2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field.

2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
CBNo. 2
Record29–8 (13–2 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Brown
  • Mike Baxter
Home stadiumHawkins Field
2023 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 4 Florida ‍‍‍ 18–9–0 .66740–12–0 .769
No. 12 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 17–10–0 .63036–15–0 .706
No. 13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 15–11–0 .57737–15–0 .712
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15–12–0 .55635–15–0 .700
No. 18 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51935–18–0 .660
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10–17–0 .37030–20–0 .600
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10–17–0 .37028–24–0 .538
Western
No. 2 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 19–8–0 .70438–13–0 .745
No. 5 LSU  ‍‍‍ 17–9–0 .65440–12–0 .769
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51930–19–1 .610
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 13–14–0 .48135–17–0 .673
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 12–15–0 .44430–22–0 .577
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .29626–24–0 .520
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .22225–26–0 .490
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 16, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season
Main article: 2022 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The Commodores finished 39–23, 14–16 in the SEC to finish in fourth place in the East division. Vanderbilt was eliminated in the second round of the 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament by their in-state rivals, Tennessee. They earned an at-large berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and were the second seed in the Corvallis Regional. Vanderbilt lost to top seed, and third overall seed, Oregon State in the regional final.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

Infielder Cam Redding was named to the SEC Preseason team.[2]

Preseason All-SEC First Team
Player No. Position Class
Enrique Bradfield Jr.51SPJunior
Preseason All-SEC Second Team
Player No. Position Class
Carter Holton20SPSophomore

Coaches poll

The SEC baseball coaches' poll was released on February 9, 2023. Vanderbilt was picked to finish third the SEC East.[2]

SEC East Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish Team Points
1Tennessee90 (12)
2Florida79 (2)
3Vanderbilt64
4South Carolina51
5Georgia48
6Kentucky34
7Missouri19

Game log
2023 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log (21–8)
Regular Season (21–8)
April (1–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
April 1at No. 1 LSUNo. 10Alex Box StadiumW 14–7Sewell (2–0)Hurd (2–1)NoneSECN+11,80521–84–5
April 6No. 3 FloridaNo. 11Lindsey Nelson StadiumESPNU
April 7No. 3 FloridaNo. 11Lindsey Nelson StadiumSECN
April 8No. 3 FloridaNo. 11Lindsey Nelson StadiumESPN2
April 11Eastern Kentucky*Lindsey Nelson StadiumSECN+—
April 14at ArkansasBaum-Walker Stadium
Fayetteville, AR		SECN
April 15at ArkansasBaum-Walker StadiumSECN+
April 16at ArkansasBaum-Walker StadiumSECN+
April 18Tennessee Tech*Lindsey Nelson StadiumSECN+—
April 21VanderbiltLindsey Nelson StadiumSECN+
April 22VanderbiltLindsey Nelson StadiumESPN2
April 23VanderbiltLindsey Nelson StadiumESPN2
April 25Bellarmine*Lindsey Nelson StadiumSECN+—
April 27Mississippi StateLindsey Nelson StadiumSECN
April 28Mississippi StateLindsey Nelson StadiumSECN+
April 29Mississippi StateLindsey Nelson StadiumESPNU

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  Tennessee win •  L  Vanderbilt loss •  Postponement or cancellation  • Bold denotes Vanderbilt player

Statistics

Record vs. conference opponents


Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2023 SEC baseball records

Source: 2023 SEC baseball game results, 2023 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA13–141–22–11–2.1–20–31–23–05/20..2–12–1ALAW44–51–1
ARK19–82–13–0.0–3.1–23–0.2–12–13–03–05/20ARKW17–24–1
AUB14–131–20–31–22–1.2–12–15/203–02–1.1–2.AUBW35–41–1
FLA18–92–1.2–12–15/20..3–03–00–32–11–23–0FLAE17–23–1
UGA10–17.3–01–21–22–15/20.0–31–20–32–1.0–3UGAE73–61–3
KEN15–122–1..5/201–21–23–03–0.3–01–21–20–3KENE44–53–1
LSU17–93–02–11–2.5/202–11–2.3–01–12–12–1.LSUW26–22–0
MSU8–192–10–31–2..0–32–1.2–11–20–35/200–3MSUW63–60–4
MIZZ10–170–3.5/200–33–00–3..2–10–33–01–21–2MIZZE63–62–4
MISS6–215/201–20–30–32–1.0–31–21–2..1–20–3MISSW71–80–4
SCAR15–11.1–21–23–03–00–31–12–13–0.5/20.1–2SCARE34–43–1
TENN14–13.0–3.1–21–22–11–23–00–3.5/203–03–0TENNE54–53–2
TAMU12–151–20–32–12–1.2–11–25/202–12–1.0–3.TAMUW55–40–2
VAN17–101–25/20.0–33–03–0.3–02–13–02–10–3.VANE26–34–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for all games through 14 May 2023. Tiebreakers: AUB–LSU 2–1 > TENN–LSU 1–2. MIZZ–UGA 3–0.

Rankings
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[3]99*7985444
Baseball America[4]655785444
Collegiate Baseball^[5]999988622
NCBWA†[6]998985444
D1Baseball[7]10107764444

^ 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.

References
  1. "2023 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  2. "LSU Picked To Win 2023 SEC Baseball Championship". Southeastern Conference. secsports.com. February 9, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  3. "Baseball Coaches Poll". Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  4. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  5. "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  6. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  7. "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
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