2019 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2019 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his seventh season as head coach of the Cougars. After being picked to finish first in the conference in 2018, BYU suffered through a season with many injuries on both sides of play.[1] The end result was a 22–28 season with BYU finishing tied with Pacific at 11–17 for ninth place in conference play. The result led Littlewood to clean house in the off-season, and BYU enters 2019 with 20 new players on the roster: 17 newcomers and 3 returning missionaries.[2] The Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the WCC Pre-season poll.[3]

2019 BYU Cougars baseball
2019 Kleberg Bank College Classic Champions
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2019 record36-17 (19-8 WCC)
Head coachMike Littlewood (7th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (7th season)
  • Brent Haring (7th season)
  • Michael Bradshaw (1st season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2019 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
BYU  ‍†‍‍ 19–8 .704  36–17 .679
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 18–9 .667  31–24 .564
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 17–10 .630  35–22 .614
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‡‍y 15–12 .556  34–25 .576
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .556  30–26 .536
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  24–25 .490
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  32–21 .604
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .385  23–26 .469
Portland  ‍‍‍ 7–19 .269  25–27 .481
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 5–22 .185  12–40 .231
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2019; Rankings from D1Baseball

2019 Roster
2019 BYU Cougars roster[4]

Pitchers

  • 6 Mitch McIntyre - Sophomore
  • 9 Easton Walker - Sophomore
  • 14 Blake Inouye - Senior
  • 18 Justin Sterner - Sophomore
  • 21 Jack Sterner - Freshman
  • 22 Jarod Lessar - Junior
  • 23 Ryan Brady - Freshman
  • 24 Drew Zimmerman - Sophomore
  • 25 Austin Deming - Freshman
  • 26 Riley Gates - Senior
  • 29 Jake Porter - Freshman
  • 31 Reid McLaughlin - Freshman
  • 34 Jordan Wood - Senior
  • 36 Cooper Foss - Freshman
  • 40 Ayden Callahan - Sophomore
  • 42 Bo Burrup - Senior
  • 45 Ben Weese - Junior
  

Infielders

  • 4 Jackson Cluff - Sophomore
  • 5 Carson Matthews - Freshman
  • 7 Hobbs Nyberg - Freshman
  • 8 Bryan Call - Freshman
  • 12 DJ McNew - Sophomore
  • 13 Brian Hsu - Senior
  • 16 Casey Jacobsen - Senior
  • 17 Keaton Kringlen - Senior
  • 25 Austin Deming - Freshman
  • 28 Zack Peterson - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 2 Noah Hill - Senior
  • 11 Abraham Valdez - Junior
  • 19 Koby Kelton - Sophomore
  • 32 Colton Easton - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 Danny Gelalich - Sophomore
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre - Sophomore
  • 7 Hobbs Nyberg - Freshman
  • 17 Keaton Kringlen - Senior
  • 19 Koby Kelton - Sophomore
  • 27 Ryan Sepede - Freshman
  • 41 Noah Hughes - Freshman
  • 43 Jaren Hall - Freshman
  • 44 Brock Hale - Senior

Schedule
2019 BYU Cougars Game Log[5]
Regular Season
2019 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*West Coast Conference games

•The BYU/Gonzaga series was originally scheduled to take place in Spokane, but it was moved to Provo due to the weather.
•The BYU/San Diego State game was originally scheduled to take place at Lake Elsinore Diamond but was moved to Tony Gwynn Stadium. •After splitting the series with Utah, BYU was awarded the Deseret First Duel trophy via run differential.

Rivalries

BYU has two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. The Cougars will also participate in the Kleberg Bank College Classic.

Radio Information

For the second consecutive season BYU Baseball will be broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network, and for the first time ever every BYU Baseball game will be broadcast on radio. Brent Norton returns to provide play-by-play for his 27th consecutive season, with Jason Shepherd or Greg Wrubell subbing in when Brent is unavailable. Tuckett Slade will provide analysis for most games, but a small selection of former players will also be used. Games will once again be carried on KOVO and BYU Radio. KOVO will have five exclusives (Gm. 1 Feb. 16, Mar. 8, Mar. 12, Mar. 23, and Apr. 6), BYU Radio's KUMT will have one exclusive (Feb. 21), and BYU Radio will carry three others exclusively across all their stations (Gm. 2 Feb. 16, Mar. 7, and Mar. 19). The Mar. 5 game will have hour one only on KOVO before BYU Radio JIP's the game at 7 PM MST. All other games will air on both KOVO and BYU Radio.

TV Announcers
  • Feb 15: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 16 (1): Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 16 (2): Jason Shepherd & Mason Marshall
  • Feb 18: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 21: Chad Keys
  • Feb 22: Chad Keys
  • Feb 23: Chad Keys
  • Feb 26: Harold Mann
  • Mar 1: Harold Mann
  • Mar 2: No commentary
  • Mar 5: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 7: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 8: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 9: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 12: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 14: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 15: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 16: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 19: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
  • Mar 21: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 22: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 23: Jarom Jordan & Gary Sheide
  • Mar 26: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar 28: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar 29: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 30: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Apr 2: J.B. Long & Javy López
  • Apr 4: Jack Murray & John "JC" Cunningham
  • Apr 5: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien
  • Apr 6: Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • Apr 11: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Apr 12: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
  • Apr 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Apr 18: Bill Abelson
  • Apr 19: Bill Abelson
  • Apr 20: Bill Abelson
  • Apr 25: Ben Ross
  • Apr 26: Jeff Dominick
  • Apr 27: Jeff Dominick
  • Apr 29: Roxy Bernstein & Dean Stotz
  • May 2: Chris Turkmany
  • May 3: Sam Farber, Keith Benjamin, & Sammy O'Brien
  • May 4: Chris Turkmany & Jim Collins
  • May 9: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 10: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 11: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 14: J.B. Long & Dean Stotz
  • May 16: David Gentile
  • May 17: David Gentile
  • May 18: David Gentile
  • May 23: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien
  • May 24: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Sammy O'Brien
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References
See also: 2018 BYU Cougars football team, 2018–19 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2018–19 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2018 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2018 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2019 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, and 2019 BYU Cougars softball team
  1. "WCC coaches pick Cougars No. 1 in preseason poll". Deseret News. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. "BYU baseball coach Mike Littlewood cleaned house after a disappointing 2018 season". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  3. "BYU Baseball team looking to bounce back in 2019, contend for WCC title". Deseret News. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. http://byucougars.com/roster/m-baseball
  5. "Cougars face soft schedule". Lawless Republic. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
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