# 2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team will represent Vanderbilt University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores will play their home games at Hawkins Field as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They will be led by 23rd-year head coach Tim Corbin.

## Previous season

The 2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team posted a 38–23 (13–17) season record. The Commodores finished fourth in the SEC east regular season, and reached the semifinals of the 2024 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament, before losing to their in-state rivals, Tennessee. Vanderbilt earned an at-large bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were seeded second in the Clemson Regional. There, they went two-and-out suffering defeats against Coastal Carolina and High Point.
Following the conclusion of the season, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Mike Baxter left the coaching staff. Assistant coach, Tyler Shewmaker, left to take a coaching role with Coastal Carolina.

## Preseason
### Preseason SEC awards and honors

Preseason awards will be announced in February 2025.

### Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 7, 2025. Vanderbilt was predicted to finish seventh.
Coaches' Poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Points |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 228 (10) |
| 2 | Tennessee | 215 (1) |
| 3 | Arkansas | 214 (3) |
| 4 | LSU | 204 (1) |
| 5 | Florida | 183 (1) |
| 6 | Georgia | 165 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 156 |
| 8 | Texas | 146 |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 112 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 102 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 101 |
| 12 | Auburn | 100 |
| 13 | Alabama | 98 |
| 14 | South Carolina | 61 |
| 15 | Ole Miss | 60 |
| 16 | Missouri | 31 |

## Personnel
### Starters

Lineup :
* Pos.
* C
* 1B
* 2B
* 3B
* SS
* LF
* CF
* RF
* DH
Weekend Pitching Rotation :
* Day
* Friday
* Saturday
* Sunday

### Coaching staff
## Offseason
### Departures

Offseason Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |

#### 2024 MLB Draft

| Round | Pick | Overall Pick | Player | Position | MLB Team |
| 2 | 14 | 53 | Bryce Cunningham | RHP | New York Yankees |
| 2 | 26 | 62 | Carter Holton | LHP | Atlanta Braves |
| 5 | 16 | 152 | Greysen Carter | RHP | New York Yankees |
| 7 | 6 | 201 | Andrew Dutkanych IV | RHP | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 8 | 1 | 226 | Davis Diaz | C | Oakland Athletics |
| 10 | 12 | 297 | Devin Futrell | LHP | Boston Red Sox |
| 11 | 3 | 318 | Alan Espinal | C | Colorado Rockies |

### Acquisitions
#### Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | Year | Previous school |
| Cody Bowker | RHP | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 190 pounds (86 kg) | Bowdoinham, ME | Junior | Georgetown |
| Connor Fennell | RHP | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 170 pounds (77 kg) | Londonderry, NH | Sophomore | Dayton |
| Koby Kropf | UTL | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 215 pounds (98 kg) | Clovis, CA | RS Senior | USC Upstate |
| Mike Mancini | INF | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 170 pounds (77 kg) | Endwell, NY | Junior | James Madison |
| David Mendez | UTL | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 180 pounds (82 kg) | Aldie, VA | Sophomore | Dayton |
| Riley Nelson | INF | | | Trophy Club, TX | Junior | Yavapai |
| Tommy O'Rourke | RHP | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 218 pounds (99 kg) | Morristown, NJ | RS Junior | Stanford |
| Mac Rose | C | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 200 pounds (91 kg) | Rockwall, TX | Sophomore | McLennan |

#### Incoming recruits
## Game log

2025 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log (16–5) :
Regular Season (16–5) :
February (9–1) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | SEC | Source |
| MLB Desert Invitational ||||||||||||||
| February 14 | MLBN | at Grand Canyon* | No. 16 | Brazell Field Phoenix, AZ | W 4–3 | Hawks (1–0) | Lyon (0–1) | Green (1) | 5,294 | 1–0 | — | Report |
| February 15 | MLBN | vs. No. 24 Nebraska* | No. 16 | Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Phoenix, AZ | L 4–6 | Worthley (1–0) | McElvain (0–1) | Broderick (1) | 3,000 | 1–1 | — | Report |
| February 16 | MLB.com | vs. UC Irvine* | No. 16 | Sloan Park Mesa, AZ | W 9–8 | O'Rourke (1–0) | Butler (0–1) | Green (2) | 825 | 2–1 | | |
| February 17 | SECN+ | Air Force* | No. 15 | Hawkins Field Nashville, TN | W 3–1 | Fennell (1–0) | Brantingham (0–1) | Kranzler (1) | 3,344 | 3–1 | | |
| February 18 | SECN+ | Air Force* | No. 15 | Hawkins Field | W 5–2 | Schulz (1–0) | Smelcer (0–2) | Ginther (1) | 3,172 | 4–1 | | |
| February 21 | SECN+ | St. Mary's (CA)* | No. 15 | Hawkins Field | W 11–4 | Hawks (2–0) | Eaquinto (0–1) | None | 3,306 | 5–1 | | |
| February 22 | SECN+ | St. Mary's (CA)* | No. 15 | Hawkins Field | W 13–7 | Shorey (1–0) | Emerling (0–1) | None | 3,360 | 6–1 | | |
| February 23 | SECN+ | St. Mary's (CA)* | No. 15 | Hawkins Field | W 10–0 (7) | Bowker (1–0) | Kretsch (0–1) | None | 3,265 | 7–1 | | |
| February 25 | SECN+ | Tennessee Tech* | No. 14 | Hawkins Field | W 16–3 (7) | Seiber (1–0) | Vega (1–1) | None | 3,200 | 8–1 | | |
| Southern California College Baseball Classic ||||||||||||||
| February 28 | B1G+ | at UCLA* | No. 14 | Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, CA | W 8–3 | Thompson (1–0) | Delvecchio (0–2) | Kranzler (2) | 1,095 | 9–1 | | |
March (7–4) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | SEC | Source |
| Southern California College Baseball Classic ||||||||||||||
| March 1 | B1G+ | vs. USC* | No. 14 | Orange County Great Park Irvine, CA | L 1–3 | Aoki (1–0) | McElvain (0–2) | Hedges (4) | 3,518 | 9–2 | | |
| March 2 | | vs. UConn* | No. 14 | Jackie Robinson Stadium | L 2–6 | Ellisen (1–1) | Bowker (1–1) | None | 290 | 9–3 | | |
| March 4 | SECN+ | Evansville* | No. 18 | Hawkins Field | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| March 5 | SECN+ | St. Bonaventure* | No. 18 | Hawkins Field | W 14–1 (7) | Barton (1–0) | Barger (1–1) | None | 3,064 | 10–3 | | |
| March 7 | SECN+ | Xavier* | No. 18 | Hawkins Field | W 15–3 (7) | Thompson (2–0) | Hooker (0–2) | None | 3,254 | 11–3 | | |
| March 8 | SECN+ | Xavier* | No. 18 | Hawkins Field | W 6–1 | Kranzler (1–0) | Piech (1–1) | Green (3) | 3,373 | 12–3 | | |
| March 9 | SECN+ | Xavier* | No. 18 | Hawkins Field | W 4–0 | Bowker (2–1) | Chavana (1–1) | Hawks (1) | 3,323 | 13–3 | | |
| March 11 | SECN+ | Valparaiso* | No. 16 | Hawkins Field | W 12–0 (7) | Fennell (2–0) | Cottrill (0–1) | None | 3,358 | 14–3 | | |
| March 14 | SECN+ | at No. 25 Auburn | No. 16 | Plainsman Park Auburn, AL | L 2–6 | Dutton (3–1) | Thompson (2–1) | None | 4,780 | 14–4 | 0–1 | |
| March 15 | SECN+ | at No. 25 Auburn | No. 16 | Plainsman Park | W 8–6 | Hawks (3–0) | Tilly (2–1) | Green (4) | 4,669 | 15–4 | 1–1 | |
| March 16 | SECN+ | at No. 25 Auburn | No. 16 | Plainsman Park | L 6–7 | Alvarez (1–0) | Green (0–1) | Hetzler (1) | 4,799 | 15–5 | 1–2 | |
| March 18 | SECN+ | Belmont* | No. 22 | Hawkins Field | W 13–2 (7) | Nye (1–0) | Brown (0–4) | None | 3,802 | 16–5 | | |
| March 20 | SECN | Texas A&M | No. 22 | Hawkins Field | | | | | | | | |
| March 21 | SECN+ | Texas A&M | No. 22 | Hawkins Field | | | | | | | | |
| March 22 | SECN+ | Texas A&M | No. 22 | Hawkins Field | | | | | | | | |
| March 25 | SECN+ | Eastern Kentucky* | | Hawkins Field | | | | | | | | |
| March 28 | SECN | Arkansas | | Hawkins Field | | | | | | | | |
| March 29 | SECN+ | Arkansas | | Hawkins Field | | | | | | | | |
| March 30 | SECN+ | Arkansas | | Hawkins Field | | | | | | | | |
April (0–0) :
| Date | Opponent | Stadium |
| April 1 | Western Kentucky | Hawkins Field |
| April 4 | at Florida | Condron Family Ballpark Gainesville, FL |
| April 5 | at Florida | Condron Family Ballpark |
| April 6 | at Florida | Condron Family Ballpark |
| April 8 | Dayton* | Hawkins Field |
| April 11 | at Oklahoma | L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park Norman, OK |
| April 12 | at Oklahoma | L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park |
| April 13 | at Oklahoma | L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park |
| April 15 | Lipscomb* | Hawkins Field |
| April 17 | Georgia | Hawkins Field |
| April 18 | Georgia | Hawkins Field |
| April 29 | Georgia | Hawkins Field |
| April 22 | Middle Tennessee* | Hawkins Field |
| April 25 | at Ole Miss | Swayze Field Oxford, MS |
| April 26 | at Ole Miss | Swayze Field |
| April 27 | at Ole Miss | Swayze Field |
| April 29 | Indiana State* | Hawkins Field |
May (0–0) :
| Date | Opponent | Stadium |
| May 2 | at Alabama | [Hawkins Field |
| May 3 | Alabama | Hawkins Field |
| May 4 | Alabama | Hawkins Field |
| May 6 | at Louisville* | Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY |
| May 9 | at Tennessee | Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN |
| May 10 | at Tennessee | Lindsey Nelson Stadium |
| May 11 | at Tennessee | Lindsey Nelson Stadium |
| May 15 | at Kentucky | Hawkins Field |
| May 16 | Kentucky | Hawkins Field |
| May 17 | Kentucky | Hawkins Field |
Postseason (0–0) :
SEC tournament (0–0) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | SECT Record | Source |
| May 20–24 | | | | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL | | | | | | | | |
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold = Vanderbilt team member   * Non-conference game Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. :

## Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
2025 SEC baseball recordsvte
Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule :
| Tm | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZ | OKL | OMS | SCA | TEN | TEX | TAM | VAN | Tm | SR | SW |
| ALA | 3–0 | | . | 4/6 | 5/17 | 5/11 | . | 4/19 | 4/13 | 4/27 | 3/30 | . | . | 3/23 | . | 3–0 | 5/4 | ALA | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| ARK | 2–1 | . | | . | 4/27 | 4/13 | . | 5/11 | . | 4/6 | . | 2–1 | 3/23 | 5/17 | 5/4 | 4/19 | 3/30 | ARK | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| AUB | 2–1 | 4/6 | . | | . | 3/30 | 3/23 | 4/13 | 4/27 | . | . | 5/17 | 5/11 | 5/4 | 4/19 | . | 2–1 | AUB | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| FLA | 0–3 | 5/17 | 4/27 | . | | 3/23 | . | . | 4/20 | 4/13 | . | 3/30 | 5/4 | 0–3 | 5/11 | . | 4/6 | FLA | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| UGA | 2–1 | 5/11 | 4/13 | 3/30 | 3/23 | | 2–1 | . | . | 5/4 | 4/27 | . | . | . | 4/6 | 5/17 | 4/19 | UGA | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| KEN | 1–2 | . | . | 3/23 | . | 1–2 | | . | 5/4 | . | 5/11 | 4/6 | 4/27 | 4/20 | 4/13 | 3/30 | 5/17 | KEN | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| LSU | 3–0 | 4/19 | 5/11 | 4/13 | . | . | . | | 3/30 | 3–0 | 4/6 | . | 5/17 | 4/27 | 3/23 | 5/4 | . | LSU | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| MSU | 0–3 | 4/13 | . | 4/27 | 4/20 | . | 5/4 | 3/30 | | 5/17 | 3/23 | 5/11 | 4/6 | . | 0–3 | . | . | MSU | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| MIZ | 0–3 | 4/27 | 4/6 | . | 4/13 | 5/4 | . | 0–3 | 5/17 | | 4/19 | 3/23 | . | . | 3/30 | 5/11 | . | MIZ | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| OKL | 2–1 | 3/30 | . | . | . | 4/27 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 3/23 | 4/19 | | 5/4 | 2–1 | . | 5/17 | . | 4/13 | OKL | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| OMS | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 5/17 | 3/30 | . | 4/6 | . | 5/11 | 3/23 | 5/4 | | 4/19 | 4/13 | . | . | 4/27 | OMS | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| SCA | 1–2 | . | 3/23 | 5/11 | 5/4 | . | 4/27 | 5/17 | 4/6 | . | 1–2 | 4/19 | | 3/30 | . | 4/13 | . | SCA | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| TEN | 3–0 | 3/23 | 5/17 | 5/4 | 3–0 | . | 4/20 | 4/27 | . | . | . | 4/13 | 3/30 | | . | 4/6 | 5/11 | TEN | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| TEX | 3–0 | . | 5/4 | 4/19 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 4/13 | 3/23 | 3–0 | 3/30 | 5/17 | . | . | . | | 4/27 | . | TEX | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| TAM | 0–3 | 0–3 | 4/19 | . | . | 5/17 | 3/30 | 5/4 | . | 5/11 | . | . | 4/13 | 4/6 | 4/27 | | 3/23 | TAM | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| VAN | 1–2 | 5/4 | 3/30 | 1–2 | 4/6 | 4/19 | 5/17 | . | . | . | 4/13 | 4/27 | . | 5/11 | . | 3/23 | | VAN | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Tm | W–L | ALA | ARK | AUB | FLA | UGA | KEN | LSU | MSU | MIZ | OKL | OMS | SCA | TEN | TEX | TAM | VAN | Team | SR | SW |
Updated for all games through March 16, 2025.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 | Final |
| Coaches' | 18 | 18* | 12 | 18 | 14 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | 16 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† 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.