Mercer* | O'Brate Stadium | L 1–4 | Yntema (2–1) | Holiday (1–1) | Olson (5) | B12N | 5,139 | 9–6 | — |
| March 10 | Mercer* | O'Brate Stadium | W 4–3 | Blake (1–0) | O'Neal (0–2) | Benge (1) | B12N | 4,228 | 10–6 | — |
| March 12 | at Oklahoma* | Mitchell Park Norman, OK | W 14–5 | Davis (1–0) | Carsten (0–1) | None | ESPN+ | 4,177 | 11–6 | — |
| March 15 | at UCF | Euliano Park Orlando, FL | L 2–13 | Vespi (2–0) | Garcia (2–2) | None | B12N | 2,256 | 11–7 | 0–1 |
| March 16 | at UCF | Euliano Park | L 3–4 | Centala (2–0) | Davis (1–1) | None | B12N | 2,189 | 11–8 | 0–2 |
| March 17 | at UCF | Euliano Park | W 16-10 | Molsky (2-0) | Boxrucker (1-1) | None | B12N | 1,749 | 12-8 | 1-2 |
| March 19 | Missouri State* | O'Brate Stadium | W 13-4 | Blake (2-0) | Beaver (0-2) | None | B12N | 4,499 | 13-8 | — |
| March 22 | TCU | O'Brate Stadium | L 0-1 | Tolle (2-1) | Garcia (2-3) | None | B12N | 4,979 | 13-9 | 1-3 |
| March 23 | TCU | O'Brate Stadium | W 6-2 | Holiday (2-1) | Klecker (0-2) | None | B12N | 5,309 | 14-9 | 2-3 |
| March 24 | TCU | O'Brate Stadium | W 6-3 | Molshy (3-0) | Sloan (3-2) | None | B12N | 4,184 | 15-9 | 3-3 |
| March 26 | at Wichita State* | Eck Stadium Wichita, KS | W 3-0 | Ure (1-0) | Dobbs (4-2) | Cranz (1) | ESPN+ | 844 | 16-9 | — |
| March 29 | at West Virginia | Monongalia County Ballpark Morgantown, WV | W 2-1 | Garcia (3-3) | Major (3-2) | Benge (2) | B12N | 3,088 | 17-9 | 4-3 |
| March 30 | at West Virginia | Monongalia County Ballpark | W 10-1$^{11}$ | Molsky (4-0) | Hagaman (1-3) | None | B12N | 2,778 | 18-9 | 5-3 |
| March 31 | at West Virginia | Monongalia County Ballpark | L 10-15 | Yehl (1-0) | Davis (1-2) | Estridge (1) | B12N | 2,547 | 18-10 | 5-4 |
April (13-4) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Save | TV | B12 Record |
| April 2 | Oral Roberts* | O'Brate Stadium | B12N | | | — |
| April 5 | Oklahoma | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 6 | Oklahoma | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 7 | Oklahoma | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 9 | at Wichita State* | Eck Stadium | | | ESPN+ | — |
| April 12 | Cincinnati | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 13 | Cincinnati | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 14 | Cincinnati | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 16 | Dallas Baptist* | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | — |
| April 19 | at Kansas State | Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS | | | B12N | |
| April 20 | at Kansas State | Tointon Family Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 21 | at Kansas State | Tointon Family Stadium | | | ESPNU | |
| April 23 | at Oral Roberts* | J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK | | | | — |
| April 25 | BYU | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 26 | BYU | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 27 | BYU | O'Brate Stadium | | | B12N | |
| April 30 | Wichita State* | O'Brate Stadium | | B12N | | — |
May (5-2) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | TV |
| May 3 | at Texas | Disch-Falk Field Austin, TX | LHN |
| May 4 | at Texas | Disch-Falk Field | LHN |
| May 5 | at Texas | Disch-Falk Field | LHN |
| May 10 | Texas Tech | O'Brate Stadium | B12N |
| May 11 | Texas Tech | O'Brate Stadium | B12N |
| May 12 | Texas Tech | O'Brate Stadium | B12N |
| May 16 | at Houston | Schroeder Park Houston, TX | B12N |
| May 17 | at Houston | Schroeder Park | B12N |
| May 18 | at Houston | Schroeder Park | B12N |
Postseason (6–3) :
Big 12 Tournament (4-1) :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | B12T Record |
| May 21–25 | vs. | | Globe Life Field | | | | | B12N | | | |
NCAA Regional (2-2) :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | NCAAT record |
| May 31–June 3 | vs. | | TBD | | | | | | | | |
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold = Oklahoma State team member :
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. "" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively. :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| Coaches' | RV | RV* | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | 21 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 29 | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | 22 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.