D1 (P12, WAC, WCC)

2023 Gonzaga Baseball Preview

by
David (@pnw_cbr)
December 13, 2022

2023 Gonzaga Bulldogs Baseball (2022 Stats)

2022: 37-19 (20-7 WCC) Eliminated in Blacksburg Regional

Returning Position Players (’22 stats)

#	FULL NAME	POS.	AVG	OPS	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	OB%	SB-ATT	YR
3	Enzo Apodaca	OF	0.279	0.771	56-55	240	47	67	19	2	3	45	99	0.413	21	10	46	0.358	8-12	R-So.
4	Connor Coballes	SS	0.254	0.636	56-55	209	36	53	1	0	1	23	57	0.273	29	7	21	0.363	3-4	Sr.
12	Cade McGee	RHP/3B	0.298	0.907	55-54	208	35	62	15	0	10	31	107	0.514	24	10	42	0.393	2-4	So.
6	Grayson Sterling	INF/OF	0.285	0.750	52-52	200	35	57	16	0	2	36	79	0.395	23	2	44	0.355	1-2	Jr.
2	Savier Pinales	SS	0.297	0.783	52-48	182	36	54	7	2	4	24	77	0.423	14	4	32	0.360	15-19	Jr.
15	Ezra Samperi	C	0.272	0.772	42-35	136	22	37	5	4	3	29	59	0.434	9	5	32	0.338	1-5	Sr.
13	Dylan Johnson	OF	0.339	0.864	23-18	59	7	20	4	0	1	10	27	0.458	7	1	18	0.406	0-0	Sr.
16	Mason Marenco	INF	0.244	0.581	28-10	45	10	11	1	0	0	6	12	0.267	5	0	16	0.314	1-1	Gr.
9	Logan Johnstone	OF	0.273	0.665	25-9	44	6	12	0	1	0	2	14	0.318	5	0	15	0.347	0-0	So.
30	Jaxon Sorenson	INF/OF	0.133	0.321	10-3	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0.133	0	1	10	0.188	0-0	So.
7	Sam Canton	OF	0.333	1.012	9-2	12	5	4	0	0	1	3	7	0.583	1	1	3	0.429	0-0	So.

DNP LY / Incoming Transfers / Freshman (Position Players)

Brian Kalmer

INF

NJCAA POTY***Transfer (2022 Stats w/ Wabash Valley College) — 68 GP | 254 AB — .421 AVG, 20 HR, 103 RBI (.315 ISO)

Donovan Ratfield

C/INF

Transfer (2022 Stats w/ College of Marin) — 43 GP | 154 AB — .312/.308/.847 (1.155 OPS)

Hank Dunn

Transfer (2022 Stats w/ Yakima Valley CC) — 41 GP | 150 AB — .400/.563/.593 (1.156 OPS)

Tyler Griggs

INF

Transfer (2022 Stats w/ Central Arizona) — 52 GP | 146 AB — .295/.397/.514 (.911 OPS)

Tommy Eisenstat

INF

Transfer (2022 Stats w/ San Mateo) — 39 GP | 154 AB — .331/.433/.481 (.914 OPS)

Alex Zerfass

INF/OF

DNP

Brock Bozett

INF

DNP

Ty Johnsen

DNP

Greg Marmo

INF

Freshman / Santa Barbara, CA / IMG Academy

Kevin Spear

C/INF

Freshman / Seattle, WA / Bishop Blanchet HS

Kyle Memarian

INF

Freshman / Vancouver, WA / Skyview HS

Sam Stem

Freshman / Erie, CO / Erie HS

Returning Pitchers (’22* stats)*

#	Player		ERA	WHIP	W-L	APP-GS	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	2B	3B	HR	AB	B/AVG	YR
40	Owen Wild	RHP	3.03	1.26	9-1	16-8	0	1	74.1	70	29	25	24	83	8	1	6	278	0.252	Jr.
44	Bradley Mullan	LHP	6.35	1.87	1-1	12-5	0	0	28.1	39	24	20	14	20	9	0	2	119	0.328	Jr.
38	Jacob Rutherford	RHP	3.68	1.55	2-0	13-0	0	1	22	12	9	9	22	28	4	1	0	71	0.169	Jr.
12	Cade McGee	RHP/3B	6.30	1.50	0-1	3-3	0	0	10	12	9	7	3	11	4	0	2	40	0.300	So.
22	Nate Weeldreyer	RHP	7.71	1.61	0-0	6-1	0	0	9.1	11	8	8	4	7	3	0	2	39	0.282	Jr.
41	Kai Francis	RHP	8.22	1.96	0-0	5-0	0	0	7.2	13	8	7	2	8	2	1	2	38	0.342	So.

DNP LY / Incoming Transfers / Freshman (Pitching)

Ty Buckner

RHP

Transfer (2022 Stats w/ Missouri State) 16.1 IP, 1.10 ERA, 1.10 WHIP

Gr.

Jeff Nelson

RHP

NWAC Pitcher of the Year***Transfer (2022 Stats w/ Mt Hood CC) 1.13 ERA, 0.75 WHIP

Jr.

Reagan Haas

RHP

DNP

Jr.

Jack Moffitt

RHP

DNP

Jr.

Kolby Solomon

RHP

DNP

So.

Nathan Deschryver

RHP

DNP

So.

Payton Graham

RHP

Freshman / Richland, WA / Kamiakin HS

Fr.

Parker Smith

RHP

Freshman / Veradale, WA / Central Valley

Fr.

Matthew Mueller

LHP

Freshman / Brookfield, WI / Brookfield Central HS

Fr.

Everett Swaim

RHP

Freshman / Richmond, B.C. / MacNeill Secondary

Fr.

Gone from Last Year

#	Player	AVG	OPS	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SB-ATT
25	Rando, Tyler	0.315	0.932	50-50	203	38	64	16	2	8	37	108	0.532	22	8	32	3	0.400	5-5
5	Kramer, Shea	0.257	0.711	55-55	214	39	55	14	3	3	35	84	0.393	19	2	32	2	0.318	2-2
24	Machtolf, Jack	0.231	0.64	42-37	134	18	31	8	0	1	22	42	0.313	14	6	30	0	0.327	2-2
31	Lund, Stephen	0.209	0.599	29-22	91	11	19	2	0	2	16	27	0.297	8	5	15	4	0.302	0-1

#	Player	ERA	WHIP	W-L	APP-GS	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	2B	3B	HR	AB	B/AVG
45	Hughes, Gabriel	3.21	1.14	8-3	15-15	0	0	98	75	40	35	37	138	17	4	5	359	0.209
33	Vrieling, Trystan	4.91	1.50	4-4	15-15	0	0	80.2	75	48	44	46	107	11	3	6	305	0.246
11	Spellacy, Michael	2.19	1.43	3-1	21-0	0	12	37	33	9	9	20	36	3	2	3	136	0.243
46	Jessee, Brody	4.58	1.53	4-3	18-0	0	0	35.1	35	19	18	19	48	7	2	4	135	0.259
29	Kempner, William	3.00	1.28	2-1	8-8	0	0	36	25	15	12	21	48	4	0	2	125	0.200
23	Zeglin, Nico	5.58	1.47	2-1	17-0	0	1	30.2	29	19	19	16	41	3	1	5	116	0.250
39	Gomez, Alec	6.49	1.41	2-3	13-1	0	2	26.1	25	21	19	12	15	3	0	2	101	0.248
18	Naughton, Daniel	12.27	2.05	0-0	5-0	0	1	7.1	13	11	10	2	5	4	0	0	35	0.371
37	McCallum, Liam	0	2	0-0	2-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
27	Walters, Carson	0	3	0-0	1-0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Schedule

Date	Time	At	Opponent
February 17, 2023 (Friday)	12:00 PM	Away	Texas Tech University
February 18, 2023 (Saturday)	12:00 PM	Away	Texas Tech University
February 19, 2023 (Sunday)	12:00 PM	Away	Texas Tech University
February 20, 2023 (Monday)	TBA	Away	Texas Tech University
February 24, 2023 (Friday)	1:00 PM	Neutral	Ohio State University
February 24, 2023 (Friday)	6:00 PM	Neutral	Grand Canyon University
February 25, 2023 (Saturday)	1:00 PM	Neutral	Grand Canyon University
February 26, 2023 (Sunday)	11:00 AM	Neutral	Ohio State University
March 3, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Away	Tennessee
March 4, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Tennessee
March 5, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Tennessee
March 10, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Home	UC Irvine
March 11, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Home	UC Irvine
March 12, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Home	UC Irvine
March 14, 2023 (Tuesday)	TBA	Away	University of Minnesota
March 15, 2023 (Wednesday)	TBA	Away	University of Minnesota
March 17, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Home	University of San Francisco
March 18, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Home	University of San Francisco
March 19, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Home	University of San Francisco
March 24, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Away	Pepperdine University
March 25, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Pepperdine University
March 26, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Pepperdine University
March 30, 2023 (Thursday)	TBA	Home	Brigham Young University
March 31, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Home	Brigham Young University
April 1, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Home	Brigham Young University
April 6, 2023 (Thursday)	TBA	Home	University of San Diego
April 7, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Home	University of San Diego
April 8, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Home	University of San Diego
April 10, 2023 (Monday)	TBA	Away	Oregon State University
April 11, 2023 (Tuesday)	TBA	Away	Oregon State University
April 14, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Away	Loyola Marymount University
April 15, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Loyola Marymount University
April 16, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Loyola Marymount University
April 18, 2023 (Tuesday)	TBA	Home	Washington State University
April 21, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Away	University of Portland
April 22, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	University of Portland
April 23, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	University of Portland
April 25, 2023 (Tuesday)	5:05 PM	Away	University of Oregon
April 26, 2023 (Wednesday)	5:05 PM	Away	University of Oregon
April 28, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Home	University of the Pacific
April 29, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Home	University of the Pacific
April 30, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Home	University of the Pacific
May 2, 2023 (Tuesday)	TBA	Away	Washington State University
May 5, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Home	Saint Mary’s College of California
May 6, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Home	Saint Mary’s College of California
May 7, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Home	Saint Mary’s College of California
May 12, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Home	University of Oklahoma
May 13, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Home	University of Oklahoma
May 14, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Home	University of Oklahoma
May 19, 2023 (Friday)	TBA	Away	Santa Clara University
May 20, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Santa Clara University
May 21, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Santa Clara University