2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team will represent Oklahoma State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys play their home games at O'Brate Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his eleventh season at Oklahoma State.

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 20
CBNo. 18
Record19–5 (3–2 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Walton (11th season)
  • Robin Ventura (1st season)
  • Justin Seely (6th season)
Home stadiumO'Brate Stadium
2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 West Virginia ‍†‍‍ 15–8 .65239–15 .722
No. 25 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 14–9 .60936–16 .692
Texas  ‍‍‍ 14–9 .60937–18 .673
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 13–10 .56533–21 .611
TCU  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .52232–22 .593
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .47836–19 .655
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .47830–23 .566
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8–15 .34824–29 .453
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .25018–35 .340
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of April 24, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1baseball

Previous season
Main article: 2022 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 2022 team finished the season with a 42–22 record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12. In the 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the fourth-seeded Cowboys made a run to the semifinals where they fell to fifth-seeded Texas in Game 7, 2–9. They earned an at-large bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were seeded seventh overall and the top seed in the Stillwater Regional. There, the Cowboys were eliminated by second-seeded Arkansas.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year Source
Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year Juaron Watts-Brown RHP Sophomore [2]
Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year Juaron Watts-Brown RHP Sophomore [2]
Golden Spikes Award watchlist Nolan McLean U Junior [3]
Juaron Watts-Brown RHP Sophomore [3]

Big 12 media poll
Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1TCU61 (5)
2Oklahoma State59 (4)
3Texas Tech48
4Texas43
5Oklahoma38
6West Virginia28
7Kansas State17
8Kansas16
9Baylor14

Source:[4]

Preseason Big 12 awards and honors
Preseason All-Big 12 Team[2]
Player No. Position Class
Marcus Brown19INFJunior
Nolan McLean13UJunior
Roc Riggio7INFSophomore
Juaron Watts-Brown23RHPSophomore

Preseason All-Americans
Second Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Nolan McLean13UJuniorCollegiate Baseball
D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown23SPSophomoreBaseball America
D1Baseball
Third Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Nolan McLean13UJuniorBaseball America
NCBWA
Roc Riggio7INFSophomoreBaseball America
D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown23SPSophomoreNCBWA

Sources:[5][6][7][8]

Schedule and results
2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (19–5)
March (14–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12 Record
March 3Austin Peay*No. 12O'Brate StadiumW 19–27Juaron Watts-Brown (1–0)Nick James (1–2)—4,7296–3—
March 4Austin Peay*No. 12O'Brate StadiumW 2–1Isaac Stebens (1–0)Lyle Miller-Green (0–2)Nolan McLean (5)5,3487–3—
March 5Austin Peay*No. 12O'Brate StadiumW 12–4Bayden Root (2–1)Jacob Kush (0–1)—B12N/ESPN+5,0068–3—
March 7Arizona State*No. 13O'Brate StadiumW 8–4Isaac Stebens (2–0)Blake Pivaroff (0–1)—B12N/ESPN+4,2339–3—
March 8Arizona State*No. 13O'Brate StadiumW 7–4Ben Abram (1–0)Owen Stevenson (0–1)Nolan McLean (6)B12N/ESPN+4,08610–3—
March 10Utah Tech*No. 13O'Brate StadiumW 11–17Juaron Watts-Brown (2–0)Brett Porthan (2–2)—4,31211–3—
March 11[lower-alpha 1]Utah Tech*No. 13O'Brate StadiumW 10–4Bayden Root (3–1)Ryan Hardman (0–4)—5,09512–3—
March 11[lower-alpha 1]Utah Tech*No. 13O'Brate StadiumW 9–3Brian Hendry (1–0)Jake Dahle (0–3)—5,09513–3—
March 12Utah Tech*No. 13O'Brate StadiumW 9–4Isaac Stebens (3–0)Carsten Herman (2–1)—4,30414–3—
March 14Dallas Baptist*No. 12O'Brate StadiumW 20–47Ben Abram (2–0)Zach Heaton (1–1)—B12N/ESPN+5,16715–3—
March 17at Texas TechNo. 12Rip Griffin Park
Lubbock, TX		L 7–810Ryan Free (2–1)Nolan McLean (0–1)—B12N/ESPN+3,71315–40–1
March 18at Texas TechNo. 12Rip Griffin ParkW 9–4Ben Abram (3–0)Mason Molina (2–1)—B12N/ESPN+4,02116–41–1
March 19at Texas TechNo. 12Rip Griffin ParkL 1–127Brandon Beckel (3–0)Juaron Watts-Brown (1–2)—B12N/ESPN+3,74616–51–2
March 22at Wichita State*No. 20Eck Stadium
Wichita, KS		W 10–1Carson Benge (1–0)Cameron Bye (0–3)—B12N/ESPN+1,83517–5—
March 24BaylorNo. 20O'Brate StadiumW 11–9Nolan McLean (1–1)Hambleton Oliver (2–2)—B12N/ESPN+4,77618–52–2
March 25BaylorNo. 20O'Brate StadiumW 15–8Ben Abram (4–0)Mason Marriott (1–3)—B12N/ESPN+6,55619–53–2
March 26BaylorNo. 20O'Brate StadiumB12N/ESPN+
March 28at Dallas Baptist*Horner Ballpark
Dallas, TX		—
March 31TexasO'Brate StadiumB12N/ESPN+
Postseason (0–0)
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.
[9]

Statistics

Team batting
As of March 24, 2023[10]
Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Oklahoma State738.3102295544016710720120
Opponents704.24617332521100822247

Team pitching
Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Oklahoma State0.00000000.00
Opponents0.00000000.00

Rankings
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[11]88*13141315
Baseball America[12]152121181720
Collegiate Baseball^[13]121623241819
NCBWA†[14]141918151316
D1Baseball[15]91512131220

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Notes
  1. Part of a doubleheader.
  2. Non-conference game.

References
  1. "2022–23 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  2. "TCU's Taylor, OSU's Watts-Brown Lead Big 12 Baseball Preseason Awards". Big 12 Sports.
  3. "Cowboy Baseball Duo Lands On Golden Spikes Watch List". okstate.com. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  4. "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll". Big 12 Sports.
  5. "Collegiate Baseball announces 2023 Preseason All-American teams". NCAA.com. December 19, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  6. Carter, Bo. "NCBWA unveils 2023 Preseason All-America Team". sportswriters.net. NCBWA. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  7. "2023 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". d1baseball.com. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  8. Collazo, Carlos (January 30, 2023). "2023 Preseason College All-American Teams". Baseball America. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  9. "2023 Baseball Schedule". okstate.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  10. "2023 Cowboy Baseball Cumulative Statistics - Team Statistics". okstate.com. Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  11. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  12. "College Top 25". Baseball America. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  13. "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
  14. "NCBWA Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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