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2023 Yotes Baseball Preview

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David (@pnw_cbr)
January 9, 2023

2023 College of Idaho Yotes (’22 Stats)

2022: 30-27 Overall (14-10 in CCC)

Returning Position Players (’22 stats)

#	NAME	POS.	AVG	OPS	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	OB%	SB-ATT	YR.
7	Jonah Hultberg*	UTL	0.426	1.240	57-57	235	76	100	24	7	12	48	174	0.740	0.500	12-12	R-Jr.
20	Alex McFarland-Smith	UTL	0.342	0.874	54-54	222	32	76	10	1	7	53	109	0.491	0.383	6-8	JR
25	Skyler Sadora	UTL	0.327	0.930	56-54	214	47	70	19	0	7	46	110	0.514	0.416	5-6	SR
2	Ben Gaff	IF/P	0.301	0.793	56-48	156	28	47	9	2	1	28	63	0.404	0.389	1-1	SO
5	Kirby Robertson	IF/P	0.327	0.820	42-41	153	22	50	9	0	2	30	65	0.425	0.395	2-3	R-So.
3	Trevor Watkins	OF	0.163	0.455	50-41	135	28	22	3	2	0	12	29	0.215	0.240	6-8	SO
42	Dillon Danner	C	0.218	0.588	48-38	124	8	27	3	0	0	12	30	0.242	0.346	0-0	JR
8	Jake Denison	IF	0.239	0.631	41-24	92	16	22	6	1	0	15	30	0.326	0.305	3-4	R-Jr.
23	Tristen Garland	OF	0.207	0.630	26-24	82	16	17	7	0	0	11	24	0.293	0.337	4-6	JR
1	Ryan Blokker	IF/P	0.146	0.479	22-12	48	4	7	3	0	1	12	13	0.271	0.208	1-2	SO
11	Ben Hansen	IF	0.156	0.330	38-15	45	15	7	0	0	0	1	7	0.156	0.174	6-7	R-Jr.
19	Kris Kirkpatrick	1B/P	0.333	1.057	14-10	30	6	10	3	0	1	4	16	0.533	0.524	2-2	SO
14	Darren Smith	C	0	0.200	5-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	0-0	R-Fr.
33	Ashton Rhodes	IF	0	0	1-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	R-Fr.
12	Cole Roberts	C	0	0	1-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	SO
6	Tobey Summers	1B	0	0	1-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	JR
36	Tyler Lehnertz	OF	1.000	2.000	12-0	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0-1	JR
43	Gerardo Madera	IF	DNP / Caldwell, Idaho (Caldwell HS)														SR
17	Rei Kimura	OF	Transfer (Western Nebraska) DNP														JR
29	Jordan Kelly	UTL	Transfer (Williston State) 46 G, .409/.528/.660, 14 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR														R-So.
26	Mason Hanshaw	C	DNP / Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS)														SO
35	Hutton Stiles	OF/P	Redshirt / Anchorage, Alaska (Service HS)														R-Fr.
10	Matthew Iwamizu	C	Redshirt / Grants Pass, Ore. (Western Oregon Univ.)														R-Fr.
31	Austin Moon	OF	Freshman / Chino, Calif. (Don Lugo HS)														FR
40	Brayden Macy	OF	Freshman / Culver, Ore. (Culver HS)														FR
13	Nate Vidlak	UTL/P	Freshman / Grants Pass, Ore. / HIdden Valley HS														FR
18	Nathan Davison	UTL	Freshman / Boulder Creek, Calif. (San Lorenzo Valley HS)														FR
4	Trent Phillips	INF	Freshman / Tracy, Calif. / Kimball HS														FR
28	Tucker Seabaugh	INF	Freshman / Tri-Cities, Wash./Hanford HS														FR
32	Willy Shirts	OF/P	Freshman / Weiser, Idaho / Weiser HS														FR

*NAIA 1st Team All American, Conference POY, 1st Team All Conference

Returning Pitchers (’22* stats)*

#	Player		ERA	WHIP	W-L	APP-GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	B/AVG	YR.
34	Colby Durski*	RHP	2.70	1.13	6-1	34-1	2	60	50	24	18	18	31	223	0.224	JR
2	Ben Gaff	IF/P	4.83	1.33	1-6	16-5	2	54	55	42	29	17	45	214	0.257	SO
22	Luke Brewer	LHP	5.68	1.61	1-1	16-5	1	38	41	30	24	20	24	151	0.272	R-Jr.
5	Kirby Robertson	IF/P	8.65	1.81	2-4	9-6	0	34.1	47	34	33	15	35	150	0.313	R-So.
9	Tanner Keener	RHP	4.66	1.45	0-0	8-0	0	9.2	10	5	5	4	7	38	0.263	JR
16	Jack Stewart	RHP	3.00	0.67	0-0	3-0	0	9	4	4	3	2	5	32	0.125	R-Fr.
27	Kaden Lapp	RHP	10.80	2.10	0-0	6-0	0	3.1	7	5	4	0	3	17	0.412	R-Fr.
45	Nat Nimmer	RHP	27.00	4.50	0-0	5-0	0	2.2	10	8	8	2	0	17	0.588	R-Fr.
35	Hutton Stiles	OF/P	36.00	4.00	0-0	2-0	0	1	3	4	4	1	0	5	0.600	R-Fr.
19	Kris Kirkpatrick	1B/P	18.00	3.00	0-0	1-1	0	1	2	2	2	1	2	5	0.400	SO
1	Ryan Blokker	IF/P	99.00	∞	0-0	1-0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	SO
30	John Duffy	RHP	DNP – Last pitched 2020													R-Jr.
50	Gino McDuffie	LHP	Transfer (College of Marin) 13 APP, 11 IP, 10 K, 13.09 ERA													R-So.
24	Nick Eliason	LHP	Transfer (Treasure Valley CC) 6 GS (9 app), 36.1 IP, 46 K, 4.71 ERA													R-So.
48	Oliver Massie	RHP	Transfer (Lane CC) 11 GS (12 app), 6-1, 1 Sv, 3 CGs – 61.1 IP, 3.67 ERA, 52 K													R-So.
21	Dawson Cummins	RHP	Redshirt / Murtaugh, Idaho (College of Southern Idaho)													R-Fr.
44	Calvin Euper	LHP	Freshman / Irvine, Calif. (Northwood HS)													FR
47	Dax Clifton	RHP	Freshman / Camas, Wash. (Seton Catholic HS)													FR
15	Jackson Cummins	RHP	Freshman / Murtaugh, Idaho (Kimberly HS)													FR
13	Nate Vidlak	UT/P	Freshman / Grants Pass, Ore. / HIdden Valley HS													FR
32	Willy Shirts	OF/P	Freshman / Weiser, Idaho / Weiser HS													FR

*1st Team All Conference

Gone from Last Year

#	Player	AVG	OPS	SLG%	OB%	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB-ATT
24	Dudley, Ben	0.270	0.736	0.371	0.365	53-44	178	36	48	9	0	3	28	21-24
23	Miller, Weston	0.232	0.623	0.31	0.313	47-41	142	8	33	8	0	1	19	1-1
39	Leaf, Tanner	0.212	0.505	0.25	0.255	26-10	52	7	11	2	0	0	3	1-5
15	Goetz, Cameron	0.273	0.587	0.273	0.314	26-5	33	0	9	0	0	0	5	0-0
9	Castillo, Isaiah	0.167	0.603	0.25	0.353	36-0	12	13	2	1	0	0	2	5-7
10	Hopkins, Alec	0.375	0.819	0.375	0.444	6-2	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-0
16	Wisenor, Erik	.000	.000	.000	.000	31-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0
22	Root, Connor	.000	.000	.000	.000	16-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0
40	Leaf, Cooper	.000	.000	.000	.000	2-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0
8	Wood, Dimick	1.000	2.000	1.000	1.000	20-13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0
#	Player	ERA	WHIP	IP	APP-GS	W-L	SV	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AB	B/AVG
8	Wood, Dimick	4.91	1.40	80.2	18-13	7-3	0	91	54	44	22	68	322	0.283
22	Root, Connor	5.59	1.47	66	14-13	5-5	0	80	45	41	17	39	270	0.296
16	Wisenor, Erik	4.29	1.51	50.1	31-3	4-3	12	52	38	24	24	66	209	0.249
13	Hankard, Wyatt	6.23	1.50	8.2	6-0	1-0	0	10	7	6	3	4	35	0.286
50	Vaughn, Andrew	6.48	1.62	50	17-8	3-4	0	51	40	36	30	50	195	0.262
28	McPeak, Kyle	8.44	1.88	16	16-1	0-0	0	28	15	15	2	7	74	0.378
18	Bowman, Jared	11.17	2.28	9.2	9-1	0-0	0	17	12	12	5	5	43	0.395

Schedule

Date	Time	At	Opponent	Location
January 26, 2023 (Thursday)	6 p.m.	Away	Arizona Christian	Glendale, Ariz. / Glendale High School
January 27, 2023 (Friday)	10 a.m.	Neutral	Oklahoma Panhandle State	Phoenix, Ariz. / Gene Autry Park
January 27, 2023 (Friday)	6 p.m.	Neutral	Benedictine	Phoenix, Ariz. / Gene Autry Park
January 28, 2023 (Saturday)	10 a.m.	Neutral	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Phoenix, Ariz. / Gene Autry Park
February 3, 2023 (Friday)	2 P.M.	Home	Park University Gilbert	Caldwell, Idaho
February 4, 2023 (Saturday)	12 p.m.	Home	Park University Gilbert	Caldwell, Idaho
February 4, 2023 (Saturday)	2 p.m.	Home	Park University Gilbert	Caldwell, Idaho
February 5, 2023 (Sunday)	11 a.m.	Home	Park University Gilbert	Caldwell, Idaho
February 16, 2023 (Thursday)	4 p.m.	Away	Northwest Nazarene	Nampa, Idaho
February 17, 2023 (Friday)	4 p.m.	Away	Northwest Nazarene	Nampa, Idaho
February 18, 2023 (Saturday)	12 p.m.	Home	Northwest Nazarene	Caldwell, Idaho
February 18, 2023 (Saturday)	2 p.m.	Home	Northwest Nazarene	Caldwell, Idaho
February 24, 2023 (Friday)	3 pm PT / 4 pm MT	Away	Lewis-Clark State	Lewiston, Idaho
February 25, 2023 (Saturday)	12 pm PT / 1 pm MT	Away	Lewis-Clark State	Lewiston, Idaho
February 25, 2023 (Saturday)	2 pm PT / 3 pm MT	Away	Lewis-Clark State	Lewiston, Idaho
February 26, 2023 (Sunday)	11 am PT / 12 pm MT	Away	Lewis-Clark State	Lewiston, Idaho
March 11, 2023 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Eastern Oregon	Caldwell, Idaho
March 11, 2023 (Saturday)	3 p.m.	Home	Eastern Oregon	Caldwell, Idaho
March 12, 2023 (Sunday)	11 a.m.	Home	Eastern Oregon	Caldwell, Idaho
March 12, 2023 (Sunday)	1 p.m.	Home	Eastern Oregon	Caldwell, Idaho
March 17, 2023 (Friday)	4 p.m.	Home	British Columbia	Caldwell, Idaho
March 18, 2023 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	British Columbia	Caldwell, Idaho
March 18, 2023 (Saturday)	3 p.m.	Home	British Columbia	Caldwell, Idaho
March 19, 2023 (Sunday)	11 a.m.	Home	British Columbia	Caldwell, Idaho
March 25, 2023 (Saturday)	11 am PT / 12 pm MT	Away	Oregon Tech	Klamath Falls, Ore.
March 25, 2023 (Saturday)	1 pm PT / 2 pm MT	Away	Oregon Tech	Klamath Falls, Ore.
March 26, 2023 (Sunday)	11 am PT / 12 pm. MT	Away	Oregon Tech	Klamath Falls, Ore.
March 26, 2023 (Sunday)	1 pm PT / 2 pm MT	Away	Oregon Tech	Klamath Falls, Ore.
March 31, 2023 (Friday)	4 pm PT / 5 pm MT	Away	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.
April 1, 2023 (Saturday)	2 pm PT / 3 pm MT	Away	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.
April 2, 2023 (Sunday)	11 am PT / 12 pm MT	Away	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.
April 7, 2023 (Friday)	6 p.m.	Home	Lewis-Clark State	Caldwell, Idaho
April 8, 2023 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Lewis-Clark State	Caldwell, Idaho
April 8, 2023 (Saturday)	3 p.m.	Home	Lewis-Clark State	Caldwell, Idaho
April 9, 2023 (Sunday)	11 a.m.	Home	Lewis-Clark State	Caldwell, Idaho
April 15, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Corban	Keizer, Ore.
April 15, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Corban	Keizer, Ore.
April 16, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Corban	Keizer, Ore.
April 16, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Corban	Keizer, Ore.
April 22, 2023 (Saturday)	1 p.m.	Home	Bushnell	Caldwell, Idaho
April 22, 2023 (Saturday)	3 p.m.	Home	Bushnell	Caldwell, Idaho
April 23, 2023 (Sunday)	11 a.m.	Home	Bushnell	Caldwell, Idaho
April 23, 2023 (Sunday)	1 p.m.	Home	Bushnell	Caldwell, Idaho
April 29, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Eastern Oregon	La Grande, Ore.
April 29, 2023 (Saturday)	TBA	Away	Eastern Oregon	La Grande, Ore.
April 30, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Eastern Oregon	La Grande, Ore.
April 30, 2023 (Sunday)	TBA	Away	Eastern Oregon	La Grande, Ore.